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Apologies gents, for some reason all my posts are being moderated at the moment which is causing me to give you a very slow response.

Adriano, yes your list was the one that inspired me to start looking! I had finally gotten 8 by taking out all the KIA and MIA and only limiting the pilots of Recon squadrons who hadn't transferred to other roles such as bomber, stuka or JG/JD. (I'm assuming to get 600 flights in recon you'd be pretty focused on just the recon side of things! To get to 8 pilots I had to filter by cases of wounding.

The real problem is I don't have enough detail about wounding to know it was severe enough to be a Gold wound badge.

Here is a summary of what I have:

Aechtner, Fritz (DOB 04/03/1916 - Nürnberg + 01/05/2007 - Nürnberg)
Reportedly wounded twice but not on any official records
Pros: died 99km from Regensburg and 3 years before medals were found
Cons: No official documentation of being wounded

BAUER, Joachim Albrecht. (DOB: 25.03.03 in Heinitz/Bautzen). (i.G.).
†25.04.99 in Rendsberg
Pros: He lost an eye in Crimea, Career Recon Man
Cons: Died 818km from Regensburg where the medals were found. Died in 1999, 11 years before medals were found

ECKEBRECHT, Fritz. (DOB: 08.05.12 in Berlin). †08.02.73.
Pros: WIA (not known how severe), Career Recon Man, Died 143km from
Regensburg where the medals were found.
Cons: Died in 1973, 37 years before medals were found

HESSINGER, Franz. (DOB: 13.07.19 in Fürstenfeld/Steiermark).01.01.2006
Pros: Career Recon Man, Flew 4000th mission for 2(F)./Aufkl.Gr. 123, Died 2006 4 years before medals were found
Cons: Unknown place of death, only minor wounds recorded

SCHULZE, Wolfgang, Dr. (DOB: 27.08.22 in Kirn/Nahe). †25.12.89.
15.03.45 Oblt. in 1./NAGr. 5, WIA – in Bf 109 G-5 that crashed while taking off from Fp. Cirava in the Courland (Kurland) pocket.
17.03.45 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, 1./NAGr. 5.
Pros: may have been a severe wound after accident
Cons: Unknown place of death, unknown number of missions

SELL, Wilhelm. (DOB: 15.06.10 in Schweinfurt). †14.01.98 in München.
23.11.41 WIA by a Russian fighter near Barvenkovo/130 km SSE of Kharkov.
01.06.44 promo to Maj. 05.09.44 Maj., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. NAGr. 5.
Pros: may have been a severe wound after attack, died 124km from Regensburg
Cons: unknown number of missions

STRASSMAIR, Hannes (Hans). (AKA Strassmeier) (DOB: 02.01.15 in Garmisch). (W.B.K. München III). (R, DKG). †16.03.62 near Erlsried.
03.04.43 Lt., awarded the Ritterkreuz (in 2.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 122).
30.10.43 Oblt., 2.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. 122 WIA during a raid on his base at Perigia/Italy.
Pros: Died 158km from Regensburg, no other records mentioned after 1943 wounding so it may have been severe
Cons: Died in 1962, a bit early for a 1957 award.