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Paul Gildner - Pilot Profile - Paul Gildner

Paul Gildner

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Victories : 48
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 24th February 1943


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron CrossAwarded Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross
Knights
Cross		Oak Leaves

Latest Axis Aviation Artwork !
In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Paul Gildner

Squadrons for : Paul Gildner
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Paul Gildner. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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NJG1


Country : Germany

Noctu diuque venamur - We hunt by day and night

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NJG1

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NJG2


Country : Germany

Noctu diuque venamur - We hunt by day and night

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NJG2

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Known Victory Claims - Paul Gildner

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

03/09/1940Fw. Paul Gildner3NJG 1Hampden9km S. Sittard0.45Western Front
18/09/1940Fw. Paul Gildner3NJG 1Whitley3km SE Groenlo23.25Western Front
19/09/1940Fw. Paul Gildner3NJG 1WhitleyZieuwent0.28Western Front
01/03/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1BlenheimDO-2 [Groningen]2.58Western Front
13/03/1941Fw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1BlenheimDN-2: [Tolbert W. Groningen]22.48Western Front
13/03/1941Fw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Wellingtonbei Burlanger23.1Western Front
08/04/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Whitley8km SE Groningen0.27Western Front
10/04/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1WellingtonIjsselmmer [Zuider Zee]1.07Western Front
09/05/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1WhitleyE. Enkhuizen2.47Western Front
19/06/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Wellingtonbei Amelund1.38Western Front
19/06/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Wellington57km N. Amelund2.34Western Front
19/06/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Whitley47km N. Amelund2.57Western Front
30/06/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Whitley10km NNW Amelund2.43Western Front
09/07/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1HampdenN. Gröningen0.58Western Front
17/07/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Wellington54/78/3: 4400m [SW Harlingen]3.27Western Front
15/08/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Whitley8km WSW Terschelling: 2500m4.43Western Front
13/10/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1Whitley10km SW Roosendaal4.05Western Front
31/10/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1WellingtonSchiermonnikoog21.3Western Front
31/10/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner4NJG 1WhitleyE. Insel Texel23.5Western Front
30/11/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Wellington20km ENE Leeuwarden23.05Western Front
27/12/1941Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Whitley15km NW Leeuwarden19.57Western Front
20/01/1942Ofw. Paul GildnerStab II.NJG 2HampdenNoorddijk 7km SE Groningen20.58Western Front
03/03/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Wellington20km NW Terschelling21.2Western Front
09/03/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Manchester3km SE Smilde3.49Western Front
13/03/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2WellingtonNW Vlieland2.05Western Front
26/03/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2BlenheimWaddenzee N. Wieringen23.57Western Front
26/03/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2HampdenNW Terschelling22.57Western Front
09/04/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Wellington20km NW Vlieland2.07Western Front
23/04/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2HampdenNW Ameland0.07Western Front
03/06/1942Ofw. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Stirling70km W. Petten3.1Western Front
09/06/1942Oblt. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Halifax-2.18Western Front
09/07/1942Oblt. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Lancaster30km NW Amelund2.44Western Front
29/07/1942Oblt. Paul Gildner5NJG 2Stirling20km NW Terschelling1.27Western Front
12/08/1942Oblt. Paul Gildner5NJG 2HalifaxErbach b. Wiesbaden: 4500m [Raum Ameland]1.55Western Front
04/09/1942Oblt. Paul Gildner5NJG 2WellingtonSW Norden Westermarsch: 1500m2.2Western Front
13/10/1942Oblt. Paul Gildner11NJG 1Halifax643 7G5: 2300m [15km N. Schiermonnikoog]23.19Western Front
14/02/1943Oblt. Paul Gildner1NJG 1Wellington32/3/3G9 in See: 3000m [20km W. Schouwen]21.47Western Front
14/02/1943Oblt. Paul Gildner1NJG 1B-1722/6/3E in See [45km W. Vlissingen]22.07Western Front
19/02/1943Oblt. Paul GildnerStab IV.NJG 1Halifax44/6/3I2: 1100m [20km N. Vlieland]21.05Western Front
19/02/1943Oblt. Paul GildnerStab IV.NJG 1Halifax44/6/6E7: 1000m [15km N. Vlieland]21.16Western Front

Known Claims : 40

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