Ltn. Heinz Stepeler. Some Albatros profiles

permalink · 26 February 2001, 08:10 AM

Some aircraft profiles from an upcoming family work on the life of my Great Grandfathers flying career. I hope you enjoy viewing them.

http://www.butler98.freeserve.co.uk/heinz.htm

Les

permalink · 26 February 2001, 09:02 AM

Great profiles!

permalink · 26 February 2001, 03:39 PM

Dang good first ever drawing effort! Don't be shy with the shading...go ahead and be a bit more agressive with the shadows, and you'll have something that could easily compete with the "pros".

I was interested in your mention on the site of the found watercolors. Any chance you can scan those and make them available?

permalink · 26 February 2001, 07:06 PM

Thanks folks!. I had enough trouble getting the fuselage to look roundish, but more shadow will be added as I get the hang of drawing and improve the images.
The watercolours are in Cologne at present, on loan to the city museum, but as soon as I get them back I'll scan some and post the url. There's 24, what a goldmine find it was. They are the reason for my interest in WW I aviation history - after 30 years studying the Luftwaffe of the second world war.
Thanks again.
Les

permalink · 1 March 2001, 08:06 AM

I couldn't find Heinz Stepeler in

The Jasta Pilots,does anyone know why?

permalink · 1 March 2001, 03:03 PM

Do you mean on this site? Anyway, Stepeler is documented in various archive sources at the Bundesarchive (Freiburg branch). If I remember correctly, he was the first pilot of Jasta 50 to shoot down an enemy aircraft, or some other achievement, which brought him personal congratulations from

Ernst Udet. He was asked by Udet to join him in a 'Flying Circus' (maybe as tech adviser?) after the war, but he declined, preferring to remain in Nth Germany with his family.

I believe he was associated with JG1 or JG 2 during WW II, also. I think he was an adviser on wing design and aerodynamics to Foke-Wulf from 1943.

MT

Soderbaum · 2 March 2001, 07:23 AM

Hi Mark

Does the material in Freiburg includes Tagesbefehl from Kofl 7, or weekly/Daily Kofl7 reports...?

I am interested in this material if they have it...any reference-numbers is welcome..!

VBR
Gunnar

Richard_Schrader · 2 March 2001, 08:52 AM

Les;
Great job, thank you for sharing.
Richard

Dan_San_Abbott · 2 March 2001, 01:15 PM

Ken:
I can not find anything in the Jasta war diaries for Jasta 2,11 and 50. Heinz Stepeler is not listed in Bodenschatz's book, "Jagd im Himmel". He is not listed in any of Neal O'Connor's 6 German Awards books and he is not listed in the 1917 and 1918 monthly victories lists in the Luftstreitkräfte Nachrichtenblatt. He is credited with 27victories? Amazing! Caution gentlemen, caution!
Blue skies,
Dan-San Abbott
P.S. Rick, what do you have on Ltn. Heinz Stepeler??

Rick · 5 March 2001, 08:36 AM

Dan,

Nada.

Rick