Date of birth:

August 30th, 1913

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Rolf Bußmann/Bussmann
W.B.K. Liegnitz
00.00.1940: Zerstörer-Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 30
16.06.1941-17.06.1941: Oberfeldwebel, Flugzeugführer, 3. Staffel, Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, 1st & 2nd victories, both Wellingtons northwest of Cromer
06.07.1941: Ofw., 3./ NJG 2, a "damaged" Wellington 65 km northeast of Great Yarmouth
13.08.1941: Ofw., 3./ NJG 2, with Ju 88C-4 Werknummer 0375 coded "R4 + ??", 3rd, 4th & 5th victories, a Wellington and two "2 Motor AC" downed at Oxford
30.09.1941: Ofw., 3./ NJG 2, 1 victory
03.06.1942: Ofw., Erg./ NJG 2, 1 victory, a Halifax
26.07.1942: 2 victories, a Wellington and a Stirling
29.07.1942: Ofw., 9./ NJG 2, 1 victory, a Wellington
25.10.1942: Leutnant, 4./ NJG 2, 1 victory, a Stirling
01.03.1943: Lt., 11./ NJG 1, 1 victory
30.05.1943: Lt., 1./ NJG 1, 1 victory, a Halifax
14.07.1943: Lt., 1./ NJG 1, 1 victory
26.07.1943: Lt., 1./ NJG 1, 1 victory, a Halifax
17.08.1943: Lt., 1./ NJG 1, 2 victories, two B-17s South West of Genk
28.08.1943: Lt., 1./ NJG 1, 1 victory, a Wellington at Marianstadtfeld
07.01.1944: Oberleutnant, Staka, 12./ NJG 5
05.03.1944-20.04.1945: Oblt., Staka, 10./ NJG 5
15.03.1944: Oblt., 10./ NJG 5, 3 victories, three "4 mot", one East of Offenburg, one at Schlettert-Strasbourg, and one in the Saint Dié area
20.03.1944: Oblt., awarded the DKiG for service with 12./ NJG 5
26.08.1944-27.08.1944: Oblt., 10./ NJG 5, one known Soviet victory, an Il-4 10 km North East of Skirsmenen
29.08.1944-30.08.1944: Oblt., 10./ NJG 5, 2 victories, a "4 mot" West of Cranz and another West of Königsberg
21.04.1945-08.05.1945: Hauptmann, Kdr., IV. Gruppe, NJG 5
Pilot credited with 24 victories

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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