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Wilhelm Beier - Pilot Profile - Wilhelm Beier

Wilhelm Beier

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Victories : 36
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron 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.

Wilhelm Beier

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


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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NJG2


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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Known Victory Claims - Wilhelm Beier

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

17/12/1940Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Hurricane5km E. Spilsby [0472]6.36Western Front
10/04/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2WhitleyChelmsford [0223]2.35Western Front
08/05/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2WellingtonWells-next-Sea2.5Western Front
11/05/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Blenheim50km E. Scarborough3.46Western Front
04/06/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Blenheim20km SE Lowestoft1.35Western Front
13/06/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2DefiantThornby0.44Western Front
06/07/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Whitley60km NE Bacton [0146]23.54Western Front
06/07/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Whitley60km NE Bacton [0146]23.58Western Front
06/07/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Wellington110km NNW Texel [0345]3.08Western Front
06/07/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Blenheim100km W. Texel [0347]3.36Western Front
18/07/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Blenheim120km NE Great Yarmouth [0332]3.02Western Front
08/08/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2BlenheimEast Dereham [0342]3.2Western Front
08/08/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Halifax200km E. Withernsea [1424]3.44Western Front
08/08/1941Ofw. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 2Wellington200km E. Flamborough Head [1421]3.48Western Front
23/04/1942Ofw. Wilhelm BeierErg.NJG 2Boston-1.15Western Front
31/05/1942Ofw. Wilhelm BeierErg.NJG 2Wellington-2.07Western Front
31/05/1942Ofw. Wilhelm BeierErg.NJG 2Wellington-2.25Western Front
23/06/1942Ofw. Wilhelm BeierErg.NJG 2Stirling-3.01Western Front
27/07/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Havoc24km NE Eindhoven1.32Western Front
29/07/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Wellington20km N. Enschede3.2Western Front
28/08/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Boston40km W. Ijmuiden0.25Western Front
29/08/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2ManchesterNE Moerbeke3.16Western Front
03/09/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Stirling40km W. Den Haag3.08Western Front
07/09/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Manchester-4.49Western Front
07/09/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Halifax-5.03Western Front
07/09/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Wellington-5.11Western Front
11/09/1942Ofw. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Wellington50km W. Katwijk-an-See1.19Western Front
17/09/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Boston-1.12Western Front
17/09/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Boston-1.13Western Front
17/09/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier9NJG 2Stirling-1.37Western Front
30/09/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier8NJG 2Beaufighter-0.19Western Front
15/10/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier10NJG 1Liberator33/8 6C4: 3000m [50km W. Den Haag]22.13Western Front
15/10/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier10NJG 1Stirling33/8 5J5: 3000m [70km W. Den Haag]22.16Western Front
15/10/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier10NJG 1Stirling33/8 6I5: 2900m [50km W. Den Haag]22.19Western Front
15/10/1942Ltn. Wilhelm Beier10NJG 1Manchester33/8 3A1: 2700m [50km W. Leiden]22.52Western Front
13/05/1943Ltn. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 1Halifax62/1/7: 5100m [16km NNW Amsterdam]2.3Western Front
30/05/1943Ltn. Wilhelm Beier3NJG 1Halifax5288: 5000m [20km NNW Maastricht]0.27Western Front

Known Claims : 37

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