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Erbo Graf von Kageneck

January 24, 2023

Erbo Graf von Kageneck (2 April 1918 – 12 January 1942) was a German fighter pilot during World War II. A flying ace, he was credited with 67 aerial victories and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Erbo Graf von Kageneck
Kageneck in front of his Messerschmitt Me 109E in Sicily, with ground crew
Born(1918-04-02)2 April 1918
Bonn
Died12 January 1942(1942-01-12) (aged 23)
Naples, Italy
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service1936–42
RankHauptmann (captain)
UnitJG 1, JG 27
Battles/wars
See battles

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Early life

Kageneck was born on 2 April 1918 in Bonn, at the time in the Rhine Province of the German Empire.[1] He was the fourth of six children of Generalmajor Karl Graf von Kageneck and Freiin Maria von Schorlemer, daughter of Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser, an Imperial Secretary of Agriculture.[2] He first name was Arbogast in homage to a distant 10th century Kageneck knight, which was quickly summed up to Erbo.[3] His brothers included Clemens-Heinrich Graf von Kageneck (1913–2005), a captain in the army, and August von Kageneck (1922–2004), a lieutenant in the army, later a journalist and writer.

World War II

Kageneck joined the German air force, the Luftwaffe, in 1936. At the outbreak of World War II, he served with Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG 1—1st Fighter Wing). On 5 July 1940, the Jagdwaffe (fighter force) of the Luftwaffe was reorganized and in consequence the I. Gruppe of JG 1 became the III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing), subsequently his 2. Staffel of JG 1 became the 8. Staffel of JG 27.[4] Two weeks later, on 19 July, Kageneck was wounded in aerial combat east of the Isle of Wight while flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4.[5] It is possible, that his opponent may have been Pilot Officer Frank Reginald Carey who claimed to have scored hits on two and to have shot down one Bf 109 that day.[6]

On 18 September 1940, Kageneck was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 9. Staffel of JG 27, replacing Oberleutnant Max Dobislav who was transferred.[7] He was promoted to Oberleutnant (first lieutenant) on 1 October 1940.[8] On 10 November, III. Gruppe was withdrawn from Channel operations. The Gruppe was first ordered to Diepholz Airfield and then to Vechta for a period of replenishment and equipment overhaul.[9]

Balkan and Malta

In January 1941, JG 27 was ordered to relocate to Romania. Between 12 and 14 January, the ground personnel of III. Gruppe arrived in Bucharest-Băneasa, preparing for the arrival of the air elements which relocated on 2 February. Shortly after, the Gruppe moved to Giulești.[10]

Following the Balkans campaign, III. Gruppe was briefly deployed to Sicily for actions against Malta. On 2 May, the Gruppe transferred to Gela and flew its first combat mission to Malta on 6 May, escorting Heinkel He 111 bombers from Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26—26th Bomber Wing). That day, Kageneck claimed a Hurricane shot down near Luqa.[11] According to Shores, it is likely that his opponent was Pilot Officer Alan Sydney Dredge from No. 261 Squadron who made a forced landing in his Hurricane Z3057 and sustained severe burns.[12] On 20 May, Kageneck claimed III. Gruppe's last aerial victory over Malta when he shot down Pilot Officer Anthony John Reeves from No. 261 Squadron flying Hurricane N2673.[13] On 24 May, III. Gruppe left Sicily and returned to Germany.[14]

Operation Barbarossa

In June, the Wehrmacht was preparing for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet, and consolidating its forces near the border established in the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. On 4 June, III. Gruppe arrived at Suwałki before being redeployed to Sobolewo on 12 June. At the start of the invasion, JG 27, with the exception of I. Gruppe, was subordinated to VIII. Fliegerkorps (8th Air Corps) and was deployed in the northern sector of Army Group Centre.[15] On 22 June 1941, the opening day of Operation Barbarossa, III. Gruppe flew many ground support missions against Soviet airfields and forces, its first just past 03:00. Later in the day, Kageneck shot down a Tupolev SB bomber south of Vilnius.[16]

Following his 37th aerial victory, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 30 July 1941.[17][18] The following day, III. Gruppe moved to an airfield at Soltsy, located west of Lake Ilmen. From this airfield, the Gruppe fought over the combat areas near Staraya Russa, south of Lake Ilmen, and Veliky Novgorod which is north of Lake Ilmen. On 10 August, Kageneck claimed a SB-3 bomber shot down. He became an "ace-in-a-day" on 14 August, claiming his 39th to 43rd aerial victory.[19] On 20 August, Kageneck made a forced landing in his Bf 109 E-4 (Werknummer 1326—factory number) near Chudovo.[20] Kageneck had logged his 300th combat mission in this aircraft.[21]

On 16 October, General der Flieger Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen discharged III. Gruppe at Stabna, located just north of Smolensk, from operations on the Eastern Front.[22] By this date, Kageneck had claimed 48 Soviet victories and — with his total now at 65 — was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub) on 26 October 1941.[23] He was the 39th member of the German armed forces to be so honored.[1]

North Africa and death

Following the withdrawal from the Eastern Front, III. Gruppe had been moved to Döberitz on 26 October. There, the Gruppe was equipped with the Bf 109 F-4 trop and began training for deployment to the Mediterranean theatre.[24] On 5 November, Kageneck, together with Hauptmann Gordon Gollob, received the Oak Leaves from Adolf Hitler personally at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg, present-day Kętrzyn in Poland.[25] On 6 December, III. Gruppe transferred to North Africa where they were based at Timimi, Libya.[24]

Kageneck claimed his last two aerial victories against British Commonwealth fighters on 12 December. That day, he claimed a Hurricane and Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter shot down near Timimi.[24] On 24 December, Kageneck was seriously wounded in combat with several Desert Air Force (DAF) P-40 and Hurricane fighters south of Agedabia. Both Sergeant Maxwell of No. 94 Squadron and Pilot Officer Thompson No. 229 Squadron made claims for a fighter shot down in the same action. Many years later, some sources, including Kageneck's brother, August von Kageneck, claimed that the shots which hit Erbo were fired by the pre-eminent Australian ace of the war, Clive Caldwell.[26] The main reason for this was that Caldwell favoured attacks from beneath his opponents, which was precisely the fashion in which Kageneck's wounds were sustained.

Kageneck sustained severe injuries in combat near Agedabia resulting in a forced landing of his Bf 109 F-4 trop (Werknummer 8554) in the desert near El Magrun where he was recovered by Italian soldiers.[27] He was immediately evacuated, first to a hospital in Athens, and then to another in Naples where, despite intensive care, he died of his wounds to his stomach and abdomen on 12 January 1942. He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann (captain).[28]

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Kageneck was credited with 67 aerial victories.[29] Spick also lists him with 67 aerial victories, claimed in an unknown number of combat missions, 19 on the Western Front - including four over Malta and two in North Africa - and 48 on the Eastern Front.[30] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 66 aerial victory claims. This number includes 19 claims over the Western Allies and 47 on the Eastern Front.[31]

Chronicle of aerial victories

  This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Kageneck an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.
  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.

– 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 1 –[32]
Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940
1 12 May 1940 06:00 Blenheim vicinity of Maastricht[33] 3 5 June 1940
—
 M.S.406 Roye[34]
2 12 May 1940 06:02 Blenheim vicinity of Maastricht[33] 4 6 June 1940
—
 LeO 451 Noyon[35]
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 –[36]
At the Channel and over England — 26 June – 17 September 1940
5 19 July 1940 18:35 Hurricane off the Isle of Wight[37] 7 18 August 1940 15:30 Spitfire Bognor Regis[38]
6 19 July 1940 18:40 Hurricane off the Isle of Wight[37] 8 9 September 1940 19:40 Spitfire Rochford[38]
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 –[36]
At the Channel and over England — 18 September – 10 November 1940
9 20 September 1940 11:46 Hurricane southeast of London[38] 12 15 October 1940 11:07 Spitfire south of Maidstone[38]
10 29 September 1940 10:41 Hurricane Tunbridge Wells[38] 13 27 October 1940 09:48 Spitfire Ashford[38]
11 13 October 1940 15:20 Hurricane Faversham[38]
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 1 –[36]
Over Malta — 2 – 24 May 1941
14 6 May 1941 12:08 Hurricane Luqa, Malta[39] 16 14 May 1941 16:36 Hurricane Luqa, Malta[39]
15 13 May 1941 13:52 Hurricane Luqa, Malta[39] 17 20 May 1941 17:40 Hurricane southwest of Ta' Vnezja, Malta[39]
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 1 –[40]
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 16 October 1941
18 22 June 1941 18:50 SB-2 south of Vilnius[41] 42♠ 14 August 1941 14:42 DB-3 east of Winy[42]
19 27 June 1941 17:26 SB-2 south of Minsk[41] 43♠ 14 August 1941 14:45 DB-3 east-southeast of Winy[42]
20 27 June 1941 17:28 SB-2 south of Minsk[41] 44 15 August 1941 10:27 Il-2 east-southeast of Proletariy[42]
21 27 June 1941 17:32 SB-2 south of Minsk[41] 45 16 August 1941 10:36 I-18 (MiG-1) east of Novgorod[42]
22 8 July 1941 06:08 SB-2 west of Vitebsk[43] 46 19 August 1941 11:34 I-18 (MiG-1) east of Chudovo[44]
23 11 July 1941 13:25 U-2 northeast of Gloyniki[43] 47 19 August 1941 15:45 I-18 (MiG-1) southeast of Kreszty[44]
24 12 July 1941 18:48 DB-3 west of Vitebsk[43] 48 21 August 1941 17:58 Il-2 north of Staraya Russa[44]
25 13 July 1941 12:00 DJ-6 southwest of Smolensk[43] 49 27 August 1941 12:10 I-18 (MiG-1) east of Manushkino[44]
26 14 July 1941 14:23 I-16 north of Smolensk[45] 50 29 August 1941 12:23 I-18 (MiG-1) south of Mga[44]
27 18 July 1941 13:29 DB-3 east of Demidov[45] 51 29 August 1941 16:12 Il-2 northwest of Schapki[44]
28 19 July 1941 18:20 DB-3 west of Yartsevo[45] 52 29 August 1941 16:26 Il-2 northwest of Tosno[44]
29 20 July 1941 07:15 DB-3 southeast of Yartsevo[45] 53 2 September 1941 07:53 I-16 east of Ivanovskoy[44]
30?[Note 1] 20 July 1941
—
 DB-3 southeast of Yartsevo[45] 54 3 September 1941 05:28 I-18 (MiG-1) southwest of Wassiklowo[44]
31 22 July 1941 19:26 DB-3 east of Yartsevo[45] 55 3 September 1941 09:57 I-16 southeast of Slutsk[44]
32 26 July 1941 04:17 R-10 (Seversky) northeast of Yartsevo[42] 56 2 October 1941 14:06 I-18 (MiG-1) Pogorjelo[46]
33 26 July 1941 19:23 I-16 east of Yartsevo[42] 57 3 October 1941 12:08 I-18 (MiG-1) north of Vyazma[46]
34 26 July 1941 19:25 I-16 east of Yartsevo[42] 58 4 October 1941 13:55 DB-3 Michjejewa[46]
35 27 July 1941 04:05 DB-3 north of Lake Shiziskoje[42] 59 4 October 1941 14:08 SB-2 Spass[46]
36 27 July 1941 08:20 DB-3 west of Demidov[42] 60 4 October 1941 16:52 Pe-2 south of Chełm[46]
37 27 July 1941 08:22 DB-3 west of Demidov[42] 61 7 October 1941 09:10 Pe-2 east of Chełm[46]
38 10 August 1941 19:51 SB-3 north of Golino[42] 62 11 October 1941 16:14 Il-2 north of Sychyovka[46]
39♠ 14 August 1941 09:57?[Note 2] I-16 north-northeast of Novgorod[42] 63 11 October 1941 16:16 Il-2 northwest of Sychyovka[46]
40♠ 14 August 1941 14:33 DB-3 Malyje Lutschno[42] 64 11 October 1941 16:23 Il-2 northwest of Sychyovka[46]
41♠ 14 August 1941 14:35 DB-3 southeast of Malyje Lutschno[42] 65 12 October 1941 08:23 I-18 (MiG-1) east of Zubtsov[46]
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 –[47]
In North Africa — 6 – 24 December 1941
66 12 December 1941 13:46 P-40 vicinity of Timimi[48] 67 12 December 1941
—
 Hurricane vicinity of Timimi[48]

Awards

Dates of rank

8 November 1939: Leutnant (Second Lieutenant)[53]
1 October 1940: Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant)[8]
posthumously: Hauptmann (Captain)[28]

Notes

  1. ^ This claim is not listed by Mathews and Foreman.[36]
  2. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 09:47.[36]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Obermaier 1989, p. 47.
  2. ^ von Kageneck 1999, pp. 17, 48.
  3. ^ von Kageneck 1999, p. 23.
  4. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 408.
  5. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 422.
  6. ^ Franks 2008, p. 63.
  7. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 416.
  8. ^ a b Stockert 2012, p. 217.
  9. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, p. 75.
  10. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, p. 88.
  11. ^ Prien et al. 2003a, pp. 380, 382.
  12. ^ Shores 1999, p. 220.
  13. ^ Shores, Cull & Malizia 1987, p. 213.
  14. ^ Prien et al. 2003a, p. 380.
  15. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, p. 136.
  16. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, pp. 136, 340.
  17. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 599.
  18. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, p. 141.
  19. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, pp. 140, 342.
  20. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 195.
  21. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, p. 152.
  22. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 180.
  23. ^ Prien, Rodeike & Stemmer 1995, p. 142.
  24. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2004, p. 297.
  25. ^ Stockert 2012, pp. 213, 218.
  26. ^ Alexander 2006, pp. 224–228.
  27. ^ Prien et al. 2004, pp. 298–299, 344.
  28. ^ a b Stockert 2012, p. 219.
  29. ^ Zabecki 2014, p. 1616.
  30. ^ Spick 1996, p. 239.
  31. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 599–601.
  32. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 599–600.
  33. ^ a b Prien et al. 2001, p. 77.
  34. ^ Prien et al. 2001, p. 78.
  35. ^ Prien et al. 2001, p. 79.
  36. ^ a b c d e Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 600.
  37. ^ a b Prien et al. 2002, p. 420.
  38. ^ a b c d e f g Prien et al. 2002, p. 421.
  39. ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2003a, p. 382.
  40. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 600–601.
  41. ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2003b, p. 187.
  42. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Prien et al. 2003b, p. 190.
  43. ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2003b, p. 188.
  44. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Prien et al. 2003b, p. 191.
  45. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2003b, p. 189.
  46. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Prien et al. 2003b, p. 192.
  47. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 601.
  48. ^ a b Prien et al. 2004, p. 337.
  49. ^ a b Thomas 1997, p. 339.
  50. ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 428.
  51. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 249.
  52. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 55.
  53. ^ Stockert 2012, p. 216.

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erbo, graf, kageneck, april, 1918, january, 1942, german, fighter, pilot, during, world, flying, credited, with, aerial, victories, recipient, knight, cross, with, leaves, nazi, germany, kageneck, front, messerschmitt, 109e, sicily, with, ground, crewborn, 191. Erbo Graf von Kageneck 2 April 1918 12 January 1942 was a German fighter pilot during World War II A flying ace he was credited with 67 aerial victories and was a recipient of the Knight s Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany Erbo Graf von KageneckKageneck in front of his Messerschmitt Me 109E in Sicily with ground crewBorn 1918 04 02 2 April 1918BonnDied12 January 1942 1942 01 12 aged 23 Naples ItalyAllegiance Nazi GermanyService wbr branch LuftwaffeYears of service1936 42RankHauptmann captain UnitJG 1 JG 27Battles warsSee battlesWorld War II Battle of France Battle of Britain Malta Operation Barbarossa MediterraneanAwardsKnight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Contents 1 Early life 2 World War II 2 1 Balkan and Malta 2 2 Operation Barbarossa 2 3 North Africa and death 3 Summary of career 3 1 Aerial victory claims 3 2 Awards 3 3 Dates of rank 4 Notes 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 BibliographyEarly life EditKageneck was born on 2 April 1918 in Bonn at the time in the Rhine Province of the German Empire 1 He was the fourth of six children of Generalmajor Karl Graf von Kageneck and Freiin Maria von Schorlemer daughter of Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer Lieser an Imperial Secretary of Agriculture 2 He first name was Arbogast in homage to a distant 10th century Kageneck knight which was quickly summed up to Erbo 3 His brothers included Clemens Heinrich Graf von Kageneck 1913 2005 a captain in the army and August von Kageneck 1922 2004 a lieutenant in the army later a journalist and writer World War II EditKageneck joined the German air force the Luftwaffe in 1936 At the outbreak of World War II he served with Jagdgeschwader 1 JG 1 1st Fighter Wing On 5 July 1940 the Jagdwaffe fighter force of the Luftwaffe was reorganized and in consequence the I Gruppe of JG 1 became the III Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 27 JG 27 27th Fighter Wing subsequently his 2 Staffel of JG 1 became the 8 Staffel of JG 27 4 Two weeks later on 19 July Kageneck was wounded in aerial combat east of the Isle of Wight while flying a Messerschmitt Bf 109 E 4 5 It is possible that his opponent may have been Pilot Officer Frank Reginald Carey who claimed to have scored hits on two and to have shot down one Bf 109 that day 6 On 18 September 1940 Kageneck was appointed Staffelkapitan squadron leader of 9 Staffel of JG 27 replacing Oberleutnant Max Dobislav who was transferred 7 He was promoted to Oberleutnant first lieutenant on 1 October 1940 8 On 10 November III Gruppe was withdrawn from Channel operations The Gruppe was first ordered to Diepholz Airfield and then to Vechta for a period of replenishment and equipment overhaul 9 Balkan and Malta Edit In January 1941 JG 27 was ordered to relocate to Romania Between 12 and 14 January the ground personnel of III Gruppe arrived in Bucharest Băneasa preparing for the arrival of the air elements which relocated on 2 February Shortly after the Gruppe moved to Giulești 10 Following the Balkans campaign III Gruppe was briefly deployed to Sicily for actions against Malta On 2 May the Gruppe transferred to Gela and flew its first combat mission to Malta on 6 May escorting Heinkel He 111 bombers from Kampfgeschwader 26 KG 26 26th Bomber Wing That day Kageneck claimed a Hurricane shot down near Luqa 11 According to Shores it is likely that his opponent was Pilot Officer Alan Sydney Dredge from No 261 Squadron who made a forced landing in his Hurricane Z3057 and sustained severe burns 12 On 20 May Kageneck claimed III Gruppe s last aerial victory over Malta when he shot down Pilot Officer Anthony John Reeves from No 261 Squadron flying Hurricane N2673 13 On 24 May III Gruppe left Sicily and returned to Germany 14 Operation Barbarossa Edit In June the Wehrmacht was preparing for Operation Barbarossa the German invasion of the Soviet and consolidating its forces near the border established in the German Soviet Frontier Treaty On 4 June III Gruppe arrived at Suwalki before being redeployed to Sobolewo on 12 June At the start of the invasion JG 27 with the exception of I Gruppe was subordinated to VIII Fliegerkorps 8th Air Corps and was deployed in the northern sector of Army Group Centre 15 On 22 June 1941 the opening day of Operation Barbarossa III Gruppe flew many ground support missions against Soviet airfields and forces its first just past 03 00 Later in the day Kageneck shot down a Tupolev SB bomber south of Vilnius 16 Following his 37th aerial victory he was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 30 July 1941 17 18 The following day III Gruppe moved to an airfield at Soltsy located west of Lake Ilmen From this airfield the Gruppe fought over the combat areas near Staraya Russa south of Lake Ilmen and Veliky Novgorod which is north of Lake Ilmen On 10 August Kageneck claimed a SB 3 bomber shot down He became an ace in a day on 14 August claiming his 39th to 43rd aerial victory 19 On 20 August Kageneck made a forced landing in his Bf 109 E 4 Werknummer 1326 factory number near Chudovo 20 Kageneck had logged his 300th combat mission in this aircraft 21 On 16 October General der Flieger Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen discharged III Gruppe at Stabna located just north of Smolensk from operations on the Eastern Front 22 By this date Kageneck had claimed 48 Soviet victories and with his total now at 65 was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub on 26 October 1941 23 He was the 39th member of the German armed forces to be so honored 1 North Africa and death Edit Following the withdrawal from the Eastern Front III Gruppe had been moved to Doberitz on 26 October There the Gruppe was equipped with the Bf 109 F 4 trop and began training for deployment to the Mediterranean theatre 24 On 5 November Kageneck together with Hauptmann Gordon Gollob received the Oak Leaves from Adolf Hitler personally at the Wolf s Lair Hitler s headquarters in Rastenburg present day Ketrzyn in Poland 25 On 6 December III Gruppe transferred to North Africa where they were based at Timimi Libya 24 Kageneck claimed his last two aerial victories against British Commonwealth fighters on 12 December That day he claimed a Hurricane and Curtiss P 40 Warhawk fighter shot down near Timimi 24 On 24 December Kageneck was seriously wounded in combat with several Desert Air Force DAF P 40 and Hurricane fighters south of Agedabia Both Sergeant Maxwell of No 94 Squadron and Pilot Officer Thompson No 229 Squadron made claims for a fighter shot down in the same action Many years later some sources including Kageneck s brother August von Kageneck claimed that the shots which hit Erbo were fired by the pre eminent Australian ace of the war Clive Caldwell 26 The main reason for this was that Caldwell favoured attacks from beneath his opponents which was precisely the fashion in which Kageneck s wounds were sustained Kageneck sustained severe injuries in combat near Agedabia resulting in a forced landing of his Bf 109 F 4 trop Werknummer 8554 in the desert near El Magrun where he was recovered by Italian soldiers 27 He was immediately evacuated first to a hospital in Athens and then to another in Naples where despite intensive care he died of his wounds to his stomach and abdomen on 12 January 1942 He was posthumously promoted to Hauptmann captain 28 Summary of career EditAerial victory claims Edit According to US historian David T Zabecki Kageneck was credited with 67 aerial victories 29 Spick also lists him with 67 aerial victories claimed in an unknown number of combat missions 19 on the Western Front including four over Malta and two in North Africa and 48 on the Eastern Front 30 Mathews and Foreman authors of Luftwaffe Aces Biographies and Victory Claims researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 66 aerial victory claims This number includes 19 claims over the Western Allies and 47 on the Eastern Front 31 Chronicle of aerial victories This and the Ace of spades indicates those aerial victories which made Kageneck an ace in a day a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day This and the question mark indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien Stemmer Rodeike Bock Mathews and Foreman 2 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 1 32 Battle of France 10 May 25 June 19401 12 May 1940 06 00 Blenheim vicinity of Maastricht 33 3 5 June 1940 M S 406 Roye 34 2 12 May 1940 06 02 Blenheim vicinity of Maastricht 33 4 6 June 1940 LeO 451 Noyon 35 8 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 36 At the Channel and over England 26 June 17 September 19405 19 July 1940 18 35 Hurricane off the Isle of Wight 37 7 18 August 1940 15 30 Spitfire Bognor Regis 38 6 19 July 1940 18 40 Hurricane off the Isle of Wight 37 8 9 September 1940 19 40 Spitfire Rochford 38 9 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 36 At the Channel and over England 18 September 10 November 19409 20 September 1940 11 46 Hurricane southeast of London 38 12 15 October 1940 11 07 Spitfire south of Maidstone 38 10 29 September 1940 10 41 Hurricane Tunbridge Wells 38 13 27 October 1940 09 48 Spitfire Ashford 38 11 13 October 1940 15 20 Hurricane Faversham 38 9 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 1 36 Over Malta 2 24 May 194114 6 May 1941 12 08 Hurricane Luqa Malta 39 16 14 May 1941 16 36 Hurricane Luqa Malta 39 15 13 May 1941 13 52 Hurricane Luqa Malta 39 17 20 May 1941 17 40 Hurricane southwest of Ta Vnezja Malta 39 9 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 1 40 Operation Barbarossa 22 June 16 October 194118 22 June 1941 18 50 SB 2 south of Vilnius 41 42 14 August 1941 14 42 DB 3 east of Winy 42 19 27 June 1941 17 26 SB 2 south of Minsk 41 43 14 August 1941 14 45 DB 3 east southeast of Winy 42 20 27 June 1941 17 28 SB 2 south of Minsk 41 44 15 August 1941 10 27 Il 2 east southeast of Proletariy 42 21 27 June 1941 17 32 SB 2 south of Minsk 41 45 16 August 1941 10 36 I 18 MiG 1 east of Novgorod 42 22 8 July 1941 06 08 SB 2 west of Vitebsk 43 46 19 August 1941 11 34 I 18 MiG 1 east of Chudovo 44 23 11 July 1941 13 25 U 2 northeast of Gloyniki 43 47 19 August 1941 15 45 I 18 MiG 1 southeast of Kreszty 44 24 12 July 1941 18 48 DB 3 west of Vitebsk 43 48 21 August 1941 17 58 Il 2 north of Staraya Russa 44 25 13 July 1941 12 00 DJ 6 southwest of Smolensk 43 49 27 August 1941 12 10 I 18 MiG 1 east of Manushkino 44 26 14 July 1941 14 23 I 16 north of Smolensk 45 50 29 August 1941 12 23 I 18 MiG 1 south of Mga 44 27 18 July 1941 13 29 DB 3 east of Demidov 45 51 29 August 1941 16 12 Il 2 northwest of Schapki 44 28 19 July 1941 18 20 DB 3 west of Yartsevo 45 52 29 August 1941 16 26 Il 2 northwest of Tosno 44 29 20 July 1941 07 15 DB 3 southeast of Yartsevo 45 53 2 September 1941 07 53 I 16 east of Ivanovskoy 44 30 Note 1 20 July 1941 DB 3 southeast of Yartsevo 45 54 3 September 1941 05 28 I 18 MiG 1 southwest of Wassiklowo 44 31 22 July 1941 19 26 DB 3 east of Yartsevo 45 55 3 September 1941 09 57 I 16 southeast of Slutsk 44 32 26 July 1941 04 17 R 10 Seversky northeast of Yartsevo 42 56 2 October 1941 14 06 I 18 MiG 1 Pogorjelo 46 33 26 July 1941 19 23 I 16 east of Yartsevo 42 57 3 October 1941 12 08 I 18 MiG 1 north of Vyazma 46 34 26 July 1941 19 25 I 16 east of Yartsevo 42 58 4 October 1941 13 55 DB 3 Michjejewa 46 35 27 July 1941 04 05 DB 3 north of Lake Shiziskoje 42 59 4 October 1941 14 08 SB 2 Spass 46 36 27 July 1941 08 20 DB 3 west of Demidov 42 60 4 October 1941 16 52 Pe 2 south of Chelm 46 37 27 July 1941 08 22 DB 3 west of Demidov 42 61 7 October 1941 09 10 Pe 2 east of Chelm 46 38 10 August 1941 19 51 SB 3 north of Golino 42 62 11 October 1941 16 14 Il 2 north of Sychyovka 46 39 14 August 1941 09 57 Note 2 I 16 north northeast of Novgorod 42 63 11 October 1941 16 16 Il 2 northwest of Sychyovka 46 40 14 August 1941 14 33 DB 3 Malyje Lutschno 42 64 11 October 1941 16 23 Il 2 northwest of Sychyovka 46 41 14 August 1941 14 35 DB 3 southeast of Malyje Lutschno 42 65 12 October 1941 08 23 I 18 MiG 1 east of Zubtsov 46 9 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 27 47 In North Africa 6 24 December 194166 12 December 1941 13 46 P 40 vicinity of Timimi 48 67 12 December 1941 Hurricane vicinity of Timimi 48 Awards Edit Iron Cross 1939 2nd Class 14 May 1940 49 1st Class 11 July 1940 49 Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight s Cross on 30 July 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 9 Jagdgeschwader 27 50 51 39th Oak Leaves on 26 October 1941 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitan of the 9 Jagdgeschwader 27 50 52 Dates of rank Edit 8 November 1939 Leutnant Second Lieutenant 53 1 October 1940 Oberleutnant First Lieutenant 8 posthumously Hauptmann Captain 28 Notes Edit This claim is not listed by Mathews and Foreman 36 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 09 47 36 References EditCitations Edit a b Obermaier 1989 p 47 von Kageneck 1999 pp 17 48 von Kageneck 1999 p 23 Prien et al 2002 p 408 Prien et al 2002 p 422 Franks 2008 p 63 Prien et al 2002 p 416 a b Stockert 2012 p 217 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 p 75 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 p 88 Prien et al 2003a pp 380 382 Shores 1999 p 220 Shores Cull amp Malizia 1987 p 213 Prien et al 2003a p 380 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 p 136 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 pp 136 340 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 p 599 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 p 141 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 pp 140 342 Prien et al 2003b p 195 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 p 152 Prien et al 2003b p 180 Prien Rodeike amp Stemmer 1995 p 142 a b c Prien et al 2004 p 297 Stockert 2012 pp 213 218 Alexander 2006 pp 224 228 Prien et al 2004 pp 298 299 344 a b Stockert 2012 p 219 Zabecki 2014 p 1616 Spick 1996 p 239 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 pp 599 601 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 pp 599 600 a b Prien et al 2001 p 77 Prien et al 2001 p 78 Prien et al 2001 p 79 a b c d e Mathews amp Foreman 2015 p 600 a b Prien et al 2002 p 420 a b c d e f g Prien et al 2002 p 421 a b c d Prien et al 2003a p 382 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 pp 600 601 a b c d Prien et al 2003b p 187 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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