Aces of the Luftwaffe, by Petr Kácha & Peter Kaššák

[Richard T Eger]

Carlos Herrera highlighted this site on 12 O'clock High! on 13 Sept. 2000. The site concentrates on capsule histories of the aces and aces victory lists. The site URL is:

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/

The following is a summary of the site contents:

Luftwaffe Experten - Capsule histories of aces, some in English, some in Czech, and some with victory lists.

Jagdgeschwader 51 Victory Claims 1939-1945 - Only 1939-1941 is currently available.

Düsenjäger - German Jet Aces of the Luftwaffe

Victory list by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, victories on Me 262, total victories, and unit(s).

Also, there is a glossary list of unit abbreviations.

Kanaljägers - Top 16 Luftwaffe Aces of the English Channel Front

Victory list by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, and channel and total victories.

Nachtjägers - Top 56 Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aces

Victory list by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, night victories, day victories, and total victories.

Viermottöters - Aces of the Luftwaffe against 10 or more four-engined bombers

Victory list by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, 4-motor victories, total victories, unit(s), and notes.

Also, there is a glossary of bombers and terms.

Stormovik Killers - Aces of the Luftwaffe in combat with Il-2 Stormovik

Victory list by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, Il-2 Stormovik victories, and total victories.

Wilde Sau - JG 300, 301 and 302 Combat War Diary 1943-45.

This is a link to a site of this name by Peter Kaššák. This site is already noted in a forum under "Useful Websites". The site describes combats by date in 1943-45. It also provides lists of pilots, victories, losses, and airfields.

Aces of the Western Front

Victory list of the top 25 aces by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, victories in the west, victories in the east, and total victories.

Aces of the Eastern Front

Victory list of the top 40 aces by victory ranking, pilot rank and name, victories in the east, victories in the west, and total victories.

Air Battles - Dieppe, Operation Jubilee, 19 Aug. 1942.

Luftwaffe aircraft and units involved and victories.

Articles - Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Bartels and Leutnant Leopold Steinbatz

Links - Small, but good, list of links

What's new? - Listing of updates

Regards,
Richard



[This message has been edited by Richard T Eger (edited 11 July 2001).]

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

NickM
A question RE: Petr Kacha's Luftwaffe site
Wed Feb 21 05:38:44 2001


Hiya guys:

I just looked at the remodeled Luftwaffe Ace site by Petr(Peter? Petr?) Kacha; what happened to all the individual biographies and (partial, at least)victory lists for the aces?
It was a killer resource! Are there plans to reload these bits of info??

NickM

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Mark Steinitz
Hermann Staiger
Fri Feb 23 21:33:10 2001


Does anyone know if Experte Major Hermann Staiger is still alive or when he passed away? Also, is there any record of his being shot down during his tour in JG 1 later in
the war after leaving JG 26 and before being assigned to JG 7? What were the cirumstances of the loss -- to fighters, defensive bomber fire etc? Finally, there is a summary
of his career on the "Aces of the Luftwaffe" site, but it's in Czech. I believe that in part it describes how he was shot down during the early stages of the Russian campaign
while serving with JG 51. Does anyone know what it says in more detail? Many Thx.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Jim P.
Re: Hermann Staiger
Fri Feb 23 21:58:18 2001


Here's the incident. Do you have a link to the ace site you mentioned?

Bf 109F-2 8083 STAIGER, Oblt. Hermann 63 7. 51 14-Jul-41 Stkp. WIA due to enemy fire during Tiefangriff. RK Ru§land Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #3)-Vol.5 Zychow 50% F

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Gordon John
Aces site
Sat Feb 24 00:57:04 2001


The Aces site mentioned was originally Aces of the Luftwaffe url http://www/volny.cz/pkacha/ . I understand the site now resides at http://www.luftwaffe.cz/ . The site is undergoing an upgrade and the articles on the original site are being updated and posted on the new site, in English only, as this occurs.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Mark Steinitz
Hermann Staiger
Tue Feb 27 17:05:24 2001


Ask and you shall receive! I just visited Petr Kacha' site today and found an english language version of Staiger's impressive career. Thx Petr; your site is greatly appreciated.

[This message has been edited by Richard T Eger (edited 30 March 2001).]

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:


Mark Steinitz
Hermann Staiger
Sun Feb 25 01:39:46 2001


Thx for the detail on the July 1941 incident. Can I assume that "tiefangriffe" means the loss was due to combat with the Red Air Force vice ground fire? I went back to
Kacha's "Aces of the Luftwaffe" site (url already provided by another contributor) and found that the Czech language summary of Staiger's career is no longer available.
Perhaps it will re-appear in English as the very useful site is upgraded.

[Richard T Eger]

It appears that Petr Kacha has now gone solo on this site and that the site address is now:

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/

Regards,
Richard

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

LAZ
Mustang Killers
Thu Aug 22 05:40:35 2002
24.199.90.248

Which Bf 109 pilot shot down the most P-51 Mustangs? Which variant did he fly? Rank, unit, and area of operation?

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Laurent
Try this page
Thu Aug 22 10:07:57 2002
195.6.104.32


http://www.luftwaffe.cz/Mustang.html

Kills on this list includes A-36 Apache and RAF Mustangs.

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Dénes Bernád
RE: Mustang Killers
Sat Aug 24 16:49:37 2002
149.99.112.97

There were a couple of non-German Axis pilots who scored against P-51s. However, the most they individually claimed were 2 Mustangs, i.e. no small-Axis pilot shot down 3 Mustangs.

Dénes

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Philippe Meert
Alex Nitelet
Sat Aug 31 13:31:01 2002
217.136.24.34

Hello,

I am trying to get information over a cousin of my mother, Alex Nitelet, who was in the 609th squadron of RAF and was shot down in august 1941 over Campagne ( France).
I am also looking for information about Karl Borris who apparently shot down my cousin.

Thanks in advance for your help !

Philippe Meert

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Chris Goss
Re: Alex Nitelet
Sat Aug 31 17:54:51 2002
80.40.93.129

If you wish to contact me direct, I re-wrote the history of 609 Sqn and have a few photos of Nitelet. Borris died a number of years ago

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Paul
Karl Borris
Sun Sep 1 06:57:56 2002
80.24.52.178

In this link are the Borris` biography

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/borris.html

Regards

Paul

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Bogdan
Need luftwafe information,please
Sat Mar 8 18:08:11 2003
213.233.117.101

Helo,I am a Great Luftwaffe fun and I ask you all to help me find down the internet which is the most up to date site with the Luftwaffe victory claims 1939-45.I find Tony Woods' to be still "under construction"
Also is there any site that treats in length about fighter or bomber geschwader 's pilots ,their number of mission losses,,something like JG 54 loss list....?In a word,anything about german pilots,not necesarrily about aces,something peculiar indeed..
Please help,thank you,Bogdan

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Tom Davis
Aces of the Luftwaffe
Sat Mar 8 23:55:43 2003
172.195.8.77

Bogdan,

Try this site: "Aces of the Luftwaffe" http://www.luftwaffe.cz/

It's pretty good.

Tom

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

Leo Etgen
Alfred Teumer
Fri Sep 5 17:34:19 2003
196.40.43.219

Hi

I was updating the victory list of Alfred Teumer's biography that is posted on www.luftwaffe.cz with data from the victory lists provided by Tony Wood. According to the biographical information Teumer was killed on 4 October 1944 while serving with EKo Nowotny in a flying accident. However, the last victory listed by Wood mentions Teumer as having claimed a P-51 on 11 November 1944 with 10./JG 54. Could someone please help clear up this obvious discrepancy? Thanks in advance.

Horrido!

Leo

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Tom Semenza
Teumer
Mon Sep 8 02:26:08 2003
152.163.253.38

Leo,

That 11 Nov 44 claim for Teumer is clearly wrong. Teumer was Staffelkapitän of 10./JG 54 from July 43 until being wounded in action on 3 Sept 43 (from Obermaier's "Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe.") While Tony Wood's lists are a wonderful tool, they are far from error free, this is one of them.

Regards,

Tom

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

Leo Etgen
Thanks
Tue Sep 9 04:32:58 2003
196.40.43.218

Hi Tom

Thanks for taking the time to help clear this up. I believe you're right. Even Kacha wrote me saying that most likely this was a clerk's error. I suppose that when making those massive victory lists something is bound to go wrong!

Horrido!

Leo

[Richard T Eger]

From 12 O'Clock High!:

NickM
Some info Re: Franz Eisenach
Thu Oct 2 01:29:06 2003
64.85.229.223

Hi;
I seem to recall a fellow who posts here regularly, I fogot his name but he is/was a Captain in the US Army Airborne who was always looking for info on a LW pilot named Franz Eisenach; I just found his thumbnail bio & vic total posted at the Petr Kacha's Luftwaffe board:

www.luftwaffe.cz/eisenach.html ;

I'm sorry, that I do not know how to make this a hyperlink, but I thought he might find it interesting;

NickM

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

MAJ Sean Leeman
Thanks for the heads up NickM!!!! (nm)
Mon Oct 6 14:47:32 2003
198.26.122.12

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

NickM
You're welcome, Sean...
Tue Oct 7 04:20:35 2003
64.85.229.223

I am hoping that the bio contained info that is new to you!

NickM

[Richard T Eger]

From TOCH!:

MAJ Sean M. Leeman
I knew most of the bio info. but it's ok.. (nm)
Tue Oct 7 14:33:15 2003
198.26.122.12