Английская Википедия:Alexander Preinfalk

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Alexander Preinfalk (6 February 1920 – 12 December 1944) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Alexander Preinfalk was shot down on 12 December 1944 by an American P-47 over Bruchsal, Germany and died after he bailed out. He was credited with between 78 and 85+ aerial victories.

Career

Preinfalk was born on 6 February 1920 in Baku, at the time the capital of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.Шаблон:Sfn Following flight training,Шаблон:Refn he was briefly posted to Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing) in 1941 before he was transferred to II. Gruppe (2nd group) of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing).Шаблон:Sfn

Om 26 March 1943, Preinfalk claimed a Supermarine Spitfire fighter shot down Шаблон:Convert northeast of El Hamma.Шаблон:Sfn On 4 April, he claimed another Spitfire shot, this time Шаблон:Convert northeast of Maknassy.Шаблон:Sfn In June 1943, Preinfalk was posted to 1. Staffel of Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Süd—a supplementary training unit—as a fighter pilot instructor.Шаблон:Sfn

Defense of the Reich and death

In July 1944, Preinfalk was posted to II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53—53rd Fighter Wing) based in Hustedt in northwestern Germany. The Gruppe under command of Hauptmann Julius Meimberg was fighting in defense of the Reich and largely staffed by inexperienced young pilots. In consequence, Meimberg made Preinfalk a leader of a Schwarm, a flight of four aircraft, within 6. Staffel led by Oberleutnant Alfred Hammer.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In early December 1944, II. Gruppe was based at Malmsheim Airfield, flying missions against the fighter-bombers of the USAAF Ninth Air Force.Шаблон:Sfn Preinfalk was killed in action on 12 December in aerial combat with a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter Шаблон:Convert southwest of Graben-Neudorf. Although he managed to escape of his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14/AS (Werknummer 165741—factory number) at low altitude, his parachute failed to fully deploy and he fell to his death.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Preinfalk was credited with 78 aerial victories.Шаблон:Sfn Spick also lists him with 78 aerial victories, approximately 50 of which on the Eastern Front with the remaining claims over the Western Allies, claimed in an unknown number combat missions.Шаблон:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 80 aerial victory claims, including 60 claims on the Eastern Front and 30 claims over the Western Allies.Шаблон:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 82121". The Luftwaffe grid map (Шаблон:Lang) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about Шаблон:Convert. These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area Шаблон:Convert in size.Шаблон:Sfn

Chronicle of aerial victories
Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Unit	Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Unit
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Шаблон:Sfn Operation Barbarossa — June – December 1941
1	17 October 1941	11:17	I-16Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	2	26 October 1941	14:20	I-15Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Шаблон:Sfn March – April 1942
3	19 March 1942	12:02	I-15Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	5	27 April 1942	17:30	Yak-1	YevpatoriaШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
4	9 April 1942	17:45	I-16Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Шаблон:Sfn Kerch, Sevastopol, Izium — May/June 1942
6	9 June 1942	19:30	I-153Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	8	13 June 1942	18:31	Il-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77
7	13 June 1942	12:20	MiG-1Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	9	14 June 1942	14:52	LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Шаблон:Sfn Summer offensive — 28 June – 7 November 1942
10	6 July 1942	14:30	BostonШаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	36♠	6 August 1942	18:08	Pe-2	PQ 82121Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77
11	9 July 1942	18:25	LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	37	12 August 1942	05:54	Il-2	PQ 83592Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77
12	9 July 1942	18:36	MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	38	12 August 1942	05:56	Yak-1	PQ 83863Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77
13	16 July 1942	14:15	Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	39	12 August 1942	14:03?Шаблон:Refn	MiG-1	PQ 83812Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south of Yelets	5./JG 77
14	16 July 1942	14:20	Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	40	12 August 1942	14:11	MiG-1	PQ 83532Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of Yelets	5./JG 77
15	17 July 1942	18:47	Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	41	13 August 1942	10:52	Il-2	PQ 83673Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south of Yelets	5./JG 77
16	21 July 1942	18:41	HurricaneШаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	42	18 August 1942	14:57	MiG-3	PQ 83673Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south of Yelets	5./JG 77
17	21 July 1942	19:16	HurricaneШаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	43	23 August 1942	10:26	LaGG-3	PQ 92791Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Sloboda	5./JG 77
18	23 July 1942	19:08	Il-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	44	5 September 1942	17:14	LaGG-3	PQ 82173Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-northeast of Tim	5./JG 77
19	23 July 1942	19:14	Il-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	45	5 September 1942	17:20	Il-2	PQ 82151Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77
20	24 July 1942	05:36	LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	46	5 September 1942	17:22	LaGG-3	PQ 82121Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77
21	24 July 1942	05:48	LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	47	9 September 1942	15:46	Il-2	PQ 82752Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Sloboda	5./JG 77
22	24 July 1942	11:25	Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	48	13 September 1942	15:00	P-39	PQ 92114Шаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
23	25 July 1942	18:42	Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	49	15 September 1942	17:03	LaGG-3	PQ 92141Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Voronezh	5./JG 77
24	26 July 1942	10:31	Il-2Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	50	15 September 1942	17:04	LaGG-3	PQ 92143Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Voronezh	5./JG 77
25	28 July 1942	06:27	MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn		5./JG 77	51	17 September 1942	05:51	LaGG-3	PQ 92123Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Voronezh	5./JG 77
26	28 July 1942	18:18	P-39	PQ 92393Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert southeast of Voronezh	5./JG 77	52	17 September 1942	05:52	LaGG-3	PQ 92154Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Voronezh	5./JG 77
27	29 July 1942	06:51	MiG-1	PQ 93554Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south of Lipetsk	5./JG 77	53	17 September 1942	05:54	Il-2	PQ 92132Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77
28	31 July 1942	15:45	Il-2	PQ 82194Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77	54	17 September 1942	05:57	Il-2	PQ 92122Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Voronezh	5./JG 77
29	31 July 1942	15:50	Il-2	PQ 83761Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of Yelets	5./JG 77	55	18 September 1942	17:16	MiG-1	PQ 92173Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Voronezh	5./JG 77
30	5 August 1942	08:46	Hurricane	PQ 83463Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Yelets	5./JG 77	56	18 September 1942	17:19	MiG-1	PQ 92312Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Voronezh	5./JG 77
31♠	6 August 1942	10:25	Pe-2	PQ 93314Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Lipetsk	5./JG 77	57	18 September 1942	17:24	MiG-1	PQ 92443Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Voronezh	5./JG 77
32♠	6 August 1942	11:11	MiG-1	PQ 83852Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77	58	22 September 1942	15:33	Il-2	PQ 92152Шаблон:Sfn vicinity of Devitsa	5./JG 77
33♠	6 August 1942	11:13	MiG-1	PQ 83892Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Voronezh	5./JG 77	59	22 September 1942	15:37	LaGG-3	PQ 92352Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Voronezh	5./JG 77
34♠	6 August 1942	18:05	Pe-2	PQ 82174Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-northeast of Tim	5./JG 77	60	1 October 1942	15:38	LaGG-3	PQ 92454Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Voronezh	5./JG 77
35♠	6 August 1942	18:06	Pe-2	PQ 82142Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-northeast of Tim	5./JG 77
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Western Front –Шаблон:Sfn Mediterranean Theater, North Africa — 1 January – May 1943
61?Шаблон:Refn	26 March 1943	10:37	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert southwest of El HammaШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77	67	7 April 1943	09:10	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert southeast of SkhiraШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
62	31 March 1943	18:49	P-40	Шаблон:Convert southeast of El GuettarШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77	68	20 April 1943	17:15	P-51	Шаблон:Convert southwest of MateurШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
63	1 April 1943	10:42	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert northwest of La FauconnerieШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77	69	21 April 1943	09:28	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert southwest of TunisШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
64	2 April 1943	19:12	Boston	Шаблон:Convert northwest of GafsaШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77	70	21 April 1943	12:58	P-40	Шаблон:Convert east of TunisШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
65	4 April 1943	17:17	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert northeast of MeknassyШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77	71	25 April 1943	13:05	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert north of Majaz al BabШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
66	6 April 1943	15:28	Spitfire	Шаблон:Convert southwest of La FauconnerieШаблон:Sfn	5./JG 77
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Western Front –Шаблон:Sfn Mediterranean Theater, Italy — May/June 1944
72	31 May 1944	17:09	Spitfire	PQ 14 Ost S/2372, TuscaniaШаблон:Sfn	1./JG 77	74	9 June 1944	09:23	P-51	Шаблон:Convert southwest of UdineШаблон:Sfn	2./JG 77
73	31 May 1944	17:12	Spitfire	PQ 14 Ost S/2375Шаблон:Sfn	1./JG 77
– Claims with Jagdgeschwader 53 on the Western Front –Шаблон:Sfn Defense of the Reich — August – 12 December 1944
75	26 August 1944	15:07	P-47	PQ 05 Ost TC-4/2Шаблон:Sfn Rouen	6./JG 53	79	25 November 1944	12:42	P-51	PQ 04 Ost N/AQ-6/3Шаблон:Sfn Haguenau	6./JG 53
76	2 October 1944	15:07?Шаблон:Refn	P-51	PQ 04 Ost N/BN-9Шаблон:Sfn north of Vézelise/Nancy	6./JG 53	80	1 December 1944	16:00	P-51	PQ 04 Ost N/AR-5, southwest of RastattШаблон:Sfn	6./JG 53
77	6 October 1944	16:53	P-47	PQ 04 Ost N/FN-5/1Шаблон:Sfn Thionville	6./JG 53	81	12 December 1944	14:02	P-47	PQ 05 Ost UR-4Шаблон:Sfn Linkenheim	6./JG 53
78	20 October 1944	10:50	P-47	PQ 04 Ost N/CPШаблон:Sfn southwest of Strasbourg	6./JG 53

Awards

• Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 13 September 1942 as Unteroffizier and pilotШаблон:Sfn
• German Cross in Gold on 3 October 1942 as Unteroffizier in the II./Jagdgeschwader 77Шаблон:Sfn
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 October 1942 as Unteroffizier and pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 77Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

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