Hans Waldmann - Pilot Profile

Hans Waldmann

Victories : 134
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 18th March 1945

Knights
Cross

Hans Dackel Waldmann was born 24 September 1922 in Braunschweig, killed in flying accident 18 March 1945 near Schwarzenbek, Holstein he was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Hans Waldmann voluntarily joined the Luftwaffe in 1940. On 21 August 1942 Unteroffizier Waldmann was assigned to the 6./JG 52 on the Eastern front.

On 9 September 1942 Waldmann scored his first aerial victory, and thereafter managed to score rapidly. After 84 victories on 1 September 1943, Waldmann was promoted to Leutnant and assigned to ErgGr. Ost. Here he shot down a B-17 Flying Fortress.

He received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross after his 85th aerial victory. In late February 1944 he took command of 4./JG 52 as its Staffelkapitän. He was able to continue his success and claimed victories 98 to 125 by 31 May 1944.

In June 1944 his entire staffel was reassigned to 8./JG 3, now fighting against the Allied invasion forces. In August he shot down 7 enemy planes, including one B-24 and five P-47 Thunderbolts. In December 1944 he converted to the Messerschmitt Me 262. He was then transferred to 3./JG 7, flying now the ’’Stormbird’’. On 22 February 1945 he shot down two P-51 Mustangs.

Climbing in dense fog on 18 March 1945, he collided with his wingman, Leutnant Hans-Dieter Weihs, and crashed near Schwarzenbek south of Hamburg. He was killed in his Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1 "Yellow 3". Waldmann was recommended for the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross, but the recommendation was not finalized before the end of the war.

Hans Waldmann flew 527 combat missions, being credited with 134 aerial victories, 10 on the Western front and 124 on the Eastern front. His tally on the Eastern front includes 5 bombers, 87 fighters and 32 Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft. On the Western front he claimed 8 fighters and 2 four-engine bombers. He also flew a number of ground attack missions, destroying 33 various vehicles and 8 heavy transports.

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Known Victory Claims - Hans Waldmann
DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

09/09/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	LaGG	44 463: 1400m	14.09	Eastern Front
10/09/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	LaGG-3	44 454: 400m	14.16	Eastern Front
16/09/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	LaGG-3	54 414: 500m	16.21	Eastern Front
18/09/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	I-153	54 442	14.15	Eastern Front
25/09/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	LaGG	95 743: tiefflug	16.31	Eastern Front
22/10/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	I-153	95 541: 600m	10	Eastern Front
30/10/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Jak-1	94 161: tiefst.	12.35	Eastern Front
02/11/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	LaGG-3	94 153: 500m	11.57	Eastern Front
03/11/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Pe-2	94 474: 1500m	11.32	Eastern Front
12/11/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	I-153	95 721	14.1	Eastern Front
28/11/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Il-2	49 352: 200m	12.05	Eastern Front
30/11/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Il-2	29 432: 500m	13.1	Eastern Front
01/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	P-40	39 271: Bodennähe	9.04	Eastern Front
02/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Il-2	49 363	12.17	Eastern Front
08/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Jak-1	39 654: 2000m	9.46	Eastern Front
18/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Jak-1	39 823: 3000m	10.34	Eastern Front
19/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	La-5	49 563: 4500m	13.16	Eastern Front
22/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	La-5	39 822: 2000m	10.5	Eastern Front
28/12/1942	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	La-5	38 351: 2000m	12.57	Eastern Front
14/01/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	Il-2	17 263: 2000m	14.32	Eastern Front
25/01/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	Stab II.	JG 52	LaGG-5	08 681: 3000m	11.52	Eastern Front
11/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-16 Rata	75 420: 2000m	8.05	Eastern Front
12/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-153	85 273: 300m	10.06	Eastern Front
12/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-153	85 452: 800m	10.09	Eastern Front
12/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-153	85 454: 600m	14.36	Eastern Front
12/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-153	75 424: tiefflug	5.59	Eastern Front
13/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-153	85 171: 500m	8.3	Eastern Front
19/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-4	85 373: 300m	12.15	Eastern Front
22/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	I-153	75 224: 1200m	11.05	Eastern Front
25/02/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-5	86 761: tiefflug	14.58	Eastern Front
01/03/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-3	76 814: 600m	15.15	Eastern Front
29/04/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-5	85 142: 2000m	13.25	Eastern Front
30/04/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Airacobra	75 432: 5000m	17.22	Eastern Front
30/04/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-3	85 171: 4000m	17.28	Eastern Front
03/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Airacobra	85 143: 3500m	8.23	Eastern Front
03/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 164: 3800m	17.02	Eastern Front
04/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 273: 2000m	15.02	Eastern Front
07/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 291: 4500m	7.49	Eastern Front
08/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 434: 3400m	7	Eastern Front
09/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 431: 4000m	8.46	Eastern Front
24/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	65 431: tiefflug	9.38	Eastern Front
26/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-3	W. Kijewskoje: 300m	10.11	Eastern Front
26/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Spitfire	75 233: 3000m	11.47	Eastern Front
28/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	48 744: 1000m	10.46	Eastern Front
30/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-5	75 114: 200m	7.32	Eastern Front
30/05/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-5	75 171: 200m	7.36	Eastern Front
03/06/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Airacobra	85 113: 5000m	8.24	Eastern Front
06/06/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 262: 2000m	8.07	Eastern Front
06/06/1943	Uffz. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	85 144: 1800m	8.16	Eastern Front
08/06/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-3	75 173: 150m	12.08	Eastern Front
08/06/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 393: 300m	12.13	Eastern Front
25/06/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-5	75 461: tiefflug	8.24	Eastern Front
11/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Boston	75 492: tiefstflug	12	Eastern Front
21/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	76 832: 4000m	9.38	Eastern Front
21/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	65 261: tiefstflug	16.3	Eastern Front
22/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	76 894: 3300m	10.03	Eastern Front
22/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	76 894: tiefstflug	16.24	Eastern Front
26/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 114: 1200m	6.16	Eastern Front
26/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	75 392: 100m	6.31	Eastern Front
30/07/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	75 234: 600m	6.32	Eastern Front
04/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	61 333: 50m	17.18	Eastern Front
04/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	61 274: 400m	13.47	Eastern Front
04/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	61 451: 600m	11.32	Eastern Front
04/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	61 593: tiefstflug	14	Eastern Front
05/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	61 382: 2000m	6.54	Eastern Front
06/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	61 524: 1200m	16.35	Eastern Front
06/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	61 443: 1200m	10.52	Eastern Front
07/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	61 473: 300m	15.12	Eastern Front
07/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	61 594: 3500m	7.12	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	61 562: 1600m	8.18	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	61 534: 2000m	8.21	Eastern Front
08/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Boston	60 714: 5500m	18.21	Eastern Front
10/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Pe-2	61 572: 2000m	8.56	Eastern Front
12/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	51 543: 3000m	11.27	Eastern Front
13/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	41 492: 3000m	18.29	Eastern Front
14/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	LaGG-5	51 153: 4000m	10.49	Eastern Front
20/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	51 713: 800m	5.5	Eastern Front
20/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	51 771: 400m	5.54	Eastern Front
21/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	51 541: 100m	18.21	Eastern Front
24/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	88 422: 800m	12.38	Eastern Front
24/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	88 263: 100m	15.12	Eastern Front
30/08/1943	Fw. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	88 463: 300m	14.44	Eastern Front
02/03/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	66 534 2200m	13.54	Eastern Front
13/03/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	56 873: Wassernähe	8.45	Eastern Front
13/03/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Boston	66 393: 3000m	10.24	Eastern Front
17/03/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	55 211 800m	9.14	Eastern Front
17/03/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2	55 132 400m	9.17	Eastern Front
17/03/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	55 233 2000m	9.32	Eastern Front
05/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	66 564: 800m	17.27	Eastern Front
07/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Curtiss P-40	66 871: 4000m	12.51	Eastern Front
10/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	46 123: Bodennähne	17.42	Eastern Front
11/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	46 332: 150m	6.58	Eastern Front
11/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	46 322: 1000m	10.46	Eastern Front
11/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	46 333: 2000m	10.54	Eastern Front
12/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	46 713: 1000m	10.53	Eastern Front
13/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	35 264: Bodennähe	8.29	Eastern Front
19/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-1	35 414: 1700m	17.02	Eastern Front
22/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	35 371: 400m	11.36	Eastern Front
22/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	35 473: 1000m	11.37	Eastern Front
25/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	35 474: 1500m	14.17	Eastern Front
25/04/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Il-2mH.	35 612: 300m	14.13	Eastern Front
04/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-7	35 351: 1500m	6.4	Eastern Front
04/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Il-2mH.	35 342: Wassernähe	6.46	Eastern Front
06/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-7	35 414: 800m	11.27	Eastern Front
06/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-7	35 442: 1200m	11.32	Eastern Front
06/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-7	35 442: 50m	11.41	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-9	35 611: 4500m	8.35	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Airacobra	35 473: 4000m	9.29	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-7	35 473: 1300m	13.21	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Il-2mH.	35 612: 600m	13.28	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Il-2mH.	35 612: 200m	13.26	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Jak-7	35 441: 2000m	17.54	Eastern Front
07/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Il-2mH.	35 473: 300m	17.56	Eastern Front
08/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Airacobra	35 611: 2000m	15.24	Eastern Front
30/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Il-2	78 812: 300m	15.15	Eastern Front
31/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Airacobra	78 693: 3000m	12.14	Eastern Front
31/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Airacobra	78 653: 2500m	12.16	Eastern Front
31/05/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	Il-2	78 812: 300m	16.32	Eastern Front
06/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	B-24	UE-8: 5000m [Taverny]	12.31	Western Front
07/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	P-47	CS-4: 400m [Landivy N. Fougères]	15.06	Western Front
14/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	P-47	BC-7: 1000m [SW Ch.-en-Thymerais]	16.45	Western Front
14/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	4	JG 52	P-47	BC-8: 600m [S. Ch-en-Thymerais]	16.47	Western Front
18/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Jak-7	35 411: 600m	15.15	Eastern Front
18/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	6	JG 52	Airacobra	35 411: 1500m	17.11	Eastern Front
18/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	8	JG 3	P-47	BD-2: 600m [8km E. Dreux]	14.06	Western Front
18/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	8	JG 3	P-47	BD-1: 100m [4km E. Dreux]	14.12	Western Front
19/08/1944	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	8	JG 3	P-47	AU-6: 3500m [2km E. Falaise]	9.1	Western Front
22/02/1945	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	3	JG 7	P-51	25km NE Brocken	12.17	Western Front
22/02/1945	Ltn. Hans Waldmann	3	JG 7	P-51	30km W. Berlin	12.02	Western Front

Known Claims : 129

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