Ulrich Wöhnert

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German Luftwaffe pilot (1914–1947)

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::summary German Luftwaffe pilot (1914–1947) ::

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FieldValue
nameUlrich Wöhnert
birth_date24 October 1914
death_date
birth_placeWolfshagen, German Empire
death_placeKutaisi, Soviet Union
allegianceNazi Germany
branch
serviceyears?–1945
rankLeutnant (second lieutenant)
unitJG 54
battlesWorld War II
awardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross
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| name = Ulrich Wöhnert | birth_date = 24 October 1914 | death_date = | image = | caption = | birth_place = Wolfshagen, German Empire | death_place = Kutaisi, Soviet Union | nickname = | allegiance = Nazi Germany | branch = | serviceyears = ?–1945 | rank = Leutnant (second lieutenant) | unit = JG 54 | commands = | battles = World War II

Career

Wöhnert was born on 24 October 1914 in Wolfshagen in the Province of Brandenburg within the German Empire, present-day part of Uckerland in Brandenburg.

On 7 April 1944 at 21:25 in the evening, Wöhnert was injured during an aerial bombing attack on Wesenberg, present-day Rakvere, keeping him out of combat for some time. Following his convalescence, he was assigned to 1. Staffel.

Squadron leader

In August 1944, Wöhnert was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 5. Staffel of Jgadgeschwader 54, replacing Oberleutnant Wilhelm Schilling in this capacity. The Staffel was subordinated to II. Gruppe of JG 54 under command of Major Erich Rudorffer.

In May 1945, he was taken prisoner of war (POW) by Soviet forces. Imprisoned in a Soviet POW camp at Kutaisi, he died on 14 August 1947. Official reports state that he died of pneumonia while fellow inmates claim that he committed suicide.

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to Spick, Wöhnert was credited with 86 aerial victories claimed in an unknown number of missions, all of which on the Eastern Front. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for at least 83 aerial victory claims, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 47622". 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 sqmi. These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 x in size.

::data[format=table] | Chronicle of aerial victories | Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | Claim | Date | Time | Type | Location | – 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 – Eastern Front — 1 May 1942 – 3 February 1943 | – 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 – Eastern Front — 4 February – 31 December 1943 | – 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 – Eastern Front — 1 January – 7 April 1944 | – 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 – Eastern Front — July – August 1944 | – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 – Eastern Front — August – 31 December 1944 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 21 July 1942 | 19:40 | Il-2 | | 3 | 29 September 1942 | 09:15 | Yak-1 | 3 km west of Ostrowskij 3 km north of Dubrovka | | | | | | | | 2 | 15 August 1942 | 12:35 | MiG-3 | PQ 47622 15 km west-southwest of Staritsa | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 16 March 1943 | 16:32? | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 18211 30 km southeast of Staraya Russa | 25 | 31 August 1943 | 13:59 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 25464 20 km west of Yelnya | | | | | | | | ? | 16 April 1943 | 19:04 | La-5 | 10 km south of Lomonosov | 26 | 31 August 1943 | 14:01 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 35371 5 km southwest of Yelnya | | | | | | | | 5 | 8 June 1943 | 16:14 | P-40 | PQ 36 Ost 10282 35 km west-southwest of Volkhov | 27 | 2 September 1943 | 13:11 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 45413 35 km northwest of Mosalsk | | | | | | | | 6 | 21 June 1943 | 10:45 | LaGG-3 | PQ 36 Ost 0188 20 km northwest of Shlisselburg | 28 | 4 September 1943 | 16:32 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 35532 20 km southeast of Yelnya | | | | | | | | 7 | 6 July 1943 | 14:34 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 63582 20 km southwest of Maloarkhangelsk | 29 | 5 September 1943 | 11:15 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 35371 5 km southwest of Yelnya | | | | | | | | 8 | 17 July 1943 | 19:01 | Yak-4 | PQ 35 Ost 63831 40 km southeast of Maloarkhangelsk | 30 | 7 September 1943 | 15:16 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 44134 15 km south-southeast of Kirov | | | | | | | | 9 | 20 July 1943 | 12:37 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 64875 25 km south of Mtsensk | 31 | 7 September 1943 | 15:17 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 44122 15 km south of Kirov | | | | | | | | 10 | 20 July 1943 | 13:08 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 63241 35 km southeast of Oryol | 32 | 7 September 1943 | 15:20 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 44114 20 km southwest of Kirov | | | | | | | | 11 | 21 July 1943 | 04:34 | Yak-7 | PQ 35 Ost 53127 20 km east-southeast of Tschaikowka | 33 | 7 September 1943 | 15:23 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 44144 25 km southwest of Kirov | | | | | | | | 12 | 4 August 1943 | 09:41 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 53433 30 km south-southwest of Oryol | 34 | 9 September 1943 | 12:31 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 45882 25 km east-southeast of Kirov | | | | | | | | 13 | 13 August 1943 | 17:14 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 51652 Grayvoron-Zolochiv | 35 | 10 September 1943 | 13:21 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 44144 25 km southwest of Kirov | | | | | | | | 14 | 14 August 1943 | 07:04 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 51674 15 km north of Bohodukhiv | 36 | 11 September 1943 | 14:29 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 34243 25 km northeast of Seshchinskaya | | | | | | | | 15 | 14 August 1943 | 15:01 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 51731 10 km northwest of Bogoduchow | 37? | 14 September 1943 | 16:12 | Yak-9 | PQ 35 Ost 26442 | | | | | | | | 16 | 19 August 1943 | 05:46 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 51621 25 km east-southeast of Shewsk | 38 | 24 September 1943 | 10:53 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 12361 | | | | | | | | 17 | 19 August 1943 | 05:47 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 51623, Graiworon vicinity of Grayvoron | 39 | 9 October 1943 | 08:45 | P-39 | PQ 35 Ost 06114 10 km northeast of Nevel | | | | | | | | 18 | 20 August 1943 | 05:41 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 51723 20 km southeast of Okhtyrka | 40 | 10 October 1943 | 08:06 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 06163 northwest of Lake Jzenniza | | | | | | | | 19 | 20 August 1943 | 05:47 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 51724 20 km northwest of Bohodukhiv | 41 | 11 October 1943 | 14:40 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 06272 | | | | | | | | 20 | 20 August 1943 | 09:47 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 41621 | 42 | 12 October 1943 | 07:52 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 96232, southeast of Nevel 10 km south of Nevel | | | | | | | | 21 | 22 August 1943 | 10:33 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 41691 | 43 | 12 October 1943 | 07:53 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 96232, southeast of Nevel 10 km south of Nevel | | | | | | | | 22 | 24 August 1943 | 07:40 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 51553 northeast of Bohodukhiv | 44 | 13 October 1943 | 08:09 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 15531 northeast of Gorki | | | | | | | | 23 | 25 August 1943 | 05:22 | La-5 | PQ 35 Ost 51543 northeast of Bohodukhiv | 45 | 15 October 1943 | 10:04 | LaGG-3 | PQ 35 Ost 15534, northeast of Gorki | | | | | | | | 24 | 26 August 1943 | 15:19 | Pe-2 | PQ 35 Ost 41813 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 46 | 3 February 1944 | 14:16 | Il-2 | PQ 35 Ost 06511 | 50 | 21 March 1944 | 09:18? | Il-2 | PQ 26 Ost 70443 Baltic Sea, 30 km northeast of Hungerburg | | | | | | | | 47 | 5 March 1944 | 16:15 | Yak-9 | PQ 26 Ost 80713 20 km south of Narva | 51 | 30 March 1944 | 14:13 | Pe-2 | PQ 26 Ost 70653 15 km southwest of Hungerburg | | | | | | | | 48 | 8 March 1944 | 14:24 | La-5 | PQ 26 Ost 80552 east of Narva | 52 | 3 April 1944 | 16:58? | Pe-2 | PQ 26 Ost 60433 northeast of Kunda | | | | | | | | 49 | 19 March 1944 | 10:06 | LaGG-3 | PQ 26 Ost 70354 Baltic Sea, 35 km northeast of Kunda | 53 | 3 April 1944 | 17:00 | Pe-2 | PQ 26 Ost 70343 Baltic Sea, 30 km northeast of Kunda | | | | | | | | 54 | 3 July 1944 | 11:46 | Il-2 | PQ OS-6/5 Polotsk | 61 | 28 July 1944 | 17:18 | P-39 | PQ KH-9/1 | | | | | | | | 55 | 21 July 1944 | 14:41 | Yak-9 | PQ NM-5/1 | 62 | 28 July 1944 | 17:19 | P-39 | PQ KH-9/8 | | | | | | | | 56 | 22 July 1944 | 16:40 | Yak-9 | PQ NQ-1/1 | 63 | 29 July 1944 | 16:18 | Il-2 | PQ MM-8/4 south of Subate | | | | | | | | 57 | 23 July 1944 | 08:35 | Pe-2 | PQ ON-5/6 south of Zarasai | 64 | 29 July 1944 | 16:18 | Il-2 | PQ MM-8/4 south of Subate | | | | | | | | 58 | 27 July 1944 | 15:52 | P-39 | PQ KH-9/7 Mitau | 65 | 6 August 1944 | 18:35 | Yak-9 | PQ MK-2/3 | | | | | | | | 59 | 27 July 1944 | 17:48 | Pe-2 | PQ KH-3/5 Mitau | 66 | 6 August 1944 | 18:37 | Yak-9 | PQ MK-2/3 | | | | | | | | 60 | 27 July 1944 | 17:49 | Pe-2 | PQ KH-3/6 Mitau | 67 | 7 August 1944 | 18:04 | Yak-9 | PQ LN-3/2 | | | | | | | | 68 | 25 August 1944 | 13:48 | Yak-9 | PQ 25 Ost 57266 40 km north of Kreuzburg | 77 | 19 September 1944 | 15:42 | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 69217 east of Weissenstein | | | | | | | | 69 | 26 August 1944 | 11:19 | Yak-9 | PQ 25 Ost 69641 west of Dorpat | 78 | 19 September 1944 | 15:45 | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 69245 20 km southeast of Fellin | | | | | | | | 70 | 26 August 1944 | 11:35 | Yak-9 | PQ 25 Ost 69626 north of Dorpat | 79 | 21 September 1944 | 16:30 | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 58413 25 km southwest of Walk | | | | | | | | 71 | 28 August 1944 | 17:00 | La-5 | PQ 25 Ost 69664 | 80? | 26 September 1944 | 16:28 | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 58575 | | | | | | | | 72 | 3 September 1944 | 10:48 | Il-2 | PQ 26 Ost 60499 northeast of Kunda | 81 | 28 September 1944 | 14:34? | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 48822, east of Riga north of Mālpils | | | | | | | | 73 | 3 September 1944 | 10:50 | Yak-9 | PQ 26 Ost 60634 vicinity of Kotka | 82 | 28 September 1944 | 14:41 | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 48865, east of Riga 20 km north-northwest of Mālpils | | | | | | | | 74 | 17 September 1944 | 10:29 | Il-2 | PQ 25 Ost 57224 50 km north-northwest of Kreuzburg | 83 | 9 October 1944 | 14:15 | Yak-9 | PQ 25 Ost 17845 30 km northeast of Polangen | | | | | | | | 75 | 17 September 1944 | 17:02 | Yak-9 | PQ 25 Ost 57166 35 km southeast of Mālpils | 84? | 14 October 1944 | 14:07 | Yak-9 | PQ 25 Ost 17761 | | | | | | | | 76 | 19 September 1944 | 15:05 | Pe-2 | PQ 25 Ost 59828 north of Weissenstein | 85 | 22 October 1944 | 14:20 | P-39 | PQ 25 Ost 17591 35 km southeast of Pillau | | | | | | | ::

Awards

Notes

References

Citations

Bibliography

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