Hans Philipp (fighter pilot)

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Hans Philipp (born March 17, 1917 in Meißen , Saxony , † October 8, 1943 near Neuenhaus ) was a German Air Force officer (most recently lieutenant colonel ) and fighter pilot in World War II .

Life

Hans Philipp was born out of wedlock in simple circumstances. He went to school in Meissen, which later became the Pestalozzi School. Philipp graduated from the Franziskaneum in 1935 . He joined in April 1936 as an officer cadet in the Air Force of the German Wehrmacht one. On January 1, 1938, Philipp was promoted to lieutenant . For this purpose he was transferred to the I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 76 as a fighter pilot. His first victory in the air was on September 5, 1939, when the Germans invaded Poland . During the campaign in the west , he won five more victories over France. In August 1940 he was promoted to first lieutenant and captain of the 4th squadron. At the beginning of 1941 Philipp flew over the Balkans and from June 1941 during the German attack on the Soviet Union . At the end of 1941 he was promoted to captain and in February 1942 was appointed commander of Group I of Jagdgeschwader 76. On March 31, 1942, he achieved his 100th victory in the air, on January 14, 1943, the 150th and on March 17, 1943, the 200th. On April 1, 1943 he became commodore of Jagdgeschwader 1 and was promoted to major . On October 1, 1943 he was appointed lieutenant colonel.

On October 8, 1943, he was shot down while repelling a bomber attack against Bremen . Philipp was able to get out of his plane, but his parachute did not open. A total of 206 aerial victories go to his account.

reception

The right-wing National-Zeitung portrayed Philipp in February 2002 in its series "Great German Soldiers - Immortal Heroes". Philipp was one of the "most important German fighter pilots" who achieved "incredible success in shooting"; on the eastern front in particular, he was able to show “fantastic shooting figures”. In the series, only soldiers loyal to the Nazi regime were honored, sometimes using the linguistic formulas of the Wehrmacht and Nazi propaganda. The political scientist Fabian Virchow classifies the series in “the imagination of the extreme right of the men who are oriented towards the deed and who shape the course of events / history in the interest of the 'national' or ' folkish ' collective”. The characterizations referred “at the same time to a conceptualization of masculinity , the profile of which - very unified - would be marked by characteristics such as 'hardness', 'willingness to sacrifice', 'courage to death', 'bravery', 'tenacity', 'cutting' or 'standing qualities' ".

Awards

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Anderson: "One of Many". In: Saxon newspaper. March 18, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ National-Zeitung 39/2002 (September 20, 2002), p. 14. Quoted in: Fabian Virchow: Against civilism. International relations and the military in the political conceptions of the extreme right. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-15007-9 , p. 395.
  3. ↑ Virchow, civilism . P. 347.
  4. ↑ Virchow, civilism . P. 394.
  5. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 593.
personal data
SURNAME Philipp, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fighter pilot and lieutenant colonel in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen , Saxony
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1943
Place of death Neuenhaus