Theodor Weissenberger was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II and a fighter ace credited with 208 enemy aircraft shot down in 375 combat missions.
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![10.(Z)/JG 5 was referred to as the "Dackelstaffel". The Bf 110s noseart emblem was a dachshund biting a Polikarpov I-16.[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Me_110.jpg/500px-Me_110.jpg)
10.(Z)/JG 5 was referred to as the "Dackelstaffel". The Bf 110s noseart emblem was a dachshund biting a Polikarpov I-16.[7]
Weissenberger (left), Heinrich Ehrler (center) and Rudolf Müller (right)
Weissenberger on 4 October 1944
A Me 262 of JG 7 similar to those flown by Weissenberger on display at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum.Awards 5
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Theodor Weissenberger was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II and a fighter ace credited with 208 enemy aircraft shot down in 375 combat missions. The majority of his victories were claimed near the Arctic Ocean in the northern sector of the Eastern Front, but he also claimed 33 victories over the Western Front. He claimed eight of these victories over the Western Allies while flying the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter.
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Lived 1914 to 1950 · aged 35
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