Eberhard von Boremski (24 September 1914 – 16 December 1963) was a fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II.
Boremski was born 24 September 1914 in Conow, present-day part of Malliß, near Ludwigslust in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin within the German Empire.
[Note 2] On 1 March 1940, holding the rank of Unteroffizier (corporal), he was transferred to the newly created 7.
[6] World War II in Europe had begun on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland.
Gruppe of JG 3 was considered operationally ready and transferred to Detmold Airfield where it was tasked with defending Germany's western border during the "Phoney War".
Gruppe was subordinated to Luftflotte 2, supporting Army Group Bs attack into the Netherlands.
[8] Boremski claimed his first aerial victory on 29 May during the Battle of Dunkirk when he shot down a Royal Air Force (RAF) Supermarine Spitfire fighter on an early evening mission to the combat area.
On 5 June, German forced launched Fall Rot (Case Red), the second phase of the conquest of France.
Gruppe fought in the vicinity of Beauvais where Boremski claimed a French Bréguet 693 ground-attack aircraft shot down.
Gruppe was ordered to Dieppe on 29 June where the unit was tasked with patrolling the French coast at the English Channel.
Gruppe flew two fighter intercept missions against RAF forces attacking various targets near Lille.
Gruppe was transferred to Hauptmann Wilhelm Balthasar when the former commander Kienitz had fallen ill.[12] Boremski shot down the Bristol Blenheim bomber T1794 of No.
At the start of the campaign, JG 3 was subordinated to the V. Fliegerkorps (5th Air Corps), under command of General der Flieger Robert Ritter von Greim, which was part of Luftflotte 4 (4th Air Fleet), under command of Generaloberst Alexander Löhr.
These air elements supported Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt's Heeresgruppe Süd (Army Group South), with the objective of capturing Ukraine and its capital Kiev.
Staffel under command of Oberleutnant Viktor Bauer, claimed his first aerial victories on the Eastern Front on 25 June.
Gruppe was withdrawn from the Eastern Front and sent to Mannheim-Sandhofen Airfield for a period of rest and replenishment.
The first elements of the Gruppe arrived by train in Mannheim on 8 December, the transfer was completed a week later.
[25] The Gruppe received a full complement of 41 Bf 109 F-4 aircraft and on 6 January 1942 was ordered to relocated to Sicily.
[31][32] Boremski served in these roles until 30 May 1943, when he was wounded on account of his Bf 109 G-2 (Werknummer 14808—factory number) suffering engine failure resulting in a forced landing 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Kamianske.
[35] On 11 April, Boremski flying Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 162585) was wounded following a mid-air collision west of Anklam with Gefreiter Horst Witzler from 10.
[38] After the German surrender, Boremski was handed over by U.S. troops in Czechoslovakia to the Soviet armed forces, and he remained a prisoner of war until 1955.