Kaiser, Wilhelm (Stuka Geschwader 2 'Immelmann')
- Date of birth:
- November 30th, 1914 (Pockau/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 24th, 1993 (Niedernhausen, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
01.10.35 (01.11.35?) : entered the Luftwaffe.
01.01.38 : promoted Leutnant.
01.04.38 : as Lt., assigned to Fliegergruppe 50 in summer 1938 and
then to II./St.G. 163 (later III./St.G. 2) on 01.11.38.
10.05.40 : Lt., in 9./St.G. 2 WIA - Ju 87 B lost ivo Vroenhoven, crashed near Roosteren.
01.06.40 : promoted Oblt.
10.40 with 2./St.G. 2. - Adj. of III./St.G. 2.
21(22?).05.41 : Oblt. in 2./St.G. 2, shot down over Canea Bay/Crete, but rescued from the sea and returned to unit.
1941 WIA.
07.41 : appointed Staka in III./St.G.2.
08.41 : appointed Adjutant III./St.G. 2.
20.10.41 : Oblt., awarded the Ehrenpokal as Oblt., Adj. III./St.G. 2.
19.01.42 : Oblt., awarded the DKiG as Adj. III./St.G. 2.
04.02.42 : awarded Ritterkreuz on completion of 130 combat missions as Adj. III./St.G. 2.
01.04.42 : promoted Hptm. (advanced from 01.10.42).
07.42 : transfered to Stukaschule 2 Graz and a few months later began general staff training.
09.43 : assigned to Stab/General der Schlachtflieger as a weapons and bombs specialist.
01.07.43 : as Hptm., appointed Ia op 2/1. Fliegerdivision and temporary Ia / Luftflotte 6.
02.08.44 : appointed acting Ia / II. Fliegerkorps.
15.10.44 : appt Ic/II. Jagdkorps.
Flew a total of 180 sorties.
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant
- Unit:
- 9. Staffel, St.G. 2
- Awarded on:
- May 10th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- 2. Staffel, Stuka Geschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- May 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Sturzkampfgeschwader 2
- Awarded on:
- October 20th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, III. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
- Awarded on:
- January 19th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
- Unit:
- Adjutant, III. Gruppe, Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Sources
- Photo 1: Familie
- Photo: Family
- https://reibert.info/attachments/kaiser-wilhelm-2-jpg.4237984/ - - OBERMAIER, ERNST, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz, 1976.
- wilhelm kaiser awarded RK 1942.
- wilhelm kaiser awarded RK 1942 c.
- wilhelm kaiser Stuka pilot.
- wilhelm kaiser awarded RK 1942 b.
- wilhelm kaiser color.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Patzwall K.D., Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen, Band 6, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-931533-08-3
- Axis Biographical Research
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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