Oblt.Kurt Fladrich

[Santiago]

Hello
I need to find biographical information and photo of Oblt.Kurt Fladrich who flew in 9./NJG4 and St./NJG4 night fighter pilot who scored 16 kills from August 1942 to March 1945.

Any help would be appreciated.

Santiago

[Doug Stankey]

We have only a little biographical information on this guy:

FLADRICH, Kurt.
01.09.42 Oblt., Staka 9./NJG 4?
01.04.43 in III./NJG 4, promo to Hptm.
19.04.44 Hptm. in 9./NJG 4.


A partial listing of his claims is below:

29.08.42 Oblt. Kurt Fladrich Stab III./NJG 4 Hampden £ 1 km. S. Lierre: 2.100 m. 01.52 hours
11.04.43 Oblt. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Lancaster £ 1 km. N. illegible 02.28 hours
15.04.43 Oblt. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Stirling £ 12 km. E. Reims: 3.300 m. 01.59 hours
17.04.43 Oblt. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Wellington £ E. Sept Meules : 4.000 m. 02.13 hours
31.08.43 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Stirling £ Dorphen: 4.200-3.500 m. 04.01 hours
20.12.43 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Halifax £ 10 km. W. Rhenen: 4.200 m. 20.29 hours
11.04.44 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Halifax £ 1 km. N. Lechelle: 3.500 m. 00.01 hours
11.04.44 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Halifax £ Ercheu: 3.600 m. 00.27 hours
08.06.44 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Halifax £ UD-8.9 at 1.500 m. [Meulan-les-Mureaux] 01.26 hours
25.06.44 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 Lancaster £ QE-QD at 2.300 m. [Doullens-Abbeville] 00.44 hours
19.07.44 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 4-mot. Flzg. £ 05 Ost S/UF at 2.600 m. [Ermenonville] 01.04 hours
12.09.44 Hptm. Kurt Fladrich 9./NJG 4 4-mot. Flzg. £ RP-RO at 4.200 m. [Hunsrück] 00.21 hours

Source:
http://www.cieldegloire.com/njg_004.php

We hope that this helps,
HLdZ
DGS

[Santiago]

Hello Doug
Thanks for the info on Fladrich my interest on him ,because of his third kill the Stirling on 15.04.43, in which a Mexican national was killed with the rest of the crew.

thanks
Santiago

[Tom Semenza]

Santiago,

The following info is from postings on 20.06.06 and 23.11.06 on The German Night Fighter War Forum http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/169401.html :

Born: 11.01.1918

Oct. 1941 was a Leutnant in NJ-Schule Schleissheim
01.11.41 posted to I./NJG 1
02.05.42 appointed Adjutant of III./NJG 4 by which time he was an Oberleutnant
01.09.42 appointed Staffelkapitän of 9./NJG 4
Summer 1943 was attached to Stab NJG 1

Died: 21.01.1995

Regards,
Tom

[Santiago]

Tom
Thanks for the info, are there any photos of him from any book published in Germany?

Cheers
Santiago

[Santiago]

Dough

The missing claims for Kurt Fladrich are:

23-24 May 1943 Wellington
23-24 may 1943 Wellington
9-10 April 1944 Stirling
3-4 March 1945 Lancaster

this should bring his number of claims to 16

Cheers
Santiago

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello,

To all this I can add that Kurt Fladrich was in the 1./NJG 1 between 1.11.1944 and 2.5.1942.

All the best, Marcel Hogenhuis

[Santiago]

Hello Marcel
Thanks for the info.

cheers
Santiago