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Gotthard Handrick

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German Olympic athlete & Luftwaffe fighter pilot (1908-1978)
Gotthard Handrick
Gotthard Handrick at the 1936 Olympic Games
Born(1908-10-25)25 October 1908
Died30 May 1978(1978-05-30) (aged 69)
Sports career
CountryNazi Germany
SportModern pentathlon
Sports achievements and titles
Olympic finals1936 Berlin
Military career
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchLuftwaffe
Years of service1929–45
RankOberst (colonel)
CommandsJG 26,JG 77,JG 5
Battles / warsSpanish Civil War
World War II
AwardsSpanish Cross in Gold with Swords
German Cross in Gold

Gotthard Handrick (25 October 1908 – 30 May 1978) was a GermanOlympic athlete and Germanfighter pilot during theSpanish Civil War andWorld War II.

Career

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Medal presentation at the 1936 Olympic games, with Handrick in 1st place

Handrick was born on 25 October 1908 inZittau, at the time in theKingdom of Saxony as part of theGerman Empire.[1] He won thegold medal in themodern pentathlon at the1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin.[2][3]

In July 1937, Handrick was appointedGruppenkommandeur (group commander) ofJagdgruppe 88 (18 July 1937 – 10 September 1938). This unit fought in theSpanish Civil War where he claimed five aerial victories while flying for theLegion Condor, including aPolikarpov I-15 fighter on 9 September 1937 and anPolikarpov I-16 fighter on 18 May 1938.[4] He was later awarded theSpanish Cross in Gold with Swords (Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern) on 14 April 1939 for his service in the Spanish Civil War.[5]

Handrick was then given command of I.Gruppe ofJagdgeschwader 132 "Schlageter" on 11 September 1938 after his return from Spain.[6] This unit then became I.Gruppe ofJagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter" on 1 May 1939 which he led until 23 June 1940.[7] On 24 June 1940 command of JG 26 was handed over toMajor Handrick, who passed command of I./JG 26 toHauptmann Kurt Fischer.[8] After he left JG 26, Handrick served with theLuftwaffenmission Rumänien (Luftwaffe Mission Romania) under the command ofGeneralleutnant (equivalent tomajor general)Wilhelm Speidel.[9][10]

On 7 October, Handrick took over command of III.Gruppe ofJagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing) fromHauptmann Alexander von Winterfeld who was transferred. He led thisGruppe until 23 June 1941.[11] Command of theGruppe was then given toMajor Albert Blumensaat.[12]

Wing commander

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In June 1941, Handrick was transferred and became theGeschwaderkommodore (wing commander) ofJagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing).[13] While serving on the Eastern Front he claimed aMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 fighter on 29 September and aPetlyakov Pe-2 bomber on 22 October 1941.[14]

DuringWorld War II he was a recipient of theGerman Cross in Gold (Deutsches Kreuz in Gold) on 17 October 1943.[15] In March 1942,Oberstleutnant Handrick transferred to commandJagdgeschwader 5 (JG 5—5th Fighter Wing) in Norway and Northern Russia.[16] From June 1943 to June 1944 he wasJagdfliegerführer Ostmark. Then as anOberst, he became the commanding officer of8. Jagd-Division in Austria, a position he held until the end of the war.[17] After the war he worked in Hamburg as a representative ofDaimler-Benz.[18]

Awards

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^Munzinger.
  2. ^"Olympics Statistics: Gotthard Handrick".databaseolympics.com. Archived fromthe original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved2012-07-01.
  3. ^"Gotthard Handrick Olympic Results".sports-reference.com. Archived fromthe original on 2012-11-13. Retrieved2012-07-01.
  4. ^Forsyth 2011, p. 105.
  5. ^abMathews & Foreman 2015, p. 476.
  6. ^Prien et al. 2000, p. 180.
  7. ^Caldwell 1991, p. 4.
  8. ^Caldwell 1991, p. 8.
  9. ^Weal 2004, p. 54.
  10. ^Barbas 2010, p. 23.
  11. ^Barbas 2010, p. 279.
  12. ^Schreier 1990, p. 190.
  13. ^Prien 1995, p. 2370.
  14. ^Prien et al. 2003, p. 304.
  15. ^abPatzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 163.
  16. ^Mombeek 2011, p. 295.
  17. ^Weal 2016, p. 31.
  18. ^Mandell 1987, p. xiii.

Bibliography

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  • Barbas, Bernd (2010).Die Geschichte der III. Gruppe des Jagdgeschwaders 52 [The History of 3rd Group of Fighter Wing 52] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck.ISBN 978-3-923457-94-6.
  • Caldwell, Donald L. (1991).JG 26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe. New York: Ivy Books.ISBN 978-0-8041-1050-1.
  • Forsyth, Robert (2011).Aces of the Legion Condor. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 99. Oxford, UK:Osprey Publishing.ISBN 978-1-84908-347-8.
  • Mandell, Richard D. (1987).The Nazi Olympics. University of Illinois Press.ISBN 978-0-252-01325-6.
  • Mathews, Andrew Johannes; Foreman, John (2015).Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims — Volume 2 G–L. Walton on Thames: Red Kite.ISBN 978-1-906592-19-6.
  • Mombeek, Eric (2011).Eismeerjäger—Zur Geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 5—Band 4 [Fighters in the Arctic Sea—The History of the 5th Fighter Wing—Volume 4]. Linkebeek, Belgium: ASBL, La Porte d'Hoves.ISBN 978-2-930546-05-6.
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001).Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall.ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
  • Prien, Jochen (1995).Geschichte des Jagdgeschwaders 77—Teil 4—1944–1945 [History of Jagdgeschwader 77—Volume 4—1944–1945] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck.ISBN 978-3-923457-29-8.
  • Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2000).Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945—Teil 1—Vorkriegszeit und Einsatz über Polen—1934 bis 1939 [The Fighter Units of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945—Part 1—Pre-War Period and Action over Poland—1934 to 1939] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck.ISBN 978-3-923457-54-0.
  • Prien, Jochen; Stemmer, Gerhard; Rodeike, Peter; Bock, Winfried (2003).Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945—Teil 6/II—Unternehmen "BARBAROSSA"—Einsatz im Osten—22.6. bis 5.12.1941 [The Fighter Units of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945—Part 6/II—Operation "BARBAROSSA"—Action in the East—22 June to 5 December 1941] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck.ISBN 978-3-923457-70-0.
  • Schreier, Hans (1990).JG 52 Das erfolgreichste Jagdgeschwader des 2. Weltkriegs [JG 52 The Most Successful Fighter Wing of World War II] (in German). Berg am See: K. Vowinckel.ISBN 978-3-921655-66-5.
  • Weal, John (2004).Jagdgeschwader 52: The Experten. Aviation Elite Units. Vol. 15. Oxford, UK:Osprey Publishing.ISBN 978-1-84176-786-4.
  • Weal, John (2016).Arctic Bf 109 and Bf 110 Aces. Aircraft of the Aces. Vol. 124. London, UK:Osprey Publishing.ISBN 978-1-78200-798-2.
  • "Gotthard Handrick" (in German).Munzinger-Archiv. Retrieved30 June 2021.
Military offices
Preceded by Commander ofJagdgeschwader 26Schlageter
24 June 1940 – 21 August 1940		Succeeded by
OberstleutnantAdolf Galland
Preceded by Commander ofJagdgeschwader 77Herz As
23 June 1941 – May 1942		Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
 Commander ofJagdgeschwader 5Eismeer
March 1942 – 31 August 1943		Succeeded by
OberstleutnantGünther Scholz
Preceded by
none
 Commander ofJagdfliegerführer Ostmark
15 June 1943 – 15 June 1944		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of8. Jagd-Division
15 June 1944 – 8 May 1945		Succeeded by
none
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