LUFTWAFFE TOP SCORERS 28 AUG 40

[Chris Goss]

In a communique dated 28 Aug 40, the Luftwaffe listed its top aces as follows:


Maj Werner Moelders 29 (JG 51)
Maj Adolf Galland 24 (JG 26-I have 23 on 28 Aug 40)
Hptm Gerhard Schoepfel 14 (III./JG 26-I have 12 on 28 Aug 40)
Oblt Hermann-Friedrich 13 (1./JG 51-I have 11 on 28 Aug 40)
Joppien
Lt Manhard 9 (Lt Walter Manhart 6./ZG 26 POW 2 Sep 40?)
Oblt Klaus 8 (Oblt Georg Claus Stab/JG 51)
Oblt Franz von Werra 8 (Stab II./JG 3)
Oblt Schnell 7 (Oblt Karl-Heinz Schnell 9./JG 51 6 on 28 Aug 40)
Fw Behr 7 (Fw Heinz Baer 1./JG 51 7 on 29 Aug 40)
Oblt Willi Stange 6 (8./JG 3-6 on 29 Aug 40)
Oblt Guenther Schulze- 6 (4./JG 53-6 on 6 Sep 40
Blanck


What puzzles me is some of the major omissions (JG 2 and JG 53 for starters) and who was Lt Manhard (or was this a typo)

[Phil Irwin]

Manhardt seems to ring a bell for me but no info

[Peter Cook]

This is Larry's entry on Manhart, but only one claim, no entry for Manhard.

MANHART, Walter. 01.08.39 promo to Lt.(RDA withheld). 01.09.39 RDA as Lt., Erg.ZSt. 2. 15.11.39 Lt., RLM pool (Sch.Etat), with Erg.ZSt. 2. 18.05.40 Lt., 3./ZG 26 unhurt - Bf 110 C damaged by Hurricane S of Valenciennes. 20.05.40 Lt., I./ZG 26. 03.09.40 Lt., 6./ZG 26 POW - Bf 110 D (3U+EP) shot down by 46 Sqdn. vic Mundon, S of Maldon. 01.10.41 promo to Oblt. 01.08.44 officially listed as a POW or interned in a neutral country. Credited with one victory.

Peter

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Peter I am aware of this but who is the 9 victory Manhard/Manhardt referred to by the German authorities? I now suspect it is a typo like Klaus and Behr. I thought maybe Machold but he was not a Leutnant at this time