Background
Albrecht-Lemke was born on 19 May 1918 in Curitiba, the son of Frederico Albrecht and Hedwig Elditt Albrecht.
Albrecht-Lemke was born on 19 May 1918 in Curitiba, the son of Frederico Albrecht and Hedwig Elditt Albrecht.
Albrecht claimed 25 aerial victories, 10 over the Western Front and 15 over the Eastern Front. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. By 1940, Albrecht-Lemke was serving with 6./Zerstörergeschwader 1 (ZG 1) operating Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer (destroyer) fighters.
After redesignation as 9.
(ZG 76) in June 1940, and then 6./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210 (SKG 210) in April 1941, Albrecht flew combat operation over the Eastern Front. In January 1942 6./SKG 210 became 6.
Albrecht-Lemke was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader), 1. in June 1942. In October 1943 Albrecht succeeded Hauptmann Matern as Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of World War II, and were relocated to the Western Front, based on the Atlantic coast of France, flying missions over the Bay of Biscay.
Later in 1943, the Gruppe was transferred to Austria to combat the incursions from the Italian-based United States Army Air Forces (United States Army Air Force) 15th Air Force.
After heavy losses in July 1944 World War II converted to the Bf 109G fighter and were redesignated as III./Jagdgeschwader 76. Albrecht-Lemke then led the unit in operations over the Invasion front in western France. On 25 August 1944 Albrecht was intercepted by United States Army Air Force P-51 Mustang fighters and shot down in his Bf 109G-14 near Creil.
Albrecht-Lemke bailed out of his stricken aircraft but was dead when found on the ground.
Albrecht-Lemke was credited with 25 victories, with 15 victories claimed over the Eastern Front and 10 over the Western Front. This total included at least six B-24 four-engine United States Army Air Force bombers.
In addition he claimed 11 aircraft destroyed on the ground on the Eastern Front. Bibliography.
Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe Wound Badge (1939) in Black or Silver Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class 1st Class Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 21 September 1942 as Leutnant and pilot German Cross in Gold on 3 December 1942 as Leutnant in the World War II/ZG 1 Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 May 1943 as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer of the 9./Zerstörergeschwader 76.
