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Reinhold Knacke - Pilot Profile - Reinhold Knacke

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Victories : 44
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 3rd February 1943


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron CrossAwarded Oak Leaves to the Knights 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.

Reinhold Knacke

Squadrons for : Reinhold Knacke
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Country : Germany
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Known Victory Claims - Reinhold Knacke

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

09/03/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Wellington-5.5Western Front
10/03/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Stirling-23.42Western Front
13/03/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Wellington-22.5Western Front
03/05/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Wellington4km W. Weert4.13Western Front
10/05/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Whitley8km W. Weert3.05Western Front
13/06/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1WhitleyAalst-Eindhoven3.16Western Front
17/06/1941Ltn. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington10km NW Weert2.31Western Front
02/07/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Whitley8km SW Maastricht1.03Western Front
02/07/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Hampden6km NE Maastricht1.12Western Front
08/07/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1HampdenHeuthem1.17Western Front
08/07/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1WellingtonMaastricht1.25Western Front
14/10/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1WhitleyLommel6Western Front
15/10/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Wellington-21.37Western Front
27/12/1941Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Wellington5km E. Heeze20.24Western Front
10/03/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Stirling-23.42Western Front
13/03/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1Wellington-22.5Western Front
29/03/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke2NJG 1ManchesterNW Vlieland23.31Western Front
31/05/1942Oblt. Reinhold KnackeStab I.NJG 1Wellington10km E. Weert: 5400m1Western Front
31/05/1942Oblt. Reinhold KnackeStab I.NJG 1Halifax3km ESE Weert: 4500m2.04Western Front
31/05/1942Oblt. Reinhold KnackeStab I.NJG 1Wellington3km SW Middelbeerer: 3500m2.3Western Front
17/06/1942Oblt. Reinhold KnackeStab I.NJG 1Halifax7km W. Veldhoven: 4200m2.28Western Front
17/06/1942Oblt. Reinhold KnackeStab I.NJG 1Wellington2km NE Ouddorp: 5300m4.2Western Front
22/07/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington8km SE Roermond: 3600m1.49Western Front
22/07/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington11km E. Eindhoven: 3500m2.06Western Front
26/07/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Blehheim62312: 1000m [Schwerte-Schaneloo]1.19Western Front
26/07/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Stirling62312: 4000m [3km N. Horst/W. Duisburg]1.31Western Front
26/07/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington62412: 4000m [Repelen]1.5Western Front
29/07/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Mosquito5243: 8000m [Haps]1.1Western Front
06/08/1942Ofw. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington62183: 5000m [Hau bei Mönchengladbach]1.06Western Front
07/08/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Stirling500m S. Hötheim: 4000m2.42Western Front
07/08/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington52/3/3: 4500m [Rosmalen/5km NE s'Hertogenbosch]2.57Western Front
10/08/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington6378: 3700m [Keyserborg/NE Doetinchem]3.07Western Front
10/08/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Halifax5246: 3600m [2km SW St. Antoine/8km NW Helmond]3.52Western Front
16/08/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Halifax2½km E. Kevelaer: 5100m3.26Western Front
02/10/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Halifax6255: 5000m21.4Western Front
15/10/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Lancaster62/72: 4300m21.5Western Front
20/12/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Halifax6235: 3000m19.45Western Front
20/12/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Wellington5213: 300m20.19Western Front
21/12/1942Oblt. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Lancaster5221: 500m24Western Front
31/12/1942Hptm. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Lancaster5227: 6800m [10km NE Ess/Brabant]20.15Western Front
03/01/1943Hptm. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Lancaster5km SW Nijmegen: 5200m [5km S. Maastricht]20.19Western Front
27/01/1943Hptm. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1LancasterMill 12km SSW Nijmegen: 6300m20.1Western Front
03/02/1943Hptm. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Stirling5379: 3500m [Bhf. Weutenburg 5km S. Amerongen]19.46Western Front
03/02/1943Hptm. Reinhold Knacke1NJG 1Halifax5213: 3300m [NNW Thiel]20.05Western Front

Known Claims : 44

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