Häfner, Ludwig (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")
- Date of birth:
- February 17th, 1921 (Ingolstadt/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- November 10th, 1942 (Kolobovka Airfield, USSR)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
01.02.1941: promoted to Leutnant
26.06.1941: Lt., 6./ JG 3, Bf 109F-1 Werknummer 5728 damaged due to brake failure at Beresteczcko
00.07.1941: assigned to 6./ JG 3 to complete training
07.09.1941: Lt., 6./ JG 3 wounded in an accident at Przmysl while ferrying an aircraft and hospitalized
00.05.1942: returned to JG 3
20.05.1942: first victory, a Soviet Il-2 2 km South East of Wagislaska
29.05.1942: 1 victory, a MiG-1
01.07.1942: 1 victory, a LaGG-3
02.07.1942: 1 victory, a R-5
06.07.1942: 1 victory, a Yak-1
09.07.1942: 4 victories, four LaGG-3s in the Demschtuhliak/Losow areas
13.07.1942: 2 victories, a Pe-2 and an R-5
25.07.1942: 2 victories, a Yak-1 and a MiG-1
29.07.1942: 1 victory, an Il-2
30.07.1942: 2 victories, two LaGG-3s
31.07.1942: 3 victories, a LaGG-1 and two Il-2s
06.08.1942: 1 victory, a Pe-2 at Stalingrad
07.08.1942: 2 victories, an Il-2 and a LaGG-3
20.08.1942: 1 victory, a MiG-1
29.09.1942: 2 victories, two LaGG-3s
01.10.1942-10.11.1942: Leutnant, Staka, 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3 'Udet'
09.10.1942: 2 victories, two LaGG-3s
14.10.1942: 1 victory, a LaGG-3
30.10.1942: 1 victory, an Il-2
01.11.1942: 1 victory, a LaGG-3
02.11.1942: 1 victory, a MiG-1
10.11.1942: Leutnant, 3./ JG3, reported MIA and KIA with Bf 109G-2 Werknummer 13631 coded "Yellow 6" while undertaking a low level attack on a Russian airfield at Kolobovka, 80 km east of Stalingrad when hit by Anti-Aircraft fire
01.08.1944: still reported MIA
Pilot credited with 52 aerial victories, all on the Eastern Front
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 1st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 24th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 24th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Awarded on:
- September 21st, 1942
According to the Vorschlag of the Ritterkreuz awarded on 30-9-1942.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer, 6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet", Luftwaffe
- Awarded on:
- December 21st, 1942
Awarded posthumously.
Sources
- Photo 1:
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- ww2.dk
- Vorschlag für die Verleihung des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes
- https://ww2.dk/Lw Offz - G-K Apr 2023.pdf
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