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Living Luftwaffe Aces

Post by Ron Klages »

For all those interested.
From a list of Luftwaffe KC winners with 5 or more kills here are the ones my data base shows as still alive as of March 2002. The list has 539 people that won the
KC and had 5 kills or more. Of that 457 have died, the last in February 2002. Here is a list of those still living. It is sorted by higest kills still living to lowest

Rall, Günther
Rudorffer, Erich
Schuck, Walter
Josten, Günther
Schack, Günther
Reinert, Ernst-Wilhelm
Thyben, Gerhard
Gratz, Karl
Wolfrum, Walter
Dickfeld, Adolf
Grislawski, Alfred
Marquardt, Heinz
Obleser, Friedrich
Beerenbrock, Franz Josef
Woidich, Franz
Freytag, Siegfried
Schleinhege, Hermann
Rossmann, Edmund
Bennemann, Dr.med.dent. Helmut
Ewald, Heinz
Broch, Hugo
Ohlrogge, Walter
Hailböck, Josef
Mayerl, Maximilian
Schultz, Otto
Glunz, Adolf
Schnell, Karl-Heinz
Lange, Heinz
Köhler, Armin
Kaiser, Herbert
Hermichen, Rolf
Rökker, Heinz
Bob, Hans-Ekkehard
Zorner, Paul
Becker, Martin 'Tino'
Buchner, Hermann
Dahmer, Hugo
Schönfelder, Helmut
Seeger, Günther
Meimberg, Julius
Drewes, Martin
Hoffmann, Werner
Schröter, Fritz
Greiner, Hermann
Jabs, Hans-Joachim
Kutscha, Herbert
Rammelt, Karl
Moritz, Wilhelm
Meister, Ludwig
Schöpfel, Gerhard
Neuhoff, Hermann
Huy, Wolf-Dietrich
Schmidt, Dietrich
Litjens, Stefan [Dutch]
Loos, Walter
Bahr,Günther
Stolle, Bruno
Naumann, Johannes
Husemann, Werner
Hadeball, Heinz-Martin
Rauh, Paul-Herbert
Pusch, Emil
Seyffardt, Fritz
Benning, Anton
Reschke, Willi
Lau, Fritz
Meyn, Wilhelm
Schulte, Helmuth
Unger, Willy
Tritsch, Willy
Schmidt, Winfrid
Schenck, Wolfgang
Lutter, Johannes (Hanns)
Diekwisch, Erwin
Günther, Paul
Pölz, Hubert
Herrmann, Hajo
Falck, Wolfgang
Lang, Friedrich
Rettberg, Ralph von
Eberspächer, Dipl.-Ing. Helmut
Hachtel, August

There are probably some of these men that have passed away and my data base is not right up todate.
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Additional data!

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I have been informed that Stolle, Benning, Rettberg and Hadeball have also passed away.
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Post by Erich »

Just a footnote for all......

Wilhelm Moritz cannot be contacted as this is the wish of his familie. He is getting up in years.
Werner Husemann will no longer talk of his expereinces and is in hiding.
Addi Glunz has a very severe case of Altzheimers.
Heinz Rökker is well and so is Hermann Greiner and Martin Drewes.

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Post by charlie don't surf »

I thought that 10 was the required number to be considered an expert? Are there different requirements within the luftwaffe? Could someone please explain this for me?

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Only 5 to be an ace. The term experten of course depends on whom you are talking with to some degree.......

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Another Individual Gone.

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I just found out that Josef Haiböck passed away on 3 July 2002. He had 77 aerial victories.
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Litjens also passed away...

Post by Douglas Aguiar »

Ron,

Unfortunately, Stefan Litjens alson passed away eraly this year. Check at http://www.luftwaffe-experten.com. They keep a list of recent deceased aces.

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Post by Tony »

kinda late :oops: but "Addi" Glunz passed on August 1, 2002, just checked it out on the Luftwaffe Experten site...
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Stefan Litjens

Post by Jaap Woortman »

Dear Ron,

In your list you have mentioned Stefan Litjens. You are also mentioning that he was Dutch. That would be very interesting for me because I am studying the service of Dutchmen in the Luftwaffe and I did not know that he was Dutch. I realize that his name sounds Dutch but I have more Luftwaffe pilots/personnel with Dutch looking names but have the German nationality. I would be very glad if you could send me some proof for your statement.
Looking forward for your answer,

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Interesting list.
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Post by Panzerass »

Does Ohlrogge, Werner live in Bremen, Germany? Or where?
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Post by Jan-Hendrik »

Mr. Julius Meimberg is still alive , Mr. Hajo Hermann too . Met them yesterday :

http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic ... c&start=15

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Alfred Grislawski +

Paul Zorner, last mail I got from him last month he is not well at all and it does not look good after his last surgery ...........

Martin (Tino) Becker passed away after a long illness

Hans-Joachim Jabs +

Gerhard Schöpfel +

Günther Bahr is ill

Willi Unger +
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Post by Paddy Keating »

I don't see RKT und DKiGT Johann (Hans) Stollnberger on the list. He had 42 or 45 victories, depending on the sources, the last two of which were in Me262s, and he is very much alive.

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Post by Erich »

Paddy would you be so kind to list the units Hans served in please, and also for the Me 262 as well. I can find nothing on the gent. Am asuming by your statements you are in contact with him

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