Gun camera footage showing Lothar Wolff Ju 88C shooting down a RAF Coastal Cammand B 24 Liberator 01
Junkers Ju 88 C-6 (F8+AX) Lorient France late 1943 01
Junkers Ju 88 C-6 (F8+BX) Lorient France late 1943 01-02
Junkers Ju 88 C-6 (F8+HX) Lorient France late 1943 01
Junkers Ju 88 C-6 (F8+LZ) in a staffel line up France late 1943 01
Junkers Ju 88C (F8+EX) France 20th Nov 1943 01
Junkers Ju 88C (F8+EX) France Nov 1943 01
Junkers Ju 88C photo showing the heavy armament of the C series France 1943 01
Junkers Ju 88Cs in formation led by Lothar Wolff CO 1944 01
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2 Zerstorer (2N+HN) Brest France 1943 01

Photo source: Flugzeug Feb-Mar 1989

Gun camera footage showing Lothar Wolff Ju 88C shooting down a RAF Coastal Cammand B 24 Liberator 01

Junkers Ju 88C6 2./ZG1 (2NFK) Walther Hermann WNr 750992 Caen 1944 lAviation 201407 0A

Junkers Ju 88C photo showing the heavy armament of the C series France 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88C 13.ZG1 (F8EX) France 20th Nov 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88C 13.ZG1 (F8EX) France Nov 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88C6 13./KG40 (F8AX) Lorient France late 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88C6 13./KG40 (F8BX) Lorient France late 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88C6 13./KG40 (F8BX) Lorient France late 1943 02

Junkers Ju 88C6 13./KG40 (F8HX) Lorient France late 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88C6 15./KG40 (F8LZ) in a staffel line up France late 1943 01

Junkers Ju 88Cs V./ZG1 in formation led by Lothar Wolff CO 1944 01

Messerschmitt Bf 110G2 Zerstorer 5./ZG1 (2NHN) Brest France 1943 01

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 Lothar Wolff

Units: 15/KG-40 ('42), 2/ ZG-1 (6/43), 11/KG-40 (8/43), 13/KG-40 (9/43), 14/JG-4 (11/44 to end)

Awards: EP, EK 1 & 2, Destroyer Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Ju 88C-6, Bf 110, Fw 190A, Bf 109G

Remarks: Known to have flown U-Boat escort mission over the Atlantic in 1942, and said to have downed a B-17 near the Bay of Biscay. This B-17 may be one of the listed victories.Two known victories on 14 June, 1943; both B-17's, one from 220 BS. A Shared victory (with Georg Grahl) a B-24 on 8 July, 1943. Another, a Wellington on 27 July, 1943. Another, a shared victory SW of Brest with Gmelin on 1 August, 1943. A 6th, a shared victory with Necesany, a Wellington on 22 August, 1943 at Cape Ortegal. A 7th, a B-24 240 km W of Brest on 8 September, 1943. An 8th, a Wellington on 19 November, 1943. A 9th & 10th, both B-17's in the Pretzsch area on 2 November, 1944. A P-38 at Rhein-Taunus on 14 December, 1944. A 12th, a P-47 on 14 January, 1945. A 13th, a P-39 on 26 January, 1945. Flugbuch (8/44 to 4/45). Alternate spelling: Wolf.

 Asisbiz database list of 13 aerial victories for ace Lothar Wolff

Date Pilot Name Unit Enemy A/C Type Height Time Location
Monday, June 14, 1943 Lothar Wolff B-17 Fortress   20:40 14 West N/0557 No220Sqn FK212/V
Monday, June 14, 1943 Lothar Wolff B-17 Fortress II 400m 20:40 0557/14 West Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik:
Thursday, July 08, 1943 Lothar Wolff B-24 Liberator 100m 17:25 14 West N/0685
Sunday, July 18, 1943 Lothar Wolff   13:14 14 West/0555
Tuesday, July 27, 1943 Lothar Wolff     Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik:
Sunday, August 01, 1943 Lothar Wolff shared   15:52 24 W/2733 360km SW Brest
Monday, August 02, 1943 Lothar Wolff Hampden   11:33  
Sunday, August 22, 1943 Lothar Wolff shared     130km W Cap Ortegal
Wednesday, September 08, 1943 Lothar Wolff B-24 Liberator     240km W Brest
Friday, November 19, 1943 Lothar Wolff 900m 11:05 24 West N/1634 Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik:
Thursday, December 14, 1944 Lothar Wolff P-38 Lightning 300m 14:06 05 Ost S/QQ-6 (Rhein-Taunus)
Sunday, January 14, 1945 Lothar Wolff P-47 Thunderbolt   10:11 -
Friday, January 26, 1945 Lothar Wolff P-39 Aircobra   12:45± -

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  Luftwaffe pilot Walter Nowotny 258 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Theodor Weissenberger 208 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Heinz Bar 175 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Franz Schall 133 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Rademacher 126 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Adolf Galland 104 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Hermann Buchner 58 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hohagen 50 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Rudolf Sinner 39 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow 32 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Richard Altner 25 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Gunther Wegmann 21 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Wolfgang Schenck 18 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Franz Holzinger 10 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Helmut Lennartz 10 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Alfred 'Bubi' Schreiber 9 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Eduard Schallmoser 3 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Wilhelm Batel 1 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Joachim Fingerlos 1 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Edgar Witzmann 1 kills

  Luftwaffe pilot Edmund Delatowski 0 kills

    Bibliography: +

  • 'Junkers Ju 88 - Star Of The Luftwaffe' by Manfred Griehl Published:Arms & Armour Press, Sept 1990 ISBN: 1 85409 043 7
  • History and technical development of each variant. 'Junkers Ju 88' by Ron Mackay Published:The Crowood Press, Oct 2001 ISBN: 1 86126 431 3
  • Comprehensive history of Ju 88.
  • 'Junkers Ju 88 Over All Fronts' by Joachim Stein Published:Schiffer Publishing, 1991 ISBN: 0 88740 3123
  • Pictorial history of the Ju 88.
  • 'Junkers Ju 88 In Action Vol 2: Aircraft in Action No.113' by Brian Filley Published:Squadron/Signal Publications, July 1991 ISBN: 0 89747 258 6
    Traces the development of the fighter versions. Very well illustrated.
  • 'The Junkers Ju 88 Night Fighters: Profile No.148' by Alfred Price Published:Profile Publications Ltd, 1967 ISBN: n/a
    Concise well illustrated history of the Ju 88C/G variants.
  • 'German Night Fighter Aces Of World WAr-2: Osprey Aircraft Of The Aces - 20 by Jerry Scutts
    Published:Osprey Publishing, 1998 ISBN: 1 85532 696 5
    Covers the development, tactics and leading aces of the Luftwaffe night fighter force. Some factual errors.
  • 'Nachtjagd-The Night Fighter Versus Bomber War Over The Third Reich 1939-1945' by Theo Boiten
    Published:The Crowood Press, June 1997 ISBN: 1 86126 086 5
    * Traces the parallel development of RAF night bombing and Luftwaffe night fighting during WW2. Very well written.

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88

 

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