Date of birth:

January 1st, 1919 (Bolschwitz/Province of Brandenburg/Free State of Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

April 8th, 1944 (near Bentheim/Province of Hanover/Free State of Prussia, Germany)

Buried on:

Neuer Friedhof
Plot: EH. Grave: 7.

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
01.11.1938: Gefreiter;
01.12.1939: Unteroffizier;
01.06.1941: Feldwebel;
01.07.1942: Oberfeldwebel;
xx.xx.1943: Fahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel.

Career:
November 1st, 1937: Luftwaffe;
September 25th, 1939: Flugzeugführerschule A/B, Görlitz;
June 1st, 1940: 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26;
1942: 11. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26;
December 3rd, 1942: II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 51;
March 10th, 1943: 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 53;
September 1943: 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26.

Emil Babenz was killed in action on April 8th, 1944, when his plane was shot down in a air battel with P-47 fighters from 361st Fighter Group, USAAF, over the Zuiderzee, the Netherlands. His plane Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-6 (W.Nr. 470 046) "Black 1", after this crashed near Bentheim.
At the time of his death, Emil Babenz had achieved 24 ai victories in 335 missions.

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• Photo: Aces of the Luftwaffe - Emil Babenz
  
• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - Volksbund Entry 1
  - Volksbund Entry 2
  - Aces of the Luftwaffe - Emil Babenz
  - Luftwaffe Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg aus dem Besitz von Feldwebel Emil Babenz, 3./Jagdgeschwader 26 (318227) - Auszeichnungen der Luftwaffe - Militaria / Helmut Weitze
  - BAMA (RL 10_270, slide #185)
  

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