Hermann-Friedrich Joppien

Infobox Military Person
name=Hermann-Friedrich Joppien
lived=birth date|1912|7|19|df=y — death date and age|1941|8|28|1912|7|19|df=y


caption=Hermann-Friedrich Joppien
nickname="Jupp"
placeofbirth=Bochum
placeofdeath= near Yelnya, southwest of Bryansk
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Heer, Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1931-1941
rank=Hauptmann
commands=1./JG 51, I./JG 51
unit=JG 51
battles=World War II
*Battle of France
*Battle of Britain
*Operation Barbarossa
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
laterwork=

Hauptmann Hermann-Friedrich "Jupp" Joppien (born 19 July, 1912 in Bochum – killed in action 28 August, 1941 near Yelnya, southwest of Bryansk) was German World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

On 28 August 1941, Joppien engaged in combat with Russian fighters and bombers near Yelnya, southwest of Bryansk. In the subsequent action, Joppien was shot down and killed in his Bf 109 F-2 (W.Nr. 9670) "Black <<" by a Russian MiG-3 fighter.

"Jupp" Joppien was officially credited with 70 victories. His victory total included 42 aerial victories claimed over the Western front among them 23 Supermarine Spitfires.

Awards

* Iron Cross 2. and 1. class
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross (16 September 1940)
** 11. Oak Leaves (23 April 1941)

References

*cite web | title=Aces of the Luftwaffe|work=Hermann-Friedrich Joppien|url= http://www.luftwaffe.cz/joppien.html| accessdate=12 May| accessyear=2007
* Walther-Peer Fellgiebel (2000), "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5