Re: looking for info from Oberleutnant Wolfgang Kretschmer
Here is what we have about this fellow:
KRETSCHMER, Wolfgang.
(DOB: 15.04.22).
1941 in II./JG 54.
11.41 trf to 1./Erg.Gr. JG 54.
06.42 trf to 5./JG 54.
08.42 with 5.& 6./JG 54.
06.03.43 WIA.
25.06.43 Lt., awarded the Ehrenpokal.
01.07.43 in JG 54, promo to Oblt.
07.43 Oblt., appt Staka 3./Erg.JGr. Ost (to 14.01.44).
14.02.44 Oblt., appt Staka 4./JG 1.
02.03.44 in Erg.JGr. Ost, trf to 4./JG 1 and appt Stafü (to 06.03.44, WIA - severely burned).
01.06.44 re-appt Staka 4./JG 1 (to 06.44).
29.09.44 Oblt., appt Staka 3./Erg.JGr. Ost (to 09.11.44).
10.11.44 Oblt., appt Staka 11./Erg.JG 1 (to 21.04.45).
22.04.45 Oblt., appt Staka 1. (Schul)/Erg.JG 1 (to 05.45).
Post war worked as an architect in Haan.
†1999 (apparently).
Credited with 11 victories.
Here is what Tom Kracker has in his database:
Kretschmer, Wolfgang. - Oblt. - 11 victories. - 1.(Erg)/JG-54 (9/41 S.U.), 5& 6/JG-54 (8/42 S.U.),4/JG-1 (3/44) Bf 109E, F & G in JG-54, Fw 190A-7 Werk # 643000 (lost 3/6/44) in 4/JG-1EP, EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Fighter Operational ClaspShot down 6 March, 1944 by Col. Hub Zemke of the 57FG, flying a P-47. He bailed out with severe burns landing on a farm on the outskirts of Quakenbrück. His first known Soviet victory, an I-153 on 14 September, 1941. A 2nd, an I-153 on 22 September, 1941. A 3rd, an I-18 at Kassybunge See on 17 February, 1942. A 4th, a Yak-1 on 18 August, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 22 August, 1942. A P-2 on 24 August, 1942. A 7th, a Yak-1 on 1 September, 1942. An 8th, a P-40 on 3 September, 1942. A 9th, a LaGG-3 on 23 February, 1943. A 10th, a P-2 on 14 March, 1943. An 11th, a LaGG-3 on 19 March, 1943. Magnus, 15 victories. He worked as an architect after the war in Haan. Believed deceased in 1999.
That is all we can find. We hope that this helps.
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