Wolfgang Schellmann

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Wolfgang Schellmann
2 March 1911(1911-03-02) — 22 June 1941 (aged 30)

Wolfgang Schellmann
Place of birth Kassel
Place of death near Grodno, Russia
Allegiance Flag of Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Years of service 1935-1941
Rank Oberstleutnant
Unit JG 135, Condor Legion, JG 77, JG 2, JG 27
Commands held JG 2, JG 27
Battles/wars Spanish Civil War
World War II
Awards Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern und Brillanten
Ritterkreuz

Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Schellmann (March 2, 1911 – June 22, 1941) was German WWII Luftwaffe Ace, commander of JG 2 and JG 27 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Wolfgang Schellmann was credited with 26 victories in over 150 combat missions. He recorded 12 victories during the Spanish Civil War. Of his 13 victories recorded during World War Two, 12 were claimed over the Western front and one over the Eastern front.

On 22 June 1941, the opening day of Operation Barbarossa, Schellmann's Bf 109E collided with a I-153 Chaykahe piloted by a Lt Kuzmin after he had just destroyed his 26th victim, a I-16. Kuzmin was killed in the collision but Schellmann managed to bailed out over Soviet territory. Attempting to make his way back to German lines he was captured and later murdered by NKVD troops[1][2].


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  1. ^ Bergström 2007, p. 18.
  2. ^ Weal, p. 21
  • Bergström, Christer (2007). Barbarossa - The Air Battle: July-December 1941. London: Chervron/Ian Allen. ISBN 978-1-85780-270-2.
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Nauroth, Holger. Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen", A Photographic History. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 2005. ISBN 0-7643-2094-7.
  • Ringlstetter, Herbert. Helmut Wick, An Illustrated Biography Of The Luftwaffe Ace And Commander Of Jagdgeschwader 2 During The Battle Of Britain. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA, 2005. ISBN 0-7643-2217-6.
  • Weal, John (1998). Bf109 Aces of the Russian Front. Oxford: Osprey. ISBN 1-85532-722-8
Military offices
Preceded by
Oberstleutnant Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp		 Commander of Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen
2 September 1940 - 20 October 1940		 Succeeded by
Major Helmut Wick
Preceded by
Major Bernhard Woldenga		 Commander of Jagdgeschwader 27 Afrika
22 October 1940 - 21 June 1941		 Succeeded by
Major Bernhard Woldenga
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