Fliegendespersonal

[HouweTrouwe]

Hello

Can anyone give me more information on their carreer or how they died of following Luftwaffe pilots? Thanks in advance.

Keppler, Hans
Kornblum, Dietrich


Friendly Regards
Bart

[cabial77]

hI !
I have found this on www.ww2awards.com :

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=40>Kornblum, Dietrich
</TD><TD width=80></TD><TD width=396></TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center></TD><TD class=artikel-kop-klein vAlign=center align=left colSpan=2>KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Rank: </TD><TD>Leutnant </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2>Unit: </TD><TD>II./ Kampf-Geschwader 53 </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Awarded on: </TD><TD>March 29th, 1944 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Keppler, Hans

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=40> </TD><TD width=80> </TD><TD width=396> </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center></TD><TD class=artikel-kop-klein vAlign=center align=left colSpan=2>KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Rank: </TD><TD>Hauptmann </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top colSpan=2>Unit: </TD><TD>III./Kampf-Geschwader 1 </TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>Awarded on: </TD><TD>February 25th, 1942 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


Bye !!!

[JeremyJ]

KC winners

Bart,

Kornblum was awarded the KC on 9 June 1944 as an Oberleutnant and Staffelfuhrer of 4./KG 53 for his over 400 successful missions with the II./KG 53 "Legion Condor". He then became a night fighter with the 9./NJG 2. Killed in action on 27.11.44 near the island of Juist in the explosion of a shot down British mine-laying bomber.

At least 1 night victory.

Cheers

Jeremy

[JeremyJ]

KC winner

Bart,

Keppler was awarded the KC on 20 August 1942 as Major and Gruppenkommodore of III./KG 1 "Hindenburg". Shot down and killed on 3 September 1942 while attacking Russian troops near Mga. It appears his Ju88 was hit by Flak and exploded in the air.

Also lost were his crew Oberfeldwebel Windisch, Feldwebel Niersberger and Feldwebel Schubert.

There is also an extensive write up with photos on Keppler in Ralf Schumann's "Die Ritterskreuztrager 1939-1945 Des KG1 "Hindenburg".


Cheers

Jeremy

[HouweTrouwe]

Many thanks for the information, Jeremy! Also Cardia.

Friendly Regards
Bart Verstraeten

[gildas]

Hello,
Indeed Hans Keppler was awarded the Ritterkreuz after his heroic action in Posh pocket in Russia where thousand of german soldiers were trapped by russian. He was then decorated in august 1942 but died 3 september crashing with a stuka during a mission over russia. There are few lines in the magazine Der Adler number 23 at section "how they get their RK". But the magazine I know is in french version for french edition during ww2.
Kind regards
Gildas

[Richey4Real]

Heres a lil more on the losses of both of these fliers. All the info comes Die Ritterkreutrager der Kampfflieger Vol 1.

Dietrich Kornblum
27 11 44 Near Juist, Ostfriesland
Killed in Ju 88 G-6 WNr. 620510 4R+AT
Collided with British heavy bomber
Crew also killed
Bordfunker Feldwebel Hans-Joachim Taut
Bordmeßfunker Obergefreiter Albin Stengel
Bordschütze Obergefreiter Alfred Wagner

Hans Keppler
03 09 42 Near Mga, Russia
Killed in Ju88 A-4 WNr. 144037 V4+CD
Collided with Bf 109 of Gefreiter Lengwenings 7./JG 54, also killed
Crew also killed
Beobachter Oberfeldwebel August Windisch
Bordfunker Feldwebel Werner Schubert
Bordschütze Feldwebel Werner Niersberger

HTH

Nick