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Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Hi All,
I'm trying to find out if Carl Degelow, 30-victory ace with Jasta 40 in WW1, served (in any capacity) in an operational unit in the Luftwaffe. All I know is that he did serve in the Luftwaffe, with rank of Major. Any pointers would be much appreciated. Cheers, GrahamB |
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
I am also interest as well I try to complete files with German WW1 aces who also flew as pilot in WW2. Well known is the Hans von Hippel, who flew as fighter pilot in WW1 and have few air claims and in WW2 flew on controls of Ju52. I know that this is not modeling site but maybe somebody would like model of his Albatros fighter:
http://www.letletlet-warplanes.com/2...ns-von-hippel/ Cheers
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Hi Srecko,
well, I do have an ulterior motive that you (and everyone else) should be aware of. Degelow and Rudolph Windisch (of Jasta 66) both used the white stag emblem on their Fokker DVII aircraft - this appearing in almost exactly the same form on some Ju 52s in the Crete campaign and persisting for some time afterwards. They are associated with KGrzbV 106 but this may not be a simple solution. The origin of the WW1 use was in honour of the sanatorium in Dresden at Bad Weisser Hirsch (White Hart Spa in English) where both the aces had spent some time recuperating from wounds. It would help to know why this emblem was picked up again in WW2 and the Degelow line of enquiry was one possibility. Cheers Graham |
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Not sure if it is covered in his biography, but I can check later today.
Germany's Last Knight of the Air Memoirs of Major Carl Degelow Carl Degelow & Peter Kilduff (Ed.) William Kimber, 1979 ISBN 0-7183-0146-3 Hard Cover, p218 Biographical, English Been a while since I read it, so no ready answer.
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
All we have on this guy is :
DEGELOW, Karl. 27.08.39 Maj.(d.R.), in KG 1. He was a reservist and so apparently not too active. LdZ DGS |
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Looks like he used his reputation to do good instead of rising in rank.
According to the aforementioned biography p. 189/190 he made an effort to help Pour le Merite recipient Gotthard Sachsenberg, an unnamed Jewish WW1 pilot, and finally Jewish WW1 pilot Willi Rosenstein. Goering (or his staff) put a stop to this from that point onward. Reservist when called up in 1939, service on staffs of Udet, Goering and Milch No further detail, but it looks like the old eagles took care of one another, even if not always spectacular.
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Srecko, I have some information which may be of interest to you, including details on my uncle, who scored confirmed victories in both conflicts. Send me a PM for more details.
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Hi Ruy and all,
thanks for digging out the Degelow information. It looks like a dead-end with that respect - it would have been nice if he had turned up with KGrzbV 106, KGzbV 172 or something. Perhaps another unit member had experience of the Bad Weisser Hirsch or there was Dresden link to a unit. Many thanks. Graham |
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
Graham
Some excepts from "The Jasta War chronology" 21/4/18 Ltn in Justa 7 s/d Camel at 1100near Bailleul, victory 3 5/6/18 Ltn in Jasta 7 s/d Camel at 115 W of Bailleul 18/6/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d SE5A at 0930 Vieux Berquin victory 5 25/6/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d Camel at 2025 Zandvoorde victory 6 27/6/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d SE5A 0940 La Creue, Merris victory 7 2/7/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d SE5A 0845 Kruistraat, victory 8 13/7/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d SE5A 0940 Erquinghem, victory 9 14/7/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d SE5A SE Vieux Berwuin, victory 10 I will now go to his last one 4/11/18 Ltn in Jasta 40 s/d DH9 pm near Dutch border, victory 30. It was C2224 of 103 Sqd RAF Lt JG Carey and Lt McDonald POW's In conclusion he did very well Tony J |
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Re: Carl Degelow WW1 Ace - Luftwaffe service?
I am happy to see your very interesting input on this subject Graham- thanks you and Vince I have PM to you.
Happy New Year
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