65 Luftwaffe Honor Goblet to Jabo - Pilot Captain Frank Liesendahl, Winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

 Luftwaffe Honor Goblet, silver, with name engraving:

„Oberleutnant Frank Liesendahl am 21.8.41“ 

The base with maker's mark "JOH. WAGNER & SOHN" and "835" silver hallmark along with crescent crown and eagle marks.

Wehrpass with uniform photo from 10.08.1941 with entry of all awards until posthumous award of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11.09.1942;

2 annexes (DIN A4) to the military passport about participated battles, special achievements, sinkings, damages and destructions;

Personal certificate (double sheet DIN A4) dated 30.10.1941;

Military pilot's license with uniform photo dated 08.10.1938;

Troop ID card with uniform photo dated 26.11.1934;

Beer newspaper Weihnacht 1940 of the 6th Squadron dated 23.12.1940 for First Lieutenant Frank Liesendahl;

Squadron reports "Alarm on England's South Coast" from 1941 to 1942, 32 pages with 41 photos of Frank Liesendahl, squadron members and Messerschmitt Bf 109 in action;

Magazine "Der Adler" from 08.12.1942 with a report about a jabo operation against a British tanker;

Part of the "Pariser Zeitung" of 09.07.1942 with a report on jabo operations off the English south coast;

Diary of Frank Liesendahl's sister with handwritten notes about her brother's wartime operations in the period 05.03. 1942 until his death;

11 private photos with Frank Liesendahl, ranging in size from 7 x 7 cm to 17.5 x 17.5 cm.

Frank Liesendahl was born on 23.02.1915 in Wuppertal-Barmen. After his training as an airplane pilot from 01.11.1936 to 01.09.1936 at the airplane pilot school in Fürth, Frank Liesendahl was transferred to the II./Jagdgeschwader 334 in Mannheim, which was already equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 109. On 01.11.1938 the group was renamed II./Jagdgeschwader 133 and on 01.05.1939 it became II./Jagdgeschwader 53. On 01.07.1939 Frank Liesendahl was transferred to the II./Zerstörergeschwader 1 in Fürstenwalde and took part with it in the Polish campaign. On 26.11.1939 his transfer to the 6th /Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" followed. During the French campaign he was shot down and captured near Abbeville, but could be freed after four days. On 05.09.1940 Frank Liesendahl took over the 6th /Jagdgeschwader 2 as squadron captain. With the equipment of the fighter planes with bombs, in order to fight shipping and coastal targets with them, the fighter bomber (Jabo) was created. On 10.07.1941 Frank Liesendahl was wounded in air combat with British fighter planes and was out of action for several months. After his return to frontline operations, Frank Liesendahl took over the newly established 10th (Jabo)/Jagdgeschwader 2 as squadron leader in November 1941 and led it to operational readiness. Until 26.06.1942 the squadron reported 20 sinkings with a total of 63000 GRT, in which Frank Liesendahl had a not inconsiderable share. On 15.06.1942 he was awarded the German Cross in Gold and on 21.08.1942 the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet for special achievements in the air war. On 17.07.1942 Frank Liesendahl was shot down by flak during a jabo mission on a freighter about two kilometers southeast of Brixham (southern England) and was reported missing in action. On 06.09.1942 his body was recovered by British ships and subsequently buried at sea. Frank Liesendahl completed a total of 142 enemy flights, 113 of which were fighter missions, 28 jabo missions and one reconnaissance flight. He sank 6 merchant ships with together 21.000 BRT, 1 destroyer with 22.000 BRT, damaged heavily (to be expected with the sinking) 4 merchant ships with together 15.000 BRT, 3 warships with together 22.000 BRT and 1 speedboat. On 04.09.1942 Frank Liesendahl was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Outstanding goblet grouping to this very brave Jabo pilot.