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KG53 - Squadron Details - Aviation Directory

KG53

Name : KG53
Country : Germany

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew
Rank
Start of Service
End of Service
Known Dates
Aircraft
Airframes
Notes
Karl Christmann
Oberfeldwebel
unknown
5th November 1944

Pilots and Aircrew for : KG53

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Name

Info

Christmann, Karl
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Died : 5 / 11 / 1944

Christmann, Karl

Karl Christmann was killed on 5 November 1944 after his bomber was attacked by British night fighters. awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 5 April 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and observer in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 53 "Legion Condor

Pabst, Wilhelm
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Died : 5 / 12 / 1940

Pabst, Wilhelm

Weiss,
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Died : 5 / 12 / 1940

Weiss,

Squadrons :
KG53

Historical Notes :
05-12-1940 - Abandoned near Kempten. 2 injured. Aircraft Destroyed.

Squadrons :
KG53

Historical Notes :
05-12-1940 - Crash Landed 35% Damaged at Vendeville.

Squadrons :
KG53

Historical Notes :
05-12-1940 - Abandoned in flight near Hagenow (due to weather?) Aircraft Destroyed.

Squadrons :
KG53

Pilots or Aircrew :
Wilhelm Pabst
Friedrich Hess

Historical Notes :
05-12-1940 - Crashed. near Le Culot Fw. Wilhelm Pabst and crew killed.

Squadrons :
KG53

Pilots or Aircrew :
Weiss
Gerhard Dittmann

Historical Notes :
05-12-1940 - Abandoned near Neheim after becoming lost in bad weather Fw. Weiss Killed and 1 crew injured. Aircraft Destroyed.

Known Individual Aircraft of KG53 :
Type	Serial	Codes	First Flew	Squadron History	Aircrew History	History Notes	Engine	Factory
He111 H2	2616		-	*details*	*no information*	*details*
He111 H3	3347		-	*details*	*no information*	*details*
He111 H5	3535		-	*details*	*no information*	*details*
He111 H5	3632		-	*details*	*details*	*details*
He111 H2	5535		-	*details*	*details*	*details*

Aircraft for : KG53

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Aircraft

Info

He111

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Manufacturer : Heinkel

He111

The German medium bomber the Heinkel He111 was designed by Siegfried and Walter GÃ¼nter. The first He111 flew on 24th of February 1935, piloted by chief test pilot Gerhard Nitschke. The Heinkel He111 was the primary medium bomber of the Luftwaffe during the opening years of World War Two and the major bomber during the Battle of Britain. It was also used as a torpedo bomber during the Battle of the Atlantic. The Heinkel He111 was used in all theatres, Western, Eastern, Middle East and Northern Africa. He111 continued in production into 1944 and by the end of the war it was used primarily as a transport. Its origins came from a pre war airliner design.

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
Karl Christmann	Oberfeldwebel	unknown	5th November 1944