Five Ritterkreuzträger of 6./JG 5

 

Five Luftwaffe ace pilots from 6.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5) "Eismeer" standing in front of the fuselage of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. From left to right: Feldwebel Hans Döbrich (24 March 1916 – 6 April 1984. Ritterkreuz on 19 September 1943. Final score: 65 air victories), Leutnant der Reserve Theodor Weissenberger (21 December 1914 – 11 June 1950. Ritterkreuz on 13 November 1942 and Eichenlaub on 2 August 1943. Final score: 208 air victories), Staffelkapitän Oberleutnant Heinrich Ehrler (14 September 1917 – 4 April 1945. Ritterkreuz on 4 September 1942 and Eichenlaub on 2 August 1943. Final score: 208 air victories), Feldwebel Rudolf "Rudi" Müller (21 November 1920 – 21 October 1943. Ritterkreuz on 19 June 1942. Final score: 94 air victories), and Oberfeldwebel Albert Brunner (17 July 1918 – 7 May 1943. Ritterkreuz posthumously on 3 July 1943. Final score: 53 air victories). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Hirschfelder in the Scandinavian theatre of war, early 1943.

Source :
https://reibert.info/threads/genrix-ehrler-heinrich-ehrler.576442/
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rudolf_M%C3%BCller_(pilot)

Bio of Luftwaffe Ace Hans Döbrich

Hans Döbrich (24 March 1916 – 6 April 1984), as a member of Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5) "Eismeer", participated in battles on the northern flank of the Eastern Front in the Soviet Arctic. On 19 July 1942 he was forced to bail out 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Murmashi Russia from his Bf 109 F-4 (Werknummer 10169) "Yellow 9" after his radiator was hit by fire from a Yak-1. Döbrich made a good forced landing and then spent the next seven days walking back to the Staffel. On 16 July 1943, whilst flying Bf 109 G-6, Döbrich was wounded by enemy fighters after downing two aircraft and was forced to bail out into Petsamo Fjord, Finland. On 19 September 1943 he received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as Feldwebel and Flugzeugführer in 6.Staffel / II.Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 5 "Eismeer", after 52 aerial victories. His combat career ended after a serious third wound to the face. His total victory tally was at least 65 victories achieved in 248 missions, an additional 19 victories were unconfirmed. All his victories were recorded over the Eastern Front. His final rank is Oberleutnant

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_D%C3%B6brich
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2283079#p2283079