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Ottomar Kruse
| Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse (deceased) Pilot, 8./JG26. Having started flying prior to the war, he was appointed as an flight instructor, but risked a court martial in turning down this appointment, in favour of becoming a fighter pilot. On 18th August 1944 Kruse landed at a race-track with combat damage, and was told by a Labour Service officer he was in Arras. During one mission, he scored two confirmed victories, earning him the Iron Cross. He had claimed a P51 of 354 Fighter Group at Rambouillet and on the 25th of August a P38 of the 474 Fighter Group near Beauvais (pilot James Austin). On the 16th of September 1944 he was flying Fw190A-8 171505 and was shot down at Nutherveld at 1810hrs by a P47 of 50FG, and became a POW. He died on 9th October 2009. |
Items Signed by Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse (deceased) |
  | In Defence of the Homeland by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £480.00 | Me109s take off in their continued defence against Allied bombers. ...... | |
  | Walter Wolfrum by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £620.00 | Walter Wolfrum, a Knight's Cross winning German WW2 Ace with 137 victories, in his Bf109G. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £620.00 | With 275 victories credited, Gunther Rall is the third highest scoring Ace in history He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...... |
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| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse (deceased). A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG26 | JG26 Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated mainly in Western Europe against Great Britain, France and the United States but also saw service against Russia. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran and Freikorps member arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. Commanders of II. Gruppe JG 26 Hptm. Werner Palm, 1 May 1939 – 27 June 1939 Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28 June 1939 – 19 May 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20 May 1940 – 31 May 1940 Hptm. Erich Noack, 1 June 1940 – 24 July 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25 July 1940 – 16 August 1940 Hptm Erich Bode, 17 August 1940 – 3.10.40 Hptm Walter Adolph, 4 October 1940 – 18 September 1941 Hptm Joachim Müncheberg, 19 September 1941 – 21 July 1942 Hptm Conny Meyer, 22 July 1942 – 2 January 1943 Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, 3 January 43 – 17 August 1943 Hptm Hans Naumann, 18 August 1943 – 8 September 1943 ObLt Johannes Seifert, 9 September 1943 – 25 November 1943 Maj Wilhelm Gäth, 26 November 1943 – 1 March 1944 Hptm Hans Naumann, 2 March 1944 – 28 June 1944 Hptm Emil Lang, 29 June 1944 – 3 September 1944 Hptm Georg-Peter Eder, 4 September 1944 – 8 October 1944 Maj Anton Hackl, 9 October 1944 – 29 January 45 ObLt Waldemar Radener, 30 January 1945 – 22 February 1945 Hptm Paul Schauder, 23 February 1945 – 1 May 1945 | |
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