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Rudolf Frank - Pilot Profile - Rudolf Frank

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Victories : 45
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
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In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Rudolf Frank

Squadrons for : Rudolf Frank
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Rudolf Frank. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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NJG1


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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NJG3


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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Known Victory Claims - Rudolf Frank

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

03/07/1941Gefr. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3Wellington10km N. Grafeld0.36Western Front
15/09/1941Gefr. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3WellingtonNW Meppen23.3Western Front
21/01/1942Uffz. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3WhitleyNE Lingen21.03Western Front
26/01/1942Uffz. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3WhitleyW. Quakenbrück20.36Western Front
03/07/1942Uffz. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3Wellington5km N. Cloppenburg1.26Western Front
03/07/1942Uffz. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3Wellington20km SW Vechta2.31Western Front
14/09/1942Uffz. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3Wellington10km NE Hardenburg: 3600m3.1Western Front
03/03/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank1NJG 3StirlingMelchiors Laüren: 800m [S. Delmenhorst]22.1Western Front
15/06/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 1Lancaster8km N. Antwerp: 6000m0.53Western Front
17/06/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 1LancasterLierre: 5800m0.45Western Front
17/06/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 1LancasterMoorleghem: 50m [SE Ghent]1Western Front
17/06/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 1Lancaster05 Ost S/LH-42: 7800m [NE Breskens]1.46Western Front
22/06/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 1WellingtonGramersweil: 5700m1.24Western Front
04/07/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 1HalifaxHuissen: 5300m1.06Western Front
24/08/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3StirlingNW Berlin: 3500m1.05Western Front
31/08/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3Lancaster150m N. Fl.Pl. Hesepe: 5200m [E. Diepholz]23.28Western Front
31/08/1943Uffz. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3HalifaxMönchengladbach: 4500m3.43Western Front
06/09/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3HalifaxSSE Mannheim: 4800m0.5Western Front
22/09/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3Halifaxwestrand Hannover: 5700m22.39Western Front
23/09/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3Lancaster110km W. Mannheim: 5500m23.42Western Front
03/10/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3Halifax15km SW Oldenburg21.56Western Front
08/10/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3WellingtonUP-76 F: 1400m [30km N. Nordenay/Raum Saarbrücken]0.32Western Front
18/11/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank2NJG 3LancasterOud Kembeek [E. Lingen]23.11Western Front
16/12/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank6NJG 3Lancaster3km SW Sulingen: 6300m [E. Dummersee]19.15Western Front
20/12/1943Fw. Rudolf Frank6NJG 3HalifaxNE Frankfurt-am-Main: 5700m20Western Front
21/01/1944Fw. Rudolf Frank6NJG 3LancasterMagdeburg22.59Western Front
21/01/1944Fw. Rudolf Frank6NJG 3HalifaxMagdeburg23.04Western Front
15/02/1944Fw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3NE Lüneburg: 6300m20.4Western Front
15/02/1944Fw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3Raum Lüneburg20.59Western Front
20/02/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3HalifaxES-8-FS-2: 6300m [NW Delmenhorst]2.38Western Front
20/02/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3ET-6-EU-4: 6400m [S. Bremen]2.5Western Front
20/02/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3Lancaster15km SW Speningen: 6500m [W. Vechta]4.33Western Front
20/02/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3Lancaster2km E. Heenwijk: 6500m [N. Meppen]5.22Western Front
20/02/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3LancasterGH-3-GB-1: 6500m E. Celle]3.04Western Front
22/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3GR-2: 6000m21.18Western Front
22/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3IR-1: Gütersloh: 5500m21.4Western Front
25/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3S. Meppen: 6700m0.19Western Front
25/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 315km vor Meppen: 6400m0.24Western Front
25/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 310km N. Almelo: 6000m0.42Western Front
31/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3OU-OT: 5500m0.54Western Front
31/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 305 Ost S/NT-OT: 6000m [Alsfeld]0.24Western Front
31/03/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 305 Ost S/OT: 6000m [Vogelsbergs]0.35Western Front
23/04/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3Lancaster30-10km NW Venlo: 6000m1.55Western Front
23/04/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3RB: 3500m [Insel Langland]23.22Western Front
27/04/1944Ofw. Rudolf Frank3NJG 3HalifaxLM: 6500m1.55Western Front

Known Claims : 45

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