Date of birth:

February 1st, 1922 (Koblenz)

Date of death:

September 10th, 1943 (Oefel-Olsufjewo Airfield, South West of Kirov)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Leutnant Wolfgang Hans Otto Krahnke
06.05.1942: WIA in a takeoff accident at Krakau airfield
15.03.1943: Uffz., Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, first known victory, a Soviet Pe-2
21.03.1943: Uffz., Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a MiG-1
02.06.1943: Uffz., Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a MiG-3
08.06.1943: Uffz., Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a LaGG-3
19.07.1943: Uffz., Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 5th and 6th, two Il-2s (m.H.)
21.07.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, an Il-2(m.H.)
23.07.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, an Il-2 (m.H.)
25.07.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 9th and 10th, two Il-2s (m.H.)
26.07.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, three Il-2s (two m.H.)
31.07.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a MiG-3
03.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 15th, an Il-2 (m.H.)
04.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a LaGG-3
07.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a LaGG-5
08.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a LaGG-5 and an Il-2(m.H.)
11.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 20th and 21st, a Barrage balloon and an Il-2 (m.H.)
12.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, an Il-2 (m.H.)
13.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a Pe-2
19.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 24th and 25th, two Il-2s (m.H.) near Yelnya
20.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, an Il-2 (m.H.) North West of Spas-Demensk
23.08.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, a Yak-9
01.09.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, two Il-2s (m.H.)
02.09.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 30th, an Il-2 (m.H.)
04.09.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 31st, a Pe-2 West of Jelnja
05.09.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, 32nd, an Il-2 (m.H.) East of Dukhovshchina
10.09.1943: Feldwebel, Stabsstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51, KIA with Fw-190A-6 Werknummer 530.350 coded "Schwarze 2" by flak in Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 35449
Pilot credited with 33 victories with JG-51

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