Wehrpass to Flugzeugführer Rudolf Hiltner – 5./Zerstörergeschwader 1

Wehrpass to Rudolf Hiltner. He was born 22.12.1920. The Wehrpass was first filled 8.7.1939.

He enlisted 8.1.1939 with the Reichsarbeitsdienst until 8.1.1940. He entered military service with the Luftwaffe on 5.2.1941, serving with 3./Flieger Ausbildungs Regiment 32 at Prenzlau. He then transferred to 3./Flieger Ausbildungs Bataillon at Tulln on 26.4.1941. On 16.7.1941 he was transferred to Flugzeugführerschule FFS 115, followed by 4./Zerstörerschule 2 on 19.1.1943. On 27.3.1943 he transferred to II./Zerstörergeschwader 101, 4. Staffel, followed by 3./Zerstörergeschwader 101 on 27.4.1943. On 11.8.1943 he transferred to Ergänzungs-Zerstörer-Staffel and finally to 5./Zerstörergeschwader 1 on 19.11.1943.

He was trained for the Karabiner 98k, Pistole 08 and MG and received his flying training as a Zerstörer pilot.

He was promoted to Gefreiter 1.11.1942 and Unteroffizier 1.12.1942. He was awarded the Flugzeugführerabzeichen on 21.1.1943.

He witnessed action in 1943, including operations in the Rhein-Main area and home front service with Zerstörergeschwader 1. He flew the Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2 heavy fighter against Allied bomber formations.

On 23.2.1944, during the American bombing raids against the Steyr aircraft and ball-bearing factories in Austria, his Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-2, coded 2N+LN, Werknummer 6383, was shot down near Haag, approximately 10 kilometres southwest of St. Valentin. Both Hiltner and his radio operator Unteroffizier Hans Stöppler were killed. The same day II./ZG 1 lost another Bf 110 G-2 and suffered damage to a third aircraft during the fighting against American bombers and fighter escorts.

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