Joachim Wandel
Joachim Wandel | |
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Nickname(s) | "Gnom" |
Born | 7 May 1914 Schlochau |
Died | 7 October 1942 Ostashkov, Russia | (aged 28)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Army Luftwaffe |
Years of service | 1935–42 |
Rank | Hauptmann (captain) |
Unit | Condor Legion JG 54 |
Battles/wars | |
Awards | Spanish Cross in Silver with Swords Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Joachim "Gnom" Wandel (7 May 1914 – 7 October 1942) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Joachim Wandel was killed on 7 October 1942 when he was shot down and crashed near Ostashkov, Russia. He was credited with 75 victories, two over the Western Front and 73 over the Eastern Front.
Early life and career[]
Wandel was born on 7 May 1914 in Schlochau, present-day Człuchów in northwestern Poland, at the time in the Province of West Prussia. Wandel had a younger brother Friedrich-Wilhelm who died of wounds on 26 October 1943.[1][Note 1]
During the Spanish Civil War, Wandel volunteered for service with the Condor Legion in late 1936, a unit composed of volunteers from the Luftwaffe and from the Army which served with the Nationalists. There, he was assigned to 1. Staffel (1st squadron) of Jagdgruppe 88 (J/88—88th Fighter Group). With this unit, he participated in the Bombing of Guernica on 26 April 1937. On 13 May, Wandel was shot down in his Heinkel He 51 by anti-aircraft artillery near Bilbao and taken prisoner of war.[3][4][5]
For his services in Spain, Wandel received the Spanish Cross in Silver with Swords (Spanienkreuz in Silber mit Schwertern) and was posted to 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 76 (JG 76—76th Fighter Wing).[3] In May 1939, this unit, which consited of one Gruppe (group), was equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 and E-3. On 17 August, the Gruppe was ordered from its home airfield at Wien-Aspern to Stubendorf, present-day Izbicko in south-western Poland.[6]
World War II[]
World War II in Europe began on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland. Wandel was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 2. Staffel of JG 76 on 1 March 1940. He succeeded Oberleutnant Anton Mader who was transferred.[7] In April 1940, I. Gruppe moved to an airfield at Mainz-Finthen, originally named Fliegerhorst Ober-Olm. The Gruppe stayed at Ober-Olm until the Battle of France began.[8]
On 5 June 1940, Wandel claimed his first victory when he shot down a Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighter near Amiens.[9] He claimed one further victory before the Armistice of 22 June 1940, a Hawker Hurricane fighter shot down south of Dieppe on 7 June.[10] The Hurricane possibly belonged to the Royal Air Force No. 43 or No. 601 Squadron.[11] On 26 June 1940, I. Gruppe of JG 76 was moved to the airfield at Waalhaven in the Netherlands and subordinated to Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing). There, the Gruppe was tasked with providing aerial protection over the Dutch coastal area. On 5 July, I./JG 76 was officially integrated into JG 54 and was renamed to II./JG 54 and 2./JG 76 became 5./JG 54.[12] On 31 July 1940, Wandel was transferred to the Jagdfliegerschule (fighter pilot school) at Zerbst. As a result, command of 5. Staffel was passed on to Oberleutnant Roloff von Aspern.[13]
War against the Soviet Union[]
Wandel returned to JG 54 in late 1941 where he served as an adjutant to the Grupenstab (headquarters unit) of II. Gruppe.[3] At the time, II. Gruppe was commanded by Hauptmann Dietrich Hrabak.[14] The Wehrmacht had launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, on 22 June with II. Gruppe supporting Army Group North in its strategic goal towards Leningrad. In early November, the Gruppe had been withdrawn from the Eastern Front for a period of rest and replenishment where they were based at airfields in Döberitz, and later at Uetersen. On 20 January 1942, the Gruppe began relocating to the Eastern Front where they would be based at Siverskaya near Leningrad.[15]
On 21 April 1942, Oberleutnant Wolfgang Späte, the commander of 5. Staffel of JG 54 was transferred. In consequence, Wandel succeeded Späte as Staffelkapitän of 5. Staffel.[14] On 21 August, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes).[16] Wandel was shot down and killed in action with Soviet Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighters on 7 October 1942. His Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 (Werknummer 10353—factory number) crashed northeast of Ostashkov.[17][18] He was replaced by Leutnant Horst Hannig as commander of 5. Staffel the following day.[19]
Summary of career[]
Aerial victory claims[]
According to Spick, Wandel was credited with 75 enemy aircraft shot down claimed in an unknown number of combat missions, including 16 during nocturnal combat.[20] Matthews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 74 aerial victory claims, plus one further unconfirmed claim. This figure of confirmed claims includes 72 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and two on the Western Front.[21]
Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 18282". 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.[22]
Chronicle of aerial victories | |||||||||
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This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Wandel an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in one day. | |||||||||
Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location |
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 76 –[23] Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940 | |||||||||
1 | 5 June 1940 | 11:00 | M.S.405 | Amiens[9] | 2 | 7 June 1940 | 20:45 | Hurricane | south of Dieppe[10] |
– Stab of II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[24] Eastern Front — 20 January – 23 April 1942 | |||||||||
3 | 10 February 1942 | 16:16 | I-16[25] | 12 | 23 March 1942 | 14:43 | Il-2 | 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Staraya Russa[26] | |
4 | 27 February 1942 | 08:25 | I-18 (MiG-1) | 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Kirishi[26] | 13 | 26 March 1942 | 10:45 | I-18 (MiG-1)[26] | |
5 | 5 March 1942 | 14:40 | Pe-2[26] | 14 | 26 March 1942 | 10:45 | I-18 (MiG-1)[26] | ||
6 | 13 March 1942 | 16:50 | I-26 (Yak-1)[26] | 15 | 28 March 1942 | 15:18 | I-18 (MiG-1) | Ramuschewo[26] | |
7 | 15 March 1942 | 11:25 | I-18 (MiG-1)[26] | 16 | 29 March 1942 | 15:37 | I-18 (MiG-1) | 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Staraya Russa[27] | |
8 | 15 March 1942 | 16:24 | I-26 (Yak-1) | east of Sawisha[26] | 17 | 4 April 1942 | 12:06 | I-18 (MiG-1)[27] | |
9 | 16 March 1942 | 16:15 | biplane (Seversky)[26] | 18 | 4 April 1942 | 15:17 | Il-2[27] | ||
10 | 17 March 1942 | 11:25 | Pe-2[26] | 19 | 23 April 1942 | 18:40 | Yak-1[28] | ||
11 | 19 March 1942 | 17:08 | I-18 (MiG-1) | 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Gremjatschewo[26] | |||||
– 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[24] Eastern Front — 24 – 30 April 1942 | |||||||||
20 | 25 April 1942 | 13:16 | Il-2[28] | 22 | 28 April 1942 | 09:32 | Yak-1 | 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Ramuschewo[28] | |
21 | 25 April 1942 | 13:17 | Il-2 | 5 km (3.1 mi) east of Ramuschewo[28] | |||||
– 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[29] Eastern Front — 1 May – 7 October 1942 | |||||||||
23 | 7 May 1942 | 15:50 | Yak-1 | north of Demyansk[30] | 50 | 20 July 1942 | 01:15 | U-2[31] | Ramuschewo[32] |
24 | 9 May 1942 | 13:25 | Il-2[30] | 51 | 3 August 1942 | 01:35 | U-2[33] | PQ 18282[34] 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Staraya Russa | |
25 | 20 May 1942 | 11:06 | Pe-2[35] | 52 | 3 August 1942 | 01:45 | U-2[33] | PQ 18282[34] 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Staraya Russa | |
26 | 20 May 1942 | 11:07 | Pe-2[35] | 53 | 3 August 1942 | 02:00 | U-2 | northeast of Ramuschewo[34][33] | |
27 | 29 May 1942 | 10:26 | MiG-3[35] | 54 | 6 August 1942 | 19:35 | Yak-1 | PQ 4786[34] | |
28 | 2 June 1942 | 08:45 | Pe-2[35] | 55 | 7 August 1942 | 18:07 | Yak-1 | PQ 57514[34] | |
29 | 2 June 1942 | 08:46 | Pe-2[35] | 56 | 8 August 1942 | 19:37 | R-5 | PQ 46223[34] 25 km (16 mi) south-southeast of Zubtsov | |
30 | 3 June 1942 | 15:20 | Yak-1[35] | 57♠ | 9 August 1942 | 10:10 | MiG-3 | PQ 47814[34] vicinity of Zubtsov | |
31 | 7 June 1942 | 08:12 | Il-2[35] | 58♠ | 9 August 1942 | 10:18 | MiG-3 | PQ 47881[34] 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Zubtsov | |
32 | 9 June 1942 | 10:05 | Pe-2[35] | 59♠ | 9 August 1942 | 13:50 | MiG-3 | north of Jakowlew[34] | |
33 | 9 June 1942 | 10:06 | Pe-2[35] | 60♠ | 9 August 1942 | 13:52 | MiG-3 | PQ 56163[34] | |
34 | 14 June 1942 | 19:23 | Il-2[35] | 61♠ | 9 August 1942 | 14:12 | MiG-3 | PQ 47821[34] 10 km (6.2 mi) northeast of Zubtsov | |
35 | 16 June 1942 | 18:23 | Yak-1[35] | 62 | 10 August 1942 | 18:49 | MiG-3 | PQ 47551[36] 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Rzhev | |
36 | 26 June 1942 | 00:25 | U-2[35] | 63 | 10 August 1942 | 18:57 | MiG-3 | PQ 47551[36] 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Rzhev | |
37 | 26 June 1942 | 00:40 | R-5[35] | 64 | 11 August 1942 | 08:48 | Yak-1?[Note 2] | PQ 47481[36] 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Staritsa | |
38 | 6 July 1942 | 23:50 | U-2 | Demyansk[35][38] | 65 | 12 August 1942 | 18:55 | Yak-1 | PQ 54274[36] 35 km (22 mi) west of Belyov |
39♠ | 7 July 1942 | 00:05 | TB-3 (Ant-6) | Kraseja[32][38] | 66 | 12 August 1942 | 18:57 | Yak-1 | PQ 54242[36] 25 km (16 mi) south-southeast of Sukhinichi |
40♠ | 7 July 1942 | 00:32 | U-2 | Kraseja[32][31] | 67 | 14 August 1942 | 18:45 | Yak-1 | PQ 54223[36] 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Sukhinichi |
41♠ | 7 July 1942 | 00:56 | U-2 | Ramuschewo[32][31] | 68 | 18 August 1942 | 08:58 | I-16 | PQ 54221[39] 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Sukhinichi |
42♠ | 7 July 1942 | 22:50 | SB-2 | Korostyn[32][31] | 69 | 18 August 1942 | 11:55 | Yak-1 | PQ 54223[39] 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Sukhinichi |
43♠ | 7 July 1942 | 23:09 | U-2 | Ramuschewo[32][31] | 70 | 18 August 1942 | 17:05?[Note 3] | I-180 (Yak-7) | PQ 55842[39] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Sukhinichi |
44♠ | 7 July 1942 | 23:18 | U-2 | Ramuschewo[32][31] | 71 | 19 August 1942 | 10:05 | Yak-1 | PQ 55874[39] 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Sukhinichi |
45 | 8 July 1942 | 00:33 | U-2 | Ramuschewo[32][31] | 72 | 19 August 1942 | 10:10 | Yak-1 | PQ 55874[39] 35 km (22 mi) south-southeast of Wenden |
46?[Note 4] | 13 July 1942 | night | MiG-3 | Leningrad[32] | 73 | 26 August 1942 | 08:46 | LaGG-3 | PQ 47672[41] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Rzhev |
47 | 18 July 1942 | 17:34 | Yak-1 | east of Wjasma[32] | 74 | 6 October 1942 | 09:25 | Il-2 | PQ 38861[42] 45 km (28 mi) east of Ostashkov |
48 | 18 July 1942 | 18:11 | LaGG-3 | Koscheljewo[32] | 75 | 7 October 1942 | 10:30 | LaGG-3 | PQ 3881[42] southeast of Lake Ilmen |
49 | 20 July 1942 | 00:25 | U-2[31] | Ramuschewo[32] |
Awards[]
- Spanish Cross in Silver with Swords (14 April 1939)[23]
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
- Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class
- 1st Class
- Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 1 July 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän[43][Note 5]
- German Cross in Gold on 27 July 1942 as Hauptmann in the II./Jagdgeschwader 54[44]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 August 1942 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54[2][Note 6]
Notes[]
- ^ Hauptmann Friedrich-Wilhelm Wandel, as commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 347 of the 197th Infantry Division, was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 27 October 1943.[2]
- ^ According to Matthews and Foreman claimed as a Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3.[37]
- ^ According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 17:15.[40]
- ^ According to Matthews and Foreman this claim is unconfirmed.[37]
- ^ According to Obermaier on 28 May 1942.[3]
- ^ According to Scherzer on 23 August 1942.[1]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 767.
- ^ a b Fellgiebel 2000, p. 436.
- ^ a b c d Obermaier 1989, p. 220.
- ^ Laureau 2010, p. 111.
- ^ Southworth 2021, p. 17.
- ^ Prien et al. 2000a, p. 264.
- ^ Prien et al. 2001, p. 439.
- ^ Prien et al. 2001, p. 438.
- ^ a b Prien et al. 2000b, p. 377.
- ^ a b Prien et al. 2000b, p. 378.
- ^ Cull 2013, chpt. V.
- ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 304.
- ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 310.
- ^ a b Prien et al. 2005, p. 216.
- ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 209.
- ^ Weal 2001, p. 59.
- ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 162.
- ^ Weal 2007, p. 29.
- ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 140.
- ^ Spick 1996, p. 237.
- ^ Matthews & Foreman 2015, pp. 1375–1377.
- ^ Planquadrat.
- ^ a b Matthews & Foreman 2015, p. 1375.
- ^ a b Matthews & Foreman 2015, pp. 1375–1376.
- ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 220.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Prien et al. 2005, p. 222.
- ^ a b c Prien et al. 2005, p. 223.
- ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2005, p. 224.
- ^ Matthews & Foreman 2015, pp. 1376–1377.
- ^ a b Prien et al. 2006, p. 144.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Foreman, Matthews & Parry 2004, p. 50.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Prien et al. 2006, p. 146.
- ^ a b c Foreman, Matthews & Parry 2004, p. 54.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prien et al. 2006, p. 147.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Prien et al. 2006, p. 145.
- ^ a b c d e f Prien et al. 2006, p. 148.
- ^ a b Matthews & Foreman 2015, p. 1376.
- ^ a b Foreman, Matthews & Parry 2004, p. 49.
- ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2006, p. 149.
- ^ Matthews & Foreman 2015, p. 1377.
- ^ Prien et al. 2006, p. 151.
- ^ a b Prien et al. 2006, p. 154.
- ^ Patzwall 2008, p. 212.
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 495.
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- 1914 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Człuchów
- German World War II flying aces
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Aviators killed by being shot down
- German military personnel of the Spanish Civil War
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