Date of birth:

February 16th, 1913 (Koblenz/Rhine Province, Germany)

Date of death:

January 27th, 1942 (Comiso/Sicily, Kingdom of Italy)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Motta San Anastasia
Plot: Gruft 4. Row: 5. Grave: 8 / 3.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

01.04.1937: promoted to Leutnant
00.09.1939: Lt., Techn.Offz. in Gruppenstab, III. Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 77
27.01.1942: Oblt. and Staka, 5. Staffel, KG 77, KIA - shot down near Comiso airfield, Sicily
After dark, seven Hurricanes set off for Sicily with 21-year-old Yorkshireman Sgt Jimmy Wood being the first to take off at 19:25. He spotted a Ju 88 taking off from Comiso and, closing to 50 yards on Oberleutnant Wolfhelm Dronke’s aircraft of 5/ KG 77, he shot it down in flames.

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• - PATZWALL, K. D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008.
  - https://www.key.aero/article/maltas-night-fighters
  - Wolfhelm Dronke | Gräbersuche-Online
  

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