(1892-04-15)15 April 1892 Düren, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
2 January 1975(1975-01-02) (aged 82) Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Imperial German Navy Luftwaffe
Years of service
1914–1944
Rank
Generalleutnant (major general)
Commands held
JG 51
Battles/wars
World War I
World War II
Battle of France
Battle of Britain
Awards
House Order of Hohenzollern
Pour le Mérite
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp (15 April 1892 – 2 January 1975)[2] was a German fighter pilot during World War I and World War II. A flying ace, he achieved 32 victories in World War I.[3] In World War II, he led Jagdgeschwader 51 up to the Battle of Britain and claimed a further six victories during World War II, in the process becoming one of only a few men to score victories and become an ace in both world wars.
Theodor "Theo" Osterkamp (15 April 1892 – 2 January 1975) was a German fighter pilot during World War I and World War II. A flying ace, he achieved 32...
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Galland took off with lobster and champagne to celebrate General TheoOsterkamp's birthday at Le Touquet, France. He made a detour with his wingman towards...
Nordmann, and Günther Schack. Formed in August 1939 and commanded by TheoOsterkamp, JG 51 was based in the early months of the war in the West, fighting...
Arrachart, Stanisław Płonczyński), on July 29 – 9 more (among others, TheoOsterkamp, Jerzy Bajan, Johann Risztics, Robert Lusser, Oskar Notz), and the rest...
general "Old Wooden Head" – John Bell Hood, Confederate general "Onkel" – TheoOsterkamp, German fighter ace of both world wars "Otter" – Orde Wingate, British...
Mülverstedt Max Näther Ulrich Neckel Karl August Nerger Friedrich Noltenius TheoOsterkamp Eugen Ott (general) Richard Pellengahr Rudolf Peschel Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen...
Sachsenberg was appointed its commanding officer. His friend and rival ace TheoOsterkamp became commander of MGJ II. MFJ III was later raised and added to the...
used by the German Army's Luftstreitkräfte in addition to seaplanes. TheoOsterkamp was one of the original naval pilots, the first German pilot to fly...
Cape Bon and Sicily, 67 per cent of which were to Allied aircraft. TheoOsterkamp was appointed Jagdfliegerführer Sizilien (Fighter Leader Sicily) to...
Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye (d. 1976) 1892 – TheoOsterkamp, German general and pilot (d. 1975) 1892 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American...
departure left Jagdfliegerführer 2 (Fighter Flyer Command 2) under TheoOsterkamp responsible for air space from the Schelde to the Seine. Werner Junck...
attacked. London was also to be subjected to round the clock bombing. TheoOsterkamp pointed to the massed formations used by the British (Big Wing), and...
loaded into the fuselage of his Bf 109 to deliver to Jagdfliegerführer 2 TheoOsterkamp for his birthday at Luftflotte 2 headquarters. En route, Galland took...
trial, on September 4 the leaders were the Germans flying Bf 108s: TheoOsterkamp (597 points), Werner Junck (596 points) and Otto Brindlinger (594 points)...
commander of KG 2 as Kanalkampfführer (Channel Battle Leader). JG 51 (TheoOsterkamp) was based at Wissant, close to KG 2 and until other Jagdgeschwader...
received the Pour le Mérite; later a Colonel General in the Luftwaffe. TheoOsterkamp – 18 April 1917; naval aviator and Pour le Mérite recipient; also flew...
Norman E. Olson United States U.S. Army Air Forces 6 (+2 ground kills) TheoOsterkamp Germany Luftwaffe 6 +32 in World War I Ace in each of two wars Edward...
Bolshevik forces in the Baltic area in 1919, with Gotthard Sachsenberg and TheoOsterkamp in Kommando Sachsenberg. After combat against the Bolsheviks, Jacobs...
fighter escort to these bomber missions. The commander of JG 51, Oberst TheoOsterkamp established a policy of unrestricted combat air patrol (freie Jagd)...
TheoOsterkamp, Generalmajor of the German Luftwaffe (right), celebrating his birthday on 15 April 1941 with fellow officers Adolf Galland (left) and Werner...