MattyBoy Posted 18 October , 2004 Share Posted 18 October , 2004 Hi everyone, I've seen references to a Unteroffizier Kandulski as being responsible for bringing down French ace Adolphe Pegoud on 31 August 1915, and also as having been Pegoud's former pupil. Does anyone know anything more of this man ? 1. What his aviator certificate number/date was, 2. What happened to him after his victory on this date? 3. Any other info ? I have also posted this topic on The Aerodrome Forum. Thanks in advance. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 18 October , 2004 Share Posted 18 October , 2004 Hi everyone, I've seen references to a Unteroffizier Kandulski as being responsible for bringing down French ace Adolphe Pegoud on 31 August 1915, and also as having been Pegoud's former pupil. Does anyone know anything more of this man ? 1. What his aviator certificate number/date was, 2. What happened to him after his victory on this date? 3. Any other info ? I have also posted this topic on The Aerodrome Forum. Thanks in advance. Matt. Hi Matty A little googling threw up this website: http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/france/pegoud.html Is this the fellow? Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBoy Posted 18 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 18 October , 2004 That's the guy, Robbie. I think Unteroffizier is German for Corporal. After this, he seems to have vanished into thin air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 18 October , 2004 Share Posted 18 October , 2004 That's the guy, Robbie. I think Unteroffizier is German for Corporal. After this, he seems to have vanished into thin air! Mmnnn..you had that ink alredy? Will keep looking. Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 18 October , 2004 Share Posted 18 October , 2004 That's the guy, Robbie. you see this too? http://www.jcanu.hpg.ig.com.br/history/h4aug/h4aug20.html Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBoy Posted 20 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Afraid so, Robbie! If anyone has O'Connors' 'Awards Of Imperial Germany & the Men Who Earned Them', does he appear in any of these volumes? Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 That's the guy, Robbie. I think Unteroffizier is German for Corporal. After this, he seems to have vanished into thin air! sorry but Grefreiter is German for Corporal. Unteroffizer is a totally different rank which I do not know the British equivialant. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Hello Matt, After this, he seems to have vanished into thin air! Eugh, compact ground to be more precise. He was shot dead himself 2 weeks later. See http://www.xs4all.nl/~aur/layout/frames.ht...uals/pegoud.htm Regards, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landsturm Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Unteroffizier stands for non-commissioned officers. See this earlier post with German ranks and their British equivialants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 21 October , 2004 Share Posted 21 October , 2004 Matt Sergent Ronserail and Soldat Montels of Escadrille C34 were credited with bringing down an enemy aeroplane north-west of Mühlhausen on 18 May 1916; this would fit with the victory over Uffz Kandulski mentioned in the 'Unfortunate Region' link. There's no corresponding fatality recorded in Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920, so it might be that he survived the incident. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 21 October , 2004 Share Posted 21 October , 2004 Hello Gareth, The grandson of Kandulski provided the text. I would imagine that he would have mentiond the fact if the French were in error and that his granddad wasn't dead at the time Regards, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 21 October , 2004 Share Posted 21 October , 2004 Marco As you say, the grandson should know! I wonder why Uffz Kandulski isn't listed in a very comprehensive book? These things happen, I suppose. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBoy Posted 21 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 21 October , 2004 Hi everyone, The website owners have provided me with Kandulskis' grandson's e-mail. I will ask him a few questions later today and post them here, provided I have his permission. Is it possible that he was of Austrian nationality? His name doesn't seem to be in keeping with this theory, though. Hopefully I'll find out soon enough! Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 18 January , 2005 Share Posted 18 January , 2005 Gareth, What can I say? Well what I can say is that we will need to update our webpage! Apart from family stories apperently a marriage certificate has turned up for Walter Kandulski dated 15 October 1917 with a daughter being born on 8th december 1918. Highly unlikely therefore that he was killed! Regards, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 18 January , 2005 Share Posted 18 January , 2005 There's no corresponding fatality recorded in Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920, so it might be that he survived the incident. Marco So it looks like the theory that he might have survived was correct! Do you know what happened to him after the War? Best wishes Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted 18 January , 2005 Share Posted 18 January , 2005 Gareth, No, not yet. It appears he divorced his wife in 1923 and that the family with we have contact now lost contact with him. I'll see if I can make a summary this weekend. Regards, Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec McCudden Posted 18 January , 2005 Share Posted 18 January , 2005 For what it's worth, Kandulski shows up twice on the Cross and Cockade index. There's a reference to him on page 183, volume 17 and page 96, volume 19. Unfortunately I don't posess either of these volumes but perhaps someone out there does? Alec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBoy Posted 19 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 19 January , 2005 Hi all, This is a photo of Kandulski that his grandson sent me: Regards Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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