Английская Википедия:Fritz Lüddecke

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Fritz Paul Lüddecke (23 February 1920 – 10 August 1944) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace from Brakel, Germany. He was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Fritz Lüddecke was credited with 50 kills all in the Eastern Front (World War II). In 1944 he was killed in action over Wilkowischken, Lithuania.

Career

Lüddecke began his military career on 19 November 1941. He was transferred to 6. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51—51st Fighter Wing) on the Eastern Front on 24 August 1942.Шаблон:Sfn

With the Stabsstaffel

In early October 1942, II. Gruppe of JG 51 was withdrawn from the Eastern Front and sent to Jesau, near present-day Bagrationovsk, to Heiligenbeil, present-day Mamonovo, to be reequipped with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A. While undergoing training on this aircraft, the Gruppe received orders on 4 November to transfer to the Mediterranean theatre flying the Bf 109 again. 6. Staffel was exempt from this order, was detached from II. Gruppe, and continued its training on the Fw 190. In late November, 6. Staffel was renamed to Stabsstaffel (headquarters squadron) of JG 51 and placed under the command of Diethelm von Eichel-Streiber on 30 November.Шаблон:Sfn

The Stabsstaffel transferred to the Eastern Front again on 5 February 1943 where it was based at an airfield at Smolensk. There, the fought in support of the 9th Army during the Battles of Rzhev.Шаблон:Sfn On 9 March, the Stabsstaffel was scrambled multiple times in defense of the airfield. At noon, a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber was shot down southwest of Dugino, located approximately Шаблон:Convert north of Vyazma, which was credited to Lüddecke.Шаблон:Sfn The Stabsstaffel was tasked with providing fighter protection of the Smolensk airfield on 15 March. In the morning, the Stabsstaffel was scrambled to intercept a flight of Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft north of Smolensk and claimed four aerial victories including an Il-2 aircraft by Lüddecke.Шаблон:Sfn

On the first day of the Battle of Kursk, 5 July 1943, the Stabsstaffel relocated from Smolensk to Oryol where it fought over the northern face of the salient.Шаблон:Sfn On 13 July, the Stabsstaffel was deployed over the combat area near Novosil where they engaged in combat with Soviet fighters. During this engagement, the Staffel claimed five aerial victories, including a Lavochkin La-5 fighter by Lüddecke, for the loss of one of their own.Шаблон:Sfn

On 10 August 1944, Lüddecke was killed in action in his Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8 (Werknummer 172958—factory number) Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of Wilkowischken, present-day Vilkaviškis. Following hits by anti-aircraft artillery, he attempted an emergency landing when his aircraft exploded in mid-air.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He was posthumously awarded the German Cross in Gold (Шаблон:Lang) on 1 October 1944, and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Шаблон:Lang) on 18 November 1944.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to Jacobs and Obermaier, Lüddecke was credited with 50 aerial victories all of which claimed on the Eastern Front. He flew more than 600 combat missions, including 150 fighter-bomber missions.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Matthews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 51 aerial victory claims, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 54284". 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	Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location
– 6. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn
1	24 August 1942	13:40?Шаблон:Refn	MiG-3	PQ 54284Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south of Kozelsk
– Stabsstaffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn Eastern Front — 1 January – 31 December 1943
2	9 March 1943	12:00	Pe-2	PQ 35 Ost 36643, Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of MjabauШаблон:Sfn	11	20 August 1943	13:35	Il-2 m.H.	southwest of Spas-DemenskШаблон:Sfn
3	15 March 1943	10:19	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 26554Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Moschna	12	20 August 1943	13:36?Шаблон:Refn	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 35837, Spas-DemenskШаблон:Sfn
4	13 July 1943	15:20	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 63263, Шаблон:Convert southwest of NovosilШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-southeast of Zalegoshch	13	29 August 1943	13:09	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 42139, Шаблон:Convert northeast of GlukhovШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert south of Sevsk
5	16 July 1943	09:45	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 54319Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Zhizdra	14	7 September 1943	08:36	Yak-9	northeast of DukhovshchinaШаблон:Sfn
6	12 August 1943	08:43?Шаблон:Refn	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 35453, Шаблон:Convert northwest of YelnyaШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Spas-Demensk	15	12 November 1943	09:11	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 06817, Шаблон:Convert east of VitebskШаблон:Sfn
7	16 August 1943	13:50?Шаблон:Refn	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 35696Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert southwest of Utrikowo	16	5 December 1943	11:00	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost 93247Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northeast of Parichi
8	18 August 1943	18:43	Il-2 m.H.Шаблон:Refn	PQ 35 Ost 35664, Spas-DemenskШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west of Spas-Demensk	17	12 December 1943	12:08	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 93286Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Parichi
9	20 August 1943	13:28	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 35 Ost 358, southwest of Spas-DemenskШаблон:Sfn	18	23 December 1943	13:08	Il-2 m.H.	PQ 25 Ost 93411Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert southeast of Parichi
10	20 August 1943	13:32?Шаблон:Refn	Il-2 m.H.	southwest of Spas-DemenskШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert southwest of Utrikowo
– Stabsstaffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn Eastern Front — 1 January – 10 August 1944
19	10 January 1944	13:23	Pe-2	PQ 25 Ost 93648Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northeast of Mazyr	34	2 July 1944	08:41	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 85774Шаблон:Sfn vicinity of Lowica
20	5 February 1944	07:20	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 93152Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Parichi	35	11 July 1944	11:45	P-39	PQ 25 Ost 54713Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northeast of Karachev
21	22 February 1944	13:00	Yak-7	PQ 25 Ost 94895Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-southwest of Rahachow	36	18 July 1944	16:21	P-39	PQ 25 Ost 42581Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Liuboml
22	22 February 1944	13:01	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 94894Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-southwest of Rahachow	37	19 July 1944	17:29	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 32762Шаблон:Sfn vicinity of Chełm
23	18 June 1944	14:28?Шаблон:Refn	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 04866Шаблон:Sfn	38	20 July 1944	07:30	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 32866Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Chełm
24	22 June 1944	18:20?Шаблон:Refn	LaGG-3	PQ 25 Ost 96536Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northeast of Ulla	39	20 July 1944	11:35	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 32399Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-southeast of Chełm
Шаблон:CenterШаблон:Refn	23 June 1944	09:40	LaGG-3	PQ 25 Ost 968, north-northeast of OrshaШаблон:Sfn	40	20 July 1944	11:36	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 31233Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Hostynne
25	23 June 1944	13:19	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 96689Шаблон:Sfn vicinity of Ulla	41	2 August 1944	11:11	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 35374, Шаблон:Convert south of VilkaviškisШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west of Marijampolė
26	23 June 1944	14:15?Шаблон:Refn	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 96726Шаблон:Sfn vicinity of Ulla	42	2 August 1944	11:29	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 25469, Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of VilkaviškisШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Marijampolė
27	23 June 1944	14:29?Шаблон:Refn	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 96562Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north of Ulla	43	4 August 1944	08:04	Il-2	PQ 25 Ost 35371, Шаблон:Convert south of VilkaviškisШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west of Marijampolė
?Шаблон:Refn	24 June 1944	12:15	La-5	Шаблон:Convert north-northeast of Orsha	44	4 August 1944	08:30	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 25498, Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of VilkaviškisШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east of Trakehnen
28	24 June 1944	16:26	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 05329Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Orsha	45	5 August 1944	12:16?Шаблон:Refn	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 35344Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Marijampolė
29	25 June 1944	12:05	Il-2	PQ 35 Ost 05351Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Orsha	46	7 August 1944	07:42	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 25431, Шаблон:Convert northeast of EydtkauШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-southeast of Blumenfeld
30	26 June 1944	14:53?Шаблон:Refn	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 95647Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert southwest of Talachyn	47	7 August 1944	07:46	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 25433, Шаблон:Convert northeast of EydtkauШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert east-southeast of Blumenfeld
31	26 June 1944	14:59	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 95535Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Talachyn	48	8 August 1944	17:42	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 35312Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Marijampolė
32	28 June 1944	16:47	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 95586Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert southwest of Talachyn	49	9 August 1944	16:10	Yak-9	PQ 25 Ost 35348Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert west-northwest of Marijampolė
33	29 June 1944	17:13	P-39	PQ 25 Ost 94157Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northeast of Byerazino	50	9 August 1944	19:19	La-5	PQ 25 Ost 35329Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Marijampolė

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st ClassШаблон:Sfn
• Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 13 December 1943 as Feldwebel and pilotШаблон:Sfn
• German Cross in Gold on 1 October 1944 as Feldwebel in the Stabsstaffel/Jagdgeschwader 51Шаблон:Sfn
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 18 November 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the Stabsstaffel/Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

See also

• List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (L)
• List of World War II aces from Germany
• List of World War II flying aces

References

Bibliography

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External links

• Traces of war
• World War Photos photo of Lüddecke with a Messerschmitt
• TracesOfWar.com
• Aces of the Luftwaffe