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Wilhelm Steinmann - Pilot Profile - Wilhelm Steinmann

Wilhelm Steinmann

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Victories : 44
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
Cross

Latest Axis Aviation Artwork !
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.

Wilhelm Steinmann

Squadrons for : Wilhelm Steinmann
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Wilhelm Steinmann. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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EJG2


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of EJG2		EJG2

Full profile not yet available.

JG27


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG27		JG27

Jagdgeschwader 27 Afrika was a World War II Luftwaffe Geschwader. It was most famous for service in the North African Campaign, supporting the Deutsches Afrikakorps.

Commanders of IV./JG 27

Hauptmann Rudolf Sinner, June 1943
Oberleutnant Dietrich Boesler (acting), September 1943
Oberleutnant Alfred Burk (acting), October 1943
Hauptmann Joachim Kirschner, 18 October 1943
Hauptmann Otto Meyer, 1 February 1943
Hauptmann Hanns-Heinz Dudeck, July 1944
Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, 2 January 1945

JG4


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG4		JG4

Full profile not yet available.

Known Victory Claims - Wilhelm Steinmann

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

01/06/1943Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann3JG 27SpitfireLe Touquet-Boulogne12.22Western Front
01/08/1943Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4B-24TM Ogregini: 50m14.28Western Front
01/08/1943Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4B-24SN-1: bei Bücharesti: 300m14.01Western Front
28/12/1943Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4B-24OD-45: 7700m [Vicenza Raum]12.12Western Front
20/01/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4Spitfire--Western Front
21/01/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-51N. Monte Cassino16.00±Western Front
02/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4MustangJF-9: 800m [Valmontone]13.15Western Front
02/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4MustangKF-6: 100-150m [Valmontone]13.2Western Front
07/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4SpitfireHF-4: 4000m [30km NE Rome]12.1Western Front
08/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-51HE-7: 1100m [Lake Bracchiano]13.5Western Front
08/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-51HE-7: 1100m [Lake Bracchiano]13.52Western Front
16/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4DragonflyKF-7: 30m10.57Western Front
16/02/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4KittyhawkLF-2: 10m12.47Western Front
03/03/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4Mitchell22 1F 4/5 22 2 4/512.07Western Front
14/05/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4Spitfire8km NW Cassino: 3600m6.46Western Front
24/05/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-4714 Ost S/23 849: 1500m [Raum Roma]7.02Western Front
25/05/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-4714 Ost S/23-7-51: 1200m9.08Western Front
25/05/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-4723 726: 1000m [Bologna]9.25Western Front
29/05/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-5114 Ost S/23-7-26: 800m15.59Western Front
20/07/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-38--Western Front
29/07/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-51--Western Front
29/07/1944Hptm. Wilhelm Steinmann1JG 4P-51--Western Front
29/09/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4P-47TQ-9: 80-100m [Pfalzer Wald]15.04Western Front
02/10/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4P-51CN-6: 1800m [NNW Mirecourt]15.42Western Front
26/11/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4P-4705 Ost S/AP-2: 80m15.3Western Front
26/11/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4P-4705 Ost S/AQ-12: 800m15.24Western Front
10/12/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4P-47RQ 8: 400m [SW Bad Kreuznach]14.56Western Front
18/12/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4MosquitoON-5: 1200m [Roetgen]8.56Western Front
23/12/1944Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4P-38--Western Front
11/02/1945Major Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4Il-2--Western Front
14/02/1945Major Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4Jak-3--Western Front
17/02/1945Major Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4Jak-9-10.22Western Front
17/02/1945Major Wilhelm SteinmannStab I.JG 4Jak-9-10.22Western Front
12/03/1945Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
15/03/1945Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
18/03/1945Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannIII.EJG 2P-51--Western Front
18/03/1945Hptm. Wilhelm SteinmannIII.EJG 2P-51--Western Front

Known Claims : 37

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