Kurt Brändle, the Glossary

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1. 141 relations: ABC-Clio, Abinsk, Ace of spades, Adolf Hitler, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Army Group South, Ballantine Books, Battle of Britain, Battle of France, Battle of Kursk, Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, Belgorod, Bell P-39 Airacobra, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Bubaqra, Chuhuiv, Coleman Army Airfield, Comiso Airport, David T. Zabecki, Defence of the Reich, Dornier Do 17, Douglas A-20 Havoc, East Prussia, Eastern Front (World War II), Egmond (municipality), Ernst Udet, Federated state, Flight instructor, Flying ace, French Air and Space Force, Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe, Güstrow, German Cross, German Empire, German Federal Archives, Glider (sailplane), Grand Duchy of Baden, Gruppenkommandeur, Hauptmann, Heidelberg, Horst Wessel, Ilyushin DB-3, Ilyushin Il-2, Invasion of Poland, Iron Cross, Isle of Portland, Isle of Wight, Jagdgeschwader 134, Jagdgeschwader 3, ... Expand index (91 more) »

2. Burials at Ysselsteyn German war cemetery
3. People from Ludwigsburg

ABC-Clio

ABC-Clio, LLC (stylized ABC-CLIO) is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.

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Abinsk

Abinsk (Аби́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Abinsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located southwest of Krasnodar, the administrative center of the krai.

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Ace of spades

The ace of spades (also known as the Spadille and Death Card) is traditionally the highest and most valued card in the deck of playing cards.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, known informally as Schiphol Airport (Luchthaven Schiphol), is the main international airport of the Netherlands, and is one of the major hubs for the SkyTeam airline alliance.

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Army Group South

Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd) was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II.

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Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

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Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain (Luftschlacht um England, "air battle for England") was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.

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Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare. It, along with the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier, are the two most oft-cited turning points in the European theatre of the war.

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Battle of the Kerch Peninsula

The Battle of the Kerch Peninsula, which commenced with the Soviet Kerch-Feodosia Landing Operation (Керченско-Феодосийская десантная операция, Kerchensko-Feodosiyskaya desantnaya operatsiya) and ended with the German Operation Bustard Hunt (Unternehmen Trappenjagd), was a World War II battle between Erich von Manstein's German and Romanian 11th Army and the Soviet Crimean Front forces in the Kerch Peninsula, in the eastern part of the Crimean Peninsula.

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Belgorod

Belgorod (Белгород,; Бєлгород or Білгород) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately north of the border with Ukraine.

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Bell P-39 Airacobra

The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC).

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Bubaqra

Bubaqra is a hamlet with its own administrative division in Żurrieq, Malta.

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Chuhuiv

Chuhuiv (Чугуїв) or Chuguev (Чугуев) is a city in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.

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Coleman Army Airfield

Coleman Barracks/Coleman Army Airfield (ICAO: ETOR) is a United States Army military installation located in the Sandhofen district of Mannheim, Germany.

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Comiso Airport

Comiso Airport "Pio La Torre", also known as Vincenzo Magliocco Airport, is an airport located in the town of Comiso in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy.

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David T. Zabecki

David T. Zabecki (born 1947) is an American military historian, author and editor.

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Defence of the Reich

The Defence of the Reich (Reichsverteidigung) is the name given to the strategic defensive aerial campaign fought by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany over German-occupied Europe and Germany during World War II against the Allied strategic bombing campaign. Its aim was to prevent the destruction of German civilians, military and civil industries by the Western Allies.

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Dornier Do 17

The Dornier Do 17 is a twin-engined light bomber produced by Dornier Flugzeugwerke for the German Luftwaffe during World War II.

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Douglas A-20 Havoc

The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.

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East Prussia

East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front, also known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and its successor states, and the German–Soviet War in contemporary German and Ukrainian historiographies, was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland.

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Egmond (municipality)

Egmond is a former municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Ernst Udet

Ernst Udet (26 April 1896 – 17 November 1941) was a German pilot during World War I and a Luftwaffe Colonel-General (Generaloberst) during World War II.

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Federated state

A federated state (also state, province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation.

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Flight instructor

A flight instructor is a person who teaches others to operate aircraft.

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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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French Air and Space Force

The French Air and Space Force (Armée de l'air et de l'espace) is the air and space force of the French Armed Forces.

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Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe

The Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe (Frontflugspange) was a World War II German military decoration awarded to aircrew and certain other Luftwaffe personnel in recognition of the number of operational flights flown.

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Güstrow

Güstrow (Gustrovium) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany.

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German Cross

The War Order of the German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), normally abbreviated to the German Cross or Deutsches Kreuz, was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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German Federal Archives

The German Federal Archives or Bundesarchiv (BArch) (Bundesarchiv, lit. "Union-archive") are the National Archives of Germany.

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Glider (sailplane)

A glider or sailplane is a type of glider aircraft used in the leisure activity and sport of gliding (also called soaring).

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Grand Duchy of Baden

The Grand Duchy of Baden (Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in south-west Germany on the east bank of the Rhine.

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Gruppenkommandeur

Gruppenkommandeur is a Luftwaffe position (not rank), that is the equivalent of a commander of a group or wing in other air forces.

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Hauptmann

Hauptmann is an officer rank in the armies of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Heidelberg

Heidelberg (Heidlberg) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany.

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Horst Wessel

Horst Ludwig Georg Erich Wessel (9 October 1907 – 23 February 1930) was a member of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, who became a propaganda symbol in Nazi Germany following his murder in 1930 by two members of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD).

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Ilyushin DB-3

The Ilyushin DB-3, where "DB" stands for Dalniy Bombardirovshchik (Russian: Дальний бомбардировщик) meaning "long-range bomber", was a Soviet bomber aircraft of World War II.

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Ilyushin Il-2

The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War.

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Invasion of Poland

The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.

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Iron Cross

The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz,, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).

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Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a tied island, long by wide, in the English Channel.

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Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ ''WYTE'') is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, across the Solent.

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Jagdgeschwader 134

Jagdgeschwader 134 (JG 134) "Horst Wessel" was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing prior to World War II.

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Jagdgeschwader 3

Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) "Udet" was a Luftwaffe fighter wing of World War II.

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Jagdgeschwader 53

Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II.

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Jever

Jever is the capital of the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Kalach-na-Donu

Kalach-na-Donu (Кала́ч-на-Дону́), or Kalach-on-the-Don, is a town and the administrative center of Kalachyovsky District in Volgograd Oblast, Russia, located on the Don River, west of Volgograd, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast (translit) is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Federation, in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Karl-Heinz Krahl

Karl-Heinz Krahl (25 September 1914 – 14 April 1942) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Kurt Brändle and Karl-Heinz Krahl are aviators killed by being shot down, German World War II flying aces and Luftwaffe personnel killed in World War II.

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Karpovka, Volgograd Oblast

Karpovka (Карповка) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Karpovskoye Rural Settlement, Gorodishchensky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

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Kharkiv

Kharkiv (Харків), also known as Kharkov (Харькoв), is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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Killed in action

Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.

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Kingdom of Württemberg

The Kingdom of Württemberg (Königreich Württemberg) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg.

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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.

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Latitude

In geography, latitude is a coordinate that specifies the north–south position of a point on the surface of the Earth or another celestial body.

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Lavochkin La-5

The Lavochkin La-5 (Лавочкин Ла-5) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.

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Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3

The Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков ЛаГГ-3) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.

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Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden (longname /; Town Frisian: Liwwadden; Leeuwarder dialect: Leewarden) is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023).

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Leutnant

Leutnant is the lowest Junior officer rank in the armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr), the Austrian Armed Forces, and the military of Switzerland.

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List of aviators who became ace in a day

The term "ace in a day" is used to designate a pilot who has shot down five or more aircraft in a single day, based on the usual definition of an "ace" as one with five or more aerial victories.

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Lloyd Chadburn

Lloyd Vernon "Chad" Chadburn DSO & Bar, DFC (21 August 1919 – 13 June 1944) was a Canadian World War II fighter pilot.

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Longitude

Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body.

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Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg (Swabian: Ludisburg) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar.

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Luftwaffe

The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.

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Luhansk

Luhansk (Луганськ), also known as Lugansk (Луганск), is a city in the Donbas region, eastern Ukraine.

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Major (Germany)

Major is the lowest staff officer rank in the German Army, German Air Force.

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Martin B-26 Marauder

The Martin B-26 Marauder is an American twin-engined medium bomber that saw extensive service during World War II.

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Master craftsman

Historically, a master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild.

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Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II

The Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre was a major theatre of operations during the Second World War.

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Meister

Meister means 'master' in German (as in master craftsman, or as an honorific title such as Meister Eckhart).

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Messerschmitt Bf 109

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-1 (Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II that was designed to meet a requirement for a high-altitude fighter issued in 1939.

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-3) is a Soviet fighter-interceptor used during World War II.

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Military aviation

Military aviation comprises military aircraft and other flying machines for the purposes of conducting or enabling aerial warfare, including national airlift (air cargo) capacity to provide logistical supply to forces stationed in a war theater or along a front.

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Military hospital

A military hospital is a hospital owned and operated by a military.

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Military reserve force

A military reserve force is a military organization whose members (reservists) have military and civilian occupations.

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Minute and second of arc

A minute of arc, arcminute (arcmin), arc minute, or minute arc, denoted by the symbol, is a unit of angular measurement equal to of one degree.

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Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 is a French fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier starting in 1938.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Netherlands in World War II

Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow).

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North Sea

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

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Novorossiysk

Novorossiysk (Новоросси́йск) is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

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Novy Oskol

Novy Oskol (Но́вый Оско́л) is a town and the administrative center of Novooskolsky District in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, northeast of Belgorod, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Oberleutnant

Oberleutnant is the highest lieutenant officer rank in the German-speaking armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr), the Austrian Armed Forces, and the Swiss Armed Forces.

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Oboyan

Oboyan (Обоя́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Oboyansky District in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Psyol at its confluence with the Oboyanka, south of Kursk, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.

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Organization of the Luftwaffe (1933–1945)

Between 1933 and 1945, the organization of the Luftwaffe underwent several changes.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

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Petlyakov Pe-2

The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Петляков Пе-2 — nickname «Пешка» (Pawn); NATO reporting name: Buck) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II.

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Pilot licensing and certification

Pilot licensing or certification refers to permits for operating aircraft.

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Plzeň

Plzeň, also known in English and German as Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic.

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Polikarpov I-153

The Polikarpov I-153 Chaika (Russian Чайка, "Seagull") is a late 1930s Soviet sesquiplane fighter.

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Polikarpov I-16

The Polikarpov I-16 (Поликарпов И-16) is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such "introduced a new vogue in fighter design".

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Polikarpov R-5

The Polikarpov R-5 (Р-5) was a Soviet reconnaissance bomber aircraft of the 1930s.

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Precision mechanics

Precision mechanics (also "fine mechanics") is an engineering discipline that deals with the design and construction of smaller precision machines, often including measuring and control mechanisms of different kinds.

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Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast

Prokhorovka (p) is an urban locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Prokhorovsky District of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, along the Psyol River southeast of the city of Kursk.

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Refresher training (military)

Refresher training is a form of updating military knowledge of the reservist troops.

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Republic Aviation

The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

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Royal Canadian Air Force

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Armed Forces.

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Rzhev

Rzhev (p) is a town in Tver Oblast, Russia, located southwest of Staritsa and from Tver, on the highway and railway connecting Moscow and Riga.

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Samara

Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev during Soviet rule, is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia.

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Savyntsi

Savyntsi (Савинці, Са́винцы) is a rural settlement in Izium Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine.

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Schagen

Schagen is a city and municipality in the northwestern Netherlands.

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Schiffer Publishing

Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (also known for its imprints Schiffer, Schiffer Craft, Schiffer Military History, Schiffer Kids, REDFeather MBS, Cornell Maritime Press, Tidewater Publishers, Thrums Books, and Geared Up Publications) is a family-owned publisher of nonfiction books.

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Sedan, Ardennes

Sedan is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.

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Siege of Malta (World War II)

The Siege of Malta in World War II was a military campaign in the Mediterranean theatre.

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Soviet Air Forces

The Soviet Air Forces (r, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II.

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Staffelkapitän

Staffelkapitän is a position (not a rank) in flying units (''Staffel'') of the German Luftwaffe that is the equivalent of RAF/USAF Squadron Commander.

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Staraya Russa

Staraya Russa (Старая Русса) is a town in Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Polist River, south of Veliky Novgorod, the administrative center of the oblast.

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Sukhoi Su-2

The Sukhoi Su-2 (Сухой Су-2) was a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft used in the early stages of World War II.

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Supermarine Spitfire

The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II.

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Surgical instrument

A surgical instrument is a medical device for performing specific actions or carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access for viewing it.

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Takeoff

Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne.

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Tauragė

Tauragė (see other names) is an industrial city in Lithuania, and the capital of Tauragė County.

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Tupolev SB

The Tupolev ANT-40, also known by its service name Tupolev SB (Скоростной бомбардировщик – Skorostnoi Bombardirovschik – high speed bomber) and development co-name TsAGI-40, was a high speed twin-engined three-seat monoplane bomber, first flown in 1934.

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Uetersen Airfield

Uetersen Airfield is an aerodrome near the town of Uetersen in the district of Pinneberg within the municipalities of Heist and Appen.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).

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Valuyki, Belgorod Oblast

Valuyki (Валу́йки) is a town in Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Valuy and Oskol Rivers, east of Belgorod and 15 km north of the Russia–Ukraine border.

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Volgograd

Volgograd (p), formerly Tsaritsyn (label) (1589–1925) and Stalingrad (label) (1925–1961), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Volgograd Oblast, Russia.

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Western Front (World War II)

The Western Front was a military theatre of World War II encompassing Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The Italian front is considered a separate but related theatre. The Western Front's 1944–1945 phase was officially deemed the European Theater by the United States, whereas Italy fell under the Mediterranean Theater along with the North African campaign.

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Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelm's Harbour; Northern Low Saxon: Willemshaven) is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Wing commander

Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Y-Control for fighters

The Y-Control System is a radio guidance system.

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Yakovlev Yak-1

The Yakovlev Yak-1 (Яковлев Як-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II.

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Yakovlev Yak-4

The Yakovlev Yak-4 (Service names Yak-4, BB-22bis (Blizhnij Bombardirovschik, russian ближний бомбардировщик, "short-range bomber")) was a Soviet light bomber used during World War II.

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Yakovlev Yak-7

The Yakovlev Yak-7 (Яковлев Як-7; NATO reporting name: Mark) was developed from the earlier Yak-1 fighter, initially as a trainer but converted into a fighter.

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Yermolayev Yer-2

The Yermolayev Yer-2 (Ермолаев Ер-2) was a long-range Soviet medium bomber used during World War II.

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Ysselsteyn

Ysselsteyn is a village in the municipality of Venray in Limburg, Netherlands.

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Ysselsteyn German war cemetery

Ysselsteyn German War Cemetery is a military cemetery interring casualties of the First and Second World Wars.

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Zandvoort

Zandvoort is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Zapadnaya crater

Zapadnaya (Bilylivka) is an impact crater in Ukraine near the village of Bilylivka in the southeasternmost edge of Zhytomyr Oblast and near the border of Vinnytsia Oblast.

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Zubtsov

Zubtsov (Зубцо́в) is a town and the administrative center of Zubtsovsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Volga and Vazuza Rivers, south of Tver, the administrative center of the oblast.

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See also

Burials at Ysselsteyn German war cemetery

• August Geiger (pilot)
• Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld
• Emil Bitsch
• Franz Beyer (pilot)
• Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
• Heinz Hackler
• Helmut Woltersdorf
• Hugo Frey
• Karl Willius
• Kurt Brändle
• Kurt Schmidt
• Lothar Linke
• Paul Gildner
• Paul Semrau
• Reinhold Knacke
• Rudolf Frank
• Werner Lucas
• Wilhelm Lemke

People from Ludwigsburg

• Albert Veiel
• Alexander Krull
• Andreas Schockenhoff
• Arnold van Gennep
• Barbara Schock-Werner
• Caesar von Hofacker
• Carmen Holinka
• Charles F. Erhart
• Charles G. F. Rees
• Charles Pfizer
• Christian Friedrich Baz
• Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart
• David Strauss
• Eduard Mörike
• Eduard von Kallee
• Ernst August Wagner
• Ernst Mayer
• Felix Hoffmann
• Frederic von Franquemont
• Frida Perlen
• Friedrich Theodor Vischer
• Friedrich Weigle
• Georg Ebner
• Gerold von Gleich
• Hugo Sperrle
• Johann Friedrich Steinkopf (publisher)
• Johann Georg Kerner
• Justinus Kerner
• Karl Ludwig von Phull
• Kurt Brändle
• Matthias Wissmann
• Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret
• Oskar von Hardegg
• Oskar von Watter
• Otto Gessler
• Paul Walcker
• Philipp Poisel
• Rainer Krause
• Reinhard von Werneck
• Tony Schumacher (German author)
• Wilhelm Groener
• Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Brändle

Also known as Kurt Braendle.

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