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Aircrew Luftwaffe JG51 Joachim Muncheberg n General Robert Ritter von Greim Smolensk area 1942 ebay1
Jagdgeschwader 51 - JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG51 Channel Front 1941
Photo's 01-03: In early February 1941, JG51 returned to the Channel Front. It was planned that the complete Geschwader should by then have been equipped with the Bf109F, but by that time only III. Gruppe had received a few examples. JG51's gradually converted to the 'Friedrich' during March and April, pilots of the Geschwader being sent back to Germany to collect their new machines. This unknown Oberleutnant of I./JG51 was photographed, with his new 'Friedrich' on the Channel Front, probably at Coquelles. Note that the Gruppe's 'Gemsbock', or 'Aiblingen Gams', emblem is still unfinished, only the blue and white background colours having been applied when these photographs were taken.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG51 1941 01
Photo 01: The buzzard's head emblem of JG51 first appeared early in 1941 and was, therefore, still relatively new when this photograph was taken in June.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG51 Russia 1941-42 01
Photo 01: A flight of Bf 109F-2s from JG51 in the Winter of 1941-42.
Stab I. Jagdgeschwader 51 - Stab I./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 Stab JG51 (I+ Russia 1941
Photo 01: Stab markings on a Bf 109F-2 of JG51 in Russia, early Autumn 1941.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F Stab JG51 (I+ crash-landed Russia 1941
Photo 01: Waffen-SS soldiers inspecting a Bf 109F-2 belonging to Stab/JG53 after a successful forced landing. In October 1941, when JG53 left the Russian theatre of operations, it had suffered six pilots killed in action, seven rnissing, two PoWs and 26 wounded. In return, JG53 claimed a total of 769 victories in Russia, mostly by the III. Gruppe which claimed approximately as many as the I. and II Gruppen combined.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 Stab I./JG51 (O+ Technical Officer Russia winter 1942
Photograph Source: Flugzeug Classic 2011-03
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2/B Stab I./JG51 Red 1 flown by Heinz Schumann Barbarossa summer 1941
Profile Source: Artwork Bf 109 F-2/B Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG51 Red 1 Barbarossa summer 1941 by Vladimir Kamsky 0A
I Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - I./JG51
1 Staffel I Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 1./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 1./JG51 (W7+) Heinz Schawaller WNr 6663 Coquelles France summer 1941
Profile Source: Revi 81
2 Staffel I Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 2./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 2./JG 51 (Black 2+) Channel Front April 1941
Photo's 01-03: Messerschmitt Bf109F.2 'Black 2 of I./JG51, April 1941
This newly delivered Bf109F-2 has a spinner in Green 70 with a one-third white segment and is finished in a 71/02/65 scheme with only a light fuselage mottle. This scheme was soon to be replaced with the colours 74/75/76 and the yellow on the cowling confined to a smaller area only under the nose. On this machine, final details have still to be added to the 'Gemsbock' badge of I./JG51 beneath the cockpit.Messerschmitt Bf 109F 2./JG51 (B5+) Walter Schick W.Nr. 9713 shot down Russia Nov 15, 1941
Photo 01: On 15 November, Lt. Hans Hopp, who had a single victory, and also Lt. Walter Schick, both of 2./JG51, were posted missing. At the time, Hopp was flying 'Black 2' and Schick, who had ten victories, an F-2, W.Nr. 9713, coded 'Black 5'. This photograph is believed to show Walter Schick's aircraft after it was later discovered by German ground troops. There was, however, no trace of the pilot.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 2./JG51 (Black 5+) February 1942
Photo 01: In February 1942, it soon became evident that German forces cut off at Kholm and Demyansk would have to be supplied by air if they were to last out until relief was possible. The long air supply operation to these pockets was the first of its kind ever carried out and it kept the trapped troops fighting until relieved by a German counterattack in May. For supply flights to Kholm and Demyansk, fighter escort for the transport aircraft usually amounted to two Schwarme. This Rotte of aircraft from 2./JG51 were employed for airfield defence in March. Because of the great difference in speed between the fighter and transport aircraft, no attempt was made to organize close escort. Instead, arrangements were made to have the transports met by the fighters at a certain time and pre-determined altitude. The fighters would then provide air cover while the transports were in the encircled area and accompany them back to their own territory. Co-operation between transports and fighters was excellent and, because the slow transports were an attractive target for Russian fighters, escort duty was popular and the Bf-109pilots were able to chalk up a number of successes. However, with only two to ten Bf109s available, the number of fighter aircraft available was insufficient to guarantee effective protection. The Demyansk Kholm air supply operation, although superficially successful, created a dangerous precedent for future Luftwaffe planning and, when the Sixth Army became surrounded at Stalingrad in November, greatly influenced the decision to supply it in a similar manner.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 2./JG52 (Black 7+) flown by Luftwaffe Ace Joachim Brendel Russia 1942
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 2./JG52 (Black 12+) February 1942
Photo 01: In February 1942, it soon became evident that German forces cut off at Kholm and Demyansk would have to be supplied by air if they were to last out until relief was possible. The long air supply operation to these pockets was the first of its kind ever carried out and it kept the trapped troops fighting until relieved by a German counterattack in May. For supply flights to Kholm and Demyansk, fighter escort for the transport aircraft usually amounted to two Schwarme. This Rotte of aircraft from 2./JG51 were employed for airfield defence in March. Because of the great difference in speed between the fighter and transport aircraft, no attempt was made to organize close escort. Instead, arrangements were made to have the transports met by the fighters at a certain time and pre-determined altitude. The fighters would then provide air cover while the transports were in the encircled area and accompany them back to their own territory. Co-operation between transports and fighters was excellent and, because the slow transports were an attractive target for Russian fighters, escort duty was popular and the Bf-109pilots were able to chalk up a number of successes. However, with only two to ten Bf109s available, the number of fighter aircraft available was insufficient to guarantee effective protection. The Demyansk Kholm air supply operation, although superficially successful, created a dangerous precedent for future Luftwaffe planning and, when the Sixth Army became surrounded at Stalingrad in November, greatly influenced the decision to supply it in a similar manner.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 2./JG 51 Bryansk, Russia Dec 30, 1941 01
Photo 01: These snow-camouflaged Bf 109F-2s are believed to have belonged to II./JG51 which arrived at Bryansk on 30 December 1941. Note that while the upper nose cowling on the aircraft to the right has been painted white, the two other machines have retained completely yellow cowlings.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 2./JG 51 escorting a Ju-87 Russia 1942 01
Photo 01: A Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 of 2./JG51 escorting a Ju-87 0 in the Summer of 1942.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F4 2./JG 51 (Red 9+) Orel Russia 1941-42
Photo 01: Me-109F4 JG51.2 (Red 9+) Orel Russia 1941-42
3 Staffel I Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 3./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 3./JG51 Russia 1941 01
Photo's 01-02: These photographs clearly illustrate the muddy conditions at Smolensk-Nord, the base of III./JG51. Note that a few 'Emils' continued to serve with JG51 in Russia until the Spring of 1942.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 3./JG 51 (Yellow 1+) Russia 1941-42
Photo 01: Special protection in the form of heated shacks was erected by Luftwaffe ground staff around aircraft parked in the open. Known as 'Alert Boxes', these temporary structures prevented engines from freezing and allowed mechanics to continue servicing machines in low temperatures. This Bf 109F is 'Yellow 1' of JG51 in the winter of 1941/42
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 Yellow 2 flown by Lt. Erich Viebahn of III./JG51 June 1941.
Photo 01: The camouflage on this aircraft is typical of the factory scheme in which the majority of Bf 109F's were finished on the eve of Operation 'Barbarossa'. All undersurfaces are Light Blue 76, with the wings and fuselage upper surfaces in a splinter pattern of 74 and 75, with the fuselage mottles of 74 and 75 being enhanced with 02 and Green 70. However, once the campaign was under way, it became evident that this colour combination was not entirely suitable for use in all conditions and many units began to introduce their own modified schemes, the most frequently seen being a change to a dark green, more suitable for use over the forested areas of Russia.
Photo 01: This Bf 109F-2 coded 'Yellow 2', was flown by Lt. Erich Viebahn of III./JG51 and was photographed on 21 June 1941, the day before Barbarossa'. A few weeks later, on 13 July, Viebahn was severely wounded and although he did not return to Russia, he later flew with several Experten of JG50.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 3./JG51 (Brown 3+) Mannheim Germany 1941
Photo 01: New Bf 109Fs, Professor Messerschmitt's outstanding fighter aircraft, in this instance belonging to 3./JG51, photographed at Mannheim in early 1941. The aircraft in the background is coded 'Brown 3' and neither machine has yet received any unit emblems.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 3./JG51 Yellow 7 Heinrich Krafft WNr 7221 Russia March 1942 00
Profile 01:Messerschmitt Bf 109F. 4 'Yellow 7' flown by Obl. Heinrich Krafft, the Staffelkapitan of III./JG51, Soltsy, February 1942. The appearance of this machine is fairly typical of the many which received a temporary white finish during the Winter months in Russia although, in this instance, the white was applied in varying densities resulting in a patchy, almost mottled, finish. Dark areas, particularly the canopy framing, around the W. Nr. 7221 and the Hakenkreuz on the tail, and the rectangular areas left around the pilot's victory tally, show where the original 02/74/75/76 finish and yellow rudder were still visible. This machine carried no unit badges.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 3./JG51 (Y7+) Heinrich Krafft WNr 7221 Russia March 1942 01
Photo 01: Photographed while patrolling the Demyansk area in February 1942, 'Yellow 7' was flown by Obl. Heinrich Krafft, the Staffelkapitan of III./JG51 who, as one of the Geschwader's most successful pilots, was awarded the Knight's Cross on 18 March 1942.
Pilots 3./JG51 Heinrich Krafft 01
War paint Special 002 have this aircraft being flown by Erwin Flieg
II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - II./JG51
4 Staffel II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 4./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 4./JG51 (Yellow 1-+) Erich Hohagen Shatalovo, Russia 1941
Photo 01: Photographed at Shatalovo on 11 August 1941, this photograph shows the Bf 109F flown by Erich Hohagen, Staffelkapitan of 4./JG51, after his 25th victory. Soon after this photograph was taken, Hohagen received the Ritterkreuz on 5 October 1941 after 30 victories. Hohagen later flew with JG2 and JG26 on the Channel Front and was finally with JG7 and JV 44.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F II./JG54 (Yellow 1+) Josef Fozo 1940
Photo 01: Messerschmitt Bf 109F II./JG54 (Y1+) Josef Fozo's 'Mickey Mouse' in 1940.
Pilots JG51 Josef Fozo 01
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 4./JG51 (Y5-+) Otto Schultz Staraya-Bykow Russia 1941 01
Photo 01: Another successful pilot who flew with 4./JG51 was Otto Schultz whose first victory came on 22 June 1941, the opening day of 'Barbarossa'. His aircraft is seen here at Staraya-Bykow on 26 July with II victory bars. Later, Schultz was awarded the Ritterkreuz and survived the war with 73 victories. Note again the position of the Gruppe bar.
Pilots 4./JG27 Otto Schulz North Africa 1941 01
Two photographs showing a Bf 109F-4 Trop of Gruppenstab II./JG27, probably in December 1941. Seated in the cockpit Photo 01: is Ofw. Otto Schulz of 4./JG27 who was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 22 February 1942. It is believed that in this photograph, one of a series taken at the same time, Schulz was merely posing in the cockpit as at this time he had his own machine coded White 2 and did not join the Gruppenstab until he had been promoted to Oberleutnant in May 1942.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 4./JG51 (Yellow 6-+) salvaged and awaiting train shipment Shatalovo area Russia 1941
Photo 01: Photographed around the Shatalovo area 1941 a Bf 109F flown by unknown pilot lies at a rail yard after being salvaged
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 II./JG51 (Yellow 9-+) Russia 1941 01
Photo 01: A line-up of Bf 109F-2s of II./JG51 in the Autumn of 1941. Note the position of the horizontal II. Gruppe bar which has been applied between the fuselage cross and tactical number. This practice was characteristic of JG51 and continued until 1944.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 4./JG51 (White 4+) Fw. Rudolf Nielinger Russia 1941-42
Image 01: Messerschmitt Bf 109F.2 flown by Fw. Rudolf Nielinger of 4./JG51 An example of the temporary white finish applied over all aircraft uppersurfaces as a winter camouflage scheme. It was not until the attack on Russia that there was any requirement for a winter camouflage and, as the RLM had not anticipated such a requirement, the only suitable material available was a white, artificial resin emulsion paste known as Ikarin-A2515.21. This had originally been supplied to the German army as a means of applying a temporary winter finish and could be diluted and applied by brush or spray.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 4./JG51 (W4+) Fw. Rudolf Nielinger Russia 1941-42
Photo's 01-04: Bf 109F flown by Fw. Rudolf Nielinger whose first operational posting was to 4./JG51 at Mardijck on 29 March 1941. At that time the Staftd was equipped with Bf-109Es and between 22 April and 1 June 1941 Nielinger flew several missions against England. He was then assigned a brand new Bf 109F-2 and transferred to the East, flying his first combat mission of the Russian campaign from Liedice on 22 June, during which he was engaged in combat with three Soviet fighters over Brest-Litovsk. Nie1inger gained his first victory on 25 June when, flying 'Yellow 6', he shot down an SB bomber. His second victory came on 3 July when, flying 'White 4', the aircraft shown here, he destroyed a DB-3. By the time 4./JG51 transferred to North Africa in early September 1942, Neilinger was credited with 16 confirmed kills.
Luftwaffe future JG51 ace Rudolf Nielinger whilst Adjudanten des General von Kluge
Messerschmitt Bf 109G6TropR6 4./JG51 White 4 Rudolf Nielinger meeting a fellow commrade Italy 1943 01
Messerschmitt Bf 109E 4./JG51 (W4+) Rudolf Nielinger France 01
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 4./JG51 White 6 Rudolf Nielinger being congratualted Russian Front 01
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 4./JG51 Rudolf Nielinger WNr 6625 Wevelgem West Flanders Belgium 1941 01
Photograph Source: Flugzeug Classic 2011-09
5 Staffel II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 5./JG51
6 Staffel II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 6./JG51
III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - III./JG51
7 Staffel III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 7./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG51 (White 11+I) flown by Werner Bielefeldt Russia 1941
Profile 00: Messerschmitt Bf 109F.2 'White 11' flown by Fw. Werner Bielefeld of 7.jJG51 As a general rule, a sofly applied RLM Green 70 is indistinguishable in photographs from Grey 74, but it is believed that Fw. Werner Bielefeld's aircraft was finished in a standard 74/75/76 finish with fuselage mottles in 02, 74 and 75. The pilot's nine victory bars are shown on the fin and although the spinner and propeller blades have been seriously abraded, the newly applied yellow engine cowling and Geschwader emblem are still intact.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG51 (White 11+I) flown by Werner Bielefeld Russia 1941 01
Photo 01: These photographs show two different Bf 109F-2s, both coded 'White 11' and both flown by Fw. Werner Bielefeld of 7./JG51 in the Summer of 1941. Note however that among the minor differences between each machine, the Gruppe bar on the aircraft is not spaced centrally between the Balkenkreuz and the yellow fuselage band, compared with the aircraft
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG51 (White 11+I) flown by Werner Bielefeld Russia 1941 02
Photo 02: photographed at Bobruisk on 11 July 1941, which has a unit emblem on the yellow cowling laying on the ground and just visible between the mechanic's legs
8 Staffel III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 8./JG51
9 Staffel III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - 9./JG51
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 9./JG51 Yellow (1+I) Edmund Wagner Werk Nr 9693 Russia August 1941
Photo's 01-02: Bf 109F2 9./JG51 (Y1+I) Edmund Wagner WNr 9693 Russia Aug 1941
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-2 9./JG51 Yellow (5+I) Ottmar Maurer Werk Nr 5657 shot down Yelnya, Russia Aug 11, 1941
Photo's 01-02: Lt. Ottmar Maurer of 9./JG51 had only a short flying career in Russia, On the second day of the campaign he destroyed six Soviet SB bombers but was shot down near Yelnya on 11 August. He made a forced landing in enemy territory and was posted missing. Here, Maurer's aircraft is examined by a Russian soldier.
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F Friedrich
IL-2 Sturmovik 'Cliff's of Dover' Blitz
IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad
DCS World - has no 3D model
Günther 'Franzl' Lützow
Günther 'Franzl' Lützow was born on 4 September 1912 at Kiel to an illustrious German naval family. He was descended from an old Prussian family of the same name. In 1931, he learned to fly at the Deutschen Verkehrsfliegerschule at Schliessheim. Later, he underwent fighter pilot training at the clandestine German base at Lipetsk in Russia. 1934 saw Lützow serving as a Leutnant with an Infantry Regiment before transferring to the newly formed Luftwaffe. Initially, he served with I./JG132 'Richtofen'.
Lützow commenced his operational career as a fighter pilot as Staffelkapitän of 2./J88 of the Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. Between March and September 1937, Oberleutnant Lützow accumulated five victories, including the first ever recorded by the Bf-109, and was awarded the Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwerten und Brillanten. From November 1938, Lützow undertook instructing duties at Jagdfliegerschule 1, based at Werneuchen, before being appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG3 on 3 November 1939. He led the Gruppe through the French campaign recording nine victories, including his first in World War 2, on 14 May 1940, when he shot down two French Curtiss Hawk 75 fighters near Dinant. Lützow led I./JG3 into the Battle of Britain. On 21 August 1940, Oberstleutnant Lützow was appointed Kommodore of JG3. He recorded eight further victories during the aerial battles over England.
Lützow was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 18 September. In spring 1941, Stab/JG3 was relocated to Mannheim-Sandhofen in Germany for rest and refit. Here the unit received new Bf 109F-2 fighters before again being relocated to the Channel front on 4 May 1941. Lützow led JG3 during the invasion of Russia. On 17 July 1941, he recorded his 40th victory. He was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 27) on 20 July. On 17 September, he shot down his 72nd victim. He was shot down by flak on 23 September, force-landing behind enemy lines. He successfully returned unhurt.
In October, he recorded 29 victories, including five Russian twin-engine bombers shot down on 8 October. He was awarded the Schwerten (Nr 4) on 11 October 1941, after his 92nd victory. He became the second Experte to achieve 100 victories, when he downed three Russian fighters in the Moscow area on 24 October to record victories 99 through 101. Lützow was promptly grounded on orders from above. On 4 November, he led Stab/JG3 back to Germany and a base at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim to rest and re-equip. In May 1942, Lützow led JG3 back to the Russian front commencing operations in the Kharkov area. There followed much action in the Crimea and before Stalingrad. Lützow added one additional victory when he shot down a Russian I-61 fighter on 21 May 1942 for his 107th victory. On 11 August 1942, Lützow was posted to the staff of the General der Jagdflieger where he took up the role of Inspector of Day Fighters, Eastern area. In July 1943, Oberst Lützow was appointed Kommandeur of Jagdabschnittsführer Italien, based at Naples. In September, the unit was absorbed into Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien.
He then commanded 1. Jagddivision based at Döberitz from 15 September until 23 March 1944, where he assumed overall command for day and night fighter operations in north western Germany, Holland and Belgium. By January 1944, he was commanding 4. Fliegerschuldivision based at Strassburg, responsible for the training of new fighter pilots. Lützow would become known as the prinicipal architect behind the so-called 'Fighter Pilots' Mutiny'. In fact the 'Mutiny' was a valiant and well-intended attempt to 'save' Adolf Galland who had been dismissed as General der Jagdflieger for his out spokeness of the Luftwaffe high command. Lützow's part in the affair was regarded as 'mutiny' by Göring who relieved him of his command of 4. Fliegerschuldivision and had him posted, in exile, to Italy to take over Jagdfliegerführer Oberitalien. He was later granted approval to join Adolf Galland's JV44. Lützow recorded two additional victories flying the Me-262 jet fighter, but then went missing on 24 April 1945 near Donauworth attempting to intercept a USAAF B-26 twin-engine bomber raid. His body was never recovered and his aircraft never found…
Günther Lützow was credited with 110 victories achieved in over 300 combat missions. He scored 5 victories during the Spanish Civil War. He recorded 20 victories over the Western Front, including at least one four-engine bombers, and 85 victories over the Eastern Front.
List of 110 aerial victories for Gunther Lutzow
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location / Comments 1 6.4.1937 - I-15 2. J/88 Spain 2 22.5.1937 - I-15 2. J/88 Spain 3 28.5.1937 - I-15 2. J/88 Spain 4 18.8.1937 - I-15 2. J/88 Spain 5 22.8.1937 - I-16 2. J/88 Spain 6 14.5.1940 20:20~ Curtiss I./JG3 NW Dinant 7 14.5.1940 20:20~ Curtiss I./JG3 NW Dinant 8 15.5.1940 13:20 Curtiss I./JG3 SE Charleroi 9 19.5.1940 19:15 Hurricane I./JG3 N Arras 10 31.5.1940 19:35 Morane 406 I./JG3 S Amiens 11 31.5.1940 19:35 Morane 406 I./JG3 S Amiens 12 3.6.1940 - Curtiss I./JG3 Compiegnie-Meaux 13 6.6.1940 - Blenheim I./JG3 St Valery-Abbeville 14 8.6.1940 13:05 Blenheim I./JG3 Abbeville 15 16.8.1940 - Spitfire I./JG3 - 16 26.8.1940 - Defiant Stab/JG3 - 17 26.8.1940 - Defiant Stab/JG3 - 18 7.9.1940 - Hurricane Stab/JG3 - 19 9.9.1940 - Hurricane Stab/JG3 - 20 15.9.1940 - Hurricane Stab/JG3 - 21 5.10.1940 - Curtiss Stab/JG3 - 22 5.10.1940 - Curtiss Stab/JG3 - 23 5.11.1940 - Spitfire Stab/JG3 - 24 22.6.1941 4:30 I-18 Stab/JG3 - 25 23.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 26 23.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 27 24.6.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 28 26.6.1941 13:20 SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 29 26.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 30 26.6.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 31 27.6.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 32 28.6.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 33 7.7.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 34 10.7.1941 - V-11 Stab/JG3 - 35 10.7.1941 - I-53 Stab/JG3 - 36 10.7.1941 - I-53 Stab/JG3 - 37 10.7.1941 - I-53 Stab/JG3 - 38 11.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 39 15.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 40 15.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 41 15.7.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 42 16.7.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 43 16.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 44 16.7.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 45 17.7.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 46 20.7.1941 - V-11 Stab/JG3 - 47 20.7.1941 - V-11 Stab/JG3 - 48 29.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 49 31.7.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 50 31.7.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 51 31.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 52 7.8.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 53 7.8.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 54 8.8.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 55 9.8.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 56 9.8.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 57 11.8.1941 - R-5 Stab/JG3 - 58 12.8.1941 12:35 I-153 Stab/JG3 - 59 12.8.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 60 13.8.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 Kanev region / I-16 of 88IAP VVS flown by Mladshiy Lt Ivan Novikov 61 13.8.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 Kanev region / I-16 of 88IAP VVS 62 6.9.1941 - R-10 Stab/JG3 - 63 6.9.1941 - R-10 Stab/JG3 - 64 7.9.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 65 7.9.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 66 7.9.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 67 7.9.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 68 8.9.1941 - R-10 Stab/JG3 - 69 9.9.1941 - I-26 Stab/JG3 - 70 9.9.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 71 11.9.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 72 11.9.1941 - I-61 Stab/JG3 - 73 12.9.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG3 - 74 13.9.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 75 13.9.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 76 14.9.1941 - I-26 Stab/JG3 - 77 17.9.1941 - PS-84 Stab/JG3 - 78 5.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 79 5.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 80 5.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 81 5.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 82 6.10.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 83 6.10.1941 - I-153 Stab/JG3 - 84 6.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 85 7.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 86 8.10.1941 12:00 Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 87 8.10.1941 12:01 Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 88 8.10.1941 12:02 Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 89 8.10.1941 14:25 DB-3a Stab/JG3 - 90 8.10.1941 14:28 DB-3a Stab/JG3 - 91 9.10.1941 12:00 I-18 Stab/JG3 - 92 9.10.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG3 - 93 9.10.1941 - Il-2 Stab/JG3 - 94 9.10.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 95 10.10.1941 14:10 I-18 Stab/JG3 - 96 10.10.1941 14:13 I-18 Stab/JG3 - 97 11.10.1941 11:10 I-61 Stab/JG3 - 98 12.10.1941 14:30 Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 99 12.10.1941 14:35 Pe-2 Stab/JG3 - 100 12.10.1941 - TB-3 Stab/JG3 - 101 14.10.1941 - I-61 Stab/JG3 - 102 14.10.1941 - DB-3 Stab/JG3 - 103 23.10.1941 15:25 I-16 Stab/JG3 - 104 24.10.1941 10:40 I-16 Stab/JG3 - 105 24.10.1941 10:50 I-16 Stab/JG3 - 106 24.10.1941 14:23 I-16 Stab/JG3 - 107 21.5.1942 12:30 I-61 Stab/JG3 - 108 29.7.1942 10:20 LaGG-3 Stab/JG3 NE Kalatsch 109 ?.4.1945 - Viermot JV 44 - 110 24.4.1945 - B-26 JV 44 Augsburg area Victories : 110
Awards : Ritterkreuz (18 September 1940)
Eichenlaub (20 July 1941)
Schwerten (11 October 1941)
Units : J/88, JG3, JG51, JV 44http://www.luftwaffe.cz/lutzow.html
Asisbiz Database of 38 aerial victories for Gunther Lutzow
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 14-May-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Hawk-75A 20.20+ NW Dinant 14-May-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Hawk-75A 20.20+ NW Dinant 15-May-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Hawk-75A 13.20 SE Charleroi 19-May-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Hurricane 4.500m 19.15 N. Arras 31-May-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Morane 406 19.35 S Amiens 03-Jun-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Hawk-75A Compiegne-Meaux 06-Jun-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Blenheim 1500m - St. Valery-Abbeville 08-Jun-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Blenheim 7500m 13.05 Abbeville 15-Aug-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Spitfire 16-Aug-40 Gunther Lutzow Stab I./JG3 Spitfire 3200m - - 26-Aug-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Defiant 6000-7000m - - 07-Sep-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Hurricane 3300m - - 09-Sep-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Hurricane 800m - - 15-Sep-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Hurricane 4500m - - 05-Oct-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Curtiss P-36 3200m - - 05-Oct-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Curtiss P-36 500m - - 05-Nov-40 Gunther Lutzow StabJG3 Spitfire 3500m - - 22-Jun-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-18 04.30 26-Jun-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 SB-3 13.20 12-Aug-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-153 12.35 08-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 Pe-2 12.02 08-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 DB-3A 14.25 08-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 DB-3A 14.28 08-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 Pe-2 12.01 08-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 Pe-2 12.00 09-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-18 12.00 10-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-18 14.13 10-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-18 14.10 11-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-61 11.10 12-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 Pe-2 14.30 12-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 Pe-2 14.45 23-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-16 Rata 15.25 24-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-16 Rata 10.40 24-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-16 Rata 10.50 24-Oct-41 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-16 Rata 14.25 21-May-42 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 I-61 12.30 29-Jul-42 Gunther Lutzow Stab /JG3 LaGG-3 1200m 10.20 NE Kalatsch 24-Apr-45 Gunther Lutzow JV44 B-26 Marauder - Raum Augsburg
Werner Molders
Youth
Werner Molders was born at Gelsenkirchen/Westfalia on 18 March 1913. At the time of Werner's birth his father, Victor, was working as a teacher in England but with the outbreak of war in August 1914 he was forced to escape home to Germany aboard a neutral Dutch ship. On returning home, he joined the German Army and was subsequently commissioned as a Leutnant, only to be killed while serving with Infantrie Regiment 145 near Vauquois on the Argonne Front on 2 March 1915 shortly before Werner's second birthday. Following the death of her husband his mother, Anna-Maria, returned to her family in Brandenburg/Havel, faced with the difficult task of raising four children (Hans Anne-Marie, Werner and Victor) on her own. The Molders family were devout Catholics but lived in a very strong Protestant environment. Since religion can often offer a form of lonely sanctuary, Werner developed into a very serious boy and would retain a seriousness all his life.
Service in the Army
Deciding to follow in his father's footsteps, Werner wanted to become an army officer. Obtaining his 'Abitur' at the age of 17, he enlisted in the small army allowed to Germany by the provisions of the 1919 Versailles Treaty. On 1 April 1931, he joined II./IR 2 at Allenstein in East Prussia. In October 1932, he was transferred to the Kriegsschule at Dresden and to the Pionierschule at Miinchen in June 1932. With aviation becoming the great dream of many young Germans who remembered the First World War exploits of Bokke and von Richthofen, the rise to power of the National Socialist Party in 1933 and the creation of a new air force gave Werner the opportunity to transfer to that arm of the services. But, as with his future contemporary Adolf Galland, Molders would also suffer problems. Whereas Galland's eyes were deficient, Molders suffered from a fear of heights, a fear that he would conquer with a major effort of willpower.
Service in the Luftwaffe
On 6 February 1934 Molders joined the DVS (Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule) at Cottbus and remained there until the end of that year. Following his promotion to Leutnant on 1 March 1934, he trained with Kampfliegerschule Tutow and jagdfliegerschule Schleissheim until the middle of 1935. On 1 July 1935, he was transferred to Fliegergruppe Schwerin, a ground support unit which was later redesignated I./St.G. 162 Immelmann. Flying He-45s and He-46s, he was transferred to fighters the following year. Promoted to Oberleutnant on 1 April 1936, he led the Jagdschulstaffel of II./JG134 Horst Wessel at Werl in Westfalia where his commanding officer was Major Theodor Osterkamp, a veteran of the First World War, credited with 32 aerial victories. On 15 March 1937 Molders took command of I.Staffel of I./JG334 at Wiesbaden and his unit, equipped with the Heinkel He-51, would be successively redesignated I./JG133, and then I./JG53 Pik As.
The Spanish Civil War
The seriously-minded Molders was still a bachelor when he was sent to Spain in May 1938. On the 24th of that month, he succeeded Adolf Galland as Kapitan of 3./J88. This was the first time that the paths of the two men crossed. At the same time, the obsolete He 51s were replaced by the new Bf109 Dora which would later be replaced by the Emil becoming the best fighter used by either side during the Spanish Civil War. Combining his own abilities with the qualities of the Messerschmitt fighter, Molders quickly achieved success and in his first aerial engagement, shot down an 1-15. Four days later, two further victories were added, another 1-15 and an 1-16.With the exception of an SB-2 shot down on 23 August 1938, Molders would claim only Polikarpov fighters until the end of his stay in Spain. On his return to Germany on 5 December 1938, he was credited with 14 victories plus an additional three that were unconfirmed. Promoted to Hauptmann as the highest scoring German ace of the Spanish Civil War, he was then temporarily assigned (as had been Galland earlier) to the Air Ministry to study and improve fighter tactics based upon experiences gained during the Spanish conflict. His influence was to be enormous in that he proposed the deployment of a loose formation of four aircraft - the 'Schwarm' - broken up into two elements of two - the'Rotte'.
The 'Sitzkrieg' While Galland was transferred to II.(Schlacht)/LG 2 equipped with the Hs-123, Molders returned to his old fighter unit to lead I./JG53 (formerly-1.I.JG133). It was during this time that he acquired his nickname of 'Vati' ('Papa') due to his serious nature, experience and rigidity. This nickname was not intended as offensive but one which was born out of respect. No-one feared Molders and he was very popular amongst his pilots. He was not an impetuous man and could drink a glass of beer like the rest - but never two!
If his successes in Spain were partly due to his good fortune in receiving the best aircraft of its time, then the Sitzkrieg - or Phoney War - was to prove that he was an excellent fighter pilot and tactician. His introduction to the new campaign was, nevertheless, quite unsettling. On 8 September 1939, he led three other Bf-109s in an attack on six French Curtiss H-75s of GC11/4 north of Karlsruhe. In the ensuing dogfight, Molders' Bf109 was heavily damaged, forcing him to crash land in a field near Wolfersweiler. Trapped in his cockpit and slightly wounded, he had to wait for a local Flak crew to release him. Strangely, the French pilots involved claimed two victories, attributed to three pilots (SIC Cruchant being credited with two claims combined with two other pilots)!
Molders recovered quickly and claimed his first victory over the border twelve days later. Taking off with his Schwarm to Trier, he destroyed another H-75 of GC11/5 from a patrol escorting a reconnaissance aircraft. Sgt Quequiner, piloting N°21, was able to bale out of this aircraft which crashed near Merzig.
After being promoted Kommandeur of III./JG53, Molders celebrated his new command by shooting down a Blenheim I (16694) of No. 57Sqn engaged in reconnaissance along the Moselle on 30 October 1939 but would have to wait until 22 December to obtain his third victory in France. While escorting a Do-17P of 1.(F)/123, he attacked some fighters identified as 'Moranes' but which were in fact, Hurricane Is of No. 73Sqn RAE With his wingman, Oblt. von Hahn, he shot down two (11967 and N2385) near Budange. With the onset of bad weather, the first months of 1940 were quiet but on 2 March, at the end of a very scrappy encounter, Hptm. Molders and Uftz. Neuhoff were able to claim two Hurricanes (11808 and L1958) from No. 73Sqn which crashed near Metz. The following day, again around Metz, Molders engaged a Morane Saulnier 406 of GCII/3. This was claimed destroyed but, in fact, C/C Koerber, although wounded, managed to land his damaged aircraft at Toul airfield. On 26 March, another MS-406 was claimed near Trier, but this proved to be a Hurricane of No. 73Sqn whose pilot, F/O Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain of the RNZAF, baled out after having previously been shot down on 2 March! On 2 April, another Hurricane, this time from No.1Sqn, was shot down near St Avold but the pilot was able to force-land his heavily damaged fighter behind the Allied lines and avoid capture.
On 20 April, III./JG53 were flying in the Zweibrucken area where they encountered Curtiss H-75s of GC11/4 escorting a Potez 63.11 reconnaissance aircraft of GR11/36. In the combat that ensued, anti-aircraft guns shot at both sides! An H-75 N°136 fell to Molders while another was damaged by Flak. The pilot, C/C Cruchand, was seriously wounded but managed to crash-land his fighter near Biesbriick. On 23 April, Molders claimed his last victory of the Sitzkrieg when he shot down a Hurricane I (N2391) of No. 73Sqn during the morning near Sierck-les-Bains, the pilot, Sgt C. Campbell parachuting to safety. During this campaign, Hptm. Molders was credited with nine additional victories while Adolf Galland flew only ground support. By the time Galland did transfer to the fighter arm, Werner Molders had 23 official victories.
The Campaign in the West
On 10 May 1940, III./JG53 was based at Wiesbaden airfield and Molders had to wait four days before he was credited with his first victory during the invasion of the West, this being a Hurricane on the 14th of the month. During the first days of the attack and mainly over France, III./JG53 had to escort the bombers and were ordered not to attack enemy fighters. On 15 May, Werner Molders at the celebratory dinner after receiving the Ritterkreuz on 29 May 1940 having achieved 20 aerial victories at this time, another Hurricane was claimed by the Kommandeur, but it would be a French cockade that was later painted on the rudder of all his aircraft to record that particular victory. On 17 May, III./JG53 was transferred to Douzy, near Sedan in France from where the unit flew air cover sorties over the Wehrmacht spearheads advancing near Cambrai. On 19 May, Molders was credited with a 'P-36' (almost certainly a Bloch 152, which was often confused with the Curtiss). During the evening of the 20th, Molders claimed his 13th victim, a British bomber described as a 'Wellesley'. On 21 May, three MS-406s were shot down (apparently aircraft from GC1/6 and III./6) and on the 22nd, it was the turn of a Potez 63.11, N0315 of GAO1/514, shot down near Montagne de Reims. Another Morane was lost during the evening of 25 May (Molders' 18th victory) and on the 27th, two Blochs, thought to have been from GC1/8, were claimed south of Amiens.
With 20 victories over France and 14 in Spain, Molders was awarded the Ritterkreuz which was presented to him on Loe airfield, near Le Selve. On 31 May, near Abbeville, Molders shot down a LeO 451 of GB1/12. On 3 June, during Operation Paula (launched primarily as a propaganda operation), Molders claimed two victories - a Curtiss H-75 (which, in fact, was a Bloch 152, and which was subsequently identified on his rudder with a British roundel!) and, very unusually, a Spitfire. Exactly, what a Spitfire was doing near Paris at a time when all RAF units had retreated to their bases in England to fight over Dunkirk is unclear. The 'Spitfire' was probably a D.520 of GC1/3. Two days later, Molders experienced altogether different circumstances. At around noon, he was credited with the destruction of a Bloch 152 (N°651 of GC 118?) and a Potez 63.11 (N0250 of GAO 501?) and later that afternoon, whilst on his second mission of the day, he spotted some 'Moranes' attacking some Bf-109s. He decided to intervene but the 'MS-406s' turned out to be potent D.520s of GC11/7. Having under estimated the enemy type, Molders was shot down by S/Lt Rene Pommier Layrargues, his Bf109E-3 crashing near Canly. Molders was able to parachute to safety, but was captured on the ground by soldiers of 195e RALT, an artillery unit who set upon him before an officer intervened. Interested in the man who shot him down, Molders asked to meet him, only to find that Pommier Layrargues was already dead, having been brought down and killed at Marissel a few minutes after their engagement.
Molders ended the Westfeldzug in a French POW camp at Montferrand.With the fall of France, he was eventually freed at the end of June 1940 and this is where there is cause for some interesting speculation! If he had been captured by the British in May, he would almost certainly have been sent to a POW camp in Canada, ending the war in safety and terminating the career of a great pilot. But as a prisoner of the French, he was liberated and became - posthumously - a flying legend. Which was the better fate?
The Battle of Britain
After a short period of leave, Molders, promoted to Major on 19 July, returned to III./JG53. Soon afterwards, however, he left to take over command of JG51. At that time, Adolf Galland was appointed to lead III./JG26 after having shot down 14 planes in the Westfeldzug whilst with JG27.
As is often the case, establishing a new command proved hectic for Molders. On 28 July, the new Kommodore damaged a Spitfire I (P9429) of No. 41Sqn, RAF. Wounded in the thigh, the pilot, F/O A.D.J. Lovell, managed to land his damaged aircraft at Hornchurch. F/O Lovell survived to become an ace in his own right, only to be killed in a flying accident in 1945. Shortly afterwards, Molders himself was shot down by F/Lt John Webster of the sameSqn. This was Webster's fifth claim but he was killed on 5 September 1940 when his parachute failed to open after baling out following a collision with another Spitfire of 41Sqn. (Author's note: another source attributes this claim to the ace, 'Sailor' Malan of 74Sqn). Wounded in the knee, Molders was able to force-land his damaged Bf109 on the French coast. He returned to his unit on 7 August, but would have to wait some time before he could fly again.
On 26 August 1940, Molders submitted his 27th claim, another Spitfire. By 20 September, his score had reached 40 enemy aircraft shot down, proof that the battles over England were very intense and on that day, he was credited with two more Spitfires (X4417 and N3248) of No. 92Sqn and was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Ritterkreuz. He was only the second member of the German armed forces to receive the decoration. Four days later, Adolf Galland also received the award, becoming the third person to do so. It was at about this time that German newspapers devised a kind of competition between the two aces. One publication would be 'for Molders' another 'for Galland'; in reality however, Molders was not interested in such 'competition'. He told Galland: 'In this war; you will be the Richthofen and I the Bolcke' - yet further proof that the serious Kommodore was more interested in tactics than glory.
Molders score continued to increase; on 27 September, it was a Spitfire over Kent, possibly P9364 of No. 222Sqn. piloted by Sgt Ernest Scott, who was killed after having shot down a Bf109 - his fifth confirmed victory. On 11 October, another Spitfire I went down (X4562 of No. 66Sqn) and next day, three Hurricane Is (P3896,V7251 andV7426) of No. 145Sqn. On 17 October, Molders claimed another Spitfire (R6800 LZ-N of No.66Sqn.) followed by three more Hurricanes on 22 October (possibly from Nos. 46 and 257Sqn's) off the English coast. Molders now had his fiftieth victory. Galland reached this total eight days later. From the beginning of October, Molders became the first pilot to test the new Bf109F in combat, which soon proved superior to contemporary British fighters. Certainly, this also helped in his subsequent successes.
After spending a few days leave skiing, JG51's Kommodore returned to action at the beginning of 1941. Exploiting the relative inactivity of the Luftwaffe in the west (the German High Command was preparing to attack the Soviet Union and had moved many units to the east), the RAF were beginning to conduct sorties over France and the fighting now took place mainly off the French coast. On 20 February, Molders claimed two Spitfires (his 57th and 58th victories). Five days later, a Spitfire II (X4592 of No. 611Sqn) was shot down, and on the following day he scored his 60th victory. Galland had to wait until 15 April to attain the same score.
On 13 March, Molders shot down another British ace, S/Ldr Aeneas 'Donald' MacDonnel. MacDonnel, from No. 64Sqn, was born in Baku in 1913, and was the 22nd Hereditary Chief of the Glengarry Clan. Leading a sweep over Northern France, MacDonnel (credited with nine or ten victories) was shot down by Molders (his 62nd victory) and baled out into the Channel. He was rescued by a German motor boat but remained a prisoner of war until 1945.
The new versions of the Hurricane and Spitfire proved no match for the Bf109E. This is well indicated by a list of Molders's claims for the period: Hurricane II of No.615Sqn two Hurricane II's of No.601Sqn (one claimed as a 'Spitfire') Hurricane II (Z3087) of No.601Sqn Hurricane II (Z2743) of No.601Sqn Spitfire II of No.92Sqn.
Molders' aerial victories declined following the transfer of JG51 to the East. On 21 June, Adolf Galland - then with 69 claims - was the first Luftwaffe pilot to add the Swords to his Ritterkreuz. On the eve of Barbarossa - the German invasion of the Soviet Union, Molders had 'only' 68 claims, but on the day of the invasion, he claimed an I-153 (which must have brought back memories of Spain!) and three SB-2s shot down. He was awarded the Swords but this time as the second pilot to receive the decoration.
At this time, Soviet aircraft and pilots were seen as generally inferior to their German counterparts and this enabled Molders and his men to claim unprecedented scores and on 30 June, he was credited with the destruction of no fewer than five enemy aircraft. By 15 July 1941, on his 291st combat mission he claimed his 100th and 101st victories and was awarded the Diamonds to his Ritterkreuz. By comparison, Galland, would have to wait until 28 January 1942 for this decoration.
By this time, Molders had achieved an almost mythical status, seen to be deserving of 'protection'. He was ordered not to fly ('Flugverbot) to avoid risking his life at the front and was transferred to the Air Ministry in Berlin. On 7 August 1941, he was promoted to Inspector of Fighters and left his unit and on 13 September 1941, he married Louise Baldauf, the widow of a fallen comrade.
Molders could have remained safely at the Ministry, close to his wife, but he was preoccupied with the Soviet campaign and visited the Eastern Front many times. In the autumn of 1941, he went to the Crimea to lead the combined operations of Stukas and fighters where he discovered an important supply problem which he tried to resolve. In spite of the Flugverbot, he wanted to have a clearer picture of the situation in the air by flying again. On 8 and 11 November, Molders borrowed a Bf109 of III./JG77 and shot down three more Soviet aircraft over Sevastopol and the Kertsch peninsula, though he did not record them officially. Future Ritterkreuztriiger, Herbert Hahne, remembered serving as Molders' wingman at this time. After spotting enemy aircraft, the Inspector led his Kaczmarek, giving him instructions by radio and 'donating' him his victories. It would seem that 'Vati' Molders enjoyed the role of 'counsellor' and adviser.
On 17 November 1941, Generaloberst Ernst Udet committed suicide and Molders was called back to Berlin to assist with the funeral. Four days later, he began his journey to the capital as a passenger in a He-111 of III./KG27 piloted by Oblt. Kolbe, another former flyer from Spain. The weather was bad and following an interim stop at Lemberg, the Heinkel took off again but the weather conditions continued to deteriorate. Near Breslau, the port engine failed and the crew tried to land at the nearest available airfield, Schmiedefelde. At low altitude, the second engine cut and the He-111 (1G+TH) hit the ground near Martin Quander Farm at N°132 Flughafenstrasse. Molders was killed at 11.30 on 22 November. He was succeeded as Inspector of Fighters by Adolf Galland.
As is often the case after a plane crash (Balbo, Sikorsky, Todt, etc.), rumors circulated in some quarters about a plot to kill Molders but post-war research has found these to be totally without foundation. It is true that Molders, as a devout Catholic, criticized the Nazi Party many times for its activities against the church. But to kill Germany's greatest ace for such beliefs at such a critical period in the war is, in the author's opinion, inconceivable.
Werner Molders was buried in the Invalidenfriedhof at Berlin where Manfred von Richthofen already lay. His Geschwader, JG51, later adopted the honor name 'Jagdgeschwader Molders'. As a postscript to this biography it is worth quoting the words of another ace, Dietrich Hrabak: 'Wir waren nur jagdflieger. Molders was mehr als das!': 'We were only fighter pilots. Molders was more than that!'.
Pre-production Bf 109F-0, was tested by Obstlt. Werner Molders
An early example of the Bf109F, a pre-production Bf 109F-0, was tested by Obstlt. Werner Molders of JG51 who first flew it in action on 22 October and claimed one victory. On the 25th, Molders again flew the Bf109F, taking off with his usual Katschmarek, or wingman, together with Hptm. Hans Asmus, who had recently joined the Stab of JG51. Both Molders' companions were flying Bf-109Es, Hptm. Asmus piloting Molders' old W.Nr 3737. While flying at about 30,000 ft over Kent, they spotted a formation of some 15 Spitfires flying in the opposite direction 1,500 ft below. The German pilots were making a wide curve in order to attack the British formation from behind when Asmus noticed that the squadron they were about to attack was covered by another full squadron of Spitfires flying 2,500 ft higher. With his faster Bf109F, Molders soon left his companions behind, and Asmus found himself alone with an entire Spitfire squadron on his tail. To escape, he dived away and then saw a battle formation of about eight Bf-109 Jabos at about 20,000ft. As flying alone over England was dangerous, Asmus decided to fly the rest of the mission with them and pulled out below the friendly aircraft. Unfortunately, on observing the Spitfires, the Jabos jettisoned their bombs, one of which struck Asmus's aircraft and knocked him unconscious. When he came to, he found so little of his aircraft remaining that he merely unfastened his straps and allowed his seat and the few attached fuselage parts to fall away. The next Asmus knew he was in Maidstone General Hospital with suspected skull fracture, concussion and temporary amnesia. Examining the widely scattered wreckage of his aircraft, RAF personnel found the rudder marked with 49 victory bars and first assumed they had captured an ace. However, the Luftwaffe's leading pilot, Werner Molders, had returned safely to France with another two victories to his credit.
Asisbiz Database list of 72 aerial victories for Werner Molders
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 20-Sep-39 Werner Molders 1./JG53 Hawk-75A 07.45 Sierck 30-Oct-39 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Blenheim 11.12 Klusserath NE Trier 22-Dec-39 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hurricane 15.05 15km NE Metz 02-Mar-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hurricane 12.15 S Bitsch 03-Mar-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Morane 13.55 12km SE Diedenhofen 26-Mar-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Morane 15.00 Wolkenfeld 02-Apr-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hurricane 12.10 S Saargemund 20-Apr-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hawk-75A 11.54 7km W Saargemund 23-Apr-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hurricane 11.14 S Diedenhofen 14-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hurricane 16.30 Sedan 15-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hurricane 13.05 Charleville 19-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Bloch 152 09.35 NE Reims 20-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Wellesley 19.15 Compiegne 21-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Morane 406 17.30 SW Compiegne 21-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Morane 406 17.50 SW Compiegne 21-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Morane 406 19.18 SW Compiegne 22-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Potez 63 17.50 SW Mourmelon-le-Grand 25-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Morane 406 18.55 Foret de Compiegne 27-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hawk-75A 09.10 15km W Amiens 27-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hawk-75A 09.11 15km W Amiens 31-May-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 LeO 451 19.00 30km S Abbeville 03-Jun-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hawk-75A 3000m 14.40 SE Paris 03-Jun-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Hawk-75A 14.30 Paris 05-Jun-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Potez 63 11.23 NW Pont Ste Maxance 05-Jun-40 Werner Molders Stab III./JG53 Bloch 11.20 West of Compiegne 28-Jul-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 15.30 Dover 26-Aug-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 12.55 Folkestone 28-Aug-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hawk-75A 10.05 NE Dover 28-Aug-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 18.25 Canterbury 31-Aug-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 10.01 NE Folkestone 31-Aug-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 10.00 NE Folkestone 31-Aug-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 10.10 NE Folkestone 06-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 14.45 Folkestone 07-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 18.32 South of London 09-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 18.45 South of London 11-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 17.10 SE London 14-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 17.30 SW London 16-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 09.24 South of London 20-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 12.35 Dungeness 20-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 12.34 Dungeness 27-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 17.03 Maidstone 28-Sep-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 15.01 Littlestone 11-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 12.30 Folkestone 12-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 10.40 Lympne 12-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 10.43 Canterbury 12-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 14.12 Dungeness 15-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 09.15 South of London 17-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 16.22 South of London 22-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 15.40 NW Maidstone 22-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 15.41 NW Maidstone 22-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 15.42 NW Maidstone 25-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 10.45 NW Dover 25-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 13.20 Margate 29-Oct-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 13.55 Dungeness 01-Dec-40 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 15.15 Ashford 10-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 17.29 5km NE Calais 20-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 16.57 Dover 20-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 16.56 Dover 25-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 25-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 15.20 N. Gravelines 26-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 26-Feb-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 18.37 SE Dungeness 12-Mar-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 3500m off Dungeness 13-Mar-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 15.22 20km W. Cap Gris Nez 15-Apr-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 18.00 SW Boulogne 16-Apr-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 18.42 SW Dungeness 16-Apr-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 18.32 5km W. Berck 28-Apr-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 13.10 Dungeness 04-May-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 2000m 12.17 5km E. Deal 04-May-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 2000m 12.30 5km E Deal 06-May-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Hurricane 12.00 Dover 08-May-41 Werner Molders Stab /JG51 Spitfire 12.20 vor Dover Werner 'Vati' Mölders Oberst
Werner "Vati" Mölders was born on 18 March 1913, at Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhrgebiet. He joined the army in 1931 and served as an officer cadet in the Infantry. In 1934, with the rebirth of the Luftwaffe as a result of Hitler coming to power, Mölders requested a transfer to become a pilot. At his first attempt to join the Luftwaffe, he was declared unfit for flying. He tried again and was accepted for flying training. He was badly afflicted by air sickness but overcame the problem through sheer willpower..
On 1 July 1935, Leutnant Mölders was posted to Fliegergruppe Schwerin (later to be redesignated I./StG 162). He was appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 334 (later to be redesignated 1./JG 53) on 15 March 1936. On 1 April 1936, he was transferred to the Schulstaffel of JG 134 to undertake instructing duties. For two years he was an instructor at Wiesbaden. He volunteered for the Condor Legion and arrived by sea in Cadiz on 14 April that year. He took over from Adolf Galland at the head of 3.J/88. During the Spanish conflict he showed considerable qualities not only as a pilot and marksman but also, and especially, as a tactician and organiser. Together with other airmen, in Spain he developed the technique known as the "finger four", or fan, which improved a flight's all-round vision and encouraged the pilots' initiative. Between 15 July and 3 November 1938, he shot down fourteen aircraft: eleven I-16 "Mosca", two Polikarpov I-15 "Chato" and one SB-2 "Katyuska", as well as one unconfirmed I-16 victory, most of these at the controls of the Bf 109 C-1 coded 6-79 "Luchs"..
He was awarded the Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern und Brillanten in recognition of his achievements. At the end of the year he returned to Germany as the highest scoring German pilot of the Spanish conflict, with a glowing reputation and a maturity beyond his years and rank. At the beginning of World War II, Mölders was Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 53 "Pik As", based at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim. He became known by those under his command as "Vati" (Daddy) Mölders. He shot down his first aircraft of the Second World War on 21 September 1939, a French Curtiss 75 A fighter. On 1 November he went on to command III./JG 53, also based at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim..
On 27 May 1940, after his 20th victory, a French Curtiss 75 A SW of Amiens, he was promoted to Hauptmann and decorated with the Knight's Cross. He was shot down in combat on 5 June 1940, by French ace Sous Lieutenant René Pommier Layragues (6 victories) flying a D.520 of GC II/7 after having scored 25 victories during 128 missions and was taken prisoner. He was liberated two weeks later upon the armistice with France. He returned to Germany to be promoted to Major and given command of JG 51 as Kommodore..
On 28 July 1940, during his first flight with his new unit, he succeeded in downing a Spitfire, but his aircraft was then hit by the enemy aircraft. Severely wounded in the legs, Mölders just managed to make an emergency landing at the airfield at Wissant in France. It was not until a month later that he was able to return to combat, most likely flying the Bf 109 E-4 W.Nr. 2404 (photographed on 31 August with 32 victory bars), as well as W.Nr. 3737, (shot down over England while being flown by Hptm Asmus on 25 October, with no stab markings according to the crash report, but 49 victory bars). He quickly brought his score up by downing 28 British fighters during the remainder of the Battle of Britain, including his 40th, a Spitfire over Dungeness, on 20 September, for which he was awarded the Oak Leaves (No. 2) the next day. On 22 October he downed three RAF Hurricanes to become the first Luftwaffe pilot to reach a score of 50 aerial victories. By the end of the Battle of Britain he had a total of 54 victories, and he would add one more before the end of the year.
Pilots Werner Molders and Oblt. Hartmann Grasser 01
Major Werner Mölders and Oblt. Hartmann Grasser of the Stab flight of JG 51 after a mission over the British Isles during the Battle of Britain. Grasser was later assigned to JG 11 and would survive the war with 103 confirmed victories.
He continued flying and fighting over the Channel Front until early May, by which time he had brought down an additional 13 British aircraft. On 22 June 1941, the first day of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front, he shot down four Russian aircraft, one I-153 and three SB-2 bombers, his 69th through 72nd victories, and was awarded the Schwertern (No. 2). He was the first pilot to surpass von Richthofen's WW I record score of 80 on 30 June, when he shot down 5 SB-2 bombers to score his 78th to 82nd victories on a day that JG 51 claimed 110 SB-2 and DB-3 bombers. He shot down a further four enemy aircraft on 5 July for his 83rd to 86th victories..
On 15 July he became the first pilot in history to record 100 victories and was immediately awarded the Brillanten (No. 1), the first German soldier to be so recognized. He was immediately forbidden to fly combat on the personal orders of Göring. At only 28 years of age, he was promoted to Oberst and appointed Inspector General of Fighters on 7 August. Even though ordered to cease flying combat missions, he continued to do so and achieved several unconfirmed victories over the Crimea. He personally instructed many pilots on how to achieve success, and helped develop the forward air controller concept. On 22 November 1941, he was flying as a passenger in a He 111 from the Crimea to Germany to attend the funeral of Ernst Udet. Landing during a thunderstorm at Breslau the aircraft crashed and Mölders and the pilot were killed. In his memory, on 20 December 1941, JG 51 was bestowed the honor name "Mölders".
He flew a total of some 330 missions during the Second World War, 100 of these on the Eastern Front, during which he shot down a total of 101 aircraft, 33 of these in the East. He also was the top scorer of the Legion Condor in Spain with 14 victories achieved in some 100 missions, and helped develop many of the modern fighter tactics still in use today.
List of aerial victories for Werner 'Vati' Mölders
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location Comments 1. 15.7.1938 - Curtiss 3. J/88 Algar area 2. 17.7.1938 - Curtiss 3. J/88 N Liria 3. 19.7.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 W Villar del Arzobispo 4. 19.8.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 Flix area 5. 23.8.1938 - SB-2 3. J/88 Albi area 6. 9.9.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 Flix area 7. 13.9.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 Flix area 8. 23.9.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 SW Ginestar - 23.9.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 not confirmed 9. 10.10.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 NE Flix 10. 15.10.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 W La Figuera 11. 15.10.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 Sierra de Montsant area 12. 31.10.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 NW Flix 13. 31.10.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 S Ribarroja 14. 3.11.1938 - Rata 3. J/88 Mola area 15. 20.9.1939 14:30 Curtiss 1./JG 53 W Merzig Hawk H-75A of GC II/5, Armée de l’air flown by Sgt Queginer, baled out 16. 30.10.1939 11:12 Blenheim III./JG 53 Near Klüsserath Blenheim I (L6694) of 18 Sqn, RAF flown by Flt Lt AA Dilnot, crew killed 17. 22.12.1939 15:05 Morane III./JG 53 15km NE Metz Hurricane (N2385) of 73 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt RM Berry, killed 18. 2.3.1940 12:20 Hurricane III./JG 53 Völklingen Possibly Hurricane I (L1808) of 73 S1n, RAF flown by F/O EJ Kain (19/0/2 victories), crash-landed at Toul 19. 3.3.1940 13:55 Morane III./JG 53 Metz Morane 406 of GC II/3, Armée de l’air flown by Cpl Chef Korber, crash-landed at Toul 20. 26.3.1940 15:00 Morane III./JG 53 Diedenhofen Hurricane I of 73 Sqn, RAF flown by F/O N Orton, returned damaged 21. 2.4.1940 12:10 Hurricane III./JG 53 St Avold Hurricane I of 1 Sqn, RAF flown by P/O CD Palmer, baled out 22. 20.4.1940 11:54 Curtiss III./JG 53 Zweibrücken area Probably Hawk H-75A (No 136) of GC II/4, Armée de l’air flown by Adj Chef Cruchant, crash-landed near Bliesbück badly wounded 23. 23.4.1940 11:14 Hurricane III./JG 53 S Diedenhofen Probably Hurricane I (N2391) of 73 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt CNS Campbell, baled out wounded 24. 14.5.1940 16:30 Hurricane III./JG 53 Sedan-Charville 25. 15.5.1940 13:05 Hurricane III./JG 53 Sedan 26. 19.5.1940 9:35 Curtiss III./JG 53 NE Reims 27. 20.5.1940 19:15 Vickers III./JG 53 Compiegne Possibly Vickers Wellesley 28. 21.5.1940 17:30 Morane III./JG 53 29. 21.5.1940 17:50 Morane III./JG 53 30. 21.5.1940 19:18 Morane III./JG 53 31. 22.5.1940 17:50 Potez 63 III./JG 53 SW Mourmelon airfield 32. 25.5.1940 18:55 Morane III./JG 53 Villers Cotterets Forest 33. 27.5.1940 9:10 Curtiss III./JG 53 15km SW Amiens Mölders said it was a Bloch 152 34. 27.5.1940 9:11 Curtiss III./JG 53 15km SW Amiens Mölders said it was a Bloch 152 35. 31.5.1940 19:00 LeO 45 III./JG 53 Abbéville-Amiens LeO 451 36. 3.6.1940 14:30 Curtiss III./JG 53 Paris Possibly D.520 37. 3.6.1940 15:00 Spitfire III./JG 53 Paris 38. 5.6.1940 11:20 Bloch III./JG 53 Compiegne 39. 5.6.1940 11:23 Potez 63 III./JG 53 Compiegne 40. 28.7.1940 - Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Dover Spitfire I of 41 Sqn, RAF flown by F/O ADJ Lovell (18.5/2/10.666 victories), crash-landed wounded 41. 26.8.1940 12:55 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Folkestone 42. 28.8.1940 10:40 Curtiss Stab/JG 51 NE Dover 43. 28.8.1940 18:40 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Canterbury 44. 31.8.1940 9:50 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 between Folkestone and Dover 45. 31.8.1940 9:50~ Hurricane Stab/JG 51 between Folkestone and Dover 46. 31.8.1940 9:50~ Hurricane Stab/JG 51 between Folkestone and Dover 47. 6.9.1940 14:40 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Folkestone 48. 7.9.1940 18:30 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 London 49. 9.9.1940 18:45 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 London 50. 11.9.1940 17:05 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 SE London 51. 14.9.1940 17:40 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 SW London 52. 16.9.1940 8:50 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 London 53. 20.9.1940 12:34 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Near Folkestone Spitfire of 92 Sqn, RAF flown by P/O HP Hill 54. 20.9.1940 12:34 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Near Folkestone Spitfire of 92 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt PR Eyles 55. 27.9.1940 17:00 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Near Maidstone Possibly Spitfire I (P9364) of 222 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt E Scott (5/3/0 victories), killed 56. 28.9.1940 15:00 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Near Littlestone 57. 11.10.1940 12:30 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Near Folkestone Spitfire I (X4562) of 66 Sqn, RAF flown by P/O JHT Pickering, baled out over Canterbury, wounded 58. 12.10.1940 10:40 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Liquizue 59. 12.10.1940 10:40 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Cauberberg 60. 12.10.1940 10:45 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Dungeness 61. 15.10.1940 9:15 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Kneleig 62. 17.10.1940 16:25 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 London 63. 22.10.1940 15:40 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 NW Maidstone 64. 22.10.1940 15:40~ Hurricane Stab/JG 51 NW Maidstone 65. 22.10.1940 15:40~ Hurricane Stab/JG 51 NW Maidstone 66. 25.10.1940 10:45 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 NW Dover Spitfire I (P7365) of 603 Sqn, RAF flown by P/O SF Soden 67. 25.10.1940 13:10 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Margate Spitfire I (P7309) of 603 Sqn, RAF flown by P/O P Oliver 68. 29.10.1940 13:55 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Dungeness 69. 1.12.1940 15:15 Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Ashforth 70. 10.2.1941 17:29 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 5km NNE Calais 71. 20.2.1941 16:56 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Dover 72. 20.2.1941 16:59 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Dover 73. 25.2.1941 15:20 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 N Gravelines 74. 26.2.1941 18:22 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 SW Dungeness 75. 12.3.1941 19:15 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Dungeness Spitfire II of 74 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt JN Glendinning (4/1/1 victories), killed 76. 13.3.1941 15:22 Spitfire Stab/JG 51 SW Boulogne Spitfire of 64 Sqn, RAF flown by Sqn Ldr ARD MacDonnell (12.5.1.7 victories), baled out, POW 77. 15.4.1941 - Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Boulogne 78. 16.4.1941 - Hurricane Stab/JG 51 SW Dungeness 79. 16.4.1941 - Spitfire Stab/JG 51 S Le Touquet 80. 4.5.1941 - Hurricane Stab/JG 51 E Canterbury 81. 6.5.1941 - Hurricane Stab/JG 51 Dover 82. 8.5.1941 - Spitfire Stab/JG 51 Dover 83. 22.6.1941 - Curtiss Stab/JG 51 I-153 of 123 IAP/10SAD, VVS 84. 22.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 85. 22.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 86. 22.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 87. 22.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 88. 24.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 89. 25.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 90. 29.6.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG 51 91. 29.6.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG 51 92. 30.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 Bobyruysk area 93. 30.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 Bobyruysk area 94. 30.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 Bobyruysk area 95. 30.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 Bobyruysk area 96. 30.6.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 Bobyruysk area 97. 5.7.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 98. 5.7.1941 - SB-2 Stab/JG 51 99. 5.7.1941 - I-18 Stab/JG 51 MiG-3 100. 5.7.1941 - I-18 Stab/JG 51 MiG-3 101. 9.7.1941 - Curtiss Stab/JG 51 Rogachev-Orsha-Smolensk area I-153 102. 9.7.1941 - Curtiss Stab/JG 51 Rogachev-Orsha-Smolensk area I-153 103. 9.7.1941 - I-16 Stab/JG 51 Rogachev-Orsha-Smolensk area 104. 10.7.1941 - RZ Stab/JG 51 Rogachev-Orsha-Smolensk area 105. 10.7.1941 - RZ Stab/JG 51 Rogachev-Orsha-Smolensk area 106. 11.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 Rogachev-Orsha-Smolensk area 107. 11.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 108. 12.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 109. 13.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 110. 13.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 111. 14.7.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG 51 112. 14.7.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG 51 113. 14.7.1941 - Pe-2 Stab/JG 51 114. 15.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 115. 15.7.1941 - E/a Stab/JG 51 - 8.11.1941 - Il-2 Stab/JG 77 Victories : 115
Awards : Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Units : J/88, JG 53, JG 51Website Reference: http://www.luftwaffe.cz/molders.html
Major Heinz (Hainz Bernhard) Schumann
Units:Stfkpt 1./JG-71 (redesig. 4./JG-52 in 9/39), Stab I./JG-51 (5/41), 10(Jabo)./JG-2, Kdr II/SKG-10 (1/43), Kdr IV/SG-10(10/43), Kdr SKG-210
Awards:RK(3/18/43), Spanish Cross, DK-G(1/25/42), EP(9/15/41), EK 1 & 2, Fighter & Assault Operational Clasps
Known Aircraft:Bf 109D & E, Bf 109F-2/B 'Red 1' in JG-51, He-51 in '39, Fw 190G-3 WNr 160336 (lost 11/43) in SKG-10 in '43
Remarks:KIA 8 November, 1943 in aerial combat in his G-3 with Spitfires near Charleroi. Obermaier suggests that he crashed as a result of bad weather and engine trouble on a return flight from Berlin. Buried Champigny-St Andre France, Block 6/9/787 (Rosseels). His first victory, a Fesselballon near Weissenburg, 7 November, 1939. His 2nd, a Battle in the Sedan area, 14 May, 1940. One source states victories at 21. 6 victories in the West. His 6th, a Hurricane at Folkestone on 15 May, 1941. Magnus, 21 victories, and judging by his awards, this is probably correct. Bowers/Lednicer, 18 victories.
Asisbiz database list of aerial victories for Major Heinz (Hainz Bernhard) Schumann
Date Unit Pilot Claimed Locatation Time Front 08/11/1939 Oblt. Heinz Schumann 4./JG 52 Weissenburg 12.45 Western Front 14/05/1940 Oblt. Heinz Schumann 4./JG 52 Battle Raum Sedan 16.35 Western Front 15/05/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 Hurricane Folkestone 20.04 Western Front 25/06/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 - 12.35 Eastern Front 25/06/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 - 12.36 Eastern Front 25/06/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 - 12.38 Eastern Front 29/06/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 Skua - 19.52 Eastern Front 30/06/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 - 16.25 Eastern Front 02/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 - 14.48 Eastern Front 02/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 - 15.34 Eastern Front 10/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 V-11 - - Eastern Front 14/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 Pe-2 SE Gori 16.05 Eastern Front 24/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 - 14.55 Eastern Front 24/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 S. Propojsk 14.58 Eastern Front 24/07/1941 Oblt. Heinz Schumann Stab I./JG 51 SB-2 S. Propojsk 14.59 Eastern Front 24/09/1943 Hptm. Heinz Schumann 3./Schl.G. 77 Jak-9 10 132: 1200m 11.25 Eastern Front
Joachim Brendel
Units:1 & 2./JG-51 (6/41 S.U.), Stfkpt 1./JG-51 (4/43), Kdr III./JG-51 (4/45)
Awards:RK(11/22/43)-EL(1/14/45), DK-G(7/12/43), EP(3/15/43), EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Fighter Oper.Clasp w/Pendant
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E-7 WNr 5079 (ceashed), Bf 109F 'Black 7' in '41, Bf 109F-2 WNr 8079 (lost 2/6/42; WIC at Stataja-Russa, his bomb exploded), Bf 109G in '42, Fw 190A-6 WNr 470002 'White 1' (lost 7/28/43) in Staffel, Bf 109G-10 in III Grp
Remarks:WIA 28 July, 1943; hit by flak over Map Quadrant Pl.Qu. 54654. 90+ Il-2 Stormoviks with tailgunners!. 950 combat missions. 162 missions were close support missions. All victories in the East. His first known Soviet victory, a DB-3 on 29 June, 1941. An Il-2 on 8 December, 1942. A MiG-3 SW of Srelyj on 14 December, 1942. Among many multiple victories, three Pe-2's on 6 January, 1943. Three Pe-2's on 18 January, 1943. Two Il-2's on 24 February, 1943. Three Il-2's on 18 March, 1943. A LaGG-5 and a LaGG-3 on 21 March, 1943. An R-5 on 5 May, 1943. Two Il-2's (m.H.) on 22 July, 1943. His 100th victory, one of six this date, a Soviet Il-2 (m.H.) near Logatino on 22 November, 1943. Two 'e/a' (most likely Soviet) on 18 February, 1945. Three more of the same on 20 February, 1945. His 189th, and last victory, an 'e/a' on 25 April, 1945. Survived the war. Germany's 18th ranked fighter Ace. Deceased 7 July 1974.
Asisbiz Database list of 159 aerial victories for Joachim Brendel
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location Sunday, June 29, 1941 Joachim Brendel 12./JG51 DB-3 18:20 Tuesday, December 08, 1942 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 13:00 26 192 Monday, December 14, 1942 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 MiG-3 400m 10:42 SW Srelyj Wednesday, January 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 2000m 10:44 07 813 Wednesday, January 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 1500m 10:57 07 851 Wednesday, January 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 800m 11:00 07 822 Saturday, January 16, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 MiG-3 100m 08:16 17 712 Monday, January 18, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 1000m 08:05 07 783 Monday, January 18, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 1500m 08:09 06 131 Monday, January 18, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 2000m 08:02 07 744 Wednesday, February 24, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 09:15 54 131 Wednesday, February 24, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 09:12 54 122 Sunday, March 07, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 14:25 36 432 Tuesday, March 09, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 07:27 63 244 Tuesday, March 09, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 07:32 63 433 Thursday, March 18, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 800m 06:40 53 562 Thursday, March 18, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 06:42 53 543 Thursday, March 18, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 2000m 06:44 53 822 Sunday, March 21, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 LaGG-5 1500m 16:23 45 521 Sunday, March 21, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 LaGG-3 Low Level 16:05 53 763 Thursday, April 15, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Pe-2 7000m 09:28 64 813 Wednesday, May 05, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 R-5 Low Level 07:00 62 141 Thursday, May 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 13:30 64 754 Friday, May 07, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 05:05 63 121 Friday, May 07, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 50m 05:15 63 181 Saturday, May 08, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 07:49 63 644 Tuesday, May 11, 1943 Joachim Brendel 2./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 13:30 53 632 Friday, May 28, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 100m 11:24 63 151 Saturday, June 05, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 3000m 09:35 44 484 Tuesday, June 08, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 150m 19:11 54 892 Tuesday, June 08, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 150m 19:12 54 864 Thursday, June 10, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-1 3000m 19:37 44 472 Thursday, June 10, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 3000m 19:49 45 893 Thursday, June 10, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 3000m 19:49 45 893 Monday, July 05, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 08:52 63 694 Monday, July 05, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 150m 08:54 73 571 Tuesday, July 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 A-20 Boston III 2000m 05:39 53 653 Tuesday, July 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 2000m 13:55 63 553 Wednesday, July 07, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 A-20 Boston 2000m 08:20 53 693 Thursday, July 08, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 800m 03:58 63 573 Thursday, July 08, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 03:51 63 741 Friday, July 09, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 600m 05:41 63 553 Friday, July 09, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-3 1000m 05:42 63 552 Friday, July 09, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 05:44 63 523 Sunday, July 11, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 MiG-3 800m 03:55 63 567 Monday, July 12, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 19:40 54 275 Monday, July 12, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 19:46 54 249 Monday, July 12, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 05:54 64 897 Monday, July 12, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 05:48 63 231 Monday, July 12, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 05:45 63 226 Tuesday, July 13, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 800m 11:47 63 264 Tuesday, July 13, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 09:30 62 225 Wednesday, July 14, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 14:37 54 172 Saturday, July 17, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 600m 10:23 53 636 Saturday, July 17, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 MiG-3 2000m 19:08 54 639 Monday, July 19, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-1 Low Level 12:03 63 814 Tuesday, July 20, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-1 100m 09:20 64 875 Wednesday, July 21, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 1000m 18:15 64 811 Thursday, July 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1000m 13:08 63 133 Thursday, July 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 13:10 63 135 Sunday, July 25, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 400m 12:32 53 425 Sunday, July 25, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-3 800m 12:30 53 427 (in 19743) Wednesday, July 28, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 10:35 54 657 Wednesday, July 28, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 10:37 54 654 Wednesday, July 28, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 10:39 54 643 Tuesday, August 03, 1943 Joachim Brendel 8./JG51 LaGG-3 1100m 16:27 53 456 Friday, August 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 8./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 12:18 O Karatschew Wednesday, September 15, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 3000m 17:05 West of Yelnya Wednesday, September 15, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-3 2000m 08:00 NE Akatovskoye-See Friday, September 17, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 13:48 Chamino Friday, September 17, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 6000m 07:18 Volkovo Friday, September 17, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 2500m 10:43 Wjasoka Sunday, September 19, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1500m 15:42 West of Schenkovo Monday, September 20, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 700m 13:20 Olegniki Tuesday, October 05, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 400m 15:10 Lenino Wednesday, October 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 11:30 06 172 Wednesday, October 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 15:15 06 149 Tuesday, October 12, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 3000m 11:20 Gorki Wednesday, October 13, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 6000m 13:00 Litovka Wednesday, October 13, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 3000m 08:55 bdOrt Dajevo Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 2500m 15:00 Uborov Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 15:15 Trud Thursday, October 21, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 1500m 10:10 02 251 Thursday, October 21, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 12:28 02 211 Friday, October 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 13:43 Kortchevka Monday, October 25, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 200m 11:15 03 878 Saturday, November 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1000m 14:35 Molovilovka Saturday, November 06, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 3500m 07:30 NW Kiev Thursday, November 11, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 30m 09:40 NE Biala-Terkiev Monday, November 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 09:07 13 371 Monday, November 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 2500m 12:05 SW Klimovka Monday, November 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 12:25 NE Kostyukovka Monday, November 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 12:27 Logatino Monday, November 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 12:30 13 377 Monday, November 22, 1943 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 09:05 03 493 Monday, January 10, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 4500m 14:30 66 749 Wednesday, January 12, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 13:50 05 162 Wednesday, January 12, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab I./JG51 LaGG-3 2000m 10:36 06 788 Wednesday, January 12, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab I./JG51 LaGG-3 2000m 10:35 05 126 Wednesday, January 12, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab I./JG51 Yak-9 2500m 09:58 96 831 Saturday, February 05, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Pe-2 2000m 14:28 93 337 Saturday, April 08, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 3000m 09:38 42 676 Sunday, April 30, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 13:47 42 871 Friday, June 23, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 1500m 10:30 05 421 Saturday, June 24, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 100m 10:50 05 382 Saturday, June 24, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 10:36 05 427 Friday, June 30, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 1000m 17:50 94 313 Sunday, July 09, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 2000m 07:15 64 744 Wednesday, July 19, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 800m 17:50 32 816 Saturday, July 29, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 3000m 10:05 34 746 Monday, August 07, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 500m 08:30 22 312 Monday, August 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1000m 17:22 12 328 Wednesday, August 16, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 08:36 24 765 Wednesday, August 16, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-5 2500m 14:20 24 791 Friday, August 18, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 50m 16:40 13 392 Sunday, August 20, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 12:42 13 523 Monday, August 21, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 500m 16:22 12 522 Tuesday, August 22, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 08:42 23 129 Tuesday, August 22, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 1000m 08:25 23 128 Thursday, August 24, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 600m 14:37 13 264 Thursday, August 24, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. Low Level 11:45 24 745 Friday, August 25, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-7 300m 06:57 13 529 Friday, August 25, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 07:14 13 521 Saturday, August 26, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 LaGG-3 500m 08:45 13 264 Monday, August 28, 1944 Joachim Brendel 1./JG51 Yak-9 1000m 14:11 13 245 Saturday, September 16, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Pe-2 2500m 16:55 27 516 Saturday, September 16, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Pe-2 2000m 16:58 27 556 Sunday, September 17, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 16:12 37 346 Sunday, September 17, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Yak-9 500m 15:56 37 354 Friday, September 22, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 A-20 Boston III 2000m 10:27 27 491 Sunday, September 24, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Pe-2 2000m 08:28 37 362 (E) Thursday, October 05, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 15:27 27 883 Thursday, October 05, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 15:30 27 739 Friday, October 06, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 11:44 36 345 Friday, October 06, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 11:58 36 377 Monday, October 09, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 400m 14:38 26 725 Friday, October 13, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1000m 15:34 25 267 Saturday, October 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 14:45 16 173 Saturday, October 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 800m 15:05 16 326 Saturday, October 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 12:05 25 228 Saturday, October 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 14:47 16 155 Saturday, October 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 14:46 16 157 Monday, October 16, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 09:59 25 256 Monday, October 16, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Yak-9 1000m 10:02 25 261 Wednesday, October 18, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Yak-9 1000m 09:46 25 484 Friday, October 20, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. Low Level 10:06 25 243 Sunday, October 22, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Yak-9 1000m 12:36 25 367 Tuesday, October 24, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 50m 12:45 25 511 Thursday, December 14, 1944 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Yak-3 Low Level 12:18 25 329 Sunday, February 18, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Sunday, February 18, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Tuesday, February 20, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Tuesday, February 20, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Tuesday, February 20, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Friday, February 23, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Sunday, March 18, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Sunday, March 18, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Sunday, March 18, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - - Wednesday, April 25, 1945 Joachim Brendel Stab III./JG51 Abschuß - -
Kurt Knappe
Kurt Knappe was born on 2 June 1918 at Berlin. On completion of fighter pilot training in spring 1941, Knappe was posted to JG51. Gefreiter Knappe was assigned to 5./JG51.Knappe participated in the invasion of Russia and gained his first victory on 24 July 1941. By the end of the year his victory total had risen to nine. Unteroffizier Knappe gained his 50th and 51st victories on 4 October 1942 and was awarded the Deutches Kreuz in Gold. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 3 November 1942.
Knappe was then transferred to 7./JG2 at the end of November 1942 to undertake Reichverteidigung duties. On 20 April, he transferred to 10./JG2 where he gained his final victories. On 3 September 1943, Knappe was shot down and killed in combat with USAAF B-17 four-engine bombers and escorting P-47 fighters over Evreux, France in Fw-190A-6 (W.Nr. 470016).
Kurt Knappe was credited with 56 victories. He recorded 51 victories over the Eastern front. Of the
five victories recorded over the Western front, four were four-engine heavy bombers.Units:5./JG-51 (6/41 S.U.), 7./JG-2 (11/42), 10./JG-2 (4/43), 11./JG-2 (9/43)
Awards:RK(11/3/42), DK-G(10/5/42), EP(5/18/42), EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-2 'Blk 4'(8/42)in 5/JG-51, Fw 190A-4 WNr 2413 'Wh 1+I' in 7/JG-2, Fw 190A-6 WNr 470016 (lost 9/3/43)
Remarks:KIA 3 September, 1943 in aerial combat with Spitfires of RAF No. 421 Sq. over Evreux France. 1 bomber. 51 victories in the East. His first known Soviet victory, a DB-3 on 26 July, 1941. A Douglas on 26 August, 1941. A DB-3 on 13 September, 1941. A Pe-2 on 28 September, 1941. A DB-3 on 17 November, 1941. A Pe-2 on 21 January, 1942. An I-18 SW of Modyn on 7 March, 1942. Three MiG-3's on 9 July, 1942. An Il-2 and a Pe-2 on 2 August, 1942. A MiG-3 and a Pe-2 on 4 August, 1942. Two MiG-3's on 22 August, 1942. Three Il-2's in the Rzhev area on 9 September, 1942. A U-2 and a Yak-1 on 14 September, 1942. One known Western victory, a B-17 on 30 December, 1942. Another, a B-17 near Paris on 3 September, 1943. Bowers/Lednicer, 54 victories.
Asisbiz Database of 43 aerial victories for Kurt Knappe
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location 1 24.7.1941 E/a 5./JG51 2 26.7.1941 12:35 DB-3 5./JG51 3 26.8.1941 18:15 Douglas 5./JG51 4 30.8.1941 17:40 Pe-2 5./JG51 5 6.9.1941 13:35 R-3 5./JG51 6 13.9.1941 10:10 DB-3 5./JG51 7 28.9.1941 10:00 Pe-2 5./JG51 8 11.10.1941 11:07 T-2 5./JG51 9 17.11.1941 14:32 DB-3 5./JG51 21.1.1942 12:27 Pe-2 5./JG51 7.3.1942 14:15 I-18 5./JG51 SW Modyn: no height 31.3.1942 13:37 Il-2 5./JG51 SE Juschnowo: no height 7.7.1942 11:21 MiG-3 5./JG51 9.7.1942 7:35 MiG-3 5./JG51 9.7.1942 7:37 MiG-3 5./JG51 9.7.1942 7:47 MiG-3 5./JG51 11.7.1942 13:05 MiG-1 5./JG51 2.8.1942 13:05 Il-2 5./JG51 47 583: at 600m 2.8.1942 18:17 Pe-2 5./JG51 47 574: at 1.000m 4.8.1942 10:16 MiG-3 5./JG51 47 591: at 700m 4.8.1942 14:25 Pe-2 5./JG51 47 563: at 1.000m 5.8.1942 18:10 Pe-2 5./JG51 56 432: at 2.800m 13.8.1942 8:52 Il-2 5./JG51 64 512: tiefflug 18.8.1942 8:15 Yak-1 5./JG51 54 211: at 3.000m 22.8.1942 13:10 MiG-3 5./JG51 55 764: at 1.000m 22.8.1942 18:12 MiG-3 5./JG51 64 171: at 400m 23.8.1942 10:05 LaGG-3 5./JG51 64 171: at 500m 23.8.1942 10:08 LaGG-3 5./JG51 64 171: at 600m 9.9.1942 10:57 Il-2 5./JG51 E Rzhev: no height 9.9.1942 11:01 Il-2 5./JG51 NE Rzhev: no height 9.9.1942 17:30 Il-2 5./JG51 47 754: no height 14.9.1942 10:01 U-2 5./JG51 47 584: no height 14.9.1942 10:14 Yak-1 5./JG51 47 571: at 2.000m 21.9.1942 8:02 R-5 5./JG51 47 812: no height 23.9.1942 15:00 I-16 Rata 5./JG51 47 612: at 2.000m 1.10.1942 9:35 R-5 5./JG51 46 214: tiefflug 50 4.10.1942 13:05 LaGG-3 5./JG51 8km E Peno 51 4.10.1942 13:10 LaGG-3 5./JG51 5km SE Peno 52 30.12.1942 11:45 B-17 7./JG2 14 West N/45/2/1 6.3.1943 15:11 B-17 7./JG2 14 West N/58217 / Claimed as Stirling 28.6.1943 19:03 B-17 10./JG2 604 / 15 West 56 3.9.1943 9:50 B-17 10./JG2 Paris area Victories : 56
Awards : Ehrenpokal (18 May 1942)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (24 September 1942)
Ritterkreuz (3 November 1942)
Units : JG51, JG2http://www.luftwaffe.cz/knappe.html
Asisbiz Database of 43 aerial victories out 56 for Kurt Knappe
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 26-Jul-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 DB-3 12.35 26-Aug-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Douglas 18.15 30-Aug-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Pe-2 17.40 06-Sep-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 R-3 13.35 13-Sep-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 DB-3 10.10 28-Sep-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Pe-2 10.00 11-Oct-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 T-2 11.07 17-Nov-41 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 DB-3 14.32 21-Jan-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Pe-2 12.27 07-Mar-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 I-18 14.15 SW Modyn 31-Mar-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 13.37 SE Juschnowo 07-Jul-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 11.21 09-Jul-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 07.47 09-Jul-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 07.35 09-Jul-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 07.37 11-Jul-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-1 13.05 02-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Pe-2 1000m 18.17 47 574 02-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 600m 13.05 47 583 04-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Pe-2 1000m 14.25 47 563 04-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 700m 10.16 47 591 05-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Pe-2 2800m 18.10 56 432 13-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 08.52 64 512 18-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Yak-1 3000m 08.15 54 211 22-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 1000m 13.10 55 764 22-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 MiG-3 400m 18.12 64 171 23-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 LaGG-3 500m 10.05 64 171 23-Aug-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 LaGG-3 600m 10.08 64 171 09-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 11.01 NE Rzhev 09-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 17.30 47 754 09-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 10.57 E Rzhev 14-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 Yak-1 2000m 10.14 47 571 14-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 U-2 10.01 47 584 21-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 R-5 08.02 47 812 23-Sep-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 I-16 Rata 2000m 15.00 47 612 01-Oct-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 R-5 Low Level 09.35 46 214 04-Oct-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 LaGG-3 3000m 13.05 8km E Peno 04-Oct-42 Kurt Knappe 5./JG51 LaGG-3 3000m 13.10 5km SE Peno 30-Dec-42 Kurt Knappe 7./JG2 B-17 Fortress 5000m 11.45 14 West N/45/2/1 06-Mar-43 Kurt Knappe 7./JG2 B-17 Fortress 4000m 15.11 14 West N/58217 as Stirling 28-Jun-43 Kurt Knappe 1./JG2 B-17 Fortress 50m 19.03 604/15 West 03-Sep-43 Kurt Knappe 10./JG2 B-17 Fortress 6000m 09.50 Raum Paris 06-Mar-44 Kurt Knappe 7./JG2 B-17 Fortress 4000m 15.11 14 West N/58217 as Stirling 10-Oct-44 Kurt Knappe 3./JG54 La-5 1500m 09.08 47 123
Heinrich 'Gaudi' Krafft
Heinrich 'Gaudi' Krafft was born on 13 August 1914 at Bilin in Böhmen. He joined the army and served with Infanterieregiment 9 before transferring to the Luftwaffe in 1936. In 1939, Krafft was serving with JG51. Oberleutnant Krafft was assigned to III./JG51. He claimed his first victories during the French campaign, when he shot down two RAF Hurricane fighters near Rotterdam on 11 May 1940. He was wounded in aerial combat during May, which resulted in his being out of action for a considerable period. Krafft had four victories to his credit at the time. Krafft was appointed Staffelkapitän of III./JG51 on 11 November 1940 and led the unit for the invasion of Russia. On the first day of the campaign, 22 June 1941, Krafft shot down four Russian aircraft to record his fifth through ninth victories. He recorded his 10th victory on 29 June when he shot down a Russian I-16 fighter. On 31 August he claimed three DB-3 twin-engined bombers (16-18). His 20th victory was achieved on 4 October when he claimed another I-16 shot down. On 6 December, Krafft shot down three enemy aircraft to record his 29th through 31st victories. By the end of 1941, he had increased his victory total to 34.
On 17 February 1942, Krafft shot down a Russian I-61 fighter to record his 40th victory. Oberleutnant Krafft was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz on 25 January 1942 and the Ritterkreuz on 18 March 1942 for 48 victories recorded in over 300 missions. On 1 June 1942, Hauptmann Krafft was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG51 after Hauptmann Josef Fözö (27 victories, RK) was injured in a landing accident the previous day. In August 1942, I./JG51 transferred to Jesau for conversion to the Fw-190A-2 and A-3, returning to action on 6 September as the first unit to introduce the new fighter on the Eastern Front. Shortly afterwards, I./JG51 was transferred to the Leningrad sector as the Russians attempted to lift the siege of the city. Krafft claimed his 60th victory south of Belyi on 14 December 1942. He survived the crash-landing but was beaten to death by Russian soldiers.
Fw 190A Stab I./JG51 ((+ Heinrich Krafft
Heinrich 'Gaudi' Krafft flew a total of 350 missions and claimed 78 victories, all but four on the Eastern Front, including at least nine Il-2 Sturmoviks.
Units:3./JG-51 (5/40), Stfkpt 3./JG-51 (2/42 Stolzy), JG-3, Kdr I./JG-51 (6/42 S.U.)
Awards:RK(3/18/42), DK-G(1/25/42), EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E in 3/51, Bf 109F-2 WNr 7221 'Yellow 7' (2/42), Fw 190A-5, Fw 190A-3 WNr 130539 (or 1305539) 'Black <<+3' (lost 12/14/42)
Remarks:KIA 14 December, 1942. Shot down in Wk# 0539 by AA fire southwest of Rzhev, near Bjelic and killed (beaten to death) by Soviet troops. Two known victories, his 1st & 2nd, both Hurricanes over Rotterdam, 11 May, 1940. His 3rd, a Morane 406 at Abbeville on 21 May, 1940. His 4th, a Hawk-75 at Abbeville on 22 May, 1940. His first known Soviet victory, a SB-3 on 25 June, 1941. An I-16 on 29 June, 1941. A V-11 on 26 August, 1941. A triple Soviet victory on 31 August, 1941; all three DB-3's. An I-61 on 1 December, 1941. A triple victory on 6 December, 1941; two I-61's and a 'BSch'. Two I-61's on 10 February, 1942. An Il-2 on 7 August, 1942. A LaGG-3 E of Lagodanaya on 23 October, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 11 November, 1942. Three Il-2's on 26 November, 1942. An Il-2 on 30 November, 1942. Two Il-2's in the Solamino/Barnicki areas on 4 December, 1942. An La-5 on 8 December, 1942. Victories 77 & 78, a LaGG-3 and a Pe-2 on 10 December, 1942, days before his death. Flew Bf 109 F-2 'Yellow 7' in 3/JG-51 in March 1942. 4 victories in the West. Nicknamed 'Gaudi'. Bowers/Lednicer, 78 victories. Photo
List of aerial victories for Heinrich 'Gaudi' Krafft
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location 1 11.5.1940 18:08 Hurricane 3./JG 51 Rotterdam 2 11.5.1940 18:16 Hurricane 3./JG 51 Rotterdam 3 21.5.1940 8:10 Morane 406 3./JG 51 Abbeville 4 22.5.1940 - Hawk-75A 3./JG 51 Abbeville 5 22.6.1941 7:02 I-15 3./JG 51 - 6 22.6.1941 9:55 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 7 22.6.1941 10:02 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 8 22.6.1941 17:45 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 9 25.6.1941 14:00 SB-3 3./JG 51 - 10 29.6.1941 12:40 I-16 3./JG 51 - 11 30.6.1941 13:05 SB-3 3./JG 51 - 12 30.6.1941 18:50 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 13 13.7.1941 14:55 SB-3 3./JG 51 - 14 24.7.1941 11:30 Seversky 3./JG 51 - 15 26.8.1941 17:14 V-11 3./JG 51 Il-2 16 31.8.1941 10:25 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 17 31.8.1941 10:31 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 18 31.8.1941 10:36 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 19 8.9.1941 9:30 Pe-2 3./JG 51 - 20 4.10.1941 8:20 I-16 3./JG 51 - 21 8.10.1941 14:45 DB-3 3./JG 51 - 22 10.10.1941 11:00 I-61 3./JG 51 - 23 11.10.1941 14:35 I-61 3./JG 51 - 24 22.10.1941 11:35 I-61 3./JG 51 - 25 24.10.1941 15:45 I-61 3./JG 51 - 26 25.10.1941 8:50 I-61 3./JG 51 - 27 1.12.1941 13:13 I-61 3./JG 51 - 28 5.12.1941 14:30 I-61 3./JG 51 - 29 6.12.1941 11:32 I-61 3./JG 51 - 30 6.12.1941 14:38 Schlachtflugzeug 3./JG 51 - 31 6.12.1941 14:40 I-61 3./JG 51 - 32 12.12.1941 12:19 I-61 3./JG 51 - 33 18.12.1941 11:00 I-61 3./JG 51 - 34 18.12.1941 11:07 Schlachtflugzeug 3./JG 51 - 35 25.1.1942 15:03 I-61 3./JG 51 - 36 26.1.1942 15:20 I-61 3./JG 51 - 37 10.2.1942 15:14 I-61 3./JG 51 - 38 10.2.1942 15:17 I-61 3./JG 51 - 39 16.2.1942 15:25 I-61 3./JG 51 - 40 17.2.1942 16:20 I-61 3./JG 51 - 41 18.2.1942 15:30 I-61 3./JG 51 - 42 20.2.1942 10:10 U-2 3./JG 51 - ? 30.4.1942 16:33 Il-2 3./JG 51 - ? 7.8.1942 9:55 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 46 293: at 600m 60 30.9.1942 - E/a Stab I./JG 51 - ? 23.10.1942 15:22 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG 51 E Lagodanaya Divina: no height ? 11.11.1942 14:16 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG 51 27 814 at 1.500-2.000m ? 26.11.1942 - E/a Stab I./JG 51 - ? 26.11.1942 12:24 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 26 422: tiefflug ? 26.11.1942 12:26 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 26 284: tiefflug ? 26.11.1942 12:28 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 26 284: tiefflug ? 30.11.1942 12:07 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 46 131: no height 71 4.12.1942 - E/a Stab I./JG 51 - 72 4.12.1942 - E/a Stab I./JG 51 - 73 4.12.1942 - E/a Stab I./JG 51 - 74 4.12.1942 9:25 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 Solamino: 200m 75 4.12.1942 9:30 Il-2 Stab I./JG 51 Barnicki: 300m 76 8.12.1942 13:35 La-5 Stab I./JG 51 26 281 at 2.000m 77 10.12.1942 9:35 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG 51 2.000m 78 10.12.1942 12:28 Pe-2 Stab I./JG 51 - Victories : 78
Awards : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (25 January 1942)
Ritterkreuz (18 March 1942)
Units : JG51http://www.luftwaffe.cz/krafft.html
Asisbiz Database of 55 aerial victories for Helmut Meckel
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 11-May-40 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Hurricane 18.08 Rotterdam 11-May-40 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Hurricane 18.16 Rotterdam 21-May-40 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Morane 406 5700m 08.10 Abbeville 22-May-40 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Hawk-75A Abbeville 22-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 17.45 Eastern Front 22-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 10.02 Eastern Front 22-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-15 Rata 07.02 Eastern Front 22-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 09.55 Eastern Front 25-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 SB-3 14.00 Eastern Front 29-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-16 Rata 12.40 Eastern Front 30-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 SB-3 13.05 Eastern Front 30-Jun-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 18.50 Eastern Front 13-Jul-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 SB-3 14.55 Eastern Front 24-Jul-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Seversky 11.30 Eastern Front 26-Aug-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 V-11 17.14 Eastern Front 31-Aug-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 10.25 Eastern Front 31-Aug-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 10.31 Eastern Front 31-Aug-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 10.36 Eastern Front 08-Sep-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Pe-2 09.30 Eastern Front 04-Oct-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-16 Rata 08.20 Eastern Front 08-Oct-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 DB-3 14.45 Eastern Front 11-Oct-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 14.35 Eastern Front 22-Oct-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 11.35 Eastern Front 24-Oct-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.45 Eastern Front 25-Oct-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 08.50 Eastern Front 01-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 13.13 Eastern Front 05-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 14.30 Eastern Front 06-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 11.32 Eastern Front 06-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 BSch FL 2 14.38 Eastern Front 06-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 14.40 Eastern Front 12-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 12.19 Eastern Front 18-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 11.00 Eastern Front 18-Dec-41 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 BSch 11.07 Eastern Front 25-Jan-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.03 Eastern Front 26-Jan-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.20 Eastern Front 10-Feb-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.17 Eastern Front 10-Feb-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.14 Eastern Front 16-Feb-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.25 Eastern Front 17-Feb-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 16.20 Eastern Front 18-Feb-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 I-61 15.30 Eastern Front 20-Feb-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 U-2 10.10 Eastern Front 30-Apr-42 Heinrich Krafft III./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 16.33 Eastern Front 07-Aug-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 600m 09.55 46 293 23-Oct-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 LaGG-3 15.22 E Lagodanaya Divina 11-Nov-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 LaGG-3 1500-2000m 14.16 27 814 26-Nov-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 12.24 26 422 26-Nov-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 12.26 26 284 26-Nov-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 12.28 26 284 30-Nov-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 12.07 46 131 04-Dec-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 09.25 b Solamino 04-Dec-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 09.30 b Barnicki 08-Dec-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 La-5 2000m 13.35 26 281 10-Dec-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 LaGG-3 2000m 09.35 bei Location 10-Dec-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 Pe-2 12.28 bei Location Bodennahe 14-Dec-42 Heinrich Krafft Stab I./JG51 MiA bei Bjeloj Jagerbeschuss
Heinz Schawaller
Units:1/JG-51 (S.U.)
Awards:EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-2 WNr 6663 'White 7' (lost 10/23/41)
Remarks:KIA 23 October, 1941 in aerial combat near Moshaisk with Soviet fighters of the 34 Fighter Aviation Regt.. Magnus, 12 victories. Alternate spelling: Schwaller.
Walter Schick
Units:2./JG-51 (7/41 S.U.)
Awards:EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-2 WNr 9713 'Black 5' (lost 11/15/41)
Remarks:MIA 15 November, 1941, no cause or location reported. His first known Soviet victory, a ZKB-19 on 5 July, 1941. An I-16 on 27 July, 1941. A 2nd, an R-5 on 9 August, 1941. An SB-3 on 23 September, 1941. An I-61 on 10 October, 1941. Another I-61 on 22 October, 1941. A 'Trainer AC' on 24 October, 1941. A Pe-2 on 13 November, 1941.
Asisbiz Database of 9 aerial victories for Walter Schick
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 05-Jul-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 ZKB-19 12.20 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 27-Jul-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 I-16 Rata 17.22 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-Aug-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 R-5 07.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 23-Sep-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 SB-3 14.35 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 10-Oct-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 I-61 13.06 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 12-Oct-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 Pe-2 13.32 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 22-Oct-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 I-61 16.03 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Oct-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 Schl.Flugz. 12.31 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 13-Nov-41 Walter Schick 2./JG51 Pe-2 15.15 Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Erich Viebahn
Units:3./JG-51 (6/41 S.U.), 2./JGr Süd (8/43), Stfkpt 10./JG-11 (5/44)
Awards:EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F in JG-51, Fw 190A
Remarks:Two known Soviet victories, both DB-3's on 22 June, 1941. A 3rd, a SB-3 on 13 July, 1941. A B-17 by Johanneinberg on 17 August, 1943.
Asisbiz Database of 5 aerial victories for Lt. Erich Viebahn
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 22-Jun-41 Erich Viebahn 3./JG51 DB-3 09.58 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 22-Jun-41 Erich Viebahn 3./JG51 DB-3 09.56 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 30-Jun-41 Erich Viebahn 3./JG51 I-16 Rata 13.25 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 13-Jul-41 Erich Viebahn 3./JG51 SB-3 14.56 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 17-Aug-43 Erich Viebahn 2./JGr.Sud B-17 Fortress 5500m 12.25 bei Johanneinberg
Josef 'Joschko' Fözö
Josef 'Joschko' Fözö was born on 7 November 1912 at Wien in Austria. He joined the Austrian Luftstreitkräfte before transferring to the Luftwaffe following Germany's annexation of Austria in 1938. From summer 1938 until March 1939, Fözö flew with 3. Staffel of J 88, operating in support of the Nationalist cause during the Spanish Civil War. He claimed three victories in 147 missions during that conflict. He was awarded the Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwertern for his achievements during that conflict. On his return to Germany, Oberleutnant Fözö was appointed Staffelkapitän of 10./JG72 operating Ar 68 biplane fighters. The unit was based at Böblingen at the outbreak of World War 2.
Fözö was appointed Staffelkapitän of 2./JG71 on 16 July 1939. In October 1939, 2./JG71 was redesignated 4./JG51. Fözö recorded his first victory of World War 2 on 16 April 1940 when he shot down a tethered artillery-spotting balloon near Breisach during the French campaign. During the Battle of Britain, Fözö was particularly successful. Fözö was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG51 on 21 February 1941. By the time Fözö participated in the invasion of Russia, he had at least 15 victories to his credit. Hauptmann Fözö was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 2 July for 22 victories. He recorded his 24th victory on 11 July.
However, he was badly injured in a take-off accident at Stava Bychow the same day in Bf109F-2 (W.Nr. 12836) Black <<- and was hospitalised for a lengthy period. Fözö returned to combat duty as Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG51, based on the Eastern front, on 3 May 1942. On 31 May, he was again badly injured in a landing accident at Tubelja in Bf 109F-2 (W.Nr. 8086). On recovery from his injuries, Fözö was appointed Kommodore of JG108 on 4 June 1944. He led the unit until 10 January 1945. Fözö died on 4 March 1979 at Wien. 'Joschko' Fözö was credited with 27 victories. He recorded three victories during the Spanish Civil War, 15 over the Western front and nine over the Eastern front.
Units:Legion Condor (3/J-88), Stfkpt 2./JG-71 (redsg 4./JG-51 7/39), Kdr I./JG-51 (2/41 S.U.), Kdr JG-108
Awards:RK(7/2/41), Spanish Cross-G w/Swords, EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp w/Pendant
Known Aircraft:Bf 109D 'Red 6', Bf 109E-1 '6-129' L.C.(dam), Bf 109E-1 'White 1' in 4/JG-51, Bf 109E-4 WNr 703 'Black <<' in II/JG-51, (Bf 109F-2 WNr 12836 'Blk <<' (dam 7/11/41), Bf 109F-2 WNr 8086 (dam 5/31/42), Bf 109F-2 WNr 9462 (dam 6/23/41)
Remarks:One known victory, his 1st, a Fesselballon west of Breisach, 16 April, 1940. His 2nd, a Spitfire N of Dover on 8 July, 1940. His 3rd & 4th , both Hurricanes over England on 13 July, 1940. His 5th, a Spitfire NW of Dover on 31 July, 1940. His 6th, a Spitfire SE of Folkestone on 8 August, 1940. His 7th, a Hurricane E of Burnham-on-Crouch on 15 August, 1940. Nos.8, 9 & 10; two Hurricanes and a Spitfire E of Dover on 16 August, 1940. His 11th, a Hurricane E of Ramsgate on 18 August, 1940. His 12th, a Hurricane NW of Dover on 24 August, 1940. No.15, a Spitfire 3 km N of Mardyck on 9 April, 1941. Suffered serious skull injuries in a take-off accident in Wk# 12836 at Stava Bychow on 11 July, 1941. Soon after recovery, crashed 31 May, 1942, during landing at Tubelja in Wk# 8086. After these injuries, he served in staff and training schools. Commanded I/JG-108 in June, 1944. 370 missions in East and West and another 147 in Spain. Three victories in Spain and 9 in Russia. His first known Soviet victory, a R-Z on 29 June, 1941. A triple victory on 30 June, 1941; two DB-3's and a TB-6. Deceased 4 March, 1979 in Vienna. Photo
List of aerial victories for Josef 'Joschko' Fözö
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location 1 18.9.1938 - I-16 3. J/88 Spain 2 31.10.1938 - I-16 3. J/88 Spain 3 17.1.1939 - I-16 3. J/88 Spain 4 16.4.1940 15:55 Fesselballon 4./JG51 W Breisach 5 8.7.1940 16:45 Spitfire 4./JG51 N Dover / Spitfire of 65 Sqn, RAF flown by S/Ldr D Cook 6 13.7.1940 16:45 Hurricane 4./JG51 10km W Cap Gris Nez / Hurricane of 56 Sqn, RAF flown by F/Lt Cohlan, damaged 7 13.7.1940 16:45 Hurricane 4./JG51 10km W Cap Gris Nez / Hurricane of 56 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt Whiteheld 8 31.7.1940 16:55 Spitfire 4./JG51 NW Dover / Spitfire of 74 Sqn, RAF flown by P/O Gunn 9 8.8.1940 12:35 Spitfire 4./JG51 SE Folkestone / Spitfire of 64 or 610 Sqn, RAF 10 15.8.1940 16:17 Hurricane 4./JG51 E Burnham-on-Crouch 11 16.8.1940 - Hurricane 4./JG51 E Dover 12 16.8.1940 - Hurricane 4./JG51 E Dover 13 16.8.1940 18:05 Spitfire 4./JG51 E Dover 14 18.8.1940 - Hurricane 4./JG51 E Ramsgate / Hurricane of 501 Sqn, RAF flown by S/Ldr Stoney 15 24.8.1940 9:35 Spitfire 4./JG51 NW Dover / Spitfire of 610 Sqn, RAF flown by Sgt Arnfield 16 26.8.1940 13:15 Spitfire 4./JG51 Canterbury / Spitfire of 616 Sqn, RAF flown by F/O Moberlay 17 15.10.1940 9:32 Hurricane 4./JG51 London 18 9.4.1941 12:00 Spitfire II./JG51 3km N Mardyck 19 29.6.1941 19:25 I-16 II./JG51 - 20 30.6.1941 10:35 R-10 II./JG51 - 21 30.6.1941 10:40 DB-3 II./JG51 - 22 30.6.1941 16:45 DB-3 II./JG51 - 23 30.6.1941 17:30 TB-6 II./JG51 - 24 1.7.1941 14:30 I-16 II./JG51 - 25 2.7.1941 14:32 SB-2 II./JG51 - 26 9.7.1941 15:15 I-16 II./JG51 - 27 11.7.1941 17:05 DB-3 II./JG51 - Victories : 27
Awards : Ritterkreuz (2 July 1941)
Units : JG72, JG71, JG51http://www.luftwaffe.cz/fozo.html
Asisbiz Database of 23 aerial victories for Josef Fozo
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 16-Apr-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Fesselballon 15.55 West of Breisach Norway 08-Jul-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Spitfire 16.45 North of Dover 13-Jul-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane 19.26 10km W. Cap Gris Nez 13-Jul-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane 19.30 10km W. Cap Gris Nez 31-Jul-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Spitfire 16.55 NW Dover 08-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Spitfire 12.35 SE Folkestone 15-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane 16.17 East of Burnham-on-Crouch 16-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane East of Dover 16-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane East of Dover 16-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Spitfire 18.05 East of Dover 18-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane East of Ramsgate 24-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane 09.35 NW Dover 26-Aug-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Spitfire 13.15 Canterbury 15-Oct-40 Josef Fozo 4./JG51 Hurricane 09.32 South of London 09-Apr-41 Josef Fozo Stab II/JG51 Spitfire 300m 12.00 3km North of Mardyck 29-Jun-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 R-Zet 19.25 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 30-Jun-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 DB-3 10.40 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 30-Jun-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 TB-6 17.30 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 30-Jun-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 DB-3 16.45 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 01-Jul-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 I-16 Rata 14.30 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 02-Jul-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 SB-2 14.32 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-Jul-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 I-16 Rata 15.15 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 11-Jul-41 Josef Fozo Stab II./JG51 DB-3 17.05 Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Erich Hohagen
Units:4./JG-51(6/41), 2./JG-27(Stfkpt,Grp Kdr), 7./JG-2(1/43), Kdr I./JG-2('43), III./JG-7(11/44), JV-44(4/45)
Awards:RK(10/6/41), DK-G(12/12/43), EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge(6/1/43), Fighter Operational Clasp w/Pendant
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-2 WNr 9211 'White 1+-' in 4/JG-51 (WIA 9/7/41), Bf 109G-6 WNr16391(lost 6/43), Fw 190A-4 2418 'White 11+I' in 7/JG-2 & Fw 190A-6 WNr 550532 (30% dam 9/16/43; WIA enemy fire belly lands at Rennes airfield) in JG-2, Fw 190A-8 WNr 171559 (lost 9/29/44), Me 262A-1a WNr170071 'White 2'
Remarks:13 bombers. One, a B-24 on 15 February, 1943, 'Railway Express' of the 44BG, flown by 1/Lt Rufus A. Oliphant Jr.. All the crew perished. Two others, both B-17's on 23 January, 1943. A P-47 NW of Paris on 13 May, 1944. A Typhoon on D-Day at Beaumont le Roger. A P-47 S of Pacy-sur-Eure on 12 June, 1944. A P-47 at Coutances on 22 June, 1944. A P-47 E of Paris on 27 August, 1944. Channel pilot. His 1st victory, a Spitfire N of Hythe, 5 July, 1940. 20 victories in Russia. His first Soviet victories being three SB-2's on 22 June, 1941. Over 500 combat missions. Flew combat missions for five years. Wounded seriously several times, once on 8 September, 1941 during Operation Barbarossa; again on 1 June, 1943, in Werk# 16391. On 1 June, 1943, he was mistaken by Wilhelm Steinmann, as a Spitfire, and shot down. For his punishment, Steinmann was sent to Romania. He bore the marks of his valor, said Johannes Steinhoff. 'He had a piece of plastic in his skull, and a face whose two halves no longer quite matched'. This, a result of a crash in 171559 after combat with '4 mots'. So disgusted with the Luftwaffe High Command, he renounced his RK, but continued to oppose the Allied bombing raids up to the very end. Photo
Asisbiz Database of 50 aerial victories for Erich Hohagen
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 05-Jul-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire North of Hythe 09-Jul-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 21.45 NE Dover 10-Jul-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire - E. Ramsgate 31-Jul-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 16.58 West of Dover 16-Aug-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 13.22 Herne Bay 26-Aug-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 13.16 Canterbury 29-Oct-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 17.55 South of London 05-Nov-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 16.03 North of London 05-Nov-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Spitfire 16.00 North of London 01-Dec-40 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Hurricane 12.20 West of London 21-May-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Hurricane 17.55 Reich (Western Front) 21-May-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Hurricane 1000-1500m 17.55 30km NW Dunkirk 22-Jun-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 SB-2 09.37 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 22-Jun-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 SB-2 09.35 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 22-Jun-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 SB-2 09.32 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 25-Jun-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 SB-2 18.07 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 29-Jun-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 R-Zet 18.10 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 30-Jun-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 R-10 16.15 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 02-Jul-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 I-16 Rata 16.47 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-Jul-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 R-10 19.35 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 13-Jul-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 I-16 Rata 10.20 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 13-Jul-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 DB-3 10.05 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Jul-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 Vultee-11 11.17 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 26-Jul-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 I-18 19.01 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 11-Aug-41 Erich Hohagen 4./JG51 I-61 14.46 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 18-Aug-41 Erich Hohagen Stab II./JG51 I-61 08.05 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 22-Aug-41 Erich Hohagen Stab II./JG51 I-61 07.30 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 25-Aug-41 Erich Hohagen Stab II./JG51 SB-3 12.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 02-Sep-41 Erich Hohagen Stab II./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 06.40 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 03-Jan-43 Erich Hohagen 7./JG2 B-17 Fortress 5500m 11.37 14 West N/3859 23-Jan-43 Erich Hohagen 7./JG2 B-17 Fortress 6000m 13.48 14 West N/4929 23-Jan-43 Erich Hohagen 7./JG2 B-17 Fortress 6000m 14.02 14 West N/4967 13-Feb-43 Erich Hohagen 7./JG2 Spitfire 1500m 09.55 N Boulogne 15-Feb-43 Erich Hohagen 7./JG2 B-24 Liberator 4500m 16.04 1284/05 Ost 15km E Dover 21-Apr-43 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG27 Ventura 1500m 12.19 4km W Somme-Mundung 21-Apr-43 Erich Hohagen 7./JG2 Ventura 1500m 12.19 4km W Somme-Mundung 13-May-43 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG27 B-17 Fortress 6000m 16.20 409 - 4 25-May-43 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG27 B-25 Mitchell 2500m 10.58 South of Somme-Mundung 27-Aug-43 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 B-17 Fortress 5500m 19.50 Reims 06-Sep-43 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 B-17 Fortress 6000m 12.14 CH-6 (3km NW Troyes) 14-Oct-43 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 B-17 Fortress 7000m 15.55 SW Verdun 13-May-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-47 Thunderbolt 3500m 12.18 05 Ost S/UD-4 (NW Paris) 06-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 Typhoon 1000m 17.25 UB Beaumont-le-Roger 12-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-47 Thunderbolt 600m 06.10 AC-3 (S Pacy-sur-Eure) 14-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-51 Mustang 500m 06.44 UC-1 (Louviers) 15-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 Spitfire 200m 06.42 UC-8 (E evreux) 22-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-47 Thunderbolt 2500m 14.33 US (Coutances) 24-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-51 Mustang 1500m 12.22 UB (Bernay area) 29-Jun-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-47 Thunderbolt 4000m 08.02 AB-6 (N Breteuil) 27-Aug-44 Erich Hohagen Stab I./JG2 P-47 Thunderbolt 3000m 14.31 05 Ost S/AF-BF (E Paris)
Rudolf Nielinger
Units:4/JG-51 (6/41 S.U & N. Africa), JV-44
Awards:DK-G, EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-2 WNr 8992 (50% dam 8/2/42 in Russia), Bf 109F & G (Trop), Me 262A-1a in JV-44
Remarks:Reported lost in Russia on 2 August, 1942, cause and location not reported. He returned later and Wk# 8992 was recovered. His first known Soviet victory, A SB-2 on 25 June, 1941. Another Soviet, a DB-3 on 3 July, 1941. An I-16 on 31 July, 1941. A Pe-2 on 9 August, 1941. An I-61 on 22 August, 1941. A double Soviet victory on 25 August, 1941; both DB-3's. An I-61 on 29 October, 1941. An I-61 on 18 February, 1942. A Pe-2 and a Yak-1 on 5 August, 1942. An Il-2 on 22 August, 1942. Two Il-2's on 23 August, 1942. An Il-2 on 27 August, 1942. Two Il-2's on 14 September, 1942. A N. African victory, a Beaufort 22 km northwest of Bizerta on 17 November, 1942. Another, a P-40 during a ground strike at Quadrant 80 492 on 21 May, 1943. Magnus, 23 victories.
Asisbiz Database of 20 aerial victories for Rudolf Nielinger
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 25-Jun-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 SB-2 18.08 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 03-Jul-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 DB-3 16.55 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 31-Jul-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 I-16 Rata 08.36 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-Aug-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Pe-2 12.15 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 22-Aug-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 I-61 11.30 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 25-Aug-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 DB-3 12.51 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 25-Aug-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 DB-3 07.55 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 29-Oct-41 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 I-61 12.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 18-Feb-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 I-61 07.55 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 05-Aug-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Pe-2 Low Level 04.58 46 452 05-Aug-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Yak-1 1820m 19.02 47 852 22-Aug-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 14.56 54 251 23-Aug-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 06.45 54 212 23-Aug-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 06.52 55 874 27-Aug-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 80m 17.40 63 121 14-Sep-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 10.03 47 584 14-Sep-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 10.05 47 584 17-Nov-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Beaufort Low Level 13.39 22km NW Bizerta 28-Dec-42 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Spitfire 14.15 Souk-el-Arba 21-May-43 Rudolf Nielinger 4./JG51 Curtiss P-43 Ground-Strike 17.58 80 493 Ground-Strike
Werner Bielefeldt
Units:I./JG-21 ('39), 7./JG-51 (11/40) (7/41 Bobruisk-South, S.U.)
Awards:DK-G, EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109D & E, Bf 109F-2 'White 11+I' (7/41)
Remarks:His first known victory, a Spitfire at London on 7 September, 1940. His 2nd, a Hurricane near London on 30 October, 1940. A 3rd, a Hurricane 10 km S of Dunkirk on 29 April, 1941. His 10th, a Pe-2 bomber NE of Mogilev on 11 July, 1941, still in 7/JG-51.
Asisbiz Database of 3 aerial victories for Werner Bielefeldt
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 07-Sep-40 Werner Bielefeldt 7./JG51 Spitfire 30-Oct-40 Werner Bielefeldt 7./JG51 Hurricane 13.40 29-Apr-41 Werner Bielefeldt 7./JG51 Spitfire 10.30 10km S. Dover
Ottmar Maurer
Units:9/JG-51 (S.U.)
Awards:EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-2 WNr 5657 'Yellow 5+I' (lost 8/11/41)
Remarks:MIA 11 August, 1941 after aerial combat near Jelnja. His first known Soviet victories, six SB-2 bombers shot down on 24 June, 1941. A 7th victory, a DB-3 on 29 June, 1941. An 8th, a DB-3 on 30 June, 1941. A 9th, a Pe-2 on 11 July, 1941. A 10th, A Vultee-11 on 28 July, 1941. Two Pe-2's on 9 August, 1941.
Asisbiz Database of 12 aerial victories for Ottmar Maurer
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 24-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 SB-2 17.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 SB-2 17.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 SB-2 17.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 SB-2 14.00 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 SB-2 14.00 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 24-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 DB-3 10.58 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 29-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 DB-3 17.50 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 30-Jun-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 DB-3 14.30 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 11-Jul-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 Pe-2 15.20 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 28-Jul-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 Vultee-11 05.53 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-Aug-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 Pe-2 13.05 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-Aug-41 Ottmar Maurer 9./JG51 Pe-2 13.07 Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Edmund Wagner
Units:3/JG-2 ('40), 9/JG-51 (9/40 BoB), 9/JG-51 (6/41 S.U.)
Awards:RK(11/17/41 Post.), EP(9/1/41), EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E, Bf 109F-2 WNr 9693 'Yellow 1+I' (11/13/41) in 9/JG-51
Remarks:The most successful individual pilot in October 1941 with 22 victories. KIA 13 November, 1941 in 'Yellow 1' while pursuing Pe-2's at treetop level over the front lines. Raked by the rear gunners machine gun fire, he plunged into the ground, exploding on impact. 1 victory in the West, his first victory, a Spitfire in the Dungeness area on 14 September, 1940. His first known Soviet victories, five SB-2's on 24 June, 1941. Three DB-3's on 25 June, 1941. Two more DB-3's on 26 June, 1941. A DB-3 on 10 August, 1941 and an I-15 & I-16 on 11 August, 1941. Four victories on 10 September, 1941; all I-61's. His 57th victory, an I-61 at Pafmutovkaon 12 November, 1941, one day before his death. Bowers/Lednicer, 57 victories.
Asisbiz Database of 53 aerial victories for Edmund Wagner
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location Saturday, September 14, 1940 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Spitfire Tuesday, June 24, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 SB-2 14:00 Tuesday, June 24, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 SB-2 17:50 Tuesday, June 24, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 SB-2 17:51 Tuesday, June 24, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 SB-2 17:54 Tuesday, June 24, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 SB-2 10:58 Wednesday, June 25, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 11:25 Wednesday, June 25, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 11:26 Wednesday, June 25, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 11:27 Thursday, June 26, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 15:50 Thursday, June 26, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 15:50 Friday, July 11, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 15:15 Tuesday, July 15, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-18 10:41 Monday, August 04, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-15 Rata 11:50 Sunday, August 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 19:15 Monday, August 11, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-16 Rata 11:00 Monday, August 11, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-15 Rata 11:20 Sunday, August 17, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Ilyushin Il-2 09:20 Wednesday, August 27, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 17:57 Wednesday, September 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 11:40 Wednesday, September 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 11:40 Wednesday, September 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 11:40 Wednesday, September 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 11:40 Monday, September 15, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 15:50 Monday, September 22, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 12:25 Monday, September 22, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 12:25 Wednesday, October 01, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 06:00 Thursday, October 02, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 13:05 Saturday, October 04, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-16 Rata 15:15 Sunday, October 05, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 10:17 Sunday, October 05, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 14:25 Friday, October 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Pe-2 08:00 Friday, October 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Pe-2 08:00 Friday, October 10, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 08:15 Monday, October 13, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 13:07 Tuesday, October 14, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 15:35 Friday, October 17, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 14:03 Friday, October 17, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 14:03 Wednesday, October 22, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 12:20 Thursday, October 23, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 13:40 Thursday, October 23, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Pe-2 15:40 Friday, October 24, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 13:05 Saturday, October 25, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 11:41 Saturday, October 25, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 11:43 Saturday, October 25, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 11:45 Monday, October 27, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 08:55 Tuesday, October 28, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 15:30 Wednesday, October 29, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 12:24 Wednesday, November 05, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Pe-2 15:15 Thursday, November 06, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 DB-3 07:25 Thursday, November 06, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Pe-2 13:30 Wednesday, November 12, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 I-61 09:08 Thursday, November 13, 1941 Edmund Wagner 9./JG51 Pafmutovka (RK 171141 ndT)
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- Scutts, Jerry. Bf 109 Aces of North Africa and the Mediterranean. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85532-448-2, ISBN 978-1-85532-448-0.
- Shores, C., B. Cull and N. Malizia. Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece & Crete – 1940–41. London: Grub Street, 1987. ISBN 0-948817-07-0.
- Starr, Chris. "Developing Power: Daimler-Benz and the Messerschmitt Bf 109." Aeroplane magazine, Volume 33, No. 5, Issue No 385, May 2005. London: IPC Media Ltd.
- Stenman, Kari and Kalevi Keskinen. Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 23). London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-783-X.
- Taylor, John W.R. "Messerschmitt Bf 109." Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the present. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-425-03633-2.
- U.S. Army Air Force. German Aircraft and Armament: Informational Intelligence, Summary No. 44-32, October 1944 (Informational Intelligence Summary). New York: Brassey's Inc., 2000 (first edition 1944). ISBN 1-57488-291-0.
- Valtonen, Hannu. Messerschmitt Bf 109 ja saksan sotatalous (Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the German war economy). Helsinki, Finland: Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Central Finnish Aviation Museum), 1999. ISBN 978-951-95688-7-4.
- Vogt, Harald. Messerschmitt Bf 109 G/K Rüstsatze. Flugzeug Profile 21. Illertissen, Flugzeug Publikations GmbH.
- Wagner, Ray and Heinz Nowarra. German Combat Planes: A Comprehensive Survey and History of the Development of German Military Aircraft from 1914 to 1945. New York: Doubleday, 1971.
- Weal, John. Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front. Oxford: Osprey, 2001. ISBN 978-1-84176-084-1.
- Weal, John. BF 109D/E Aces 1939–41. Oxford: Osprey, 1996. ISBN 978-1-85532-487-9.
- Weal, John. Bf 109F/G/K Aces of the Western Front. Oxford: Osprey, 2000. ISBN 978-1-85532-905-8.
- Winchester, Jim. "Messerschmitt Bf 109." Aircraft of World War II: The Aviation Factfile. Kent, UK: Grange Books plc, 2004. ISBN 1-84013-639-1.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 operational history Bibliography: +
- Beale, Nick, Ferdinando D'Amico and Gabriele Valentini. Air War Italy: Axis Air Forces from Liberation of Rome to the Surrender. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1996. ISBN 1-85310-252-0.
- Bergström, Christer. Barbarossa – The Air Battle: July–December 1941. London: Chevron/Ian Allan, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-270-2.
- Bergström, Christer and Martin Pegg. Jagdwaffe:The War in Russia, January–October 1942. Luftwaffe Colours, Volume 3 Section 4. London: Classic Colours Publications, 2003. ISBN 1-903223-23-7.
- Feist, Uwe. The Fighting Me 109. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1993. ISBN 1-85409-209-X.
- Green, William. Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Augsburg Eagle; A Documentary History. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishing Group Ltd., 1980. ISBN 0-7106-0005-4.
- Hooton, Edward R. Blitzkrieg in the West, 1939 -1940 (Luftwaffe at War: 2). Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-272-6.
- Jackson, Robert. Aircraft of World War II: Development – Weaponry – Specifications. Enderby, Leicester, UK, Amber Books, 2003. ISBN 1-85605-751-8.
- Mankau, Heinz and Peter Petrick. Messerschmitt Bf 110, Me 210, Me 410. Raumfahrt, Germany: Aviatic Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-925505-62-8.
- Mason, Francis K. Messerschmitt Bf 109B, C, D, E in Luftwaffe & Foreign service. London, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1973. ISBN 0-85045-152-3.
- Massimello, Giovanni and Giorgio Apostolo. Italian Aces of World War Two. Oxford/New York, Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 978-1-84176-078-0.
- Morgan, Eric B. and Edward Shacklady. Spitfire: The History. Stamford, UK: Key Books Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-946219-48-6.
- Neulen, Hans Werner. In the skies of Europe – Air Forces allied to the Luftwaffe 1939–1945. Ramsbury, Marlborough, THE CROWOOD PRESS, 2000. ISBN 1-86126-799-1
- Price, Alfred. Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939–41 (Aircraft of the Aces 12). London: Osprey Books, 1996, ISBN 1-85532-627-2.
- Punka, György. "A Messzer": Bf 109s in the Royal Hungarian "Honvéd" Air Force. Budapest, Hungary: OMIKK, 1995. ISBN 963-593-208-1.
- Savic, D. and B. Ciglic. Croatian Aces of World War II (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 49). Oxford, UK: Oxford, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-435-3.
- Stenman, Kari and Kalevi Keskinen. Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 23). London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-783-X.
Some of the most widely used Book References:
- Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase One: July-August 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 1) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Eddie J Creek (Author)
- Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Two: August-September 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 2) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
- Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Three: September-October 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 3) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
- Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Four: November 1940-June 1941 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 4) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
Magazines: +
- Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
- Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
- FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
- Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
- Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
- Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
- Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
- Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
- Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/
Web References: +
- Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
- Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants#cite_ref-100
- Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history
- Flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/farinihouseoflove/2209839419/in/photostream
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