Bio of Hauptmann Horst Quednau (1917-1969)

Horst Quednau

Date of Birth: 06.03.1917 - Königsberg, Ostpreussen (German Empire)
Date of Death: 06.03.1969 - Mexico City (Mexico)

Promotions:
01.08.1940 Oberleutnant
01.06.1942 Hauptmann

Career:
12.10.1936 entered the Luftwaffe as an officer candidate
Spring 1940 transferred to 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
Summer 1942 briefly attached to Stab III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
23.07.1942 unhurt when his He 111 H-6 (1G+HS) was shot up by ground fire and forced down vic Kastornoye
00.09.1942 - 30.06.1943 Staffelkapitän 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
21.04.1943 flew his 400th mission
01.08.1943 - 05.06.1944 Staffelkapitän 12.Staffel / IV.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
09.05.1944 - 06.06.1944 Gruppenführer I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
06.06.1944 - 12.11.1944 Gruppenkommandeur I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
12.11.1944 - 10.04.1945 Gruppenkommandeur I.Gruppe (Jagd) / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27)
After the war he became a Flugkapitän for Lufthansa
06.03.1969 died of a heart attack while piloting a plane about to land in Mexico City / Mexico. Completed the landing then died

Awards and Decorations:
00.00.19__ Flugzeugführerabzeichen
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
00.00.19__ Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
20.06.1941 Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
19.03.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
03.09.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as Oberleutnant and Flugzeugführer in 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27) "Boelcke"
15.09.1942 Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold mit Anhänger
30.11.1942 Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
15.03.1943 Krimschild (Stiftungs ausführing)

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Flew a total of over 400 combat missions.

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Oberleutnant Horst Quednau (Flugzeugführer in 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"). Quednau received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 3 September 1942, after flying almost 300 missions as a bomber pilot. He flew a total of over 400 combat missions during World War II. After the war he became a Flugkapitän for Lufthansa. Exactly on his 52nd birthday, 6 March 1969, Horst Quednau died of a heart attack while piloting a plane about to land in Mexico City, Mexico. He completed the landing then died.

Horst Quednau as Oberleutnant.

Three Ritterkreuzträger from Kampfflieger (Bomber pilots). From left to right: Hauptmann Karl-August Petersen (Ritterkreuz on 7 March 1942 as Staffelkapitän 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"), Oberleutnant Horst Quednau (Ritterkreuz on 3 September 1942 as Flugzeugführer in 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"), and Leutnant Herbert Kuntz (Ritterkreuz on 14 March 1943 as Flugzeugführer in 3.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 100).



Horst Quednau as a Hauptmann.



Jubiläumsflug (anniversary flight) of Hauptmann Horst Quednau (center), Staffelkapitän of 8.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Kampfgeschwader 27 (KG 27) "Boelcke", after he is returning from his 400th mission. In the background is a Heinkel He 111H belong to Quednau. Back to the camera, at left is Leutnant Thiedemann while at right is "der Spieß" of the squadron. The picture was taken near Kursk or Polta on 21 April 1943. Other pictures from this series can be seen HERE.

Source :
Hugo "Sinjoorke" photo collection
"Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries: Section L-R" by Henry L. deZeng IV and Douglas G. Stankey
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/01/daftar-lengkap-peraih-ritterkreuz-q-7.html
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1405988#p1405988
https://reibert.info/media/horst-quednau-jpg.301012/
http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/q.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/25737/Quednau-Horst.htm