WWI aces in WWII?

[Marcus Wendel]

Hello all,

Are there any lists available of the WWI aces that served in the Axis forces of WW2 as well, either as pilots are in some other capacity?

/Marcus

[Barrett]

Marcus, check the forum archives, as the subject has arisen before.
Besides Osterkamp, Dr. Erich Mix comes to mind.

[Willi Von Klugerman]

Joseph Jacobs?

[vb136]

Werner Junck, Raben Freiherr von Barnekow, Paul Aue, Dietrich Averes, Robert Ritter von Greim, Eduard Ritter von Schleich, Carl Degelow and Friedrich Christiansen, to name a few.
From Austro-Hungarian air service: Julius Arigi and Benno Fiala
Try the book Above The Lines, by Norman Franks, Frank W Bailey and Russel Guest (Grub Street, 1993)for biographies of the German Aces

[Marcus Wendel]

Thanks for the names and the book suggestion posted so far.

/Marcus

[Immo_Frese]

Marcus,

german pilots who scored in both wars were Theo Osterkamp, Erich Mix, "Küken" Hubrich, Friedrich Vollbracht and Alfred Lindenberger. Maybe there are some more I can't remember at the moment...

About Lindenberger you will find an interesting article "Kampf in zwei Himmeln. Der Jagdflieger Alfred Lindenberger", written by Jörg Mückler in: Deutsches Soldatenjahrbuch, 1999, p.107-112.

Immo

[Marcus Wendel]

Thanks Immo.

/Marcus

[Marcus Wendel]

Can anyone help me with information on which units the below WW1 Aces served in during WW2?

Karl Christ
Otto Walter Höhne
Karl Waldemar Ritscherle (KIA over England 24 Aug 1940)
Viktor Schobinger

Thanks.

/Marcus

[Dario_Silva]

"Roques became a French citizen in 1919 and served as a capitaine during World War II. When France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, Roques worked with the Resistance for the remainder of the war."

[Dario_Silva]

Keith Rodney Park
During World War II, he commanded the Royal Air Force during the evacuation at Dunkirk and later assumed command of Number 11 Fighter Group, defending London and southern England during the Battle of Britain. Upon retiring from the RAF, he returned to New Zealand.

Gorman DeFreest Larner
Larner was granted a leave of absence to return to active duty as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.

Clayton Lawrence Bissell
Bissell served as air advisor to General Joseph Stilwell in China and later assumed command of the 10th Air Force in India. Following World War II, he served as Air Attache in London and retired in 1950 having attained the rank of Major General.

Harvey Weir Cook
During World War II, he was killed in a crash whilst flying the Curtiss P-40.

Keith Logan "Grid" Caldwell
During World War II, he served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, attained the rank of Air Commodore and was awarded the CBE.

Cecil Arthur Lewis
Lewis returned to service with the Royal Air Force during World War II.

William Carpenter Lambert
He served as an engineer during World War II and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1954.

Cyril Marconi "Billy" Crowe
Crowe was a Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.

Oskar von Boenigk
Attained the rank of Major General with the Luftwaffe during World War II.

Maurice Arnoux
A Commandant during World War II, Arnoux was killed in action after resuming his career as a fighting pilot.

Edwin Charles "Ted" Parsons
As a naval officer during World War II, he was an instructor at Pensacola Naval Air Station and took part in the Solomon Islands campaign, ending the war as a Rear Admiral.

Edward Peck "Ted" Curtis
Recalled to duty during World War II, he served with the United States Army Air Force, attaining the rank of Major General.

Alan Duncan Bell-Irving
Bell-Irving served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II and attained the rank of Air Commodore.

Gerhard Fieseler
In 1939, Fieseler's company changed its name to Gerhard Fieseler Werke and continued producing aircraft throughout World War II.

Thomas Gantz Cassady
As an officer in the OSS during World War II, he worked closely with the French underground until detained by the Germans in 1942. Released in 1944, he was sent to Algiers where he resumed undercover assignments in preparation for the Normandy invasion. With the liberation of Paris, Cassady returned to that city to serve as chief intelligence officer.

Karl Bolle
During World War II he was an advisor to the Luftwaffe.

Ernst Udet
He joined the Luftwaffe in 1935 and as Quartermaster-General in World War II, foresaw his own doom and the defeat of the Luftwaffe and committed suicide in 1941. The Nazi authorities claimed he died in an accident while testing a new weapon.

Duncan William "GM" Grinnell-Milne
During World War II, Grinnell-Milne returned to service, flying Wellington bombers over Libya in 1940 before health problems forced him out of the RAF. He took a job with the BBC, remaining there until 1946.