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August Geiger - Pilot Profile - August Geiger

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Victories : 53
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 30th September 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.

August Geiger

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NJG1


Country : Germany
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Known Victory Claims - August Geiger

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

09/07/1941Ltn. August GeigerIII.NJG 1Halifax10km S. Nijmegen23.32Western Front
20/06/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Stirling4km SE Neuenhaus2.22Western Front
26/06/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Wellington20km NE Rheine1.2Western Front
26/06/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Whitley10km NW Lingen1.3Western Front
26/06/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Stirling6km NW Nordhorn1.58Western Front
28/06/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1WhitleyNNE Lingen1.29Western Front
03/07/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Wellington2km NW Lochem2.49Western Front
29/07/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Wellington5km NNW Neuenhaus2.35Western Front
30/07/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Whitley8km WNW Rijssen0.58Western Front
06/08/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Halifax5363F4: 4000m [Wezep 15km S. Zwolle]1.35Western Front
10/08/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Wellington8km ESE Deventer: 1200m4.34Western Front
11/09/1942Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1Wellington737 8G3: 4000m [2km E. Osterwick]0.02Western Front
01/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger2NJG 1HalifaxVoorst Pl.Qu. 637482: 3600m [2km NW Zutphen]23.52Western Front
02/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger2NJG 1Lancaster1km W. Markelo: 4400m0.37Western Front
04/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger8NJG 1B-174322: 4200m [W. Den Helder]11.33Western Front
29/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger7NJG 1Wellington5km SW Ahaus: 5500m22.52Western Front
29/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger7NJG 1WellingtonZwiep 2km E. Barchem: 5400m [WNW Borculo]23.15Western Front
30/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax6375 Delden: 5500m [10km SE Zutphen]3.47Western Front
30/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster3km NW Lievelde: 5300m [7km NE Deventer]4.27Western Front
30/03/1943Ltn. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster3km NW Lieveide NNE Lichtenvoorde: 5500m4.46Western Front
03/04/1943Ltn. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster5km N. Gemen: 6000m23Western Front
27/04/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1WellingtonBornebroek: 4000m3.11Western Front
01/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax522 5F3: 5000m [NW Nijmegen]3.21Western Front
05/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax5349 G9: 5300m [W. Zwolle]2.09Western Front
13/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax63/8/8: 5600m [Vreden]2.06Western Front
13/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Wellington63/6/9: [SW Eldenzaal]2.17Western Front
13/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax63/2/5C6: 5200m [12km S. Hengelo]2.2Western Front
24/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster6346 B1: 5600m [48km E. Meppel]2.07Western Front
24/05/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster6339 H2: 6000m [18km E. Deventer]2.3Western Front
13/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1LancasterGN-6.4: 4300m [7km NNE Raalte]2.37Western Front
15/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1LancasterHM 96: 2000m [7km SE Terlet/N. Arnhem]1.44Western Front
23/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Wellington9km N. Wesel: 5600m1.33Western Front
23/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1WellingtonIN 98: 5800m [3km N. Rees]1.35Western Front
26/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1StirlingHN 43: 5600m [Empe]1.26Western Front
26/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster05 Ost S/FL 95: 4200m [10km SW Steenwijk]2Western Front
26/06/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster05 Ost S/GL 31: 5600m [25km W. Volendam]2.09Western Front
10/07/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1HalifaxEprave SE Dinant2.4Western Front
14/07/1943Oblt. August Geiger7NJG 1LancasterForstes-Veneurs2.1Western Front
30/07/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster1km SE Ahrensfelde1.25Western Front
18/08/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax15km NW Greifswald: 2400m2.08Western Front
18/08/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1Lancaster2km S. Reinberg: 2400m2.13Western Front
28/08/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1StirlingGerlachhausen2.2Western Front
31/08/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1Stirling9km SW Enschede: 4700m23.28Western Front
03/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1StirlingVelber: [1km. SW Hannover]23.5Western Front
06/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax10km N. Speyer: 4900m [Rheinehausen]0.45Western Front
06/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1LancasterOppen: 5000m [Saarland]0.24Western Front
22/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1StirlingGestorf: 4000m22.35Western Front
27/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1Halifax10km NW Bad Münster [München]23.3Western Front
27/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1LancasterZuiderzee: 5500m22.1Western Front
28/09/1943Hptm. August Geiger7NJG 1HalifaxS. Papenburg: 5500m0.01Western Front

Known Claims : 50

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