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Bernhard Jope
Born
(1914-05-10)10 May 1914 Leipzig
Died
31 July 1995(1995-07-31) (aged 81) Königstein im Taunus
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Luftwaffe
Years of service
1935–45
Rank
Oberstleutnant
Commands held
KG 40, KG 100
Battles/wars
Spanish Civil War
World War II
Battle of France
Battle of Britain
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Other work
Deutsche Luft Hansa pilot
Bernhard Jope (10 May 1914 – 31 July 1995) was a German bomber pilot during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. As part of Kampfgeschwader 40 (bomber wing), Jope flew missions across the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean in support of the German navy, damaging in October 1940 the RMS Empress of Britain. In 1943, he led Kampfgeschwader 100 in the attacks on the Italian battleship Roma, the British battleship HMS Warspite and cruiser HMS Uganda, and the US cruiser USS Savannah.
BernhardJope (10 May 1914 – 31 July 1995) was a German bomber pilot during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with...
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same afternoon, 11 Do 217s of III./KG 100, led by commanding officer BernhardJope, sank the battleship Roma and damaged Italia. From 10 to 19 September...
Horst Ademeit, Reinhard Seiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian Otte, BernhardJope and Hansgeorg Bätcher from the bomber force, and the Flak officer Fritz...
Geschwaderkommodore (Wing Commanders) Oberst Rupprecht Heyn and Oberstleutnant BernhardJope that the attack was to be executed in three waves. Peltz also notified...
to the Kriegsmarine's U-boat fleets. On 26 October 1940 Oberleutnant BernhardJope bombed the 42,000 ton liner Empress of Britain, the ship later being...
long-range bomber, commanded by Oberleutnant BernhardJope, 140 kilometres (87 miles) west of Isle of Arran. Jope's bomber strafed Empress of Britain three...
Horst Ademeit, Reinhard Seiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian Otte, BernhardJope and Hansgeorg Bätcher from the bomber force, and the Flak officer Fritz...
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Horst Ademeit, Reinhard Seiler, Hans-Joachim Jabs, Dr. Maximilian Otte, BernhardJope and Hansgeorg Bätcher from the bomber force, and the Flak officer Fritz...
(IRA) national championship in 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019. His teams won the Jope Cup in 2014 and 2015. In 2014, Kerber's Cornell crew were Temple Challenge...
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