{{Infobox military person | name = Alfred Lindenberger | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1897|04|22}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|06|30|1897|04|22|df=y}} | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = Stuttgart | death_place = Nürtingen | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | nickname = | allegiance = Germany | branch = Imperial German Air Service, Luftwaffe | service_years = | rank = Leutnant (later Major) | unit = FA 234, Jagdstaffel 2 | commands = | battles = | awards = | relations = | other_work = Commanded JG 300 of the Luftwaffe during World War II }}

Leutnant (later Major) '''Alfred Lindenberger''' was a World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories. He also scored four victories during World War II while serving as commander of a fighter group.<ref name="above">{{cite book |title=Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918 |pages= 155–156 }}</ref><ref name="aero">The Aerodrome website 98http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/lindenberger.php Retrieved on 15 April 2010.</ref>

==World War I military service==

While Lindenberger was a gunner in FA 234, he shot down a Spad with pilot ''Vizfeldwebel'' Breitenstein on 29 May 1917. Then he was teamed with ace pilot ''Vizfeldwebel'' Karl Jentsch, and they scored two more SPADs in October. After pilot training, in May 1918 Lindenberger was posted to Jagdstaffel 2. Between 30 May and 1 November 1918, he downed nine more enemy planes, seven flying the Fokker D.VII.<ref name="above" /><ref name="aero" /> He also flew Fokker D.VI serial number 4453/18 upon occasion. It was marked with black and yellow stripes around the fuselage.<ref>''Aces of Jagdgeschwader'', unpaginated text.</ref>

==Aerial victories== {{See also|Aerial victory standards of World War I}}

{| class="wikitable" |- !No. !Date !Foe !Location !Notes |- | align="center"| 1 | align="center"| 29 May 1917 | align="center"| SPAD | align="center"| Cerny | align="center"| Lindenberger's pilot was Vizfeldwebel Breitenstein |- | align="center"| 2 | align="center"| 2 October 1917 | align="center"| SPAD | align="center"| North of Soupir | align="center"| Lindenberger's pilot was Karl Jentsch |- | align="center"| 3 | align="center"| 21 October 1917 | align="center"| SPAD | align="center"| Braucourt-Fresnes | align="center"| Lindenberger's pilot was Karl Jentsch |- | align="center"| 4 | align="center"| 30 May 1918 | align="center"| Breguet 14 | align="center"| Villers-Cotterêts | align="center"| |- | align="center"| 5 | align="center"| 1 June 1918 | align="center"| Breguet 14 | align="center"| Priez | align="center"| |- | align="center"| 6 | align="center"| 18 June 1918 | align="center"| Breguet 14 | align="center"| Moulin-sous-Touvent | align="center"| |- | align="center"| 7 | align="center"| 20 August 1918 | align="center"| AR2 | align="center"| West of Champs | align="center"| |- | align="center"| 8 | align="center"| 31 August 1918 | align="center"| Royal Aircraft Factory RE.8 | align="center"| Haynecourt | align="center"| |- | align="center"| 9 | align="center"| 3 September 1918 | align="center"| Bristol F.2b | align="center"| Combles | align="center"| Victim from No. 20 Squadron RAF |- | align="center"| 10 | align="center"| 6 September 1918 | align="center"| Sopwith Camel | align="center"| Lagnicourt | align="center"| Victim from No. 208 Squadron RAF |- | align="center"| 11 | align="center"| 30 October 1918 | align="center"| Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | align="center"| Harchies | align="center"| Victim from No. 32 Squadron RAF |- | align="center"| 12 | align="center"| 1 November 1918 | align="center"| Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a | align="center"| Southwest of Harchies | align="center"| Victim from No. 32 Squadron RAF<ref name="above" /><ref name="aero" /> |- |}

==Between the Wars==

Alfred Lindenberger joined the ''Luftwaffe'' and rose to the rank of major.<ref>''Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat'', p. 167.</ref>

==World War II military service==

In June 1944, Major Lindenberger served with JG 3 and then flew air defense sorties with JG 300 over Germany until February 1945. He was made II./ JG 300 ''Gruppenkommandeur'' in October 1944. Owing to his age and inexperience with modern fighters he flew most sorties as a wingman. On 28 September 1944 he claimed a B-17 over Hildesheim and a P-51 Mustang near Quedlinburg before he was shot down by P-51s{{citation needed|date=November 2017}} and wounded, bailing out over Halberstadt.<ref>''479th Fighter Group: ‘Riddle’s Raiders’ (Aviation Elite Units)'', p. 74.</ref> Lindenberger then claimed two US B-24 four-engined bombers on 17 December 1944 during a 15th Air Force raid over Poland, (JG 300 claimed 22 B-24s downed).<ref>''Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen (Aviation Elite Units)'', pp. 75, 106&mdash;107.</ref>

He thus scored four World War II victories in total, making his lifetime tally sixteen aerial victories.<ref name="above" />

==Sources of information== {{Reflist|2}}

==References== *{{cite journal |last1=Mückler|first1=Jörg|title=Au combat dans deux guerres mondiales: l'as Alfred Lindenberger |journal=Avions|date=November–December 2019 |issue=232 |pages=4–19 |trans-title=In Combat in Two World Wars: The Ace Alfred Lindenberger|language=French |issn=1243-8650}} * ''479th Fighter Group: ‘Riddle’s Raiders’ (Aviation Elite Units)''. John Stanaway. Osprey Publishing, 2009. {{ISBN|1846034205}}, {{ISBN|978-1846034206}} *''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918''. Norman L. R. Franks, et al. Grub Street, 1993. {{ISBN|0-948817-73-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-948817-73-1}}. * ''Aces of Jagdgeschwader Nr. III''. Greg vanWyngarden. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. {{ISBN|1472808452}}, {{ISBN|9781472808455}} * ''Luftwaffe Sturmgruppen (Aviation Elite Units)''. John Weal. Osprey Publishing, 2005. {{ISBN|1841769088}}, {{ISBN|978-1841769080}} * ''Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat''. R. G. Head. Grub Street, 2016. {{ISBN|1910690236}}, {{ISBN|978-1910690239}}.

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