Kaiser, Theodor (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")

Date of birth:: June 15th, 1918 (Recklingshausen/Westphalia, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

26.06.1941: Unteroffizier, Flugzeugführer in 1./JG 3.
30.04.1943: Uffz., 1./JG 3 awarded the Ehrenpokal
awarded the DKiG
17.08.1943: Feldwebel, 1./JG 3
06.1944: in 3./JG 3
21.11.1944-17.02.1945: Leutnant, appointed Staka 3./JG 3
17.12.1944: Lt., Stafü 3./JG 3 WIA - Bf 109 G-14/AS after combat with P-47s over the Ardennes, hospitalized
18.02.1945: Lt., again as an ordinary pilot in 3./JG 3

Ace credited with 22 victories :
His first, a Soviet MiG-1 on 16 May, 1942.
His 2nd victory, an "unidentified AC" on 26 May, 1942.
His 3rd & 4th, both Hurricanes on 10 July, 1942.
His 5th, an Il-2 on 20 July, 1942.
His 9th, a LaGG-3 on 1 August, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 26 August, 1942. A Yak-4 on 3 October, 1942. An Il-2 on 26 October, 1942. An Il-2 in the Stalingrad area on 28 December, 1942. Two LaGG-3s on 10 January, 1943. An Il-2 on 13 January, 1943. Three DB-3s on 15 January, 1943.
His 21st, a B-17 "NM-4" at Bilzen, S of Genk, on 17 August, 1943.
A 22nd, a Lancaster at Bottrop-Recklinghausen on 12 December, 1944.

WIA and hospitalized 17 December, 1944 after aerial combat over the Ardennes. Mörl Interrogation Report.