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Walther Dahl

January 09, 2023

Walther Dahl (27 March 1916 – 25 November 1985) was a German pilot and a fighter ace during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Dahl claimed some 128 enemy aircraft shot down in 678 missions.[1]

Walther Dahl
Nickname(s)Rammdahl
Born(1916-03-27)27 March 1916
Lug, Germany
Died25 November 1985(1985-11-25) (aged 69)
Heidelberg
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service1935–45
RankOberst (colonel)
UnitJG 3, JG 300, EJG 2
Commands heldJG 300
Battles/wars
See battles

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Early life and career

Dahl was born on 27 March 1916 in Lug near Bad Bergzabern, son of a Volksschule teacher who was killed in action in 1918 on the Western Front of World War I. He joined the military service on 29 October 1935, initially serving as a Schütze with Infanterie-Regiment 35 before transferring to Infanterie-Regiment 119 in Stuttgart on 6 October 1936. On 18 January 1938, Dahl was promoted to Leutnant (second lieutenant) of the Reserves with an effective date as of 1 January 1938.[2]

On 28 October 1938, Dahl quit his service with the Heer (army) and joined the Schutzpolizei (police) on 29 October 1938. On 1 May 1939, Dahl resigned and joined the Luftwaffe (air force) and becoming a fighter pilot.[2]

World War II

In May 1941 Dahl was posted to Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3—3rd Fighter Wing) and claimed his first victory on 22 June during the first day of the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Dahl commanded 4. Staffel of JG 3 from 13 February until 9 April 1942 as Staffelkapitän. He had taken over command from Hauptmann Georg Michalek who was transferred. When Dahl was ordered to take over command of 1. Staffel of Ergänzungsgruppe Süd, he passed command of 4. Staffel of JG 3 to Oberleutnant Gerhard Walz.[3] On 20 July 1943, Dahl was given command as Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of III. Gruppe of JG 3. He replaced Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Langer who was one of the temporary leaders of the Gruppe after its former commander Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald became a prisoner of war on 14 July.[4]

Wing commander

 
Fw 190 A-8/R2 flown by Major Walter Dahl, CO of IV.(Sturm)/JG 300

On 21 May 1944, Dahl was appointed commander of Jagdgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung (JG z.b.V.—a special purpose fighter wing). He led the unit until taking command of Jagdgeschwader 300 (JG 300—300th Fighter Wing) on 27 June 1944. Dahl set up his Geschwaderstab (headquarters unit) at Ansbach, planning combined operations with JG 3 "Udet".[5] Dahl succeeded Major Walter Brede as commander of JG 300.[6] Command of III. Gruppe of JG 3 was then passed to Major Karl-Heinz Langer.[7]

On 7 July 1944, a force of 1,129 B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force set out from England to bomb aircraft factories in the Leipzig area and the synthetic oil plants at Boehlen, Leuna-Merseburg and Lützkendorf. This force was divided into three prongs. The first group consisted of 373 B-24s, the second force of the 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 303 B-17s, and the third wave was made up of 450 B-17s. A series of accidents at the start of the mission allowed the Luftwaffe to focus their attacks on the B-24 force.[8] This formation was intercepted by a German Gefechtsverband (task force) consisting of IV.(Sturm) Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 3 escorted by two Gruppen of Bf 109s from JG 300 led by Dahl. Dahl drove the attack to point-blank range behind the Liberators of the 492nd Bomb Group before opening fire. 492nd Bomb Group was temporarily without fighter cover. Within about a minute the entire squadron of twelve B-24s had been annihilated. The Germans claimed 28 USAAF 2nd Air Division B-24s that day and were credited with at least 21.[9] The majority to the Sturmgruppe attack, IV./JG 3 lost nine fighters shot down and three more suffered damage and made crash landings; five of the unit's pilots were killed.[10][11] On this mission, Dahl was credited with his 72nd aerial victory, a B-24 shot down in the vicinity of Quedlinburg.[12]

 
A 1944 drawing by Helmuth Ellgaard illustrating "ramming"

On 13 September, Dahl claimed to have brought down a B-17 four-engined bomber by ramming according to his own account. Lorant and Goyat, the historians of JG 300, found no evidence of a corresponding loss in US archives.[13]

On 26 January 1945, Hermann Göring appointed him Inspekteur der Tagjäger (Inspector of the Day Fighters). Despite his promotion, Dahl continued to fly operationally. On 28 February 1945, Dahl was credited with his 100th aerial victory. He was the 98th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.[14]

Dahl ended the war flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter with III./Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 2 (a supplementary fighter unit). On 27 March 1945,[15] Dahl claimed two P-47 Thunderbolt fighter kills.[16] His 129th and last victory was a USAAF P-51 Mustang near Dillingen an der Donau on 26 April 1945. Dahl was promoted to Oberst (colonel) on 30 April 1945. He was taken prisoner of war by US forces in Bavaria at the end of World War II in Europe.[15]

Later life

Following the war, Dahl became a member of the Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP—German Reich Party)[17] In the West German federal election of 1961 he unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the DRP.[18] On 8 May 1961, Dahl founded the "Reichsverband der Soldaten" (RdS—lit. "Reich Association of Soldiers").[19] Among others, the founding meeting was attended by Adolf von Thadden and Erich Kern, the honorary president was Hans-Ulrich Rudel. It was planned that the RdS youth program was to be organized in the Bund Vaterländischer Jugend (Coalition of the Patriotic Youth), a group which was banned that same year due to its radical right-wing affiliation.[20]

Dahl was married to Regina Dahl, a journalist with the National Zeitung, a weekly extreme right newspaper published by Gerhard Frey. Dahl was a spokesman for the German People's Union, a nationalist political party founded by Frey. In 2004, Frey and Hajo Herrmann published an abstract of Dahl's biography in the book Helden der Wehrmacht – Unsterbliche deutsche Soldaten [Heroes of the Wehrmacht – Immortal German soldiers]. This publication was classified as a far-right wing publication by Claudia Fröhlich and Horst-Alfred Heinrich.[21] Dahl died on 25 November 1985 of heart failure in Heidelberg.[15]

Publications

  • Rammjäger: Bericht über seine Kriegserlebnisse 1943 bis 1945 (in German). Pour le Mérite Verlag [de] ISBN 3-932381-01-7 (2000).

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Dahl was credited with 129 aerial victories.[22] Spick lists him with 128 aerial victories claimed in 678 combat missions. This figure includes 77 claims on the Eastern Front, and 51 on the Western Front, 36 of them being four-engined bombers.[1] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that he claimed at least 90 aerial victories, at least 56 of which claimed on the Eastern Front and more than 34 on Western Front, including over 22 four-engined bombers, plus further 13 unconfirmed claims. He claimed seven victories flying the Me 262. The claim that he is attributed with 128 aerial victories cannot be verified through the archives.[23]

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 49283". The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) 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 360 square miles (930 km2). These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 × 4 km in size.[24]

Chronicle of aerial victories

  This and the – (dash) indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Dahl did not receive credit.
  This along with the * (asterisk) indicates an Herausschuss (separation shot)—a severely damaged heavy bomber forced to separate from his combat box which was counted as an aerial victory.
  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.

Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– Stab II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –[25]
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
1 22 June 1941 04:30 I-18 (MiG-1) east of Lemberg[26] 10?[Note 1] 14 September 1941 06:05 I-153 Jelesawetowka[27]
2 16 July 1941 15:45?[Note 2] I-16 south of Koziatyn[29] 11 19 September 1941 13:57 SB-3 Kotschubjewka[27]
3?[Note 1] 1 August 1941 13:00 I-16 Kiev[30] 12 11 October 1941 11:55 SB-3 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Gzhatsk[27]
4?[Note 1] 8 August 1941 13:30 DB-3 east of Majewo[30] 13 18 October 1941 10:10 I-16 northwest of Oschtiwschtschi[31]
5 24 August 1941 08:55 I-180 (Yak-7) south of Zaporizhia[32] 14 19 October 1941 15:25 I-16 northwest of Ischum[31]
6 24 August 1941 15:55 I-16 Dnipropetrovsk[32] 15 23 October 1941 10:56 I-61 (MiG-3) southeast of Kurman-Kemeltschij[31]
7?[Note 1] 13 September 1941 09:30 I-16 south of Miropol[27] 16 23 October 1941 11:00 I-61 (MiG-3) northeast of Kurman-Kemeltschij[31]
8 13 September 1941 17:20 Il-2 east of Belabtyn[27] 17 23 October 1941 11:20 I-16 southeast of Jogaili[31]
9 13 September 1941 17:27 V-11 (Il-2) east of Paschetolowka[27]
– 4. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –[33]
Mediterranean Theater — 7 January – 26 April 1942
—
 2 April 1942 15:30 Spitfire 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Malta[34]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –[33]
Eastern Front — 19 May 1942 – 3 February 1943
18 26 August 1942 08:37?[Note 3] Yak-7 northwest of Stalingrad[35] 31 25 October 1942 10:20 LaGG-3 8 km (5.0 mi) south of Stalingrad[36]
19 7 September 1942 15:36?[Note 4] La-5 PQ 49283, southwest of Achtuba[35]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Stalingrad 		32 25 October 1942 10:39 Il-2 8 km (5.0 mi) east-northeast of Krasnoarmeysk[36]
20 19 September 1942 11:44 Yak-7 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Kotluban train station[35]
1 km (0.62 mi) east-northeast of Kotluban 		33 25 October 1942 14:21 Il-2 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Stalingrad[36]
21 24 September 1942 11:03 Yak-1 northern edge of Stalingrad[36] 34 26 October 1942 14:02 Il-2 10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Stalingrad[37]
22 24 September 1942 11:09 Yak-1 southeast of Dubovka[36] 35 26 October 1942 14:07 Il-2 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Beketowka[37]
23 27 September 1942 16:03 Il-2 northern edge of Stalingrad[36] 36 26 October 1942 14:08 Il-2 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of Beketowka[37]
24 29 September 1942 10:17 Il-2 north-northwest of Stalingrad[36] 37 26 October 1942 14:12 Il-2 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of Sarepta[37]
25 30 September 1942 16:10 Il-2 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Achtuba[36] 38 27 October 1942 10:00 Yak-1 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Krasnaya Sloboda[37]
26 30 September 1942 16:15 P-40 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Dubovka[36] 39 30 November 1942 08:10 Il-2 8 km (5.0 mi) north of Pitomnik Airfield[37]
27 30 September 1942 16:16 P-40 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Dubovka[36] 40 30 November 1942 08:12 Il-2 west of Kotluban train station[37]
28 14 October 1942 07:07 Il-2 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Stalingrad[36] 41 30 November 1942 13:25 Yak-1 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of Beketowka[37]
29 14 October 1942 07:15 Il-2 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Stalingrad[36] 42 2 December 1942 09:10 Il-2 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Kotluban train station[37]
30 17 October 1942 09:15 Yak-1 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Stalingrad[36]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –[33]
Eastern Front — 4 February – 10 May 1943
43 16 March 1943 14:25 Boston PQ 34 Ost 8044, east of Tarsowka[38] 48 16 April 1943 15:10 P-39 northwest of Krymskaya[39]
over sea, south of Gelendzhik
44 21 March 1943 14:55 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 9887, south of Rostov[38] 49 16 April 1943 15:10?[Note 5] P-39 Krymskaja[39]
Black Sea, 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Anapa
45 15 April 1943 16:28 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 85147, northwestern edge of Abinskaya[39] 50 17 April 1943 15:08?[Note 6] LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 85191, east of Abinskaya[39]
over sea, southeast of Gelendzhik
46 15 April 1943 16:30 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 8544, south of Abinskaya[39]
Nowy Swet 		51 17 April 1943 15:08?[Note 7] LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 85191, east of Abinskaya[39]
over sea, southeast of Gelendzhik
47 16 April 1943 15:08 P-39 northwest of Krymskaya[39]
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –[33]
Defense of the Reich — 8 August – 31 December 1943
52?[Note 1] 6 September 1943 11:15 B-17* PQ 05 Ost S/BR-4, Achern[40] 55 14 October 1943 14:35 B-17* PQ 05 Ost S/QU, east of Frankfurt[40]
Aschaffenburg-Würzburg
53 6 September 1943 11:30 B-17 12 km (7.5 mi) west of Saint-Avold[40] 56 19 December 1943 12:25 B-17 south of Innsbruck[40]
54 14 October 1943 14:30 B-17 PQ 05 Ost S/QU[40]
Aschaffenburg-Würzburg
– Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" –[41]
Defense of the Reich — 1 January – 6 June 1943
57 29 January 1944 11:07 B-17[42] Mannheim/Bastogne 65 25 February 1944 12:27?[Note 8] B-17[43] vicinity of Mühldorf
58?[Note 1] 29 January 1944 11:13 B-17*[42] Mannheim/Bastogne 66 25 February 1944 12:48 B-17[43] 20–30 km (12–19 mi) southwest of Regensburg
59?[Note 1] 23 February 1944 12:08 B-24[43] 67 13 April 1944 15:04 B-17[43] 20–30 km (12–19 mi) northeast of Augsburg
60?[Note 1] 23 February 1944 12:12 B-24*[43] 68 13 April 1944 15:08 B-17*[43] 30 km (19 mi) north of Augsburg
61 23 February 1944 12:20 P-38[43] southeast of Steyr 69 24 April 1944 13:30 B-17[44] Augsburg
62?[Note 1] 24 February 1944 13:12 B-17*[43] south of Steyr 70 24 April 1944 13:36 B-17[44] 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Munich
63?[Note 1] 24 February 1944 13:12 B-17*[43] south of Steyr 71 24 April 1944 13:45 P-51[44] vicinity of Munich
64 24 February 1944 13:20 P-38[43] 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Steyr
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 300 –[45]
Defense of the Reich — 27 June – 16 September 1944
72 7 July 1944 09:45 B-24 PQ LC4-5/7-8, north of Quedlinburg[46] 75 11 September 1944 11:55 B-17 PQ LD-KD-KE-LE, Schafstädt/Könnern/Bitterfeld/Halle-Leipzig[47]
73 15 August 1944 11:45 B-17 PQ PO-QO, Blankenheim-Kelberg/Büdesheim-Hasborn[48] 76 11 September 1944 12:05 B-17 PQ LD-MD-KC-KD, Schafstädt-Naumburg/Königsrode-Könnern[47]
74 15 August 1944 11:46 B-17 PQ PP-PO-QO, Blankenheim-Kelberg/Büdesheim-Hasborn[48]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 300 –[45]
Defense of the Reich — 17 September 1944 – February 1945
77 28 September 1944 12:45 B-17 PQ HB-HA, Schöppenstedt-Salzgitter[49]
vicinity of Wolfenbüttel 		87 29 January 1945 10:04 Il-2 20 km (12 mi) east of Oppeln[50]
78 6 October 1944 12:05 B-17 PQ FF-FG-GF, Nauen-Berlin-Brandenburg[49] 88 29 January 1945 10:10 La-7 25 km (16 mi) east of Oppeln[50]
79 7 October 1944 12:35 P-51 PQ HG, vicinity of Luckenwalde[49] 89 30 January 1945 11:55 B-17 vicinity of Berlin[50]
80 26 October 1944 14:10 B-17 PQ SG[49] 90 30 January 1945 12:00 P-51 vicinity of Berlin[50]
81 5 November 1944 12:05 B-17 vicinity of Leipzig[49] 91 31 January 1945 11:15 P-51 vicinity of Berlin[50]
82 5 December 1944 12:15 B-17 vicinity of Berlin[51] 92 4 February 1945 14:00 P-38 vicinity of Berlin[50]
83 5 December 1944 12:25 B-17 vicinity of Berlin[51] 93 20 February 1945 10:45 La-7 20 km (12 mi) east of Stargard[50]
84 5 December 1944 13:00[51] P-51 vicinity of Berlin[52] 94 21 February 1945 09:30 Il-2 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Platho[50]
85 27 January 1945 10:08 La-7 20 km (12 mi) west of Wieluń[50] 95 21 February 1945 09:35 Il-2 5 km (3.1 mi) west of Platho[50]
86 28 January 1945 11:00 Il-2 30 km (19 mi) south of Kalisz[50]
– III. Gruppe of Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 2 –[45]
Defense of the Reich — March – April 1945
96 27 March 1945
—
 P-47[53] vicinity of Lechfeld 100 20 April 1945
—
 P-51
97 27 March 1945
—
 P-47[53] vicinity of Lechfeld 101 26 April 1945
—
 P-51 west of Munich
98 9 April 1945
—
 Unknown 102 26 April 1945
—
 P-51[54] vicinity of Dillingen
99 19 April 1945
—
 Unknown

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j According to Mathews and Foreman, this claim is unconfirmed.[25]
  2. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 05:45.[28]
  3. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 08:57.[33]
  4. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15:56.[33]
  5. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15:15.[33]
  6. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15:05.[33]
  7. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15:06.[33]
  8. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 12:25.[33]
  9. ^ According to Obermaier on 23 December 1941.[56]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b Spick 1996, p. 230.
  2. ^ a b Stockert 2008, p. 40.
  3. ^ Prien et al. 2004, p. 83.
  4. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 124.
  5. ^ Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 206.
  6. ^ Prien et al. 2020, p. 70.
  7. ^ Prien & Stemmer 1996, p. 442.
  8. ^ Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 211.
  9. ^ Caldwell & Muller 2007, p. 216.
  10. ^ Dahl 2000, pp. 46–66
  11. ^ Weal 1996, p. 78.
  12. ^ Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 213.
  13. ^ Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 325.
  14. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 243.
  15. ^ a b c Stockert 2008, p. 43.
  16. ^ Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 21.
  17. ^ Jenke 1967, p. 128.
  18. ^ Frederik 1966, p. 161.
  19. ^ Jaschke 2013, p. 90.
  20. ^ Frederik 1966, pp. 145, 147.
  21. ^ Fröhlich & Heinrich 2004, p. 134.
  22. ^ Zabecki 2019, p. 330.
  23. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2014, pp. 198–200.
  24. ^ Planquadrat.
  25. ^ a b Mathews & Foreman 2014, pp. 198–199.
  26. ^ Prien et al. 2003, p. 107.
  27. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2003, p. 115.
  28. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2014, p. 198.
  29. ^ Prien et al. 2003, p. 111.
  30. ^ a b Prien et al. 2003, p. 112.
  31. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2003, p. 116.
  32. ^ a b Prien et al. 2003, p. 114.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mathews & Foreman 2014, p. 199.
  34. ^ Prien et al. 2004, p. 86.
  35. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2006, p. 39.
  36. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Prien et al. 2006, p. 40.
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h i Prien et al. 2006, p. 41.
  38. ^ a b Prien et al. 2012, p. 37.
  39. ^ a b c d e f g Prien et al. 2012, p. 38.
  40. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2008, p. 329.
  41. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2014, pp. 199–200.
  42. ^ a b Prien & Stemmer 1996, p. 501.
  43. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Prien & Stemmer 1996, p. 502.
  44. ^ a b c Prien & Stemmer 1996, p. 503.
  45. ^ a b c Mathews & Foreman 2014, p. 200.
  46. ^ Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 376.
  47. ^ a b Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 384.
  48. ^ a b Lorant & Goyat 2005, p. 382.
  49. ^ a b c d e Lorant & Goyat 2007, p. 354.
  50. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lorant & Goyat 2007, p. 356.
  51. ^ a b c Lorant & Goyat 2007, p. 355.
  52. ^ Prien et al. 2020, p. 73.
  53. ^ a b Heaton & Lewis 2012, p. 272.
  54. ^ Heaton & Lewis 2012, p. 277.
  55. ^ Patzwall 2008, p. 63.
  56. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 72.
  57. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 77.
  58. ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 264.
  59. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 156.
  60. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 96.

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Preceded by Commander of Jagdgeschwader z.b.V.
20 May 1944 – 6 June 1944 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Oberstleutnant Kurd Kettner
 Commander of Jagdgeschwader 300
27 June 1944 – 26 January 1945 		Succeeded by

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Walther Dahl 27 March 1916 25 November 1985 was a German pilot and a fighter ace during World War II He was a recipient of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany Dahl claimed some 128 enemy aircraft shot down in 678 missions 1 Walther DahlNickname s RammdahlBorn 1916 03 27 27 March 1916Lug GermanyDied25 November 1985 1985 11 25 aged 69 HeidelbergAllegiance Nazi GermanyService wbr branch LuftwaffeYears of service1935 45RankOberst colonel UnitJG 3 JG 300 EJG 2Commands heldJG 300Battles warsSee battlesWorld War II Eastern Front Defense of the ReichAwardsKnight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Contents 1 Early life and career 2 World War II 2 1 Wing commander 3 Later life 4 Publications 5 Summary of career 5 1 Aerial victory claims 5 2 Awards 6 Notes 7 References 7 1 Citations 7 2 Bibliography 8 External linksEarly life and career EditDahl was born on 27 March 1916 in Lug near Bad Bergzabern son of a Volksschule teacher who was killed in action in 1918 on the Western Front of World War I He joined the military service on 29 October 1935 initially serving as a Schutze with Infanterie Regiment 35 before transferring to Infanterie Regiment 119 in Stuttgart on 6 October 1936 On 18 January 1938 Dahl was promoted to Leutnant second lieutenant of the Reserves with an effective date as of 1 January 1938 2 On 28 October 1938 Dahl quit his service with the Heer army and joined the Schutzpolizei police on 29 October 1938 On 1 May 1939 Dahl resigned and joined the Luftwaffe air force and becoming a fighter pilot 2 World War II EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Walther Dahl news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message In May 1941 Dahl was posted to Jagdgeschwader 3 JG 3 3rd Fighter Wing and claimed his first victory on 22 June during the first day of the invasion of the Soviet Union Dahl commanded 4 Staffel of JG 3 from 13 February until 9 April 1942 as Staffelkapitan He had taken over command from Hauptmann Georg Michalek who was transferred When Dahl was ordered to take over command of 1 Staffel of Erganzungsgruppe Sud he passed command of 4 Staffel of JG 3 to Oberleutnant Gerhard Walz 3 On 20 July 1943 Dahl was given command as Gruppenkommandeur group commander of III Gruppe of JG 3 He replaced Hauptmann Karl Heinz Langer who was one of the temporary leaders of the Gruppe after its former commander Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald became a prisoner of war on 14 July 4 Wing commander Edit Fw 190 A 8 R2 flown by Major Walter Dahl CO of IV Sturm JG 300 On 21 May 1944 Dahl was appointed commander of Jagdgeschwader zur besonderen Verwendung JG z b V a special purpose fighter wing He led the unit until taking command of Jagdgeschwader 300 JG 300 300th Fighter Wing on 27 June 1944 Dahl set up his Geschwaderstab headquarters unit at Ansbach planning combined operations with JG 3 Udet 5 Dahl succeeded Major Walter Brede as commander of JG 300 6 Command of III Gruppe of JG 3 was then passed to Major Karl Heinz Langer 7 On 7 July 1944 a force of 1 129 B 17 Flying Fortresses and B 24 Liberators of the United States Army Air Forces USAAF Eighth Air Force set out from England to bomb aircraft factories in the Leipzig area and the synthetic oil plants at Boehlen Leuna Merseburg and Lutzkendorf This force was divided into three prongs The first group consisted of 373 B 24s the second force of the 3rd Bomb Division was made up of 303 B 17s and the third wave was made up of 450 B 17s A series of accidents at the start of the mission allowed the Luftwaffe to focus their attacks on the B 24 force 8 This formation was intercepted by a German Gefechtsverband task force consisting of IV Sturm Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 3 escorted by two Gruppen of Bf 109s from JG 300 led by Dahl Dahl drove the attack to point blank range behind the Liberators of the 492nd Bomb Group before opening fire 492nd Bomb Group was temporarily without fighter cover Within about a minute the entire squadron of twelve B 24s had been annihilated The Germans claimed 28 USAAF 2nd Air Division B 24s that day and were credited with at least 21 9 The majority to the Sturmgruppe attack IV JG 3 lost nine fighters shot down and three more suffered damage and made crash landings five of the unit s pilots were killed 10 11 On this mission Dahl was credited with his 72nd aerial victory a B 24 shot down in the vicinity of Quedlinburg 12 A 1944 drawing by Helmuth Ellgaard illustrating ramming On 13 September Dahl claimed to have brought down a B 17 four engined bomber by ramming according to his own account Lorant and Goyat the historians of JG 300 found no evidence of a corresponding loss in US archives 13 On 26 January 1945 Hermann Goring appointed him Inspekteur der Tagjager Inspector of the Day Fighters Despite his promotion Dahl continued to fly operationally On 28 February 1945 Dahl was credited with his 100th aerial victory He was the 98th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark 14 Dahl ended the war flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter with III Erganzungs Jagdgeschwader 2 a supplementary fighter unit On 27 March 1945 15 Dahl claimed two P 47 Thunderbolt fighter kills 16 His 129th and last victory was a USAAF P 51 Mustang near Dillingen an der Donau on 26 April 1945 Dahl was promoted to Oberst colonel on 30 April 1945 He was taken prisoner of war by US forces in Bavaria at the end of World War II in Europe 15 Later life EditFollowing the war Dahl became a member of the Deutsche Reichspartei DRP German Reich Party 17 In the West German federal election of 1961 he unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the DRP 18 On 8 May 1961 Dahl founded the Reichsverband der Soldaten RdS lit Reich Association of Soldiers 19 Among others the founding meeting was attended by Adolf von Thadden and Erich Kern the honorary president was Hans Ulrich Rudel It was planned that the RdS youth program was to be organized in the Bund Vaterlandischer Jugend Coalition of the Patriotic Youth a group which was banned that same year due to its radical right wing affiliation 20 Dahl was married to Regina Dahl a journalist with the National Zeitung a weekly extreme right newspaper published by Gerhard Frey Dahl was a spokesman for the German People s Union a nationalist political party founded by Frey In 2004 Frey and Hajo Herrmann published an abstract of Dahl s biography in the book Helden der Wehrmacht Unsterbliche deutsche Soldaten Heroes of the Wehrmacht Immortal German soldiers This publication was classified as a far right wing publication by Claudia Frohlich and Horst Alfred Heinrich 21 Dahl died on 25 November 1985 of heart failure in Heidelberg 15 Publications EditRammjager Bericht uber seine Kriegserlebnisse 1943 bis 1945 in German Pour le Merite Verlag de ISBN 3 932381 01 7 2000 Summary of career EditAerial victory claims Edit According to US historian David T Zabecki Dahl was credited with 129 aerial victories 22 Spick lists him with 128 aerial victories claimed in 678 combat missions This figure includes 77 claims on the Eastern Front and 51 on the Western Front 36 of them being four engined bombers 1 Mathews and Foreman authors of Luftwaffe Aces Biographies and Victory Claims researched the German Federal Archives and state that he claimed at least 90 aerial victories at least 56 of which claimed on the Eastern Front and more than 34 on Western Front including over 22 four engined bombers plus further 13 unconfirmed claims He claimed seven victories flying the Me 262 The claim that he is attributed with 128 aerial victories cannot be verified through the archives 23 Victory claims were logged to a map reference PQ Planquadrat for example PQ 49283 The Luftwaffe grid map Jagermeldenetz 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 360 square miles 930 km2 These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 4 km in size 24 Chronicle of aerial victories This and the dash indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Dahl did not receive credit This along with the asterisk indicates an Herausschuss separation shot a severely damaged heavy bomber forced to separate from his combat box which was counted as an aerial victory This and the question mark indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien Stemmer Rodeike Bock Mathews and Foreman Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location Stab II Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 25 Operation Barbarossa 22 June 5 December 19411 22 June 1941 04 30 I 18 MiG 1 east of Lemberg 26 10 Note 1 14 September 1941 06 05 I 153 Jelesawetowka 27 2 16 July 1941 15 45 Note 2 I 16 south of Koziatyn 29 11 19 September 1941 13 57 SB 3 Kotschubjewka 27 3 Note 1 1 August 1941 13 00 I 16 Kiev 30 12 11 October 1941 11 55 SB 3 20 km 12 mi northeast of Gzhatsk 27 4 Note 1 8 August 1941 13 30 DB 3 east of Majewo 30 13 18 October 1941 10 10 I 16 northwest of Oschtiwschtschi 31 5 24 August 1941 08 55 I 180 Yak 7 south of Zaporizhia 32 14 19 October 1941 15 25 I 16 northwest of Ischum 31 6 24 August 1941 15 55 I 16 Dnipropetrovsk 32 15 23 October 1941 10 56 I 61 MiG 3 southeast of Kurman Kemeltschij 31 7 Note 1 13 September 1941 09 30 I 16 south of Miropol 27 16 23 October 1941 11 00 I 61 MiG 3 northeast of Kurman Kemeltschij 31 8 13 September 1941 17 20 Il 2 east of Belabtyn 27 17 23 October 1941 11 20 I 16 southeast of Jogaili 31 9 13 September 1941 17 27 V 11 Il 2 east of Paschetolowka 27 4 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 33 Mediterranean Theater 7 January 26 April 1942 2 April 1942 15 30 Spitfire 10 km 6 2 mi north of Malta 34 Stab of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 33 Eastern Front 19 May 1942 3 February 194318 26 August 1942 08 37 Note 3 Yak 7 northwest of Stalingrad 35 31 25 October 1942 10 20 LaGG 3 8 km 5 0 mi south of Stalingrad 36 19 7 September 1942 15 36 Note 4 La 5 PQ 49283 southwest of Achtuba 35 10 km 6 2 mi east of Stalingrad 32 25 October 1942 10 39 Il 2 8 km 5 0 mi east northeast of Krasnoarmeysk 36 20 19 September 1942 11 44 Yak 7 2 km 1 2 mi south of Kotluban train station 35 1 km 0 62 mi east northeast of Kotluban 33 25 October 1942 14 21 Il 2 9 km 5 6 mi east of Stalingrad 36 21 24 September 1942 11 03 Yak 1 northern edge of Stalingrad 36 34 26 October 1942 14 02 Il 2 10 km 6 2 mi northwest of Stalingrad 37 22 24 September 1942 11 09 Yak 1 southeast of Dubovka 36 35 26 October 1942 14 07 Il 2 10 km 6 2 mi southwest of Beketowka 37 23 27 September 1942 16 03 Il 2 northern edge of Stalingrad 36 36 26 October 1942 14 08 Il 2 12 km 7 5 mi southwest of Beketowka 37 24 29 September 1942 10 17 Il 2 north northwest of Stalingrad 36 37 26 October 1942 14 12 Il 2 12 km 7 5 mi southwest of Sarepta 37 25 30 September 1942 16 10 Il 2 15 km 9 3 mi southeast of Achtuba 36 38 27 October 1942 10 00 Yak 1 12 km 7 5 mi east of Krasnaya Sloboda 37 26 30 September 1942 16 15 P 40 20 km 12 mi southeast of Dubovka 36 39 30 November 1942 08 10 Il 2 8 km 5 0 mi north of Pitomnik Airfield 37 27 30 September 1942 16 16 P 40 25 km 16 mi southeast of Dubovka 36 40 30 November 1942 08 12 Il 2 west of Kotluban train station 37 28 14 October 1942 07 07 Il 2 20 km 12 mi northwest of Stalingrad 36 41 30 November 1942 13 25 Yak 1 6 km 3 7 mi southwest of Beketowka 37 29 14 October 1942 07 15 Il 2 25 km 16 mi northwest of Stalingrad 36 42 2 December 1942 09 10 Il 2 10 km 6 2 mi northeast of Kotluban train station 37 30 17 October 1942 09 15 Yak 1 50 km 31 mi northeast of Stalingrad 36 Stab of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 33 Eastern Front 4 February 10 May 194343 16 March 1943 14 25 Boston PQ 34 Ost 8044 east of Tarsowka 38 48 16 April 1943 15 10 P 39 northwest of Krymskaya 39 over sea south of Gelendzhik44 21 March 1943 14 55 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 9887 south of Rostov 38 49 16 April 1943 15 10 Note 5 P 39 Krymskaja 39 Black Sea 20 km 12 mi northwest of Anapa45 15 April 1943 16 28 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 85147 northwestern edge of Abinskaya 39 50 17 April 1943 15 08 Note 6 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 85191 east of Abinskaya 39 over sea southeast of Gelendzhik46 15 April 1943 16 30 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 8544 south of Abinskaya 39 Nowy Swet 51 17 April 1943 15 08 Note 7 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 85191 east of Abinskaya 39 over sea southeast of Gelendzhik47 16 April 1943 15 08 P 39 northwest of Krymskaya 39 Stab III Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 33 Defense of the Reich 8 August 31 December 194352 Note 1 6 September 1943 11 15 B 17 PQ 05 Ost S BR 4 Achern 40 55 14 October 1943 14 35 B 17 PQ 05 Ost S QU east of Frankfurt 40 Aschaffenburg Wurzburg53 6 September 1943 11 30 B 17 12 km 7 5 mi west of Saint Avold 40 56 19 December 1943 12 25 B 17 south of Innsbruck 40 54 14 October 1943 14 30 B 17 PQ 05 Ost S QU 40 Aschaffenburg Wurzburg Stab III Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 41 Defense of the Reich 1 January 6 June 194357 29 January 1944 11 07 B 17 42 Mannheim Bastogne 65 25 February 1944 12 27 Note 8 B 17 43 vicinity of Muhldorf58 Note 1 29 January 1944 11 13 B 17 42 Mannheim Bastogne 66 25 February 1944 12 48 B 17 43 20 30 km 12 19 mi southwest of Regensburg59 Note 1 23 February 1944 12 08 B 24 43 67 13 April 1944 15 04 B 17 43 20 30 km 12 19 mi northeast of Augsburg60 Note 1 23 February 1944 12 12 B 24 43 68 13 April 1944 15 08 B 17 43 30 km 19 mi north of Augsburg61 23 February 1944 12 20 P 38 43 southeast of Steyr 69 24 April 1944 13 30 B 17 44 Augsburg62 Note 1 24 February 1944 13 12 B 17 43 south of Steyr 70 24 April 1944 13 36 B 17 44 10 km 6 2 mi west of Munich63 Note 1 24 February 1944 13 12 B 17 43 south of Steyr 71 24 April 1944 13 45 P 51 44 vicinity of Munich64 24 February 1944 13 20 P 38 43 30 km 19 mi southeast of Steyr Stab of Jagdgeschwader 300 45 Defense of the Reich 27 June 16 September 194472 7 July 1944 09 45 B 24 PQ LC4 5 7 8 north of Quedlinburg 46 75 11 September 1944 11 55 B 17 PQ LD KD KE LE Schafstadt Konnern Bitterfeld Halle Leipzig 47 73 15 August 1944 11 45 B 17 PQ PO QO Blankenheim Kelberg Budesheim Hasborn 48 76 11 September 1944 12 05 B 17 PQ LD MD KC KD Schafstadt Naumburg Konigsrode Konnern 47 74 15 August 1944 11 46 B 17 PQ PP PO QO Blankenheim Kelberg Budesheim Hasborn 48 Stab of Jagdgeschwader 300 45 Defense of the Reich 17 September 1944 February 194577 28 September 1944 12 45 B 17 PQ HB HA Schoppenstedt Salzgitter 49 vicinity of Wolfenbuttel 87 29 January 1945 10 04 Il 2 20 km 12 mi east of Oppeln 50 78 6 October 1944 12 05 B 17 PQ FF FG GF Nauen Berlin Brandenburg 49 88 29 January 1945 10 10 La 7 25 km 16 mi east of Oppeln 50 79 7 October 1944 12 35 P 51 PQ HG vicinity of Luckenwalde 49 89 30 January 1945 11 55 B 17 vicinity of Berlin 50 80 26 October 1944 14 10 B 17 PQ SG 49 90 30 January 1945 12 00 P 51 vicinity of Berlin 50 81 5 November 1944 12 05 B 17 vicinity of Leipzig 49 91 31 January 1945 11 15 P 51 vicinity of Berlin 50 82 5 December 1944 12 15 B 17 vicinity of Berlin 51 92 4 February 1945 14 00 P 38 vicinity of Berlin 50 83 5 December 1944 12 25 B 17 vicinity of Berlin 51 93 20 February 1945 10 45 La 7 20 km 12 mi east of Stargard 50 84 5 December 1944 13 00 51 P 51 vicinity of Berlin 52 94 21 February 1945 09 30 Il 2 5 km 3 1 mi west of Platho 50 85 27 January 1945 10 08 La 7 20 km 12 mi west of Wielun 50 95 21 February 1945 09 35 Il 2 5 km 3 1 mi west of Platho 50 86 28 January 1945 11 00 Il 2 30 km 19 mi south of Kalisz 50 III Gruppe of Erganzungs Jagdgeschwader 2 45 Defense of the Reich March April 194596 27 March 1945 P 47 53 vicinity of Lechfeld 100 20 April 1945 P 5197 27 March 1945 P 47 53 vicinity of Lechfeld 101 26 April 1945 P 51 west of Munich98 9 April 1945 Unknown 102 26 April 1945 P 51 54 vicinity of Dillingen99 19 April 1945 UnknownAwards Edit Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 5 January 1942 55 Note 9 German Cross in Gold on 2 December 1942 as Oberleutnant in the Stab JG 3 57 Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight s Cross on 11 March 1944 as Major and Gruppenkommandeur of the III Jagdgeschwader 3 Udet 58 59 724th Oak Leaves on 1 February 1945 as Major and Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 300 58 60 Notes Edit a b c d e f g h i j According to Mathews and Foreman this claim is unconfirmed 25 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 05 45 28 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 08 57 33 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15 56 33 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15 15 33 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15 05 33 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15 06 33 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 12 25 33 According to Obermaier on 23 December 1941 56 References EditCitations Edit a b Spick 1996 p 230 a b Stockert 2008 p 40 Prien et al 2004 p 83 Prien et al 2012 p 124 Lorant amp Goyat 2005 p 206 Prien et al 2020 p 70 Prien amp Stemmer 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Santa Barbara California ABC Clio ISBN 978 1 44 086918 1 External links EditWalther Dahl in the German National Library catalogue Military officesPreceded byMajor Gerhard Michalski Commander of Jagdgeschwader z b V 20 May 1944 6 June 1944 Succeeded byMajor Gerhard SchopfelPreceded byOberstleutnant Kurd Kettner Commander of Jagdgeschwader 30027 June 1944 26 January 1945 Succeeded byMajor Kurd Peters Portals Aviation Biography Military of Germany World War II Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Walther Dahl amp oldid 1124329860, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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