Joachim Brendel ( him. Joachim Brendel ; April 27, 1921 , Ulrichshalben near Weimar , Thuringia - July 7, 1974 , Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia ) - German ace of the Luftwaffe of World War II . He had 189 air victories (all on the Eastern Front) on more than 950 sorties [1] . He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves .
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| Date of Birth | April 27, 1921 | ||||
| Place of Birth | Ulrichshalben near Weimar , Thuringia | ||||
| Date of death | July 7, 1974 (53 years) | ||||
| Place of death | Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia | ||||
| Affiliation |  Germany (until 1945) Germany | ||||
| Type of army |  Luftwaffe | ||||
| Years of service | 1939-1945 | ||||
| Rank | Hauptman | ||||
| Part | Jg 51 | ||||
| Commanded | 1. / JG 51 , III./ JG 51 | ||||
| Battles / Wars | The Second World War | ||||
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Biography
Joachim Brendel was born on April 27, 1921 in the town of Ulrichshalben pancake of the Thuringian city of Weimar .
Joachim began his military career in 1941 as a lieutenant in the 1st Group JG 51 on the Eastern Front of the Second World War . Brendel scored his first air victory in his 4th combat departure. Interestingly, his second plane German ace shot down after quite a long time. It happened on March 31, 1942 , and it was already 117 combat sortie of a pilot. Only in early 1943, Brendel began to show his fighter talent, by February there were already 20 enemy planes shot down by his own account, on July 9, 1943 he won his 50th aerial victory. Autumn was very effective for the ace - the rewards did not keep pace with the rapidly growing number of pilot victories. November 22, 1944 Joachim was awarded the Knight's Cross , on this date his battle score was 95 victories. But even on October 16, the German shot down his 150th plane - for this Brendel was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross on January 14, 1945 . On this day he had already 156 air victories. By this time, Joachim was already in the rank of Hauptman and commanded the 3rd Group JG 51 . On April 25, 1945, the German ace won his last victory in this war.
In total, during the years of service in the Luftwaffe, Brendel shot down 189 enemy aircraft and is the most productive JG 51 pilot on the Eastern Front. The number of victories of Joachim also includes 90 well-known Soviet Il-2 attack aircraft [2] [3] .
Brendel died on July 7, 1974 in Cologne .
Awards
- German Cross in Gold (May 17, 1943)
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross (November 22, 1943) - Chief Lieutenant , Commander of the 1st Squadron JG 51 Mölders
- Oak Leaves (No. 697) (January 14, 1945) - Hauptmann , Commander of the 3rd Group JG 51 Mölders
Notes
- Quotes
- ↑ Spick 1996, p. 228
- ↑ Weal 2001, p. 45
- ↑ according to other data 88
- Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 . Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 .
- Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939-1945 (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 3-87341-065-6 .
- Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941–1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 3-931533-45-X .
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939—1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
- Spick, Mike (1996). Luftwaffe Fighter Aces . Ivy Books. ISBN 0-8041-1696-2 .
- Weal, John (2001). Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front . Osprey Publishin Limited. ISBN 1-84176-084-6 .
Links
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht . Joachim Brendel . The date of circulation is October 16, 2007. Archived on April 13, 2012.
- 697. Eichenlaubträger Joachim Brendel