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Alfons Koster - Pilot Profile - Alfons Koster

Alfons Koster

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Victories : 25
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


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.

Alfons Koster

Squadrons for : Alfons Koster
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NJG2


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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NJG3


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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Known Victory Claims - Alfons Koster

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

10/04/1941Uffz. Alfons Köster3NJG 2DefiantUpwood5.17Western Front
08/05/1941Uffz. Alfons Köster3NJG 2BlenheimE. Mablethorpe [0046]23.58Western Front
08/05/1941Uffz. Alfons Köster3NJG 2Wellington5km W. Southend [0247]0.22Western Front
12/06/1941Uffz. Alfons Köster3NJG 2HampdenNW London2.07Western Front
15/07/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2BlenheimWyton1.25Western Front
15/07/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2BlenheimWyton1.3Western Front
08/08/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2WhitleyMarham1.21Western Front
20/08/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2Blenheim20km W. Lincoln4.55Western Front
01/09/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2WellingtonOxford2.53Western Front
01/09/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2HampdenHatfield3.42Western Front
03/10/1941Fw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2StirlingBourn WSW Cambridge23.52Western Front
05/03/1942Ofw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2WellingtonMTO1.19Western Front
26/06/1942Ofw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2BeaufighterMersa Mâtruh23.44Western Front
28/06/1942Ofw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2BlenheimMTO0.07Western Front
21/07/1942Ofw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2WellingtonMTO23.03Western Front
21/07/1942Ofw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2WellingtonMTO23.15Western Front
09/11/1942Ofw. Alfons Köster3NJG 2Halifax-22.42Western Front
22/05/1944Oblt. Alfons KösterStab III.NJG 2Lancaster-1.36Western Front
25/05/1944Oblt. Alfons KösterStab III.NJG 205 Ost S/KJ: 4200m1.36Western Front
08/06/1944Oblt. Alfons KösterStab III.NJG 2TU-15: 2500m [West-Süd]2.07Western Front
17/06/1944Oblt. Alfons KösterStab III.NJG 2KM-5: 4000m [Volkel]1.5Western Front
06/12/1944Hptm. Alfons Köster12NJG 3Halifax--Western Front
01/01/1945Hptm. Alfons Köster12NJG 3Lancaster--Western Front

Known Claims : 23

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