Английская Википедия:August Lambert
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August Lambert (18 February 1916 – 17 April 1945) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and ground-attack pilot during World War II. As a fighter ace, he is credited with 116 aerial victories claimed in approximately 350 combat missions for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. All of his aerial victories were claimed on the Eastern FrontШаблон:Sfn as a ground attack pilot in a Schlachtgeschwader, not as a fighter pilot in a Jagdgeschwader. He is the highest scoring ground attack pilot.
Career
Lambert was born on 18 February 1916 in Kleestadt in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. After he joined the Luftwaffe, he was trained as a pilot in 1937/38.Шаблон:Refn Lambert then served as a flight instructor in various training units until 1943.Шаблон:Sfn
World War II
World War II in Europe began on Friday 1 September 1939, when German forces invaded Poland. In 1943, Lambert was transferred to II. Gruppe (2nd group) of Schlachtgeschwader 1 (SG 1—1st Ground Assault Wing).Шаблон:Sfn As an Oberfeldwebel, he flew his first combat mission on southern sector of the Eastern Front and claimed his first aerial victory on 23 April 1943 was not confirmed.Шаблон:Sfn Lambert flew almost 200 ground support missions in which he and the fellow pilots of II./SG 2 accounted for the destruction of hundreds of ground support vehicles and artillery batteries.
II./SG 1 was renamed Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" (SG 2—2nd Ground Assault Wing) on 18 October 1943.
II. Gruppe of SG 2 was heavily involved in the Crimean campaign during early-mid 1944, and in addition to its usual ground-attack work flew interception sorties, claiming some 247 Soviet aircraft shot down.Шаблон:Sfn On 10 April 1944, he claimed four victories, a Yak-9, a P-39 Airacobra and two Il-2 Sturmoviks. On 17 April 1944, Lambert was credited with twelve aerial victories, including five Il-2 Sturmovik.Шаблон:Sfn According to Bergström, this number may be exaggerated according to Soviet records. The Ministry of Aviation (RLM—Reichsluftfahrtministerium) only holds records for five of these claims.Шаблон:Sfn He claimed nine further victories on 4 May.Шаблон:Sfn On 6 May 1944, Lambert again claimed to have become a "double-ace in a day". These 14 aerial victories over an unknown type were not documented by the RLM.Шаблон:Sfn
Leutnant Lambert claimed some 70 aerial victories during one three-week period.Шаблон:Sfn He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Шаблон:Lang) on 14 May 1944 and the German Cross in Gold (Шаблон:Lang) on 1 October 1944.Шаблон:Sfn By May 1944, the depleted II./SG 2 retired to bases in Romania.
Following the Battle of the Crimea resulting in the evacuation of the Crimea by the Germans, Lambert served as an instructor with Schlachtgeschwader 151. In March 1945, he was posted to Schlachtgeschwader 77 (SG 77—77th Ground Assault Wing) where he commanded 8. Staffel as Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) and Oberleutnant.Шаблон:Sfn In April 1945, Lambert was credited with his 100th aerial victory. He was the 101st Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.Шаблон:Sfn
On the morning of 17 April 1945, Leutnant Gerhard Bauer, Lambert, and another pilot were taking off from Kamenz for a mission to the front when American P-51Ds of the 55th Fighter Group appeared. Bauer's Fw 190 F-9 "Black 1 +" was quickly shot down north of Kuckau, about eight kilometres east-south-east of Kamenz. August Lambert and another 8./Schlachtgeschwader 77 pilot tried desperately to get away, but could not lose their pursuers. Lambert was shot down and killed in action in his Fw 190 F-8 "Black 9 +" just north of Hoyerswerda, a town some Шаблон:Convert north-north-east of Kamenz.Шаблон:Sfn
Lambert was officially credited with shooting down 116 enemy aircraft, all claimed on the Eastern Front. He also claimed over 100 vehicles destroyed in ground attacks. After his death, Lambert had been nominated for the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross, but this request was not approved.Шаблон:Sfn
Summary of career
Aerial victory claims
According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Lambert was credited with 116 aerial victories.Шаблон:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that Lambert was credited with 103 aerial victories, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn
Chronicle of aerial victories | |||||||||
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Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location |
– II. Gruppe of Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" –Шаблон:Sfn | |||||||||
Шаблон:Center | 23 April 1943 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||||||
– 6. Staffel of Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" –Шаблон:Sfn | |||||||||
13 February 1944 | 12:25 | Yak-9 | 16 March 1944 | 15:45 | Yak-9 | ||||
– II. Gruppe of Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann" –Шаблон:Sfn | |||||||||
19 March 1944 | 07:38 | P-39 | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | |||
26 March 1944 | 13:25 | P-39 | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | |||
9 April 1944 | 07:24 | Yak-9 | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | |||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | 04:24 | Il-2 | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | 10:18 | P-39 | ♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | 12:20 | Il-2 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 10 April 1944 | 12:25 | Yak-9 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | 08:00 | Il-2 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | 08:06 | Il-2 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | 09:45 | Il-2 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | 09:46 | Il-2 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 17 April 1944 | 09:47 | Il-2 | ♠ | 6 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||
♠ | 4 May 1944 | Шаблон:Center | unknown | ||||||
– III. Gruppe of Schlachtgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn | |||||||||
102 | 17 April 1945 | Шаблон:Center | P-51 | vicinity of Kamenz airfield |
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe) on 17 January 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and pilotШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- German Cross in Gold 1 October 1944 as Leutnant in the 5./Schlachtgeschwader 2Шаблон:Sfn
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 May 1944 as Leutnant and pilot in the 5./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
- Mentioned three times in the Wehrmachtbericht
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