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Ernst-Georg Drunkler - Pilot Profile - Ernst-Georg Drunkler

Ernst-Georg Drunkler

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Victories : 45
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
Cross

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.

Ernst-Georg Drunkler

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


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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NJG5


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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Known Victory Claims - Ernst-Georg Drunkler

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

13/06/1943Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler12NJG 1LancasterCI-6.3a: 1600m [N. Schagen/NW Texel]2.2Western Front
13/06/1943Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler12NJG 1LancasterAI-8.7c: 5500m [45km W. Alkmaar]2.51Western Front
22/06/1943Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler12NJG 1Stirling1½km W. Makkum: 5000m2.39Western Front
25/07/1943Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler12NJG 1Halifax05 Ost/SB-4.4d: 1600m [Kieler Bucht]0.54Western Front
25/07/1943Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler12NJG 1B-1725km NW Vlieland18.22Western Front
24/02/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5B-17N. Rostock14.1Western Front
24/03/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 510km Langensalza: 5600m23.4Western Front
24/03/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Raum Berlin: 5500m [bei Langen]22.23Western Front
24/03/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Raum Langen23.1Western Front
31/03/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5HalifaxSB: 6200m [W. Erlangen]1.3Western Front
31/03/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5HalifaxQU-1: 6500m [30km E. Bad Orb]1.06Western Front
31/03/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5HalifaxGegend Frankfurt-am-Main: 5800m0.55Western Front
01/06/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterBD 4-5 links: 2700m [Rambouillet]2.05Western Front
03/06/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5BD 1-7: 1700m [Trappes]1.04Western Front
13/06/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5NE-8 od. 9: 1700m [E. St. Omer]0.43Western Front
13/06/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5ME [am strand]: 2000m [NW Dünkirchen]0.56Western Front
29/06/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterUG-9.6: 4200m [Château-Thierry]1.08Western Front
13/07/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 504 Ost N/GL: 1600m [Dijon]2.18Western Front
15/07/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterDK-2 od. DK-5: 1500m [W. Chaumont]2.08Western Front
15/07/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterDJ-6 od. DJ-5: 1300m [Bar-sur-Seine]2.17Western Front
19/07/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterGK-2 od. 3: 2500m [W. Dijon]1.37Western Front
19/07/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterAL-4 od. 7: 2500m [NW Bar-le-Duc]1.45Western Front
29/07/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Lancaster04 Ost N/CN 4: 5800m [N. Mirecourt]1.08Western Front
05/08/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5BK-1: 900m1.04Western Front
09/08/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterGJ: 1400m3.1Western Front
30/08/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Lancaster15 Ost N/RA-8 od. 4: 2000m [Aerø 18km NW Königsberg]1.32Western Front
30/08/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterRU 5: 5500m [30km NW Pillau]1.56Western Front
02/09/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5DB-3FRG: 500m [30km SE Georgensburg]1.56Eastern Front
17/10/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5PS-8425 425: 2000m17.57Eastern Front
23/10/1944Oblt. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5PS-84TE-5.4: 2300m18.12Eastern Front
08/02/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5LancasterSW Stettin21.03Western Front
08/02/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5LancasterSW Stettin21.08Western Front
08/02/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5LancasterS. Stettiner Hafen21.12Western Front
14/02/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5LancasterNW Chemnitz21.01Western Front
05/03/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5SE Zwickau22.05Western Front
07/03/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterNE Erfurt22.3Western Front
16/03/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5Lancaster20km S. Ansbach21.43Western Front
16/03/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5LancasterE. Ansbach21.17Western Front
16/03/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5LancasterAnsbach21.15Western Front
21/03/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg DrünklerStab I.NJG 5Lancaster20km SW Leipzig3.38Western Front
08/04/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Lancaster10km E. Kolleda22.56Western Front
10/04/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterE. Leipzig23.05Western Front
10/04/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterNW Leipzig22.55Western Front
10/04/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5LancasterNW Leipzig22.57Western Front
17/04/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Il-4NW Strasbourg23.21Western Front
17/04/1945Hptm. Ernst-Georg Drünkler1NJG 5Il-4N. Fürstenwalde23.47Western Front

Known Claims : 46

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