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Niebelschütz, von, Hans-Wolfgang (NJG 2)

Date of birth:
April 19th, 1914 (Stettin/Province of Pomerania/Kingdom of Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
January 3rd, 1944 (Engelsdorf, near Leipzig)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Hauptmann Hans-Wolfgang Kurt Balthasar von Niebelschütz

01.06.1940: Oberleutnant in 4.(F) Staffel, Aufklärungsgruppe 121, POW when Ju 88 A coded '7A+PM' shot down by GC II/2 between Besançon and Dijon and crash-landed near La-Riviere-Drugeon
03.08.1942: Oblt., 6. Staffel, Nachtfagdgeschwader 4, unhurt - Bf 110 D-0 force-landed at Dreierswalde near Rhein
20.09.1942: Hauptmann, 5./ NJG 4, one known victory, perhaps his 1st, a "4 Mot" southeast of Chalons
08.07.1943-09.07.1943: Hptm., 5./ NJG 4: a Lancaster 6 km South of Calamuer
08.08.1943: Hptm., in 5./ NJG 4, a 2nd Lancaster North East of Vautenerre
13.08.1943: a 3rd Lancaster at Labuissiere
14.08.1943: a 4th Lancaster 45 km West of Guernsey
01.09.1943-03.01.1944: Hptm., Kdr., IV./ NJG 5
06.09.1943: Hptm., 5./ NJG 5, two victories, both Stirlings at Mannheim
09.10.1943: Hptm., IV./ NJG 5, a Lancaster over Hannover
22.10.1943: Hptm., IV./ NJG 5, a 9th, a Halifax 500m East of Kassel
02.01.1944-03.01.1944: Hauptmann, Kdr, I. Gruppe, NJG-2, KIA after being shot down by flak, crashing at Engelsdorf, near Leipzig
Pilot credited with 11 victories

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
April 17th, 1944
posthumously awarded
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg

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