Horst Ademeit (fighter pilot)

Horst Ademeit (born February 8, 1912 in Breslau ; † August 7, 1944 near Dünaburg , missing ) was a German Air Force officer who achieved 166 confirmed aerial victories in around 600 missions .

Life

As a student at the Albertus University in Königsberg , Ademeit became a member of Corps Masovia in 1932 . He later studied chemistry at the TH Berlin and the TH Braunschweig . As a graduate engineer and reservist , he received pilot training in peacetime. During the Second World War Ademeit was established in early 1940 as sergeant for the third season of the Jagdgeschwader 54 commands. In the Battle of Britain on September 18, 1940, he achieved his first victory in the air. He was shot down shortly afterwards and had to parachute over the English Channel , but was rescued unscathed. At the beginning of the German-Soviet War , his squadron was relocated to the Eastern Front in June 1941 . There followed in rapid succession aerial victories, promotions and awards. At the beginning of August 1944 he was appointed commodore of his squadron.

On August 6, 1944, Ademeit achieved his 166th and last aerial victory over Dünaburg with a Messerschmitt Bf 109 . The next day he chased a Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 machine in a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 across the front line. Because of an engine hit, he had to make an emergency landing on Soviet territory. He never returned to his unit. Posthumously he was promoted to major .

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Cup of honor for special achievement in the aerial warfare on December 8, 1941
German cross in gold on February 25, 1942
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on April 16, 1943
- Eichenlaub March 2, 1944 (414th award)

literature

Hans-Ekkehard Bob: Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherzjäger. The story of a famous squadron from 1939 to 1945 with extensive visual documentation. Aachen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86933-014-3 .

Web links

Image Ademeits

Individual evidence

↑ Kösener Corp lists 1960, 87/1175
↑ ^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. 188.

personal data
SURNAME	Ademeit, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German fighter pilot in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH	February 8, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: August 7, 1944
Place of death	Dünaburg

[1] Kösener Corp lists 1960, 87/1175

[Scherzer-2] 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. 188.