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Alfred Teumer
Born(1918-02-11)11 February 1918
JG 54,
2./Kdo Nowotny
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Alfred Teumer (11 February 1918 – 4 October 1944) was a German

fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 76 aerial victories claimed in over 300 combat missions. This figure includes 66 aerial victories on the Eastern Front, and further ten claims over the Western Allies
.

Born in

Defense of the Reich on the Western Front. On 19 August 1944, Teumer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for 76 aerial victories claimed. He was then transferred to Kommando Nowotny, an experimental unit flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Teumer was killed in a flying accident on 4 October 1944 at Hesepe
airfield when his Me 262 suffered engine failure during the landing approach.

Career

Teumer was born on 11 February 1918 in

Erich von Selle and was based at Krasnogvardeysk, present-day Gatchina. The Gruppe fought in the northern sector of the Eastern Front in the aerial battles of the Siege of Leningrad.[3]

War against the Soviet Union

On 28 December 1941, I. Gruppe flew

Leningrad near Tosno. Two days later, flying over the same combat area, Teumer was credited with two I-18 fighters shot down, a reference to the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 fighter aircraft.[6] The fighting along the Volkhov continued in the second half of January, predominately in the area between Leningrad and Shlisselburg. On 26 January, Teumer claimed his fifth aerial victory when he shot down a Pe-2 bomber.[7] Then on 30 January, Teumer made an emergency landing in his Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 (Werknummer 9685—factory number) at Chudovo, damaging the aircraft to 40%.[8] On 14 February, Eckerle was killed in action and command of I. Gruppe went to Hauptmann Hans Philipp.[9] In early March, the Gruppe supported the German 18th Army which was fighting in the Battle of Lyuban. In these battles, Teumer claimed a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter on 5 March. The next day, he was credited with another P-40 fighter and an I-18 fighter shot down.[10]

On 9 February 1943, Teumer's Bf 109 G-2 (Werknummer 10321) was hit by anti-aircraft artillery and suffered engine failure, resulting in a forced landing at Sologubowka, approximately 70 kilometers (43 miles) southeast of Saint Petersburg.[11] Teumer was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 5. Staffel of JG 54 in April 1943. He replaced Hauptmann Paul Steindl who was transferred.[12] On 20 June, the creation of a newly formed IV. Gruppe (4th group) of JG 54 was ordered. Its first commander was Hauptmann Erich Rudorffer.[13] Teumer was tasked with the creation of 10. Staffel in July, a squadron of IV. Gruppe.[14] On 3 September, he was wounded in aerial combat flying a Bf 109 G-6 northwest of Gatchina.[15] He was replaced Oberleutnant Robert Weiß as commander of 10. Staffel.[14] During his convalescence, Teumer was awarded the German Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) on 17 October.[16] After his recovery, he took command of 2. Staffel of JG 54 from Oberleutnant Otto Vinzent in December 1943.[17] On 14 February, I. Gruppe moved to an airfield named Wesenberg near Rakvere, located approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) north of Lake Peipus and 105 kilometers (65 miles) west of Narva. Here the Gruppe was subordinated to the 3. Flieger-Division (3rd Air Division) and fought in the Battle of Narva.[18]

Western Front

Combat box of a 12-plane B-17 squadron. Three such boxes completed a 36-plane group box.
  1. Lead Element
  2. High Element
  3. Low Element
  4. Low Low Element

In April 1944, Teumer was transferred to 7. Staffel of JG 54. He took command of the Staffel from Oberleutnant

Rudolf Klemm who had been wounded in aerial combat on 9 April. The Staffel was subordinated to III. Gruppe led by Major Werner Schröer.[19] At the time, the Gruppe was based at Lüneburg Airfield and subordinated to 2. Jagd-Division (2nd Fighter Division) fighting in Defence of the Reich.[20] On 20 April, III. Gruppe relocated to Landau an der Isar for conversion training to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. In consequence of this relocation, the Gruppe came under the control of 7. Jagd-Division (7th Fighter Division). Conversion training was relatively short and the Gruppe flew its first mission on the Fw 190 against attacking United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) heavy bombers on 19 May.[21] That day, Teumer was credited with an Herausschuss (separation shot)—a severely damaged heavy bomber forced to separate from its combat box which was counted as an aerial victory—over a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber. The Gruppe flew further missions on 22, 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29 May. On 24 May, Teumer was credited with shooting down a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber followed by another Herausschuss over a B-17 bomber on 27 May.[22]

When

Villacoublay Airfield. That day, the Gruppe reached Nancy, arriving in Villacoublay the following day where it was subordinated to II. Fliegerkorps (2nd Air Corps). Its primary objective was to fly fighter-bomber missions in support of the German ground forces. The Gruppe flew its first missions on 7 June to the combat area east of Caen and the Orne estuary.[21] Teumer claimed his first aerial victory in this combat area on 8 June when he shot down a USAAF North American P-51 Mustang fighter.[23] Two days later, he was shot down in aerial combat near the Orne estuary. He managed to bail out of his Fw 190 A-8 ZY (Werknummer 730384) but was wounded in the encounter.[24] In July, the Gruppe supported the German forces fighting in the Battle of Saint-Lô and the combat area near Paris predominantly under the control of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" (JG 26—26th Fighter Wing). In these battles, Teumer claimed a Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter on 26 July.[25] In early August, combat shifted to Avranches, Mortain and Falaise. On 8 and 9 August, Teumer was credited with two further P-38 fighters shot down, one on each of these dates.[26]

On 16 August, III. Gruppe was withdrawn from the front and sent to

Rechlin, was killed in a flying accident on 4 October 1944 at Hesepe airfield. His Me 262 A-1a (Werknummer 170044) had suffered engine failure during the landing approach.[30][31]

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to Spick, Teumer was credited with 76 aerial victories, 66 of which on the Eastern Front and ten on the Western Front, claimed in over 300 combat missions.[32] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 74 aerial victory claims. This figure includes 67 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and seven over the Western Allies, including three four-engined bombers.[33]

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 00283". 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 km × 4 km (1.9 mi × 2.5 mi) in size.[34]

Chronicle of aerial victories
  This and the ♠ (
ace-in-a-day
", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.
  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
– 3. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[16]
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 30 April 1942
1 28 December 1941 10:45?[Note 2] Pe-2[35] 5 26 January 1942 13:20 Pe-2[35]
2 9 January 1942 15:20 I-26 (Yak-1)[35] 6 5 March 1942 11:55 P-40[36]
3 11 January 1942 15:02 I-18 (MiG-1)[35] 7 6 March 1942 17:17 P-40[36]
4 11 January 1942 15:06 I-18 (MiG-1)[35] 8 6 March 1942 17:22 I-18 (MiG-1)[36]
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[37]
Eastern Front — 1 May 1942 – 3 February 1943
9 2 September 1942 12:23?[Note 3] Yak-1 PQ 00283[38]
20 km (12 mi) west of Mga 		16♠ 14 January 1943 08:08 Yak-1 PQ 10191[39]
east of Mga
10 12 January 1943 10:55 Il-2 PQ 10251[39]
15 km (9.3 mi) west-southwest of Shlisselburg 		17♠ 14 January 1943 12:20 I-16 PQ 00292[40]
10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Mga
11 12 January 1943 11:02 Il-2 PQ 0024[39] 18♠ 14 January 1943 12:22 I-16 PQ 00292[40]
10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Mga
12 12 January 1943 12:45 Yak-1 PQ 00253[39]
15 km (9.3 mi) west-southwest of Shlisselburg 		19 27 January 1943 11:27 LaGG-3 PQ 00263[41]
10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Shlisselburg
13 12 January 1943 12:48 Yak-1 PQ 00432[39]
10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Mga 		20 27 January 1943 14:10 MiG-3 PQ 10153[41]
southeast of Shlisselburg
14♠ 14 January 1943 07:57 Yak-1 PQ 10232[39]
vicinity of Mga 		21 27 January 1943 14:20 LaGG-3 PQ 10162[41]
southeast of Shlisselburg
15♠ 14 January 1943 07:59 Yak-1 PQ 10174[39]
vicinity of Mga
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[42]
Eastern Front — 4 February – April 1943
22 9 February 1943 09:34 P-40 PQ 36 Ost 10181[43]
east of Mga 		26 20 March 1943 09:10 Il-2 PQ 36 Ost 00414[44]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Pushkin
23 16 March 1943 09:07 LaGG-3 PQ 35 Ost 18223[44]
25 km (16 mi) east-southeast of Staraya Russa 		27 23 March 1943 08:05 Yak-1 PQ 36 Ost 00334[44]
Pushkin
24 16 March 1943 14:10 LaGG-3 PQ 35 Ost 18219[44]
20 km (12 mi) east-southeast of Staraya Russa 		28?[Note 4] 8 April 1943 14:26 LaGG-3 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Pushkin
25 19 March 1943 17:14?[Note 5] I-16 PQ 36 Ost 00414[44]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Pushkin 		29 8 April 1943 14:27 LaGG-3 PQ 36 Ost 00413[45]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Pushkin
– 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[42]
Eastern Front — May – July 1943
30 4 May 1943 06:00 La-5 PQ 36 Ost 20474[46]
40 km (25 mi) south-southeast of Volkhov 		34 30 May 1943 20:20 P-40 PQ 36 Ost 10162[47]
southeast of Shlisselburg
31 26 May 1943 19:25 La-5 PQ 26 Ost 81141[47]
Gulf of Finland, north of Hungerburg 		35 1 June 1943 05:09 LaGG-3 PQ 36 Ost 20153[47]
southwest of Volkhov
32 27 May 1943 19:53 LaGG-3 PQ 36 Ost 20153[47]
southwest of Volkhov 		36 7 July 1943 16:27 I-153 PQ 36 Ost 21893[48]
33 27 May 1943 19:55 LaGG-3 PQ 36 Ost 20114[47]
west of Volkhov
– 10. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[42]
Eastern Front — August – 3 September 1943
37 17 August 1943 14:37 Yak-9
Leningrad[49]
 42 27 August 1943 17:02 Il-2 PQ 36 Ost 00173[49]
10 km (6.2 mi) north of Selo
38 19 August 1943 10:33 LaGG-3 PQ 36 Ost 10473[49]
25 km (16 mi) northeast of Lyuban 		43 29 August 1943 17:58 La-5 PQ 36 Ost 00411[49]
10 km (6.2 mi) east of Pushkin
39 19 August 1943 16:27 I-16 PQ 36 Ost 10141[49]
south of Shlisselburg 		44 31 August 1943 17:48 La-5 PQ 36 Ost 00272[49]
15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Pushkin
40 21 August 1943 11:42 Il-2 PQ 36 Ost 00264[49]
10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Shlisselburg 		45 2 September 1943 16:32 La-5 PQ 26 Ost 90164[50]
10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Lomonosov
41 21 August 1943 18:17 Il-2 PQ 36 Ost 10114[49]
vicinity of Shlisselburg 		46 3 September 1943 16:57 Pe-2 PQ 36 Ost 00444[50]
10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Slutsk
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[42]
Eastern Front — December 1943 – April 1944
47 15 December 1943 09:45 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 06341[51] 58 7 February 1944 10:25 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 05134[52]
48 16 December 1943 09:42 La-5 PQ 25 Ost 96494[51]
north of Gorodok 		59 24 February 1944 15:12 Yak-9 PQ 26 Ost 80712[52]
20 km (12 mi) south of Narva
49 16 December 1943 12:02 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 06521[51] 60 25 February 1944 10:23 Yak-9 PQ 26 Ost 70694[52]
15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Narva
50 16 December 1943 12:03 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 06522[51] 61 26 February 1944 15:00?[Note 6] Il-2 PQ 26 Ost 60674[52]
Gulf of Finland, southwest of Kunda
51 23 December 1943 11:48 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 06763[51] 62 26 February 1944 15:29 Il-2 PQ 26 Ost 60591[52]
southwest of Kunda
52 4 January 1944 09:58 Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 96561[53]
20 km (12 mi) southwest of Gorodok 		63 26 February 1944 15:31 Yak-1 PQ 26 Ost 60592[52]
southwest of Kunda
53 8 January 1944 09:33 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 06711[53] 64 2 April 1944 11:43 Yak-9 PQ 26 Ost 70452[54]
Baltic Sea, northwest of Hungerburg
54 8 January 1944 09:35 La-5 PQ 25 Ost 96692[53]
20 km (12 mi) south of Gorodok 		65 2 April 1944 15:33 LaGG-3 PQ 26 Ost 70433[54]
Baltic Sea, 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Kunda
55 8 January 1944 09:40 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 06884[53] 66 3 April 1944 17:12 Yak-9 PQ 26 Ost 70273[54]
Baltic Sea, 65 km (40 mi) northeast of Kunda
56 8 January 1944 12:55 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 06583[53] 67 4 April 1944 09:42 La-5 PQ 26 Ost 60481[54]
northeast of Kunda
57 12 January 1944 08:45 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 06877[53]
– 7. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[55]
Western Front — May – August 1944
68 19 May 1944 13:21 B-24* PQ 15 Ost JB[56]
south of Wittingen 		72 26 July 1944 14:55 P-38 PQ 04 Ost N/BA-2[57]
Le Merlerault
69 24 May 1944 11:57 B-17 PQ 15 Ost DD 2[56]
Prignitz Heath 		73 8 August 1944 14:31 P-38 PQ 15 Ost S/BT-4[58]
Mortain
70 27 May 1944 12:19 B-17* PQ 15 Ost DP[56]
Elzach/Black Forest 		74 9 August 1944 13:32 P-38 PQ 14 Ost N/AU-5[58]
Falaise
71 8 June 1944 06:27 P-51 PQ 15 West S/TU-9/2[56]
Dives-sur-Mer

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ Flight training in the Luftwaffe progressed through the levels A1, A2 and B1, B2, referred to as A/B flight training. A training included theoretical and practical training in aerobatics, navigation, long-distance flights and dead-stick landings. The B courses included high-altitude flights, instrument flights, night landings and training to handle the aircraft in difficult situations.[1]
  2. ^ According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 10:43.[16]
  3. ^ According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 12:22.[16]
  4. ^ This claim is not listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock.[45]
  5. ^ According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 17:04.[16]
  6. ^ According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 15:08.[42]
  7. ^ According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän in the III./Jagdgeschwader 54.[63]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Bergström, Antipov & Sundin 2003, p. 17.
  2. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 215.
  3. ^ Prien et al. 2003, pp. 195–197.
  4. ^ Prien et al. 2005, pp. 178, 199.
  5. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 195.
  6. ^ Prien et al. 2005, pp. 180, 199.
  7. ^ Prien et al. 2005, pp. 182, 199.
  8. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 203.
  9. ^ Prien et al. 2005, pp. 195, 203.
  10. ^ Prien et al. 2005, pp. 190, 201.
  11. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 189.
  12. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 264.
  13. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 321.
  14. ^ a b Prien et al. 2012, p. 344.
  15. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 351.
  16. ^ a b c d e Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1312.
  17. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 165.
  18. ^ Prien et al. 2022, p. 315.
  19. ^ a b Prien et al. 2019, p. 446.
  20. ^ Prien et al. 2019, p. 447.
  21. ^ a b Prien et al. 2019, p. 439.
  22. ^ Prien et al. 2019, pp. 439, 451.
  23. ^ Weal 2001, p. 91.
  24. ^ Prien et al. 2019, p. 459.
  25. ^ Prien et al. 2019, pp. 440, 452.
  26. ^ Prien et al. 2019, pp. 441, 453.
  27. ^ Prien et al. 2019, p. 441.
  28. ^ Weal 2001, p. 92.
  29. ^ Drewes 2011, p. 23.
  30. ^ Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 24.
  31. ^ Weal 2007, p. 75.
  32. ^ Spick 1996, p. 237.
  33. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 1312–1314.
  34. ^ Planquadrat.
  35. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2005, p. 199.
  36. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2005, p. 201.
  37. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 1312–1313.
  38. ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 93.
  39. ^ a b c d e f g Prien et al. 2006, p. 96.
  40. ^ a b Prien et al. 2006, p. 98.
  41. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2006, p. 100.
  42. ^ a b c d e Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1313.
  43. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 169.
  44. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2012, p. 172.
  45. ^ a b Prien et al. 2012, p. 173.
  46. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 270.
  47. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2012, p. 271.
  48. ^ Prien et al. 2012, p. 272.
  49. ^ a b c d e f g h Prien et al. 2012, p. 349.
  50. ^ a b Prien et al. 2012, p. 350.
  51. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2012, p. 188.
  52. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2022, p. 380.
  53. ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2022, p. 379.
  54. ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2022, p. 382.
  55. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 1314.
  56. ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2019, p. 451.
  57. ^ Prien et al. 2019, p. 452.
  58. ^ a b Prien et al. 2019, p. 453.
  59. ^ Dixon 2023, p. 148.
  60. ^ Patzwall 2008, p. 203.
  61. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 472.
  62. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 420.
  63. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 740.

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