- On the
night of 8/9
August 1941,
Ludwig Becker and his
radio operator (
Bordfunker)
Josef Staub,
became the
first Luftwaffe night fighter crew to intercept...
-
World War II.
During his
career Rumpelhardt flew in 130
missions as a
Bordfunker (radio/radar operator) with two
night fighter wings of the Luftwaffe....
- (German: Fliegerschützenabzeichen für
Bordfunker) is a
commonly accepted title for the Luftwaffen-Fliegerschützen-
Bordfunker-und
Bordmechanikerabzeichen (Combined...
- an
electricity cable, it
broke off, short-circuiting that cable. The
Bordfunker ("radio operator") of the
plane would then use a
control box to reel out...
- /Pionier-Bataillon 24 18
April 1943 — —
Gerhard Scheibe Luftwaffe 10-LOberfeldwebel
Bordfunker (radio/wireless operator) in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 10 December...
-
Wunstorf near Hanover. At Wunstorf,
Schnaufer and the
radio operator (
Bordfunker)
Friedrich Rumpelhardt were ****igned as an
aircrew team on 3 July 1941...
- Hans-Georg
Schierholz (16
August 1921 – 12
February 1996) was a
Bordfunker (radio/radar operator) and
Oberfeldwebel in the
Luftwaffe night fighter force...
-
highest scoring non
commissioned Nachtjagd pilot who,
together with his
Bordfunker Hans Herman, was
credited with 49
victories in over 250 missions, all...
- was
flying with two
other crew members;
Unteroffizier Johann Gaa and
Bordfunker,
Feldwebel Karl Schodl. Both were
wounded and
bailed out, but subsequently...
- extinguished; his
aircraft crashed and he and his crew, Ofw.
Leidenbach (
Bordfunker—radio/wireless operator) and Uffz.
Derlitzky (Bordschütze—aerial gunner)...
