Adolf Dickfeld

Infobox Military Person
name=Adolf Dickfeld
lived=birth date|1910|2|20|df=yes –


caption=Adolf Dickfeld
placeofbirth=Jüterbog in Brandenburg
placeofdeath=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1937-1945
rank=Oberst
commands=II./JG 11
unit=JG 52, JG 2, JG 11
battles=World War II
*Battle of France
*Battle of Britain
*Mediterranean Theatre
*North African campaign
*Eastern Front
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Oberst Adolf Dickfeld (born 20 February, 1910) is a German World War II Luftwaffe 136 victories Flying ace.

Adolf Dickfeld was officially credited with 136 victories claimed in 1072 combat missions. He also claimed a further 15 enemy aircraft unconfirmed. [Dickfeld 2005, p390.] He claimed about 128 victories over the Eastern front. Included in his total are 2 confirmed four-engine bombers and possibly several unconfirmed. Reputedly he claimed one victory flying the Heinkel He 162 jet fighter, a P-47 Thunderbolt on 11 April 1945.

After the war

Dickfeld continued to fly professionally in Germany and Africa.

Awards

* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (13 December 1939)
** 1st Class (12 January 1942)
* Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (15 December 1941)
* German Cross in Gold (22 January 1942)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (19 March 1942)
** 94. Oak Leaves (19 May 1942)

References

*cite web | title=Aces of the Luftwaffe|work=Adolf Dickfeld|url= http://www.luftwaffe.cz/dickfeld.html| accessdate=13 May| accessyear=2007
* Dickfeld, Adolf. "Die Fährte des Jägers Kriegerlebnisse eines Jagdfliegers". Schnellbach, Germany: Verlag Siegfried Bublies, 2005. ISBN 3-926584-37-8.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.