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| 16k | Werner Mölders (March 18, 1913 - November 22, 1941) was a German Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He was credited with 101 victories in WWII as well as 14 victories in the Spanish civil war. He rose quickly through the ranks, and was given command of a Geschwader (Fighter Wing) at age 27, and promoted to Oberst and appointed Inspector General of Fighters at age 28. Mölders was a devoutly religious individual who demanded that all Allied aviators captured by those under his command be treated civilly and often would invite captured pilots to dine with him. On November 22, 1941 he was flying as a passenger in a He-111 from the Crimea to Germany to attend the funeral of his superior and friend, Ernst Udet. Attempting to land at Breslau during a thunderstorm, the aircraft crashed. Mölders and the pilot were killed. | - | |
| 33k | Undated, location unknown. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 22k | Undated, alongside the Charles F. Adams (DDG-2) | Jorg Bihlmayr | |
| 44k | Undated, Mölders (right) together withD 646 Latouche Tréville (left). | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 53k | Undated, Mölders steaming alongside the F 208 Niedersachsen. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 33k | Undated, Mölders and F 813 Witte De With during steampast. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 55k | Undated, Mölders before she was refitted with the RAM system | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 228k | A series of 10 undated images of the Mölders from the collection of Wolfgang Hechler. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 120k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 137k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 126k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 119k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 123k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 140k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 139k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 136k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 162k | As above. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 184k | FGS Mölders underway Off Bath, Maine on sea trials in 1969. While under construction, this ship was assigned U.S. Navy hull number DDG-29. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. Photo #: USN 1140526. | Robert Hurst | |
| 37k | Circa 1984 | Jorg Bihlmayr | |
| 55k | Circa 1984 alongside the Lutjens | Jorg Bihlmayr | |
| 183k | In the Aldeboran Sea, November 1987, during NAVOCFORMED 88. | Giorgio Fedele, Italian Navy | |
| 199k | October 4 1992, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 199k | October 4 1992, location unknown. | Wolfgang Hechler | |
| 33k | Circa 1995 | Jorg Bihlmayr | |
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59k | The Rommel (D-187), Lutjens (D-185) and Mölders (D-186) shortly before the Rommel was decommissioned. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 57k | Circa mid 1990's. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 100k | The German guided missile destroyer Molders underway August 8 1994, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 30k | Mölders during SEF 2000. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 35k | The recent (2001) DESEX deployment TaskGroup consisting of the French D 646 Latouche Tréville, the Belgian F 910 Wielingen, the Dutch F 829 Willem Van Der Zaan, F 813 Witte De With, F 806 De Ruyter, A 836 Amsterdam (with 2 British SeaKing's embarqued) and the German D 186 Mölders, F 217 Bayern, F 208 Niedersachsen. F 211 Köln, A 1442 Spessart, A 1435 Westerwald and A 1413 Freiburg. Mölders is the ship left in the foreground. | Jörg Bihlmayr | |
| 89k | German DDG Mölders (D-186) during a NATO's STANAVFORMED port call to Barcelona, Spain, on May 4, 2002. Shown in this image, left to right, are the two "dishes" of the SPG-51 missile guidance radars, the aft 5"/54 gun mount, the single-arm Mk.13 missile launcher, the aft RAM launcher, and the winches and "fishes" of the SLQ-25 Nixie anti-torpedo decoy. The Greek frigate Limnos (F-451) is outboard of Mölders. | Fabio Peña | |
| 106k | A series of five photos taken July 2 2003 at Wilhelmshaven as Mölders awaits her final disposition. | Willi Bischoff | |
| 105k | As above. | Willi Bischoff | |
| 62k | As above. | Willi Bischoff | |
| 118k | As above. | Willi Bischoff | |
| 123k | As above. | Willi Bischoff | |
| 84k | Final Mooring at German Navy Museum at German Naval Base Wilhelmshaven. | Willi Bischoff/J. Lobitz | |
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