(1913-02-10)10 February 1913 Wendhausen near Lüneburg
Died
9 February 1996(1996-02-09) (aged 82) Oberstaufen-Steibis
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Condor Legion Luftwaffe
Rank
Major (major)
Unit
Jagdgruppe 88, JG 51, JG 52
Commands held
11./JG 51, I./JG 52, III./JG 52
Battles/wars
See battles
Spanish Civil War
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Battle of Britain
Operation Barbarossa
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Spouse(s)
Christl Cranz
Relations
Walter Borchers Hermann Borchers
Other work
Ski school
Adolf Borchers (10 February 1913 – 9 February 1996) was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II. He was credited with 132 aerial victories—that is, 132 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft—claimed in approximately 800 combat missions.
Borchers was born on 10 February 1913 in Wendhausen near Lüneburg. He had two brothers who also received the Knight's Cross. Major Walter Borchers was...
Adolf Josef Ferdinand Galland (19 March 1912 – 9 February 1996) was a German Luftwaffe general and flying ace who served throughout the Second World War...
Borchers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: AdolfBorchers (1913–1996), fighter ace A. Webber Borchers (1906-1989), American politician...
Hans-Joachim Birkner Hubertus von Bonin AdolfBorchers Johannes Bunzek Paul-Heinrich Dähne Hans Dammers Gustav Denk Adolf Dickfeld (Oak Leaves) Peter Düttmann...
Hartmann was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 52, succeeding Hauptmann AdolfBorchers. Hartmann claimed his 350th aerial victory on 17 April, in the vicinity...
commander) of Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" (JG 26—26th Fighter Wing), Adolf Galland, used his influence with the Ministry of Aviation (RLM—Reichsluftfahrtministerium)...
been transferred. Command of III. Gruppe was then passed on to Major AdolfBorchers. Batz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
Schnörrer and Paul Galland, the younger brother of General der Jagdflieger Adolf Galland. After graduation from the Jagdfliegerschule 5, Nowotny was transferred...
where it supported the 8th Army. The Staffel was commanded by Hauptmann AdolfBorchers and subordinated to IV. Gruppe of JG 51 headed by Major Hans-Ekkehard...
after four years of combat. Following the dismissal of Generalleutnant Adolf Galland as General der Jagdflieger (Inspector of Fighters), Galland was...
Hermann Borchers received the Knight's Cross on 16 October 1944 as commander of the I. Battalion of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 19. Borchers was a member...
Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of II. Gruppe of JG 2. He replaced Hauptmann Adolf Dickfeld in this capacity who had been transferred to II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader...
Adolf Dickfeld (20 February 1910 – 17 May 2009) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II, an ace credited with 136 enemy aircraft shot...
officer or soldier of the Wehrmacht so honored. The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler in his office at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin on 11 May 1943....
jet fighter in combat as a member of the Jagdverband 44 squadron led by Adolf Galland. Steinhoff was decorated with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...
soldier to receive this distinction. Kittel received the Oak Leaves from Adolf Hitler at the Berghof on 5 May 1944. Also present at the ceremony were Anton...
(134) Alfred Grislawski (133) Johannes Wiese (133) AdolfBorchers (132) Erwin Clausen (132) Adolf Dickfeld (132) Wilhelm Lemke (131) Gerhard Hoffmann...
a heavy crash destroyed his glider in the fall of 1932. In 1935, after Adolf Hitler officially revoked the Treaty of Versailles, Graf applied for flight...
(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Six other...
the German armed forces to be so honored. The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg. Two other...
combat as a member of Jagdverband 44 (JV 44—44th Fighter Detachment) led by Adolf Galland. Born in the Weimar Republic in 1920, Krupinski joined the Luftwaffe...
(134) Alfred Grislawski (133) Johannes Wiese (133) AdolfBorchers (132) Erwin Clausen (132) Adolf Dickfeld (132) Wilhelm Lemke (131) Gerhard Hoffmann...
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