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Re: Bomber Aces with min. 500 combat missions list
If you're compiling this list without having Jochen Kaiser's 'Die Ritterkreuztraeger der Kampfflieger', or at a minimum the Georg Brütting's book, you're working with both arms firmly tied behind your back.
Never heard of this Dochtermann guy, but the only combat pilot that I know of with 2K combat flights is Rudel. I have a couple of FB for pilots with over 2500 flights, but they were either flying with schools or had been flying since sometime in the 1930s.
Herbert Kuntz - KG 26, KG 100, Erg.KGr. He177. 366 Feindflug (per Kaiser, "Total of 366 front flights, of which 234 were flown in the East. 105 of these missions had a total duration of more than 4 hours and were counted double, resulting in a theoretical total of 471 missions".)
Joachim Helbig - LG 1. 350 Feindflug, 130 longer than 4 hours, making total 480.
Willi Antrup - KG 55. Over 500 FF, many greater than 4 hrs for theoretical total of 612.
Eduard Skrzipek - KG 27. 575 FF, about 65 counting double for theoretical total of around 640.
Willi Brennecke - KG 55. With numerous flights over 4 hrs, theoretical total of around 586.
Heinrich Hoefer - KG 55. About 550 FF. Theoretical total of around 670, meaning about 120 flts > 4 hrs.
Benno Herrmann - KG 76, KSG 3. About 250 ff. Was taken out of combat after being awarded the RK on 19-Jun-42.
Beust - your totals correct.
Ottmar Guenthert - not in Kaiser.
Joachim Petzold - KG 27. More than 400 ff, about 300 in the East.
Wilhelm Stemmler - KG 51, off ops on 25-Feb-42, 17-Feb-43, KG 77, then Nov-44 to KG 26. Total # of ff unknown.
Walter Bordelle - not in Kaiser.
Oberst Volprecht Riedesel Frhr. zu Eisenbach - KG 54 (inc. w/262). More than 500 ff total, inc. some on Me 262.
Walter Richter - KG 53. 500+ ff.
Robert Seib - KG 55. Kaiser says both 488 ff & 500+ ff. Which is correct?
Hans Joachim Valet - KGr.z.b.V. 104, KG.z.b.V. 600, TG2. Sep-44 to KG 51 and Me 262.
504 ff, 3 on the Me 262.
Kurt Seyfarth = KGr.z.b.V. 9, KG 2. 295 ff. Another 117 recon sorties in Spain.
Reinhard Guenzel - KG 27. About 330 ff. # in Spain unknown.
All I have time for now.
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