Wiese, Johannes 'Hannes'
- Date of birth:
- March 7th, 1915 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)
- Date of death:
- August 16th, 1991 (Kirchzarten/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
- Buried on:
- German War Graves Zehlendorf
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Johannes Wiese achieved a total of 133 victories (and 75 unconfirmed) in 480 sorties.
1934: Heer - assigned to Inf.Rgt.6
1936: transferred to the Luftwaffe as an Oberfähnrich
1937: promoted to Leutnant
01.09.1939: promoted to Oberleutnant (Tr.O.) in A./Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 62
10.1939: attended fighter school
1940-1941: Aufklärungsflieger
06.1941-04.1942: Gr. Adj. of III./JG 52
26.06.1942-12.11.1943: Hauptmann, appointed Staka 2./JG 52
11.05.-12.11.1943: Hptm., appointed acting Kdr. I./JG 52
05.07.1943: Hptm., Stab I./JG 52 shot down over the Kuban - emergency landed but unharmed.
01.08.-30.08.43: not active Kdr due to illness
01.10.1943: promoted to Major
13.10.-13.11.1943: Maj., Stab I./JG 52
13.11.1943-10.06.1944: appointed Kdr. I./JG 52
19.05.1944: Maj., Stab/JG 52 badly WIA - Bf 109 G-6 - no details
11.06.1944: transferred to the Verbandsführerschule Gen.d.Jagdflieger
31.10.-20.11.1944: Maj., appointed Kdr. Verbandsführerschule Gen.d.Jagdflieger
01.-25.12.1944: Maj., appointed Kommodore JG 77
24.12.1944: severely WIA with a serious back injury – Bf 109 G-14 (<<+) shot down
over Bottrop - his parachute had ruptured 80 meters above the ground
05.1945: British POW but
06.09.1945: handed over to the Russians
28.11.1949: released
1956: joined the Bundesluftwaffe serving in the militärhistorischen Forschungsamt in Freiburg.
30.11.1970: retired as an Oberstleutnant
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 27th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1st, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 2. / Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1942
Published on the Ehrenliste der Duetschen Luftwaffe on 16th November 1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän I. / Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- December 5th, 1942
Award 28/164.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Staffelkapitän 2. / Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- January 5th, 1943
“Hauptmann Wiese shot down 51 enemy aircraft on the Eastern front.”
723rd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major (Squadron Leader)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur I. / Jagdgeschwader 52
- Awarded on:
- March 2nd, 1944
418th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 11th, 1941
Ordinul Virtutea Aeronautica - Gold Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 13th, 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- Photo: Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
- - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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