Friedrich GeißhardtHis name, in German, is spelled with a "sharp S"; see ß. (22 January 1919 – 6 April 1943) was a German military aviator in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 102 victories in 642 combat missions, including 37 close air support missions. He achieved 63 of his victories over the Eastern Front. In his total are at least seventeen Spitfires.

List of aerial victories claimed According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Geißhardt was credited with 104 aerial victories. Spick lists Geißhardt with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in 642 combat missions, of which one was claimed during the invasion of Poland, 14 during the Battle of France and Britain, 75 over the Eastern Front, nine in the Mediterranean theater and three over North Africa. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces – Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 93 aerial victory claims, plus eight further unconfirmed claims. This figure includes 60 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and 33 over the Western Allies.

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 76892". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area in size.

Claim Date Time Type Location Unit Claim Date Time Type Location Unit – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 in Poland –September 1939 1 9 September 1939 16:30 PZL P.24(PZL P.11c) Lubieńvicinity of Bromberg 2.(J)/LG 2 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 against England –June – November 1940 ? 4 July 1940 15:30? Spitfire? over St Margaret's Bay 1.(J)/LG 2 5 7 September 1940 18:00 Hurricane Maidstone 1.(J)/LG 2 2 4 July 1940 20:00 Hurricane Dungeness 1.(J)/LG 2 6 23 September 1940 10:35 Spitfire 1.(J)/LG 2 3? 13 August 1940 Blenheim 1.(J)/LG 2 7? 26 October 1940 12:40 Spitfire west of Boulogne 1.(J)/LG 2 4 24 August 1940 12:30 Spitfire Dover 1.(J)/LG 2 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Channel Front –November 1940 – March 1941 8 2 February 1941 15:30 Spitfire west of Cap Gris-Nez 1.(J)/LG 2 ? 25 February 1941 Spitfire Deal 1.(J)/LG 2 9 11 February 1941 17:22 Spitfire Cap Blanc-Nez 1.(J)/LG 2 11? 24 March 1941 19:45 Spitfire? middle of the English Channel 1.(J)/LG 2 10 14 February 1941 13:13? Spitfire west of Dover 1.(J)/LG 2 12 27 March 1941 18:15? Spitfire southwest of Folkstone Stab I./LG 2 ? 14 February 1941 ? Spitfire west of Dover 1.(J)/LG 2 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 during the Balkan Campaign –April 1941 13 6 April 1941 06:12 Fury Kumanovo Stab I./LG 2 15 6 April 1941 06:20 Fury Kumanovo Stab I./LG 2 14 6 April 1941 06:15 Fury Kumanovo Stab I./LG 2 16 6 April 1941 Fury Kumanovo Stab I./LG 2 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 in Crete –May 1941 17 16 May 1941 17:10? Hurricane Maleme Stab I./LG 2 18 26 May 1941 15:30 Hurricane Stab I./LG 2 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941 19 23 June 1941 05:52 SB-2 Grossolowo Stab I./LG 2 23 2 July 1941 12:55 I-153 Stab I./LG 2 20 23 June 1941 18:50 I-18 Czernowitz Stab I./LG 2 24 7 July 1941 11:00 I-16 Bălți Stab I./LG 2 21 27 June 1941 09:25 I-16 Stab I./LG 2 25 11 July 1941 10:12 MiG-3 Stab I./LG 2 22 2 July 1941 08:50 MiG-3 Tudora Stab I./LG 2 According to Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike and Bock, Geißhardt claimed his 26th aerial victory on 11 July 1941 over a Polikarpov I-16 fighter, or on 17 July 1941 over a Tupolev SB-2 bomber. 27 3 August 1941 14:15 DB-3 Mamaia Stab I./LG 2 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Winter War — December 1941 – April 1942 28 28 December 1941 15:30? I-16 Stab I./LG 2 48 8 April 1942 15:30 I-16 Stab I./JG 77 29 23 January 1942 15:30 I-16 Stab I./JG 77 49 19 April 1942 09:15 I-61 Stab I./JG 77 30 24 January 1942 09:35? I-16 Stab I./JG 77 50 19 April 1942 11:18 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 31 24 January 1942 12:05? I-16 Stab I./JG 77 51 19 April 1942 15:25 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 32 3 February 1942 09:45? R-5 Stab I./JG 77 52♠ 20 April 1942 08:12 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 33 11 February 1942 14:02? I-153 Stab I./JG 77 53♠ 20 April 1942 08:14 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 34 18 February 1942 12:40 DB-3 Stab I./JG 77 54♠ 20 April 1942 11:40 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 35 18 February 1942 12:45 DB-3 Stab I./JG 77 55♠ 20 April 1942 14:57 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 36 20 February 1942 14:30 I-301 (LaGG-3) Stab I./JG 77 56♠ 20 April 1942 14:58 I-61 (MiG-3) Stab I./JG 77 37 24 February 1942 13:57? I-16 Stab I./JG 77 57 21 April 1942 15:28? I-301 (LaGG-3)? Stab I./JG 77 38 24 February 1942 14:00? I-16 Stab I./JG 77 58 21 April 1942 15:30? I-301 (LaGG-3)? Stab I./JG 77 39 28 February 1942 16:12?? I-301 (LaGG-3)? Stab I./JG 77 59 22 April 1942 07:00 LaGG-1 Stab I./JG 77 40 1 March 1942 16:40? I-26 (Yak-1)? Stab I./JG 77 60 22 April 1942 07:00 LaGG-1 Stab I./JG 77 41 9 March 1942 14:30?? I-301 (LaGG-3)? Stab I./JG 77 61♠ 25 April 1942 07:00 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG 77 42 16 March 1942 13:20? R-5 Stab I./JG 77 62♠ 25 April 1942 12:00 I-16 Stab I./JG 77 43 21 March 1942 14:45 R-5? Stab I./JG 77 63♠ 25 April 1942 12:00 I-16 Stab I./JG 77 44 21 March 1942 17:03 I-16 Stab I./JG 77 64♠ 25 April 1942 12:00 I-16 Stab I./JG 77 45 24 March 1942 07:00 I-26 (Yak-1) Stab I./JG 77 65♠ 25 April 1942 16:00 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG 77 46 6 April 1942 15:00 I-61 Stab I./JG 77 66♠ 25 April 1942 16:00 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG 77 47 6 April 1942 16:50 R-5 Stab I./JG 77 67♠ 25 April 1942 16:00 I-153 Stab I./JG 77 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 on the Eastern Front –Kerch, Sevastopol, Izium — May/June 1942 68 7 May 1942 14:30 R-5 3./JG 77 76 20 May 1942 15:45 LaGG-3 3./JG 77 69 7 May 1942 14:30 I-153 3./JG 77 77? 28 May 1942 16:15 Yak-1 PQ 76892 3./JG 77 70 7 May 1942 16:20? LaGG-3 3./JG 77 78? 28 May 1942 16:15 Yak-1 PQ 76894 3./JG 77 71 7 May 1942 16:35? LaGG-3 3./JG 77 1 June 1942 14:35 LaGG-3? PQ 66536 3./JG 77 72 8 May 1942 12:35? I-15 3./JG 77 79 9 June 1942 15:35? Il-2 Taman 3./JG 77 73 15 May 1942 16:00 I-16 3./JG 77 80 16 June 1942 17:00 LaGG-3 Taman 3./JG 77 74 17 May 1942 05:27? LaGG-3 3./JG 77 81 22 June 1942 18:50? LaGG-3 PQ 75152 3./JG 77 75 18 May 1942 15:30? R-10 3./JG 77 82 22 June 1942 18:55? LaGG-3 PQ 75161 3./JG 77 – Claims with I. Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 77 over Sicily –July – October 1942 83 11 July 1942 17:46 Spitfire 3./JG 77 87 8 September 1942 Spitfire 3./JG 77 11 July 1942 Spitfire 3./JG 77 88 10 October 1942 08:50 Spitfire 3./JG 77 84 20 July 1942 14:10 Spitfire 3./JG 77 89 13 October 1942 17:18 Spitfire 3./JG 77 85 26 July 1942 10:10 Spitfire 3./JG 77 90 15 October 1942 11:00 Spitfire 3./JG 77 86 29 July 1942 10:20 Spitfire 3./JG 77 91 15 October 1942 11:05 Spitfire 3./JG 77 – Claims with Jagdgeschwader 77 in North Africa –October – November 1942 92 3 November 1942 P-40 3./JG 77 97 5 November 1942 P-40 north of Fukah 3./JG 77 93 4 November 1942 P-40 west of El Dabaa 3./JG 77 98 5 November 1942 P-40 north of Fukah 3./JG 77 94 4 November 1942 P-40 west of El Dabaa 3./JG 77 99 9 November 1942 P-40 east of Halfaya Pass 3./JG 77 95 4 November 1942 P-40 3./JG 77 100 10 November 1942 Spitfire 3./JG 77 96 4 November 1942 P-40 3./JG 77

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