Award Ceremony of Stuka-Geschwader 3 in North Africa

Pictures of award ceremony of Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3) which were held On 5 October 1942 at Agag el Qasaba airfield in Egypt. These pictures are made by Kriegsberichter Hans Gross from Luftwaffe K.B.K. 7. Presented the awards is Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). The recipients are:

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes:
1. Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
2. Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold:
3. Oberfeldwebel Karl Konsorke (Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
4. Leutnant Hubert Pölz (Flugzeugführer in III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)
5. Leutnant Alexander Heim (Flugzeugführer in 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3)

Arrival of Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) on the airfield of Agag el Qasaba in Egypt. The aircraft is a Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch".

Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) presides over the Ritterkreuz award ceremony which takes place in Agag el Qasaba in Egypt. He salutes Hauptmann Kurt Walter (wearing a white cap, Gruppenkommandeur III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).

The would-be recipients is being called forward.

Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). In the background is his personal transport aircraft, a Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch".

Two new Ritterkreuzträger, from left to right: Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) and Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3). Von Bargen already received the award announcement from 19 September 1942 (awarded after flying 200 ground attack sorties), while Stry from 24 September 1942 (awarded after flying 305 ground attack sorties).

Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) presents the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes to Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).

Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika) presents the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes to Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).

Newly decorated Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) and Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) in front of Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika).

Oberfeldwebel Karl Konsorke (Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) receives the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold from Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). He already received the award announcement from 25 September 1942.

Stuka pilots of Sturzkampgeschwader 3 (StG 3) decorated by Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). From left to right: Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), Oberfeldwebel Karl Konsorke (Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), and Leutnant Hubert Pölz (Flugzeugführer in III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).



Leutnant Hubert Pölz (left, Flugzeugführer in III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) and Leutnant Alexander Heim (saluting, Flugzeugführer in 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3) have just received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (German Cross in Gold) from the hand of Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). Pölz and Heim themselves have already received the award announcement from 25 September 1942.

Stuka pilots of Sturzkampgeschwader 3 (StG 3) decorated by Generalmajor Hans Seidemann (Fliegerführer Afrika). From left to right: Oberleutnant Hans von Bargen (Adjutant I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), Oberleutnant Herbert Stry (Flugzeugführer in 5.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), Oberfeldwebel Karl Konsorke (Flugzeugführer in 7.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), Leutnant Hubert Pölz (Flugzeugführer in III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3), and Leutnant Alexander Heim (Flugzeugführer in 9.Staffel / III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3).

Source :
https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?auteur=1511206
https://www.tracesofwar.com/units/47398/Sturzkampfgeschwader-3-Luftwaffe3.htm

Hans von Bargen and Wounded Comrade

 

Hauptmann Hans von Bargen (right), from Schlachgeschwader 3, with wounded comrade (possibly his Bordfunker). Bargen received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 19 September 1942 as Oberleutnant and Adjutant / Technishes Offizier of 1.Staffel / I.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3). The medal was awarded after flying 200 ground attack sorties. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Siegfried Doege.

Source :
ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158976401033308&set=gm.1017324252096347

Erhard Jähnert Color Portrait

Erhard Jähnert (17 August 1917 - 23 July 2006) showed an early interest in the aviation by joining the NSFK (Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps) in his youth. In 1936 he joined the Luftwaffe, where he was trained as a pilot. In 1938 he attended the Militärflugzeugschule in Kaufbeuren. Then he was transferred to II.Gruppe / Schlachtgeschwader 122. In 1939 he participated in the invasion of Poland, after retrained on Junkers Ju 87 'Stuka'. In 1940 he then flew over France and England. From December 1940 he moved to the Mediterranean theater of war, where he flew missions against Malta and in North Africa. In the spring of 1943 he was transferred to the Eastern Front, and in here that Jähnert received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 18 May 1943 as Leutnant and Flugzeugführer in III.Gruppe / Sturzkampfgeschwader 3 (StG 3). He flew over 622 combat sorties with StG 3 and sank three Russian destroyers in a single day! He finally reached the rank of Major on May 1945. According to his own words, he was awarded the Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz on 30 April 1945. However, no evidence has been found yet. At the end of the war he was captured by British troops in Flensburg after flying with his unit from Courland Pocket. Jähnert then was released in July 1945. Other medals and decorations he receives: Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938; Flugzeugführerabzeichen; Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse (20 October 1939); Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse (2 July 1940); Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Silber (4 August 1941); Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in Gold (25 August 1941); Italian Medaglia d'argento al Valore Militare (6 December 1941); Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg (18 March 1942); Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (17 June 1942)

Source :
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?q=j%C3%A4hnert%2C+erhard
http://www.historicalwarmilitariaforum.com/topic/6937-ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger-photos-in-color-thread/?page=37&tab=comments#comment-61026http://www.historicalwarmilitariaforum.com/topic/6937-ritterkreuztr%C3%A4ger-photos-in-color-thread/?page=9&tab=comments#comment-36907
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Erhard_J%C3%A4hnert.html
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/23517/J%E4hnert-Erhard.htm?c=aw