info sought on Major Gunther Specht JG11

[Doug Stankey]

Here is what we have about this fellow:

SPECHT, Günter (Günther).
(DOB: 13.11.14 in Frankenstein/Schlesien).
01.08.39 Oblt., in I./ZG 26.
03.12.39 WIA – shot down over the North Sea by return fire from an RAF Wellington and lost his left eye; assigned to staff and school positions for the next two years, including Staka 2./Zerstörerschule 1.
31.10.41 Hptm., appt Kdr. III./Nachtjagdschule 1 (to 31.10.42).
26.02.43 trf to 10./JG 1.
27.03.43 appt Staka 7./JG 1 (to 05.43).
05.43 (or 09.06.43?) Hptm., appt Kdr. II./JG 11 (to 15.04.44).
23.08.43 Hptm., awarded Ehrenpokal.
25.11.43 Hptm., awarded DKG, II./JG 11.
08.04.44 awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. II./JG 11.
01.05.44 promo to Maj.
15.05.44 appt Kommodore JG 11 (to 01.01.45).
01.01.45 Maj. and Kommodore JG 11, KIA – shot down in a Fw 190 A-9 by a P-47 Thunderbolt over Asch/Belgium area during Operation Bodenplatte (other sources claim he was probably shot down by AA fire over Brussels).
Credited with 34 air victories.
Posthumously promo to Obstlt. and recommended for the Eichenlaub.

We hope that this helps.

LdZ
DGS