German Air gunner Kills

[schnellmeyer]

I was just wondering has anybody a idea what was the most "kills" achieved by a Luftwaffe air crew gunner in WW2 ? I know a JU88 gunner who has two confirmed kills for shooting down two Spitfires .

[Tony Kearns]

Do you mean Karl Hund 1.F/123 ? If so which Spitfires are you referring to ?
Tony K

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Hello Schnellmeyer,

If memory does not fail me, Obfw Erwin Hentschel, the air-gunner of Hans-Ulrich Rudel obtained 7 victories, until his death. I never see a list of Luftwaffe air-gunners victories (totals) as we do have for RAF air-gunners...I mean for Kampfgeschwader airmen.

Yours, must sincerely
Adriano Baumgartner

[Chris Goss]

A number of BF of V/KG 40 or I/ZG 1 were credited with kills-Uffz Gerhard Zimmermann on 11 Apr 44 being one such example

[schnellmeyer]

Thanks Chris and Adriano for your input , I find this topic most interesting as one had to be a good shot to down a jager .

[Chris Goss]

Or lucky-getting a Mossie was also quite a feat. BTW, Alt+0228 will give you ä for Jäger before someone complains

[knusel]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

Hello Schnellmeyer,

If memory does not fail me, Obfw Erwin Hentschel, the air-gunner of Hans-Ulrich Rudel obtained 7 victories, until his death. I never see a list of Luftwaffe air-gunners victories (totals) as we do have for RAF air-gunners...I mean for Kampfgeschwader airmen.

Yours, must sincerely
Adriano Baumgartner

If Hentschel scored 7 and Rudel 9, is it possible to say if the other to Rudel kills were scored in the Ju 87 or in the Fw 190 ?

[Edward L. Hsiao]

It' s been a while since those imputs had become known to this interesting topic about German Air gunner kills. How about the gunners aboard Fw-200,Bv-138,and Do-24s? They must have gotten kills as well?

Edward L. Hsiao

[Chris Goss]

Although a few Condors shot down aircraft, the kill appears to have never been credited to the gunner but the aircraft commander. During my research into the Do17, I don’t remember any named gunner being credited with kills. Finishing off my Do 217 book, I have come across a few gunner claims details of which are in the text but again it’s incomplete, especially when the bomber was shot down in the combat

[knusel]

Good morning dear Chris Goss,

Condors shot down aircraft ?! Can you name an aircraft commander who was credited with a kill ?
I've found your Do 217 book in the German amazon
https://www.amazon.de/Dornier-Units-...0281517&sr=8-3
and will order mine in September.

Have a nice Thursday,

Michael