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First-World-War.com is owned by Cranston Fine Arts, a company who have been in the business of publishing historical art prints since 1985. To contact us in the United Kingdom, phone 01436 820269 From outside the UK, use 441436 820269 Our mailing address is : Torwood House Send email to : OUR EMAIL INBOX
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| Aviation History Timeline : 23rd February | |||
| DAY | MONTH | YEAR | DETAILS |
| 23 | February | 1940 | Ofw. Hermann Förster of JG 2 shot down a Wellington |
| 23 | February | 1941 | n.n. of Flak III./32 shot down a Wellington |
| 23 | February | 1941 | Hptm. Erich Woitke of JG 52 shot down a Spitfire |
| 23 | February | 1941 | n.n. of Flak III./32 shot down a Wellington |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Oblt. Werner Tismar of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ltn. Iring Englisch of JG 77 shot down a I-16 Rata |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ltn. Emil Omert of JG 77 shot down a I-153 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ofw. Herbert Höhne of JG 77 shot down a MiG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ltn. Wolf-Dietrich Sirc of JG 27 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Fw. Heinrich Hackler of JG 77 shot down a I-153 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Fw. Fritz Gromotka of JG 27 shot down a Blenheim |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Willi Reuschling of JG 2 shot down a Hudson |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ltn. Rudolf Sinner of JG 27 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Oblt. Hans Schmoller-Haldy of JG 54 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ofw. Hans Lampater of JG 27 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ltn. Horst Heike of JG 27 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Ltn. Rudolf Sinner of JG 27 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Josef Dobnig of JG 51 shot down a I-16 Rata |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Franz-Josef Beerenbrock of JG 51 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Anton Hafner of JG 51 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Oblt. Franz Beyer of JG 3 shot down a R-5 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Hptm. Heinrich Jung of JG 54 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Franz-Josef Beerenbrock of JG 51 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Anton Hafner of JG 51 shot down a R-10 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Hptm. Heinrich Jung of JG 54 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Alfred Dettke of JG 54 shot down a I-18 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Gerhard Proske of JG 54 shot down a P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Gerhard Proske of JG 54 shot down a P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Uffz. Paul Brandt of JG 54 shot down a P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1942 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Gerhard Beutin of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Wilhelm Philipp of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Horst Ademeit of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Gerhard Beutin of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Gerhard Beutin of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Peter Bremer of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff of JG 52 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff of JG 52 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Heinrich Sturm of JG 52 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Heinrich Sturm of JG 52 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Wilhelm Philipp of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff of JG 52 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Hans-Joachim Kroschinski of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Hans-Günther Reinhardt of JG 54 shot down a Jak-1 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Hans-Günther Reinhardt of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Hans-Günther Reinhardt of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Fritz Tegtmeier of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Fritz Tegtmeier of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Hans Philipp of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Heinrich Sterr of JG 54 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Georg Munderloh of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Herbert Kittler of JG 77 shot down a B-25 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Albin Wolf of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Wolfgang Kretschmer of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Jürgen Dinius of JG 52 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Otto of JG 77 shot down a Curtiss P-40 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert of JG 77 shot down a Kittyhawk |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Herbert Rollwage of JG 53 shot down a Beaufort |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert of JG 77 shot down a Spitfire |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Heinrich Osswald of JG 77 shot down a Spitfire |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Rudolf Flindt of JG 77 shot down a Spitfire |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Harry Donath of JG 77 shot down a Spitfire |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Gerhard Kriegel of JG 54 shot down a Mustang |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Johannes Runge of JG 54 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Günther Scheel of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Karl Fuchs of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. August Mack of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Helmut Missner of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Anton Döbele of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Helmut Wettstein of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Kurt Christoph of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ogefr. Herbert Koller of JG 54 shot down a R-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Fritz Zander of JG 54 shot down a R-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Hans Götz of JG 54 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Robert Weiss of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Karl Schnörrer of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Horst Ademeit of JG 54 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Karl-Heinz Weber of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Helmut Brunke of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Karl-Heinz Weber of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Georg Seidel of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Maximilian Mayerl of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Helmut Brunke of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Franz Meindl of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Herbert Wehnelt of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Horst Haase of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Rudi Meyer of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Erwin Bruhns of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Friedrich Simon of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Maximilian Mayerl of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Maximilian Mayerl of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Quara del Rey of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Günther Schack of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Juan Ramon Gavilán of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Hptm. Gonzalo Hevia of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Herbert Kirnbauer of JG 52 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Günther Schack of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Günther Schack of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Paul Brake of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Paul Brake of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Günther Schack of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Günther Schack of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Johne of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Georg Seidel of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Josef Jennewein of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Josef Jennewein of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Josef Jennewein of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Josef Jennewein of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Edwin Thiel of JG 51 shot down a P-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Josef Jennewein of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ogefr. Gauss of JG 26 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Otto Glaser of JG 26 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Hans-Georg Dippel of JG 26 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Anton Lindner of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Major Johannes Seifert of JG 26 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Waldemar Söffing of JG 26 shot down a LaGG-3 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Edwin Thiel of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ltn. Heinrich Jessen of JG 26 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Hans Boos of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Helmuth Lange of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Wilhelm Theimann of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Edwin Thiel of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Ofw. Anton Lindner of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Wilhelm Theimann of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Fw. Wilhelm Theimann of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Schmitz of JG 51 shot down a R-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Alfred Messerschmidt of JG 51 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Oblt. Edwin Thiel of JG 51 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Schmitz of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1943 | Uffz. Schmitz of JG 51 shot down a LaGG-5 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Major Walter Dahl of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Heinz Papendick of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Major Walter Dahl of JG 3 shot down a B-24 HSS |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Robert Meyer-Arend of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Heinz Gosemann of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Oblt. Rolf Westhoff of ZG 1 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Heinz Papendick of JG 3 shot down a B-24 HSS |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ofw. Kurt Gräf of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Müller of ZG 1 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Uffz. Oppelmayer of Fl.U.G. 1 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Heinz Papendick of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Uffz. Gerhard Pankalla of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Oblt. Karl-Emil Rüping of JG 3 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Uffz. Curt Clemens of JG 3 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Hans-Joachim Hayessen of JG 27 shot down a Baltimore |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Heinrich Dittlmann, a WW2 Ace with 57.00 victories, died on this day |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Bruno Gerard of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Wolfgang Rentsch of JG 3 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Hptm. Emil Bitsch of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Heinz Gosemann of JG 3 shot down a B-24 HSS |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ofw. Kurt Gräf of JG 3 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ofw. Ernst Gläß of JG 3 shot down a B-24 HSS |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Ekkehard Tichy of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Karl-Otto Harloff of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Gerhard Keppler of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Hptm. Egon Albrecht of ZG 1 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Hptm. Hans Remmer of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Major Walter Dahl of JG 3 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Bodo Krause of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Friedrich-W. Schulte of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Mahal of JG 54 shot down a La-5 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ofw. Heinrich Dittlmann of JG 51 shot down a La-5 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Uffz. Reinhold Fackenthal of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Andreas Sterl of JG 52 shot down a Airacobra |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ofw. Heinrich Dittlmann of JG 51 shot down a Jak-7 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Günther Schack of JG 51 shot down a La-5 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Gustav Sturm of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Oblt. Karl-Heinz Weber of JG 51 shot down a Jak-7 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Georg Stabnau of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Karl Wünsch of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Georg Schanz of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Willi Hommel of JG 3 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ofw. Martin Heinze of ZG 1 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Max Winkler of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Otto Haas of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Otto Engel of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Fw. Gustav Sturm of JG 27 shot down a B-24 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Ltn. Karl Wünsch of JG 27 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1944 | Hptm. Hans Remmer of JG 27 shot down a P-38 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ofw. Leo-Lothar Barann of JG 1 shot down a P-39 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Hptm. Joachim Brendel of JG 51 shot down a |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Martin von Vacano of JG 53 shot down a P-51 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Kurt Welter of NJG 11 shot down a Mosquito |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Martin von Vacano of JG 53 shot down a P-47 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ofw. Richards of NJG 11 shot down a Mosquito |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Kurt Welter of NJG 11 shot down a Mosquito |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ltn. Hermann Schleinhege of JG 54 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Edwin Swales of No.582 Squadron RAF was awarded the Victoria Cross |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Fw. Reichenbach of NJG 11 shot down a Mosquito |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ltn. Hermann Schleinhege of JG 54 shot down a Pe-2 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ltn. Hans-Werner Renzow of JG 77 * shot down a Boston |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Major Franz Eisenach of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ltn. Hans-Werner Renzow of JG 77 * shot down a Boston |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Major Franz Eisenach of JG 54 shot down a Il-2 |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Wilhelm Engel of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Wilhelm Engel of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Wilhelm Engel of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ofhr. Helmut Bunje of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ofhr. Helmut Bunje of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ltn. Wolfgang Bretschneider of NJG 4 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Ofhr. Helmut Bunje of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Peter Spoden of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Peter Spoden of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Oblt. Wilhelm Engel of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Fw. Günther Bahr of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Hptm. Gerhard Friedrich of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Hptm. Gerhard Friedrich of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Hptm. Gerhard Friedrich of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Hptm. Gerhard Friedrich of NJG 6 shot down a Lancaster |
| 23 | February | 1945 | Fw. Reichenbach of NJG 11 shot down a Mosquito |
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