Walter Adolph

Walter Adolph

Infobox Military Person
name=Walter Adolph
lived=birth date|1913|6|11|df=y — death date and age|1941|9|18|1913|6|11|df=y
placeofbirth=Fontanelle near Bacău
placeofdeath=Blankenberge, Belgium


caption=Walter Adolph
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
serviceyears=-1941
rank=Hauptmann
branch=
commands=II./JG 26
unit=J 88, JG 26
battles=Spanish Civil War
World War II
*Battle of France
*Invasion of Poland (1939)
*Battle of Britain
awards="Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords"
"Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross"
laterwork=

Walter Adolph was a Luftwaffe fighter ace. He was born on 11 June 1913 and died on 18 September 1941.

Career

He was awarded the Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords, for his service in the Spanish Civil War, and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.He flew 79 combat missions during World War II and was credited with 25 "kills" including 1 in the Spanish Civil War.

Death

At the time of his death he was a Hauptmann (Captain) commanding II/JG 26. On September 18, 1941, he was killed flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-1 while on escort duty with eight other aircraft when they encountered a flight of Bristol Blenheims escorted by Spitfires and Hurricanes. The British flying ace Cyril Babbage is believed to have shot down Walter Adolph. His Fw 190 was the first of its kind to be lost in aerial combat.

Awards

* Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords
* Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (26 October 1940)
* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (13 November 1940)

References


*cite web|title=Aces of the Luftwaffe|work=Walter Adolph|url=http://www.luftwaffe.cz/adolph.html|accessdate=22 May| accessyear=2007
*cite web |title=Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945|work=Walter Adolph|url=http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de/Luftwaffe/A/Adolph-Walter.htm|accessdate=22 May|accessyear=2007
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.

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