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Paul Semrau - Pilot Profile - Paul Semrau

Paul Semrau

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Victories : 46
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


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

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NJG2


Country : Germany
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Known Victory Claims - Paul Semrau

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

11/02/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2BlenheimFeltwell4.15Western Front
11/02/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2BlenheimFeltwell4.2Western Front
08/05/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2Wellington5km S. Grantham [bei Nottingham]1.2Western Front
18/05/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2Blenheim5km S. Grantham2.15Western Front
13/06/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2HalifaxFinningley1.4Western Front
19/06/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2Whitley90km NE Great Yarmouth [2488]4.23Western Front
07/07/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2BlenheimWells-next-Sea1.25Western Front
18/07/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2BlenheimDigby2.5Western Front
20/09/1941Oblt. Paul Semrau3NJG 2Hampden7km NE Upper Heyford23.42Western Front
30/06/1942Hptm. Paul Semrau3NJG 2HalifaxMTO0.15Western Front
30/06/1942Hptm. Paul Semrau3NJG 2WellingtonMTO0.35Western Front
03/07/1942Hptm. Paul Semrau3NJG 2WellingtonMTO2.02Western Front
05/07/1942Hptm. Paul Semrau3NJG 2WellingtonMTO2.1Western Front
06/07/1942Hptm. Paul Semrau3NJG 2WellingtonMTO1.55Western Front
09/10/1943Hptm. Paul SemrauStab III.NJG 2Halifax10km NNW Hannover: 5900m [35km W. Den Haag]1.35Western Front
29/01/1944Hptm. Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2Lancaster--Western Front
30/01/1944Hptm. Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2B-17--Western Front
15/02/1944Major Paul SemrauStab III.NJG 2Lancaster90-100km vor Berlin: 6300m20.58Western Front
22/03/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2Raum Minden-Osnabrück: 6000m21.4Western Front
31/03/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2LancasterRaum Wüzburg-Nürnberg: 6000m0.42Western Front
11/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 25-20km S. Dreux: 1400m1Western Front
11/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 215-30km NE Rambouillet: 2200m1.2Western Front
15/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2RB 7: NE Fécamp: 2000m2.24Western Front
25/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2LancasterRB 3,6,9-RC: 2000m [St. Valery]0.14Western Front
25/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2LancasterN. SC-RC: 1800m [Dieppe]0.17Western Front
29/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2Halifax05 Ost N/SC: 3800m [N. Rouen]0.31Western Front
29/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2Halifax05 Ost N/TD: 3000m [Etrepagny]0.45Western Front
29/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2Halifax05 Ost N/TD: 3000m [Etrepagny]0.45Western Front
29/06/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2Halifax04 Ost N/TG: 2900m [Soissons]1Western Front
08/07/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 205 Ost S/AD: 3400m1.07Western Front
08/07/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 205 Ost S/AD-BD-BE: 3800m1.12Western Front
19/07/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2AF: 3000m [E. Paris]1.1Western Front
25/07/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 204 Ost N/DD: 2100m [NW Orléans]0.01Western Front
25/07/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2ED: 2300m [Orléans]0.11Western Front
02/11/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2LO: 5300m [Ruhrgebiet]19.15Western Front
02/11/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2LO: 4800m [Ruhrgebiet]19.17Western Front
02/11/1944Major Paul SemrauStab II.NJG 2W. Düsseldorf: 4800m19.21Western Front
06/01/1945Major Paul SemrauStabNJG 2Halifax--Western Front
06/01/1945Major Paul SemrauStabNJG 2Halifax--Western Front
06/01/1945Major Paul SemrauStabNJG 2Halifax--Western Front

Known Claims : 40

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