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Gunther Bleckmann - Pilot Profile - Gunther Bleckmann

Gunther Bleckmann

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Victories : 27
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 4th June 1944


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
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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.

Gunther Bleckmann

Squadrons for : Gunther Bleckmann
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ZG2


Country : Germany
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Known Victory Claims - Gunther Bleckmann

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

17/08/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6Schl.G. 1Il-55km SW Boromlya: 200m12.1Eastern Front
26/10/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2LaGG-338 13: 1000m10.4Eastern Front
26/10/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2LaGG-338 13: 100m15.15Eastern Front
29/10/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-239 76: 800m12.3Eastern Front
06/11/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-501 74: 800m14.45Eastern Front
06/11/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-501 71: 700m14.5Eastern Front
22/11/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-591 55: 400m14.3Eastern Front
29/11/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-539 34: 800m12.15Eastern Front
30/11/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra20 541: 800m13.55Eastern Front
17/12/1943Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra29 645: 2600m7.35Eastern Front
12/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra2937: 20-100m10.5Eastern Front
13/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-519 63: 200m12.25Eastern Front
13/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-519 63: 200m12.28Eastern Front
16/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-22937: 200m10.05Eastern Front
26/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-566 67: 200m8Eastern Front
28/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra666713.44Eastern Front
28/01/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra666413.5Eastern Front
07/02/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra6664: 1700m14.55Eastern Front
12/02/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Jak-96664: 2000m8.4Eastern Front
15/02/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra6664: 10m10.27Eastern Front
21/02/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Jak-966 667: 2000m13.45Eastern Front
25/02/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra47 773: 1500m11.2Eastern Front
25/02/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Jak-947 773: 2000m14Eastern Front
01/03/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-566 773: 5m14.25Eastern Front
30/05/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra78 672: 1500m10.55Eastern Front
30/05/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-2mH.78 673: 300m19.05Eastern Front
31/05/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra78 821: 150m8.15Eastern Front
31/05/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra78 672: 500m11.4Eastern Front
31/05/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-2mH.78 672: 700-800m17.05Eastern Front
31/05/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra78 591: 1500m5.23Eastern Front
02/06/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Airacobra78 563: 1500m14.2Eastern Front
03/06/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-2mH.78 592: 200m11.21Eastern Front
03/06/1944Hptm. Günther Bleckmann6SG 2Il-2mH.78 592: 100m11.23Eastern Front

Known Claims : 33

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