- Wolfgang Schellmann
Infobox Military Person
name=Wolfgang Schellmann
lived=birth date|1911|3|2|df=y — death date and age|1941|6|22|1911|3|2|df=y
caption=Wolfgang Schellmann
placeofbirth=Kassel
placeofdeath= nearGrodno ,Russia
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1935-1941
rank=Oberstleutnant
commands=JG 2 ,JG 27
unit=JG 135 ,Condor Legion ,JG 77 ,JG 2 ,JG 27
battles=Spanish Civil War World War II
*Poland
*Battle of France
*Battle of Britain
*Balkan Campaign
*Barbarossa
awards=Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern und Brillanten
Ritterkreuz
laterwork=Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Schellmann (March 2, 1911 – June 22, 1941) was German WWIILuftwaffe Ace, commander of JG 2 and JG 27 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Wolfgang Schellmann was credited with 26 victories in over 150 combat missions. He recorded 12 victories during the Spanish Civil War. Of his 13 victories recorded during World War Two, 12 were claimed over the Western front and one over the Eastern front.On 22 June 1941, the opening day of
Operation Barbarossa , Schellmann's Bf 109E collided with aI-153 "Chaykahe" piloted by a Lt Kuzmin after he had just destroyed his 26th victim, aI-16 . Kuzmin was killed in the collision but Schellmann managed to bailed out over Soviet territory. Attempting to make his way back to German lines he was captured and later murdered by NKVD troops [Bergström 2007, p. 18.] [Weal, p. 21] .ee also
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List of Spanish Civil War air aces References
* Bergström, Christer (2007). Barbarossa - The Air Battle: July-December 1941. London: Chervron/Ian Allen. ISBN 978-1-85780-270-2.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Nauroth, Holger. "Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen", A Photographic History". Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 2005. ISBN 0-7643-2094-7.
* Ringlstetter, Herbert. "Helmut Wick, An Illustrated Biography Of The Luftwaffe Ace And Commander Of Jagdgeschwader 2 During The Battle Of Britain". Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 2005. ISBN 0-7643-2217-6.
*. ISBN 1-85532-722-8
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