Joachim Brendel

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Joachim Brendel (born April 27, 1921 in Ulrichshalben near Weimar ; † July 7, 1974 in Cologne ) was a German officer . Most recently in the rank of captain in the Air Force , he achieved 189 confirmed aerial victories in World War II .

Military biography

With the start of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, Brendel came to the Eastern Front as a lieutenant and squadron pilot , where he was assigned to Jagdgeschwader 51 . On June 29, 1941, his fourth enemy flight, Brendel scored his first aerial victory. Another 116 remained without kills. In the second half of 1941 the squadron took part in the advance of the army via Bobruisk - Bryansk - Smolensk to Moscow . Then the 1st season flew in the Ilmensee area and later around the battles near Cholm and Demjansk. On March 31, 1942 Brendel achieved his second aerial victory. Then Brendel flew fighter bomber missions (Jabo) in the I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 51 until the end of 1942 , where he achieved ten more aerial victories. In the spring of 1943, Brendel's shooting figures rose. On February 24, 1943, he was shot down for the 20th time, on May 5, 1943 the number rose to 30 and on June 10, 1943 to 40. On July 9, 1943, his 412th enemy flight, he had 50 kills. Among other things, he and his group worked for the Citadel company . Brendel received the German Cross in Gold on May 17, 1943 .

On November 22, 1943, Brendel flew his 551st enemy flight and achieved his 95th aerial victory. For this purpose, Brendel was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as first lieutenant and squadron captain of the 1st squadron of Jagdgeschwader 51 . After further enemy flights in the defense of the Reich over 1944, Brendel achieved his 150th aerial victory on October 16, 1944. On January 14, 1945 Brendel received as captain and commander of the III. Group of Jagdgeschwader 51 , after 156 victories in the air, handed over the oak leaves to the Knight's Cross (697th award). On February 23, 1945 Brendel achieved his 175th victory in the air. His 189th and last victory in the air followed on April 25, 1945.

At the end of the war he acted as commander of the III. Group of the Jagdgeschwader 51 . Brendel flew a total of 950 enemy flights, including 162 Jabo missions. The I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 51 was in April 1945 in the enclosed Vistula valley and was with the III. Group of the squadron united to then move west. Brendel achieved a total of 189 aerial victories. 90 of them against heavily armored Ilyushin Il-2 aircraft . Other sources name 88 kills of the Il-2 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : The owners of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 from the army, air force, navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents in the federal archive. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, p. 610.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Ernst Obermaier (1966): The Knight's Cross bearers of the Luftwaffe fighter pilots 1939–1945 . Verlag Dieter Hoffmann 1966. p. 77.
  3. ^ A b Georg Brütting : The book of German flight history , Volume 3, Brunnen-Verlag Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-87174-001-2 , p. 440.
  4. ^ A b c d e f g h i Walter A. Musciano: The famous ME 109 and their pilots 1939–1945 , Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-613-01236-7 , p. 108.
  5. ↑ a b Wolfgang Dierich: The Air Force Associations 1935–1945 - Structures and Short Chronicles , Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-87943-437-9 , p. 51.
  6. ↑ a b Wolfgang Dierich: The Air Force Associations 1935-1945 - Outlines and Short Chronicles , Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-87943-437-9 , p. 52.
  7. ^ Veit Scherzer: The owners of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 from the army, air force, navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents in the federal archive. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, p. 2420.
  8. ^ Peter Schmitz: The German Divisions 1939–1945 , Volume I, Biblio-Verlag 1993, ISBN 978-3-7648-2421-1 , p. 88. Outline can be viewed at google.books
  9. ↑ Werner Girbig: Start at dawn - A chronicle of the sinking of the German hunting rifle in the west 1944/1945. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart 1992, p. 278.
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  11. ↑ John Weal, Mike Chappell: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Aces of the Russian Front , Osprey Publishing 1995, ISBN 978-1-85532-518-0 , p. 95. Outline available at google.books
  12. ↑ Toliver / Constable: That was the German fighter pilot aces 1939-1945 , Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-87943-193-0 , p. 387.
  13. ↑ Walter A. Musciano: Messerschmitt Aces , Arco NY 1982, ISBN 978-0-668-04887-3 , page 91. elevation under google.books visible
  14. ↑ Gebhard Aders , Werner Held: Chronicle Jagdgeschwader 51 "Möders" , Motorbuch-Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-03065-7 , p. 256.
  15. ^ John Weal, Iain Wyllie: Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front , Osprey Publishing 2001, ISBN 978-1-84176-084-1 , p. 45. Outline available at google.books
  16. ↑ Trevor J Constable, Raymond F Toliver: Horrido! Fighter aces of the Luftwaffe , New York Macmillan 1968, p. 208. Elevation available at google.books
personal data
SURNAME Brendel, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fighter pilot and captain of the Luftwaffe in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulrichshalben
DATE OF DEATH July 7th 1974
Place of death Cologne