What happened today?

I know the answer to this one!

YES! There is one flying lanc. And a beauty it is. I think itis the 'City of Lincoln' from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, which is, again, I believe from the RAF Museum at Hendon.

This beauty flew over western Holland in 1985, at the 40th anneversary of Operation Manna/Chowhound. The whole Memorial flight, Hurricane and Spitfire flew wing to wing over all the cities where manna was dropped in April 1945. What a sight! I was privelidged to by invited by the Dutch Air Force to attend a big reunion in AMsterdam of many of the veterans. What an experience! Met and talked to New Zealanders, Australians, Brits and American and corresponded with many of them years afterwards....

But I am sure Martin can fill us in on this one in more detail.

I don't know of any flying hali's.

 

http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/bbmfhome.html

Still going strong....

 

Yes indeed - PA474 is a National treasure!

Don't forget that in Canada you can see the Canadian Warplane Heritage Lancaster Mk X, FM213 based at Ontario and proudly flown every Summer.

A very honourable mention too for Lancaster Mk VII NX611 owned by the Panton brothers and kept on the old Bomber Command airfield at East Kirkby, Lincolnshire. It doesn't fly, but the four Merlins are regularly 'run-up' and the grand old plane taxis out past the old Control Tower - believe me, the atmosphere is quite overwhelming ! A visit if you're over here is a 'must'....

Finally, there is an ambitious project underway to restore a Halifax to flying condition in Canada but this is a long, long way from completion.

( Later note : the Canadian Halifax ( NA337 ) will not fly ! It is being restored to static condition and will be the world's only surviving, fully-restored 'Hallibag' ).

We must be grateful for what we have....

[ 09. January 2003, 01:47 PM: Message edited by: Martin Bull ]

 

Thanks my friends ! What a beautiful a/c......

and hoping the UK can get a Hali back "in action"

E

 

As an addition to my Halifax 'postscript' above, there is absolutely no chance whatsoever of seeing a Halifax flying in the UK ( or anywhere else... ).

The RAF Museum example at Hendon is strictly in 'relic' condition and the ( admittedly beautiful ) replica of 'Friday The Thirteenth' at Elvington is, strictly speaking, a 'mock-up' and could not be taxiied, let alone fly.

The only other British 'heavy' that may get into the air at some stage is Kermit Weeks' Lancaster Mk X, currently lying in broken pieces with no immediate plans for work.

 

Brings tears to your eyes when you think of what happened to all these beautiful aircraft after the war...

and now for todays news.

9th January 1941

Operation Felix, the proposed German invasion of Gibraltar, is officially abandoned.

Hitler had wanted Gibraltar captured so that the Mediterranean could be closed to the British.

Franco, who was receiving German economic and material aid as an encouragement to co-operation and possible entry into the war, had intended that only Spanish troops should assault Gibraltar. Rightly guessing that once the Germans had entered Spanish territory, it would be hard to remove them.

However Hitler, having witnessed Franco’s troops in action during the Spanish Civil War, and not being impressed by their performance, insisted that German troops should carry out the attack, in co-operation with the Spanish.

Following Franco’s outright refusal to allow German forces to cross Spain to attack Gibraltar, Hitler had no other choice but to abandon the invasion altogether.

10th January 1940

In Belgium, a lost German aircraft carrying two Wehrmacht officers accidently lands at Mechelen. The officers are carrying documents revealing plans for an invasion commencing on the 17th. Because of the loss of these documents to the Allies, and the continuing bad weather, Adolf Hitler decides to postpone the invasion until the spring.

10th January 1941

First action of the Luftwaffe’s X Fleigerkorps in the Mediterranean., when 40 Ju 87 Stukas from I./StG 1 and II/StG 2 launch an attack against the British aircraft carrier Illustrious and her escorts.

The Illustrious is seriously damaged after she suffers six direct hits from the Stuka’s, including one 500kg bomb that penetrates her armoured flight deck. The cruiser Southampton, is so badly damaged in the attack she has to be scuttled.

In Berlin, a new Soviet – German pact is signed, delineating the new border between the two countries, which divides Poland.

10th January 1943

Following the rejection of the Soviet surrender demand, German forces defending the Stalingrad pocket are subjected to a massive artillery bombardment, and massed infantry assaults supported by armour. Russian ground attack aircraft and bombers also join in the attack against the weary defenders. Small pockets of resistance are cut off from retreat further into the city, and are eventually overwhelmed and annihilated by the crushing Soviet onslaught.

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When you march into France, let the last man on the right brush the channel with his sleeve
- Count Alfred von Schlieffen

 

11th January 1942

The Japanese 5th Division marches into Kuala Lumpur, virtually unopposed, capturing large amounts of food, weapons, clothing, vehicles and ammunition, as well as petrol and oil supplies left behind by the retreating Allied forces.

Lt. General, Tomoyuki Yamashita, commander of the Japanese invasion forces, is so proud of the 5th Division’s rapid progress through Malaya, that he allows the division to rest in Kuala Lumpur, while other Japanese forces continue the pursuit of the Allies to Singapore.

13th January 1942

Operation Paukenschlag (Drumbeat) begins. Intended to be a fast, and surprise, attack against shipping off the US east coast, following Germany's declaration of war against America, the operation is launched using only five Type IX U-Boats. Originally more boats were to be used, but due to other operations and other factors only a few Type IX's could be made available.

Although the operation’s official start date is set down for the 13th, when all the subs would be in place, U-123 begins the operation by sinking the SS Cyclops on the 11th, with the U-130 sinking one ship on the 12th and another on the 13th.

By the end of the operation, on the 6th of February, 25 ships, totalling 156,939 tons, have been sunk. U-123 accounting for the sinking of 9 ships alone. By the time the U-Boats of Operation Paukenschlag have returned to their bases, another wave of boats has already departed to carry on the attacks off the eastern seaboard of the US.

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There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today.
- Admiral Sir David Beatty, after the destruction of the HMS Queen Mary at the Battle of Jutland, May 1916

 

13th January 1942

First emergency use of an ejector seat.

Luftwaffe test pilot, Fritz Schafer, unknowingly becomes the first man in history to use an ejector seat in an emergency, when the Heinkel He 280 V1 prototype he is piloting, develops handling problems at altitude. Although the aircraft is a total loss, Schafer lands without injury.



The He 280 itself is the holder of three historic Firsts; First twin-engined jet, first jet engined combat aircraft, and the first jet engined aircraft to be other than just a research aircraft.

A private development by Heinkel, an unpowered He 280 V1, was ready to fly in September 1940, flying as a glider on the 11th of September towed behind a He 111. The first powered flight was made by Fritz Schafer in April 1941.

Reportedly, more maneuverable than a Fw 190 (in a mock dogfight held in early 1942, the He 280 prototype out flew a Fw 190), this remarkable aircraft, which could have made a significant difference to the German war effort in the early years, was ignored by the german Air Ministry in favour of other jet projects, which were still on the drawing board.
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"Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime". Adolf Galland

 

14th January 1943

President Roosevelt of the United States, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain fly to Morocco, to attend the Casablanca conference, to formulate plans for the proposed invasion of Europe. The conference highlights the different views each country has, as to how to bring about the defeat of Germany.

The British wish to continue to expand the war in the Mediterranean theatre, with proposed landings in Sicily and Italy, before a direct assault on the Continent. It is thought that an assault on Italy first will precipitate the fall of Mussolini, allowing the Allies to establish air bases from which to attack German industrial targets, and Roumanian oil fields. The invasion of Italy is also seen as a way of drawing off German reserves from France and the Low Countries.

The Americans however see these proposed invasions as only drawing off resources from a cross channel invasion. It is their belief that the quickest way to defeat Germany is a direct invasion of northern France. However as such an invasion in 1943 is not considered a possibility, they grudgingly agree to the invasion of Sicily, but not Italy.

There is further disagreement between Roosevelt and Churchill over the handling of Italy. Roosevelt re-iterates that Italy is to be included in the call for “Unconditional Surrender’, but Churchill wants to see the Axis alliance split by treating Italy as a separate entity. He is eventually persuaded to go along with the American view, after consideration that a more lenient treatment of Italy would antagonise Greece and Yugoslavia.

14th January 1944

At Leningrad, the Soviet 2nd Shock Army begins attacking from the Oranienbaum bridgehead, while the 59th Army attacks towards Novgorod, in an attempt to break the German siege of the city.

14th January 1945

In Burma, the British 19th Division, part of Lieutenant General William Simms 14th Army, crosses the Irrawaddy river at Kyaukmyaung. The British force is counter attacked by Japanese troops holding the river line, who mount successive “Banzai” charges with fixed bayonets, to defeat the British. Despite the fierce onslaughts by the Japanese defenders, the British manage to hold onto their bridgehead over the river.

15th January 1940

Despite the impending attack of German forces, the Belgian government, in order to maintain their country’s neutrality, refuses to allow the passage of Allied forces through their territory.

In the Winter War, Russian forces under the command of General Timoshenko, begin the systematic destruction of the Manneheim Line by artillery, prior to the renewal of their invasion of the Finnish state. The Finnish defenders, lacking long-range artillery, are unable to respond to the Soviet bombardments. The troops spend the day light hours sheltering from the barrage, while at night they endeavour to rebuild the strongpoints smashed by the Russian guns.

16th January 1941

Start of the “Illustrious Blitz” as the Luftwaffe attempts to bomb the island of Malta into submission. The campaign begins with an attack by 80 Ju-87 Stukas against the island installations.

Field Marshal Walther von Reichenau, commander of Army Group South, is killed in a plane crash. He is replaced by Field Marshall Fedor von Bock, on the 19th.

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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

 

Im way behind on these so il do some now.

Rks at Stalingrad contd.

OFw Otto Heinze Ptn Co 1st zug, 2 KP, 3rd (mot) Pi Abt, 3rd ((mot) Div. Nov 6-1942.
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Nov 13-1942. Stalingrad RKTs.

Oberst Erich Gottfried Abraham Co of 230th inf Rgmt, 76th inf Div.

Oberstlt Wilhelm Durchenwald Co of 2nd Abt, 544th Inf Rgmt, 389th I.D.

Gefr Harry Mirau Richtschutze, 3rd Kompanie, 3rg PzJgr Abt (mot) 3rd I.D. (Mot).
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Nov 21 1942. RKTs-Stalingrad
Oberstlt Vollrath von Hellermann CO of 21st PG Rgmt, 24th Pz Div.

Oberlt Walter Stracke CO of 2nd Kp, 53rd Kradschutzen Abt, 3rd I.D. (Mot)
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Nov 30 1942 RKT-Stalingrad.
Fw Friedrich Banach Ptn Co in 4th Kp, 1st Abt, 36th Pz Rgmt, 14th Pz Div.

Maj Bernhard August Ferdinand Sauvant, Co of 1st Abt, 36th Pz Rgmt, 14th Pz Div.
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Lt Siegfried Gerke, CO of 3rd Kp, 16th Pz Pi Abt, 16th Pz Div.
Dec 2 1942 RKT Stalingrad.
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Dec 7 1942 RKT Stalingrad.
Lt Karl-Friedrich Wittholz Co of a Zug in 6th Kp, 2nd Abt, 36th Pz Rgmt, 14th Pz Div.
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RKTs Dec 9 1942-Stalingrad

Oberst lt Willy Langkeit Co of 36th Pz Rgmt, 14th Pz Div.

Oblt Dieter Oster Co of 2nd Btty, 1st Abt, 8th Flak Rgmt, 9th Flak Div.
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Oberst i.G. Wilhelm Adam IIa IIa Abt, 6th Army Stab.

Oberst Richard Lepper Co of Luftwaffe Kampfgruppe Lepper.

OFw Heinz Paetow, CO of a Zug in 6th KP, 2nd Abt, 132nd Inf Rgmt, 44th I.D.

Maj Eberhard Pohl Co of 1st Abt, 134th Inf Rgmt, 44th I.D.

Oberlt Gerhard Turke, Co of 1st KP, 1st Abt, 29th Inf Rgmt (Mot), 3rd I.D. (Mot)

Oblt Wilhelm Wolff Co of 10th Kp, 3rd Abt, 36th Pz Rgmt, 14th Pz Div.
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RKT Stalingrad Dec 18 1942.

Oberstlt Hermann Begemann Co of 132nd Inf Rgmt, 44th I.D.

Genlt Alexander Reinhard Maximilian Ludwig Moritz Edler von Daniels Co of 376th I.D.

OFw Wilhelm Gunter Co of a zug in 8th KP, 2nd Abt, 2nd Pz Rgmt, 16th Pz Div

Hptm Rudolf Haen, Co of 1st Kp, 103rd Pz Abt, 3rd Inf Div (Mot)
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RKT Stalingrad Dec 18 1942.

Oblt Adolf Baum, Btty Co in 37th Flak Rgmt, 9th Flak Div.

ObGfr Erich Luckmann, Co of a Geschutze in 3rd Btty, 1st Abt, 241st Flak Rgmt, 9th Flak Div.
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Maj Vitus Sturber Co of 3rd Abt, 71st Inf Rgmt (Mot), 29th I.D. (Mot)
Dec 29 1942-Stalingrad.
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Stalingrad RKY Jan 3 1943.

Hptm Armin Erdmann, Co of 2nd Abt, 79th PG Rgmt, 16th Pz Div.

Lt Georg Kohler, Co of 6th Schwadron, 2nd Abt, 26th PG Rgmt, 24th Pz Div.

Hptm Paul Markgraf, CO of 40th PzJgr Abt, 24th Pz Div.

OFw Ernst Neufeld, Ptn Co in 2nd Schwadron, 4th Kradschutzen Abt, 24th Pz Div.
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Stalingrad RKTs Jan 4 1943.

Hptm Hermann Wilhelm Dormann, Co of 2nd Abt, 79th PG Rgmt, 16th Pz Div.

Hptm i.G. Peter Sauerbruch Kampfgruppe Co in 14th Pz Div.
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ObGefr Fritz Mette, Gruppen Commander in 9th KP, 3rd Abt, 92nd Inf Rgmt (Mot), 60th I.D. (Mot) Stalingrad RKT Jan 5 1943.
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Genmaj Wolfgang Pickert Co of 9th Flak Div--and 9th Div Stab. Stalingrad RKT Jan 11 1942.
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Stalingrad RKT Jan 15 1943.

Wachtmeister Josef Galle Ptn Co in 3rd Btty, 244th STUG Abt.

Fw Johann Ksiag, PTN CO in 2nd KP, 176th PzJgr Abt, 26th I.D.

Genlt Dr. George Pfeiffer Co of 94th I.D.

OGfr Heinrich Scwharz Richtkanonier, 10th Btty, 4th Abt, 3rd mot Arty Rgmt, 3rd I.D. (Mot)
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RKT Stalingrad Jan 19 1943.

Lt Ludwig Hirschmann, Co of 11th Btty, 4th Abt, 29th Mot Arty Rgmt, 29th I.D. (Mot)

OGfr Josef Roder, Richtschutzen in 3rd KP, 179th PzJgr Abt, 79th I.D.
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Knights Crosses at Stalingrad Jan 20 1943.

Oberst Sigurd Horstmar Frhr von Beaulieu-Marconnay Co of 29th Inf Rgmt (Mot) 3rd I.D. (Mot).

Major Wilhelm Braun Co of 2nd Abt, 567th Inf Rgmt, 305th I.D.

Oberst Albert Alfred Oscar Brendel, CO of 274th Inf Rgmt, 94th I.D.

Oberst Wilhelm Bock Co of Arth Rgmt 176, 76th I.D.

Oblt Rudolf Heger Co of 4ht Btty, 2nd Abt, 96th Arty Rgmt, 44th I.D.

Hptm Christian Martin Co of 521st PzJgr Abt.

Oblt Leonhard Nechansky CO of 1st KP, 1st Abt, 131st Inf Rgmt, 44th I.D.

Oblt Robert Nittler CO of 3rd KP, 1st Abt, 212th Inf Rgmt, 79th I.D.

OFw Heinz Pieper CO of a Zug in 230th Inf Rgmt, 76th I.D.

Major hans von Rochow CO of 176th Aufklarung Abt, 76th I.D.

Oberstlt Dipl Ing Friedrich Roske Co of 194th Inf Rgmt, 71st I.D.

Oblt Friedrich Sacha Co of 2nd KP, 160th PzJgr Abt, 60th I.D. (Mot)

Rittmeister Gerhard Thiel Co of 3rd Abt, 24th Pz Rgmt, 24th Pz Div.

Oberstlt Richard Wolf CO of 208th Inf Rgmt, 79th I.D.

 

January 21

1943:
- In the Casablanca Directive, Churchill and Roosevelt agree to endorse round the clock bombing of German targets. Also, U-boat construction yards are given top priority for the bombing campaign, as well as "the progressive destruction of the German military, industrial and economic system and the undermining of the morale of the German people to a point where their capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened."
- Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter-bombers strike Ryde in southern Britain, in a hit and run attack.
- Submarine USS Gato sinks Japanese transport ship Kenkon Maru off New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

1944:
- During the night, British Bomber Command main force strikes Magdeburg in Germany, flying 645 heavy bomber sorties. Losses are 57 bombers, giving a loss rate of 8.8%. The raid is deemed a failure. A smaller raid strikes Berlin with 22 sorties, 1 bomber is lost, while the raid effectiveness is unknown.

 

the Magdeburg raid seemed to absorb almost all the German night fighter units.

NJG 1 9 kills
NJG 2 16 kills
NJG 3 12 kills
NJG 5 14 kills
NJG 6 3 kills
I./JG 300 2 lancasters
I./JG 301 1 Halifax

losses were 5 German a/c

E

 

That must have hurt...here´s one view for what happened.

http://home.cogeco.ca/~51sqdn/Berlin.htm

Magdeburg 21/22 January 1944

648 aircraft-421 Lancasters, 224 Halifaxes and 3 Mosquitoes-on the first major raid to this target. The German controller again followed the progress of the bomber stream across the North Sea and many night fighters were in the stream before it crossed the German coast. The controller was very slow to identify Magdeburg as the target but this did not matter too much because most the night fighters were able to stay in the bomber stream, a good example of the way the Tame Boar tactics were developing. The heavy bomber casualties were not rewarded with a successful attack. Some of the Main Force aircraft now had H2S and winds which were stronger that forecast brought some of these into the target area before the Pathfinder’s Zero Hour. The crews of 27 Main Force aircraft were anxious to bomb and did so before Zero hour. The Pathfinders blamed the fires started by this early bombing, together with some very effective German decoy markers, for their failure to concentrate the marking. No details are available from Magdeburg but it is believed that most of the bombing fell outside the city. An R.A.F. man who was in hospital at Magdeburg at the time reports only, ‘bangs far away’. It is probable that three quarters of the losses were caused by German night fighters. 57 aircraft were lost-35 Halifaxes and 22 Lancasters.

 

January 27 (somewhat belated)

1940:
- Winston Churchill, British First Lord of the Admiralty states that "Herr Hitler has already lost his best chance."

1943:
- USAAF 8th Air Force launches its first attack inside Germany, when 91 B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers strike the submarine construction facilities in Willhelmshaven. Bad weather and fighter attacks degrade accuracy, with 55 bombers claiming to have found and attacked the target.

1944:
- During the night, British Bomber Command main force strikes Magdeburg in Germany, flying 515 heavy bomber sorties. Losses are 33 bombers, giving a loss rate of 6.4%. The raid effectiveness is deemed poor.

1945:
- The German Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 503 arrives at the eastern front. The 503rd sees action in the Neu Stettin area, covering the movements from East Prussia.

- And finally the big one: Red Army forces liberate the concentration camp at Auschwitz.

 

January 28

1942:
- In the Atlantic, a PBY flown by Donald Francis Mason form a Newfoundland base attacks what was believed to be a German submarine, using bombs. With numerous merchant ships being sunk off the American east coast, Navy PR personnel reworks Mason's report descibing the attack into "Sighted sub, sank same" which receives widespread news coverage. There was no sub present in the area however.

1943:
- Following a demonstration of initial models, the US Army orders the first batch of M-18 "Hellcat" Gun Motor Carriages. The M-18 has been produced by Buick together with the Ordnance Department.

1944:
- German submarine U-571 is sunk by a Royal Australian Air Force Short Sunderland.

1945:
- German Ardennes salient eliminated.
- In the United States, German U-boat captain Jürgen Wattenberg is recaptured following his escape from the Popago Park POW Camp outside Phoenix. Wattenberg was the last of the 25 POWs that was recaptured, following their escape through a 180 foot tunnel and an attempt to make for Mexico.
- The plans for "Operation Thunderclap" missions arrive at the headquarters of the USAAF 8th Air Force, where they are opposed by Doolittle.

 

January 31

1943 (Sunday):
- Russians capture a cellar of the Univermag department store, where newly promoted Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus, commander of the German 6th Army trapped in Stalingrad, is found hiding. Paulus is captured, the first German Field Marshal ever to be taken alive by an enemy. By promoting Paulus just days before, Hitler assumed he would commit suicide rather than allow himself to fall into enemy hands.
- During January, British Bomber Command has flown 1,237 sorties to targets in Germany, while losing 57 aircraft. The US 8th Air Force has flown 55 sorties, losing 3 aircraft.
- In North Africa, the Allies capture their first PzKpfw-VI Tiger tank.

1945:
- The 1st Belorussian Front under Marshal Zhukov, having ripped through the defenders on the Vistula and maintained their advance since, have reached the river Oder. This places them less than 60 miles from the German capital.
-The German 6th SS Panzer Army formally created in Hungary, where the headquarters and units are already located.
- The German Army records indicate 1,018,365 men are missing in action on the eastern front. The figure for the western front runs at 409,715.
- During January, the western allies have taken 51,071 prisoners of war.
- B-24 Liberator bombers from the 7th Air Force begins softening up Iwo Jima.

 

Thanks Kai for these--you made me happy today just because these postings are on Stalingrad

Nice later years pic of Paulus.

PS--many many thanks for the nice things you gave me--they just arrived yesterday as I was at the theater watching: "Die another Day" which I thoroughly enjoyed. Many Icelanders worked on this film

 

Belated entrys of:

Stalingrad RKTs
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January 22 1943 Recipients.

Major Hans Bohnenkamp Co of Abt 3, 295th Arty Rgmt, 295th I.D.

Oberstleutnant Hans-georg Brandt Co of 577th Inf Rgmt, 305th I.D.

Oblt Fritz Klitsch Co of a KP in 120th Inf Rgmt, 60th I.D. (Mot).

Genmaj Dr. rer. pol. Otto Korfes CO of 295th I.D.

Oberstlt Hans-Christoph Frhr von Spangenberg Co of 203rd Inf Rgmt, 76th I.D.

Oberstlt Luitpold Steidle Co of 767th Inf Rgmt, 376th I.D.

Oberstlt Karl Walther Co of 131th Inf Rgmt, 44th I.D.

Major Friedrich Warnecke Co of 3rd Abt, 517th Inf Rgmt, 295th I.D.

Maj Hild-Wilifred von Winterfeld Co of 1st Abt, 24th Pz Rgmt, 24th Pz Div.

Hptm Hans Zimmermann Co of 8th Schwadron, 2nd Abt, 26th PzGdr Rgmt, 24th Pz Div.
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January 24 1943 Stalingrad RKT's.

Oberstlt Eduard Obergethmann Co of 99th Flak Rgmt, 9th Flak Div.

Oberst Wilhelm Wolff Co of 37th Flak Rgmt, 9th Flak Div.
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Stalingrad RKTs January 25 1943.

Maj Dr.Med.Dent.Paul Josef Max Franziskus Gloger Co of 244th Stug Abt.

Oberwachtmeister Eduard Muller-Reinders Ptn Co in 2nd Btty, 244th Stug Abt.
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Stalingrad RKT January 26 1943.

Hptm Hans-Jochen Loser Co of 3rd Fusilier Abt, 230th Inf Rgmt, 76th I.D.
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Stalingrad RKTs January 28 1943.

Oberstlt i.G.Richard Haizmann (Ia-Chief of Staff) 9th Flak Div.

Hptm Herbert Kreiner Co ofan Abt in 261st Inf Rgmt, 113th I.D.

Hptm Friedrich-Hans Plumer Co of 1st Abt, 268th Inf Rgmt, 113th I.D.

Oberstlt Hans Schurig Co of 260th Inf Rgmt, 113th I.D.

Oberstlt Erich Woefel Co of 534th Inf Rgmt, 384th I.D.

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Stalingrad RKTs January 29 1943.

Oberstlt Richard Claassen Co of 517th Inf Rgmt, 295th I.D.

Maj Richard Eichler Co of 212th Inf Rgmt, 79th I.D.

Hptm Kurt Schafer Co of an Abt in 516th Inf Rgmt, 295th I.D.
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Stalingrad RKT January 31 1943.

Maj Dipl.Ing.Fritz-Joachim Frhr von Rotzmann Co 1st Abt, 176th Arty Rgmt, 76th I.D.

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Oak Leaves awarded at Stalingrad:

Gen der Panzertruppen Werner Kempf Co of 48th Pz Korps. 111th recipient, August 10 1942.
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Genmaj Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild Co of 24th Pz Div. 129th Recipient on September 27 1942.
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Oberstlt Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche und Camminetz Co of 1st Abt, 2nd Pz Rgmt, 16th Pz Div. 144th Recipient on November 13 1942.
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Gen der Arty Walter Heitz Co of 8th Armee Korps. 156th Recip1ent on December 21 1942.
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Oberst Reichsfreiherr Maximilian von Edelsheim Co of 26th P.G.Rgmt, 24th Pz Div. 162nd Recipient on December 22 1942.
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Genlt Helmuth Schlomer Co of 3rd Mot I.D. 161st Recipient on December 23 1942.
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Oblt Frits Fessmann Co of 1st Kp, 64th Kradschutzen Abt, 14th Pz Div. 170th Recipient on January 4 1943.
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Generaloberst Friedrich Paulus Co of 6th Armee. 178th Recipient on January 15 1943.
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Maj Karl Willig Co of 2nd Abt, 120th Mot Inf Rgmt, 60th Mot I.D. 179th Recipient on January 18 1943.
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Hptm Willy Helmut Reidel Co of 3rd Abt, 524th Inf Rgmt, 297th I.D. 186th Recipient on January 25 1943.
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Genlt Karl Rodenburg Co of 76th I.D. 189th Recipient on January 31 1943.
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Swords awarded at Stalingrad:

Genlt Hans Valentine Hube Co of 14th Pz Korps. 22nd Recipient on December 21 1942.

Das ist FINALLY alle.