| 词条 | Wilhelm Balthasar |
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|name=Wilhelm Balthasar |birth_date={{birth date|1914|2|2|df=y}} |death_date={{death date and age|1941|7|3|1914|2|2|df=y}} |image=Wilhelm Balthasar.jpg |image_size=120px |caption= |birth_place=Fulda |death_place= {{KIA}} near Saint-Omer, France |placeofburial=German war cemetery at Illies, France |allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Luftwaffe |serviceyears=1933–41 |rank=Major |commands=JG 2 |unit=Condor Legion JG 1, JG 27, JG 3, JG 2 |battles=Spanish Civil War World War II |awards=Spanish Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |laterwork=}} Wilhelm Balthasar (2 February 1914 – 3 July 1941) was a German fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War and World War II. A flying ace, he was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. During his career in the Luftwaffe, Balthasar was credited with 47 victories, including 7 in the Spanish Civil War. Between 1939 and 1941 he flew about 300 combat missions in addition to 465 in Spain.{{cn|date=September 2017}} At the outset of World War II, Balthasar was squadron commander of 1./Jagdgeschwader 1, which was in July 1940 renamed 7./Jagdgeschwader 27. The squadron did not see any action during the 1939 operation Fall Weiss, as it was tasked with the air defense of Berlin. On 10 May 1940 German forces launched the offensive in Western Europe and it was there Balthasar made his mark. On his first mission, 11 May 1940, he claimed three Belgian Air Force Gloster Gladiator fighters and a French Morane 406. He also recorded 9 victories in two days between 5 and 6 June 1940, which brought his World War II tally to 21. For this achievement, on 14 June 1940, Hauptmann Balthasar was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, becoming the second Luftwaffe fighter pilot after Werner Mölders, to be so decorated.[1] On 16 February 1941 Balthasar was appointed commander of the Jagdgeschwader 2. Balthasar was killed five months later on 3 July 1941. He was involved in an aerial combat with RAF fighters over Aire, France. He was in a steep dive in his Bf 109 F-4 when the wing of his aircraft malfunctioned and he was unable to pull out of the dive. He crashed near Saint-Omer. Decorations
References1. ^Nauroth 1999, p. 133. {{Refbegin}}2. ^Thomas 1997, p. 21. 3. ^1 Scherzer 2007, p. 201.
|last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }}
|last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1997 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6 }}{{Refend}}{{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box| before= Hauptmann Karl-Heinz Greisert| after= Oberstleutnant Walter Oesau| title= Commander of Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen| years=16 February 1941 – 3 July 1941 }}{{s-end}}{{Aces of the Condor Legion}}{{Subject bar | portal1=Aviation | portal2=Biography | portal3=Military of Germany | portal4=World War II }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Balthasar, Wilhelm}} 11 : 1914 births|1941 deaths|People from Fulda|People from Hesse-Nassau|Spanish Civil War flying aces|German World War II flying aces|Condor Legion personnel|Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves|Recipients of the Spanish Cross|German military personnel killed in World War II|Aviators killed by being shot down |
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