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Kurt Buhligen - Pilot Profile - Kurt Buhligen

Kurt Buhligen

Victories : 112
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 11th August 1985

This pilot scored 5 or more victories during the Battle of Britain, 10th July - 31st October 1940.

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

Kurt Buhligen was born in 1917. He had a strong desire to fly so he joined the Luftwaffe on its inception. He joined initially as a mechanic but his forceful character soon qualified him as fighter pilot material. The Luftwaffe accepted his request for a transfer, and he underwent pilot training throughout 1938 – 1939. By July 1940 he was assigned to JG2 Richthofen. He scored his first victory on 4th September 1940 during the Battle of Britain, one year later his score had risen to 21. In December 1942 he was transferred to Tunisia, where he showed what a true fighter pilot he was – shooting down no less than forty aircraft. Transferred back to the west in defence of his homeland in early 1943, his score had reached 96. By 1944 he had shot down his 100th victim. While flying over Soviet held territory his engine malfunctioned and he was forced to land. He was captured by the Russians and held as a POW until 1950. He had scored a total of 112 victories. Buhligen loved to fight P-47s. He would let the P-47 get on his tail, then would do an Immelmann Loop, come up on the P-47s tail and shoot it down. He was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Buhligen died at his home on 11th August 1985. All our signatures of Kurt Buhligen were signed during an interview in the 1980s.

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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.

Kurt Buhligen

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JG2


Country : Germany
Founded : 1st May 1939
'Ace of Hearts'

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Jagdgeschwader 2 was formed from parts of Jagdgeschwader 131 Richthofen on 1 May 1939 in Döberitz and its first commander was Oberst Robert Ritter von Greim. At the outbreak of the war JG 2 was tasked with defence of the Reich and based in the Berlin area under Luftgaukommando III. Stab and II. Gruppe were equipped with the Bf 109E and were located at Döberitz with 10.(N) staffel flying the Bf 109D in Straussberg.

10.(N) Staffel was one of the first night fighter units formed in the Luftwaffe. Later this staffel was expanded into IV.(N) Gruppe. This Gruppe gained the Luftwaffe’s first night kill over the RAF Bomber Command on the night of 25/26 on April 1940 when Ofw Förster shot down a Handley Page Hampden.

The unit saw little combat until the Western offensive against France and the Low Countries from 10 May 1940 onwards. During the campaign against France, JG 2 was tasked with escorting raids and defending German airspace to the south of Heinz Guderian's Panzer forces which were encircling the French and the British Expeditionary Force further north. Leutnant Helmut Wick, who later became part of a trio of outstanding aces (including Adolf Galland from Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) and Werner Mölders from Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51)) in the Battle of Britain, attained his first and the Geschwader's second kill on 22 November 1939, a French Curtiss Hawk Model 75. The first victory for the JG 2 was scored by Oberfeldwebel Kley (3. Staffel) at the same day.

JG 2 took part in the Battle of Britain, operating Bf 109Es over the South Coast of England and the English Channel from bases in Cherbourg and Normandy. Major Helmut Wick emerged as one of the Battle’s top Luftwaffe aces, claiming 31 kills for a personal total of 56, before being killed (MIA) in action versus Spitfires of No. 609 Squadron in November 1940. Wick was seen to bail out successfully but was not found by German Air/Sea Rescue attempts. The Spitfire who dispatched him was immediately shot down by Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz. Ofw. Schnell, Ofw. Machold and Olt. Hans Assi Hahn also claimed heavily during this period, with 16 kills each. Some 42 JG 2 pilots were killed or made POW during the battle.

Known Victory Claims - Kurt Buhligen

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

04/09/1940Uffz. Kurt Bühligen2JG 2HurricaneDover10Western Front
11/09/1940Ofw. Kurt Bühligen6JG 2Hurricane-16.35Western Front
26/09/1940Ofw. Kurt Bühligen6JG 2Spitfire--Western Front
30/09/1940Ofw. Kurt Bühligen6JG 2SpitfireN. Portland12.28Western Front
01/10/1940Ofw. Kurt Bühligen6JG 2HurricaneS. Bournemouth-Western Front
07/10/1940Ofw. Kurt Bühligen6JG 2HurricaneS. Portland16.52Western Front
07/10/1940Ofw. Kurt Bühligen6JG 2HurricaneS. Portland-Western Front
07/11/1940Uffz. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2HurricaneS. Insel Wight15.28Western Front
21/06/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireBoulogne-Hardelot16.36Western Front
21/06/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireBoulogne-Le Touquet16.5Western Front
21/06/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireBoulogne-Le Touquet16.51Western Front
07/07/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-15.32Western Front
10/07/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-12.18Western Front
10/07/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-12.21Western Front
11/07/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-14.55Western Front
23/07/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-13.27Western Front
23/07/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-13.23Western Front
07/08/1941Ofw. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-17.48Western Front
12/08/1941Ofw. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Hurricane-19.07Western Front
16/08/1941Ofw. Kurt BühligenStab. IIJG 2Spitfire-19.42Western Front
19/08/1941Ofw. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Spitfire-12.01Western Front
21/08/1941Ofw. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Spitfire-15.09Western Front
26/08/1941Ofw. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Spitfire-16.22Western Front
04/09/1941Ofw. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Spitfire--Western Front
19/08/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire-8.1Western Front
19/08/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireHafen Dieppe13.24Western Front
19/08/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire60km N. St. Valéry16.42Western Front
19/08/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire60km N. St. Valéry16.53Western Front
03/12/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireS. Tebourba: 3000m10.55Western Front
18/12/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire10km W. Djebel Quantra: 5500m11.06Western Front
26/12/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-385km E. Djebel Abiod: 3500m13.32Western Front
26/12/1942Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-38S. Djebel Taboussa: tiefflug13.4Western Front
04/01/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Marauder15km SSW Tdidjana: 900m10.44Western Front
04/01/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Curtiss P-408km SW Tdidjana: 100m10.4Western Front
08/01/1943Ltn. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2P-38S. Djebel el Obeid: 500m15.42Western Front
08/01/1943Ltn. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2P-3820km S. Kairouan: 1500m14.47Western Front
08/01/1943Ltn. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2P-382km W. Djebel Toerl: 1600m15.29Western Front
14/01/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-3840km E. El Ayasche: 8500m12.5Western Front
21/01/1943Oblt. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Curtiss P-402km W. Djebel Trozza: 200m8.44Western Front
21/01/1943Oblt. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Curtiss P-40N. Pribon: 1000m8.39Western Front
22/01/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-402km W. Ouselltia: 10m14.2Western Front
28/01/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-3850km SW Kairouan: 5000m14.15Western Front
30/01/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire35km NW Kairouan: 600m7.4Western Front
30/01/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire30km WNW Kairouan: 1500m7.38Western Front
30/01/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireNW Djebel el Rahan: 1800m7.36Western Front
02/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Curtiss P-4040km NW Kairouan: tiefflug8.14Western Front
02/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Curtiss P-4020km SW Kairouan: tiefflug8.2Western Front
02/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Airacobra20km W. Kairouan: tiefflug8.17Western Front
02/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Curtiss P-4010km S. Djebel Dedjedia: tiefflug8.16Western Front
02/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire14km NE Kairouan: tiefflug9.15Western Front
03/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire30km NW Kairouan: tiefflug9Western Front
03/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire25km SW Kairouan: tiefflug9.02Western Front
03/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire5km E. Pichon: tiefflug9.04Western Front
03/02/1943Ltn. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire5km N. Pichon: tiefflug9.06Western Front
04/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire200m SW Ousseltia: 1800m16.12Western Front
04/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireSW Ousseltia: 1800m16.13Western Front
04/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire15-20km S. Ousseltia: 1800m16.16Western Front
09/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Curtiss P-40S. Djebel Bou Gaboursi: tiefflug13.53Western Front
09/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Curtiss P-40S. Djebel Bou Gaboursi: tiefflug13.51Western Front
10/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireE. Djebel Bou Zid: 300m13.45Western Front
14/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2SpitfireNW Djebel Trozza: tiefflug16.21Western Front
14/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire16km SW Hadje el Toum: 300m8.25Western Front
14/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire20km W. Sidi bou Zid: 2000m11Western Front
14/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire25km NW Sidi bou Zid: 2000m11.02Western Front
15/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-38E. Djebel Martila: 5000m15.03Western Front
15/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-3815km SW Fondouk: 6000m14.59Western Front
15/02/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-38N. Djebel Trozza: 4000m15.13Western Front
08/03/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire35km NWN Kairouan: 800m9.38Western Front
08/03/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire35km NW Kairouan: 100m9.39Western Front
12/03/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-38SE Mateur: 1500m4.27Western Front
12/03/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-38W. Djebel Trossa: 7500m14.22Western Front
12/03/1943Oblt. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2P-38E. Djebel Siben-Habber: 5000m14.24Western Front
15/05/1943Hptm. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Mustang1157/05 Ost: 2600m17.16Western Front
17/05/1943Hptm. Kurt Bühligen4JG 2Spitfire1067/15 West: 9000m10.58Western Front
04/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2P-4710km WNW Cap d'Antifer: 7500m13.22Western Front
04/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2SpitfireS. Vaucelles: 3000m [NNW Caen]17.32Western Front
14/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Spitfire4km NW Trouville: 50m9.05Western Front
15/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Typhoonbei Tours-en-Vimeu: 1000m [Somme]16.34Western Front
16/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Spitfire15-20km W. Somme Estuary: 6500m20.1Western Front
18/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2SpitfireFoucaucourt-en-Santerre: 2500m18.35Western Front
30/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2Typhoon05 Ost S/11/5/9 500m16Western Front
30/07/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17N. Rotterdam: 7000m9.25Western Front
17/08/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17S. Tongeren: 7-500m [Limburg]17.22Western Front
19/08/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2SpitfireE. Abbéville: 3500m12.43Western Front
02/09/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2MustangNW Auxi-le-Château: tiefflug9.56Western Front
06/09/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17Vailly: 7000m [NNE Troyes]9.48Western Front
06/09/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-170148/05 Ost: 5000m14.35Western Front
06/09/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-176km NW Neufchâtel: 5000m13.1Western Front
09/09/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 205 Ost S/1167: 3000m15.53Western Front
14/10/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17bei Sneek: 7000m13.45Western Front
26/11/1943Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17SE Paris: 7500m10.38Western Front
29/01/1944Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2P-4705 Ost S/PL: 1000m [Durbuy Raum]11.15Western Front
05/02/1944Major Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2P-47SW Étampes: 6500m11.5Western Front
05/02/1944Major Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-24Raum Vendôme: 6500m11.2Western Front
24/02/1944Major Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-1705 Ost/FK: 7000m12.28Western Front
24/02/1944Major Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17GR-3 to FR-9: 6500m [1km E. Dümmer]12.3Western Front
25/02/1944Major Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-1705 Ost S/TJ/TK: 6500m12.33Western Front
18/03/1944Hptm. Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-2410km SSW Forges: 4000m13.21Western Front
28/04/1944Major Kurt BühligenStab II.JG 2B-17HF: 5000m [40km E. Bourges]11.58-12.25Western Front
06/06/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-47TU 7: 1200m [5-10km v. Ornemündung]11.57Western Front
07/06/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-47UU-1-4: 4000m [Caen/Carpiquet]19.07Western Front
07/06/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-47UU-1: 4000m [N. Caen]19.09Western Front
12/06/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-4704 Ost N/AC-5: 1000m [St. André]6.04Western Front
05/07/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-51UB: 1200m [Bernay-Le Neubourg]15.52Western Front
05/07/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-4705 Ost S/UB-8: 2500m [Beaumont]15.49Western Front
05/07/1944Major Kurt BühligenStabJG 2P-4715 West S/UU-6: 1500m [Caen]10.55Western Front

Known Claims : 106

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