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Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 2./JG52 Black 2 belly landed being checked by several Luftwaffe blackmen 01Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8./JG52 Black 1 Gunther Rall WNr. 7308 crash landed Russia 28th Nov 1941 01Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8./JG52 Black 1 Gunther Rall WNr. 7308 crash landed Russia 28th Nov 1941 02Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8./JG52 Black 1 Gunther Rall WNr. 7308 crash landed Russia 28th Nov 1941 03Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8./JG52 Black 1 Gunther Rall WNr. 7308 crash landed Russia 28th Nov 1941 04
Stab I./Jagdgeschwader 52 - Stab I./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 I./JG52 (1+ Russia 1942
Photo 01: Two different aircraft from JG52, both displaying the characteristic staff marking and numeral combination much used by this Geschwader. The Gruppe bar on the rear fuselage of one of the aircraft under the gantry identifies it as belonging to II./JG52, Note that the II. Gruppe aircraft still retain their snow camouflage. Interestingly, the highest known example of the chevron and numeral combination is <6.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F I./JG52 Hptm. Helmut Bennemann Russia 1942
Photo 01: Hptm. Helmut Bennemann of I./JG52 supervising the repainting of his Bf 109F. The cowling was originally all yellow but has been toned down by repainting the upper section light blue, over which a new camouflage pattern is being applied. The rest of the machine appears to be finished in a standard 02/74/75/76 scheme. Note that this aircraft carries a pair of under wing MG 151 machine-guns.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2 Stab I./JG52 ((+ Karl-Heinz Leesmann WNr 8165 France 1941
Messerschmitt Bf 109F Stab I./JG52 Karl-Heinz Leesmann WNr 8165 France 1941 01
Photo's 01: Messerschmitt Bf 109F Stab I./JG52 Karl-Heinz Leesmann France 1941 01
Pilots Stab I./JG52 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Calais France August 1940 01
Photo 01: Karl-Heinz Leesmann of I./JG52 describes an aerial encounter to Robert Gobel and interested ground crew at Calais, late August 1940
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 ((+ II.JG52 Johannes Steinhoff WNr 13744 Klin Russia 1941
Pilots JG52.2 Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff Russia July 1942 01
Photo 01: Hptm. Johannes Steinhoff, Kommandeur of II./JG52, seen here in the cockpit of his aircraft in July 1942, in which month he flew his 600th war flight.
Me109G-2 'Black Double Chevron' of Stab II./JG52. This plane was flown by Gruppenkommandeur Hauptmann Johannes 'Macki' Steinhoff (176 victories, Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords) from Tuzov, a frontline airfield near the Don Bend in Southern Russia in late August and early September 1942.
Steinhoff later commanded JG77 in the Mediterranean, rose to command the Me-262 equipped JG7 and was also participated in the 'fighter pilot's revolt' against Goring in 1945. After being relieved of his post as Geschwaderkommodore he went to Galland's JV44 and was badly wounded in a take-off accident on April 16 1945 which left him badly disfigured for the rest of his life.
Steinhoff joined the post-war Bundesluftwaffe and rose through its ranks, eventually leading the NATO council for several years. He was awarded the German Great Cross of Merit, the US Legion of Honor and the Commander's Cross of the French Legion d'Honneur for his services to Western Germany and the NATO. Steinhoff passed away in 1994. Today the German Jagdgeschwader 73 is carrying the traditional name 'Steinhoff'.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 JG52 ((-+- Major Hanns Trubenbach WNr 7079 Russia Oct 1941
Profile 01: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4, W.Nr. 7079, flown by Major Hanns Trubenbach, Kommodore of JG52, October 1941 The original 74/75/76 factory finish on this machine has been completely resprayed Green 70 with evidence of the earlier scheme remaining only around the fuselage Balkenkreuz and a masked-off rectangle containing the W.Nr. on the fin. A completely yellow cowling has been retained and the position of the yellow fuselage band ahead of the Balkenkreuz is unusual but by no means unique. The Green 70 spinner lacks the usual white segment.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG52 ((-+- Hanns Trubenbach WNr 7079 Russia Oct 1941 01
Photo 01: Hanns Trubenbach taxies out prior to another sortie. It was quite usual for commanding officers to be allocated more than one aircraft.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG52 ((-+- Hanns Trubenbach WNr 7079 Russia Oct 1941 02
Photo 02: Another view of Trubenbach, centre, showing his Bf 109F-4
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG52 ((-+- Hanns Trubenbach WNr 7079 Russia Oct 1941 03
Photo 03: The reserve machine sometimes bearing identical markings or, as seen here with variations. In this case, the yellow band is in a slightly different position and, as was common practice in JG52, a feint number '2', believed to have been green, has been added to the Stab markings.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG52 ((-+- Hanns Trubenbach WNr 7079 Russia Oct 1941 04
Photo 04: Major Hanns Trubenbach led JG52 from 19 August 1940 to 10 October 1941.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG52 (4+ Johannes Wiese Katwijk Russia Sep 1941
I. Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - I./JG52
2. Staffel I. Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 2./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 2.JG52 (Black 1+) Georg Schwientek Pitomnik airfield Russia July 1942
Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2 2./JG52 (Red 1+) Robert Gobel Ponyatovka, Russia Oct 1941
Photo 01: On 27 September 1941, I./JG52 left its bases on the Dutch coast and set out for Ponyatovka to join the rest of the Geschwader in Russia. Here, in October, a number of the Gruppe's Bf 109F-2s undergo final armament checks, 'Black 1 or Red 1' being possibly the aircraft flown by the Staffelkapitan of 2./JG52, Oblt. Robert Gobel.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 2./JG52 (Black 1+) unknown pilot Russia 1941-42
Photo 01: On 27 September 1941, I./JG52 left its bases on the Dutch coast and set out for Ponyatovka to join the rest of the Geschwader in Russia. Here, in October, a number of the Gruppe's Bf 109F-2s undergo final armament checks, 'Black 1 or Red 1' being possibly the aircraft flown by the Staffelkapitan of 2./JG52, Oblt. Robert Gobel.
II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - II./JG52
4 Staffel II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 4./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 4./JG52 (White 3+) Russia 1941
5 Staffel II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 5./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 5./JG52 (Black 1+) August Wilhelm Schumann Russia 1941
Photo 01: Ground staff applying another victory bar to the rudder of what is believed to be the Messerschmitt flown by Oblt. August Wilhelm Schumann, the Staffelkapitan of 5./JG52. However, there is a discrepancy between the 45 victory bars seen in the photograph and the pilot's official total of 30; this is perhaps due to the difference in the number of victories claimed as opposed to the number actually confirmed.
Pilots 5./JG52 August Wilhelm Schumann 01
Photo 01: Oblt. Schumann was killed on 6 September 1941 when he flew too low and his aircraft collided with an obstacle on the ground. Although he baled out, Schumann was too low for his parachute to open and his death was another serious blow to the Staffel which, by that time, had already lost half its pilots either killed, wounded or missing in action in Russia.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 5./JG 52 (B6+) Russia Sep 1942 01
Photo 01: A Bf 109F of 5./JG52 parked behind the Staffel's scoreboard showing the unit's emblem and victories. The date of the photograph is not known but it was evidently taken during the Winter of 1941-42.
Messerschmitt Bf 109E8 5./JG52 (Black 8+) Fritz Schope WNr 6387 landing accident Haamstede Airport Holland Jan 27 1941
Photo 01: Crashed during landing at Haamstede airport the crash was resulted in the loss of the aircraft which was 65% as irreparable depreciation. Fw. Fritz Schöpe came out unharmed from the crash. 26 and 27 January 1941
On both days the allied operations were sufficient to exactly one broadcast Blenheim and in both cases was the mission - due to winter conditions - premature stop put.
On January 27 the Luftwaffe suffered its first loss in New Zealand! A Messerschmitt Bf 109e-8 (Wnr.6387) 5./JG of 52 came during the landing at the airport in addition to Haamstede orbit which ultimately resulted in a crash.
The unit was established with a loss of 65% as irreparable depreciated.
Fw. Fritz Schöpe came unharmed from.
Operations Record Book No. HQ. Group 2 2601 Times up / down 10.40 and 12.55 hours
One aircraft of No.114 Squadron (Horsham St.Faith) with weather reconnaissance task and attack on Flushing, Owings abandoned task to Lack of cloud cover.
2701 Times up / down 08.35 and 11.55 hours
One aircraft of No.139 Squadron (Horsham St.Faith) with weather reconnaissance task and attack on Antwerp, abandoned due to poor visibility and wireless failure.
Marine Flak Abteilung 703Web Reference: Wings to Victory - http://www.wingstovictory.nl/
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F2 5./JG 52 (B11+) Operation Barbarossa July 1941
Profiles and Photo Data: Photo 01: Military in Scale 2007-01 (170) Page 18
6 Staffel II Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 6./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 6./JG52 (Yellow 5+) at Ostende May 1941
Photo 01: I. and II./JG52 began to receive their first Bf109Fs at the beginning of May, 1941. This aircraft of 6./JG52, photographed at Ostende, has a yellow cowling and rudder and a plain number '5' without outline. On the tail, ready to be donned quickly in the event of an Alarmstart, is the pilot's parachute. At the time this photograph was taken, the Geschwader's III.Gruppe was in the Balkans, still equipped with the 'Emil'.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 6./JG52 (Y5+) Gerhard Barkhorn WNr 13388 Russia Oct 1941 00
Profile 00: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4, 'White 5', flown by Lt. Gerhard Barkhorn, Staffelkapitan of 4./JG52, June 1942 This aircraft was finished in standard 74/75/76 colours applied in a rather dense scheme and had an unusually wide yellow band on the rear fuselage. The aircraft carried no Geschwader, Gruppe or Staffel badges, but Barkhorn's wife's name, 'Christl', was painted in white below the windcreen on the port side of the fuselage. Barkhorn retained this name, and the number '5', on all his aircraft, the numeral later appearing in miniature superimposed upon his aircraft's Stab markings. On this machine, the Werk Nummer 13388 appeared on the aircraft's fin and the rudder was painted with 26 white victory bars.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 6./JG52 (Y5+) Gerhard Barkhorn WNr 13388 Russia Oct 1941 01
Photo 01-02: This Bf 109F coded 'White 5' was flown in Russia by Gerhard Barkhorn, Staffelkapitan of 4./JG52. Barkhorn joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 and, after training, was posted to 3./JG2 and, in August 1940, to 6./JG52 on the Channel Front. He flew his early missions during the Battle of Britain but his first success was achieved over the Eastern Front when, on his 120th mission on 2 July 1941, he shot down a DB-3. On 1 March 1942, Lt. Barkhorn was appointed Staffelkapitiin of 4./JG52 and, in these photographs, his aircraft is marked with 26 victories representing his tally after he destroyed five Lagg-3s on 22 June 1942. Barkhorn survived the war with a final tally of 301 victories.
Pilot 6./JG52 Gerhard Barkhorn 01
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 6./JG52 (Yellow 6+) Walter Krupinski Ostende May 1941
Photo 01: I. and II./JG52 began to receive their first Bf109Fs at the beginning of May, 1941. This aircraft of 6./JG52, photographed at Ostende, has a yellow cowling and rudder and a plain number '5' without outline. On the tail, ready to be donned quickly in the event of an Alarmstart, is the pilot's parachute. At the time this photograph was taken, the Geschwader's III.Gruppe was in the Balkans, still equipped with the 'Emil'.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 6./JG52 (Y7+) Gerhard Barkhorn Suwulski Russia June 1941 01
Photo 01: During the opening weeks of the war against Russia, JG52 committed only its II. Gruppe to the conflict. This Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2 'Yellow 7' of 6./JG52 was flown by Lt. Gerhard Barkhorn and was photographed at Suwulski on 22 June 1941 after his first mission in the East. Barkhorn had joined the 6. Staffel in August 1940 and, although he flew 21 missions against England, he had no victory claims and, on 29 October 1940, was shot down into the Channel and spent some hours in the water before being rescued. Despite this inauspicious start, he finished the war as the Luftwaffe's second-highest scoring ace with 301 victories.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 6./JG52 (Y7+) Gerhard Barkhorn Spass Main Pollis Russia July 1941 01
Photo 01: Another view of Barkhorn's Messerschmitt 'Yellow 7', now at Spass Main Pollis in July. Note the unusually wide fuselage band aft of the Balkenkreuz and the emblems of the Geschwader and 5. Staffel under the windscreen.
Pilot 6./JG52 Gerhard Barkhorn 01-03
Photo 02: Gerd Barkhorn receiving congratulations from his Gruppe after his 250th victory.
Photo 03: Barkhorn in his Fw-190D-9 on 17 February, 1945 in Welzow, Niederlausitz.
Pilot 6./JG52 Gerhard Barkhorn signed 01 http://www.leisuregalleries.com/barkhornwpe.html
III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 51 - III./JG52
7 Staffel III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 7./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG52 (White 1+~) Staffelkapitan Oblt. Hans Jorg Zimmermann Russia 1941
Photo 01: 'White 1' was flown by the Staffelkapitan of 7./JG52, Oblt. Hans Jorg Zimmermann.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 7./JG52 (White 1+~) Uffz.Edmund Roßmann Russia 1941
Photo 01: Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 7./JG52 'White 1' of 7./JG52, was flown by Uffz. Edmund Roßmann.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 7.III/JG52 (White 9+~) Uffz.Edmund Roßmann Russia 1941
Photo 01: 'White 1' of 7./JG52, was flown by Uffz.Edmund Roßmann.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG52 (White 3+~) Russia 1941
Photo 01: This early Bf 109F, 'White 3', belonged to 7./JG52.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG52 (White 5+~) Russia Feb 27, 1942
Photo 01-02: Stills from a cine-film showing Bf 109F 'White 5' of 7./JG52 closing up extremely tightly to the filming aircraft.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG52 (W8+~) Werner Stapel WNr 7017 July 21 1941 00
Profile 00: Messerschmitt Bf 109F.4 'White 8' of 7./JG52 Finished in a camouflage scheme of 74/75/76, the colors on the wing uppersurfaces of this aircraft, W.Nr. 7017, have soft demarcation lines rather than being hard-edged and angular. The fuselage has been res prayed to include a heavy mottle of Green 70 and the cowling, originally yellow overall, has been covered with camouflage colors leaving only the lower section still yellow. Note also that the emblem of III./JG52 on the forward fuselage has also been partly obscured and that the usual red cross on the fuselage access panel is missing. The freshly applied white tip to the Green 70 spinner contrasts with the weathered white segment.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 7./JG52 (W8+~) Stapel WNr 7017 July 21 1941 01-03
Photo's 01-03: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 'White 8' of 7./JG52 being made ready for another sortie in Russia. The rudder on this aircraft was marked with 12 victory tabs, the first dated 24 June 1940 while the first over a Russian aircraft was elated 26 June 1941. It is believed that this aircraft is the one in which Fw. Werner Stapel was killed when it crashed due to engine trouble on 16 October 1941.
8 Staffel III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 8./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8./JG52 (Black 1+~) Günther Rall WNr. 7308 Belaya-Tserkov Russia 1941 01
Photo 01: The 8./JG52 was commanded from July 1940 by Oblt. Gunther Rall, who had scored his first victory on 18 May. Due to heavy losses during the Battle of Britain, III./JG52 had to be withdrawn from the front to recuperate, so preventing Rail from adding to his score until the beginning of 'Barbarossa'. Rail then claimed his second victory on 24 June 1941, and subsequently became very successful, his total reaching 36 by the end of November. This photograph shows the rudder of Rail's machine at Belaya-Tserkov in the Summer of 1941, when his tally stood at 13, the last being claimed on 17 August 1941. Rail would subsequently claim his 14th victory on 30 August.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F JG52.8 (B1+~) Rall WNr 7308 crash-landed Russia Nov 28 1941 01
Photo 01: On 28 November, Oblt. Gunther Rail, the Staffelkapitan of 8./JG52, was involved in an air battle in which he was wounded and his Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4, 'Black 1', WNr. 7308, crash-landed near Rostov. Although appearing relatively intact in this photograph, the airframe probably suffered severe structural damage as it was later classified as 95% destroyed and written off.
Pilots JG52 Gunther Rall 01
Pilots JG52 Gunther Rall signed 01 http://www.leisuregalleries.com/rallprint.html
Pilots JG52 Gunther Rall signed 02 http://www.leisuregalleries.com/rallhit.jpg
Messerschmitt Bf 109G 8./JG52 (Black 13+) Gunther Rall Russia Sep 1942 01
Photo 01: Three Ritterkreuztrager of 8./JG52. From the left, Uffz. Karl Gratz (awarded RK on 1 July 1942), Obl. Gunther Rall (RK 3 September 1942) and Fw. Hans Dammers (RK 23 August 1942). The aircraft in the background is Rall's Messerschmitt 'Black 13' which was finished in a standard 02/74/75/76 scheme, had a black III. Gruppe wavy bar symbol outlined in white superimposed upon a yellow fuselage band aft of the fuselage cross, and carried the Gruppe's barbed red cross badge on the fuselage, forward of the windscreen.
Messerschmitt Bf 109G 8./JG52 (Black 13+) Gunther Rall Russia Sep 1942 02
Photo 02: Knight's Cross holders of JG52 during a mission break in late 1942 in front of Rall's Messerschmitt Bf-109G-2 'Black 13'. From left: Uffz. Karl Gratz (138 victories, RK), Oblt. Günther Rall and Uffz. Friedrich Wachowiak (about 120 v. RK).
Two different sources list the third party Fw. Hans Dammers or Uffz. Friedrich Wachowiak???
Messerschmitt Bf 109F2 8./JG52 (Black 4+~) Russia July 1941
Photo 01: 'Black 4', a Bf 109F-2 of 8./JG52, photographed in the Summer of 1941. Note the tyres have been covered to protect them from the sun and that despite regulations calling for a white segment to be factory-applied to the spinner, this appears to have been omitted.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8./JG52 (Red 2+~) Russia Summer 1941
Photo 01: Bf 109F-4s of III./JG52 in the Summer of 1941.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 8. Staffel JG52 (Red 4+~) Russia 1941
Photo 01: With the beginning of bad weather on the Eastern Front, the temperature dropped to as low as -45C. These Bf 109F-4s of III./JG52 belonged to 8. Staffel.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 8./JG52 mechanic Gefreiter Hans Brecht Russia Aug 1941
Photo 01: Luftwaffe mechanic Gefreiter Hans Brecht of 8./JG52 working on the fuselage of one of the Staffel's stripped-down aircraft. This photograph was taken in August 1941 when the temperature was 500C. Barely visible is the new emblem of III. Gruppe, a barbed red cross on a white diamond, which first appeared in the Summer of 1941 and replaced the earlier running wolf design based on the name of the first Kommandeur, Major Wolf-Heinrich von Houwald. Note the application of a solid, dark colour, possibly green, applied to the fuselage.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 8./JG52 Russia 1941 01
Photo 01: A Bf 109F-4/B of III./JG52. This aircraft probably belonged to the 8.Staffel which operated in the Jabo role and would normally have flown with an ETC under the fuselage.
9 Staffel III Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 52 - 9./JG52
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf Russia 1942 00
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf WNr 7420 Russia May 15 1942 00
Profile 00: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 'Yellow l' flown by Lt. Hermann Graf, Staffelkapitan of 9. jJG52, 15 May 1942 Lt. Graf's 'Yellow l' was finished in a slightly faded 74/75/76 scheme and carried the 'Mikhail Cross' which formed the badge of III./JG52 and the newly-introduced red 'Karaya' heart emblem of 9. Staffel. The engine cowling was completely yellow and a total of 104 victory bars appeared on the rudder, the last being twice the dimensions of the others, outlined in red, and with a red star at the top and the number 104 marked across its centre.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf WNr 7420 Russia May 15 1942 01
Photo 01: In May 1942, Ofw. Ernst Siiss of 9./JG52 found an old Russian gramophone record which he played repeatedly on his portable record player until everyone grew tired of hearing it. The record contained a song, believed to have been Tartar in origin, and although no one could fully understand the lyrics, Suss interpreted the chorus as containing the words 'Karaya, Karaya' and sang or hummed the tune constantly. Even in the air, whether on the approach flight, return flight or in combat, Siiss could be heard on the radio singing his song. During one battle, Staffelkapitan Graf was unable to make himself heard above Suss's singing and, forgetting all radio discipline, shouted into his microphone: 'Attention all Karaya men, gather at 10,000 feet!'Thus, from that moment on, 9./JG52 became known as the 'Karaya Staffel' and became so well known that even Russian radio operators addressed Graf on the German radio frequency as 'Karaya'. What was not known, until now, however, was the date when the red 'Karaya' heart emblem of 9. Staffel first appeared on the unit's aircraft, but thanks to author and historian Christer Bergstrom, this mystery has now been solved. Christer identified the airfield at which these photographs were taken as being Kharkov-Rogan, and it is known that after scoring his 97th to 104th victories on 14 May 1942, Lt. Graf stayed at this airfield until the 19 May. Christer's detailed research showed that, in the period from the 14th to 19 May the weather was usually cloudy, and only on the 15th was sunny enough for the strong shadows seen in the photographs to have been cast. Photographs known to have been taken on 14 May show no red heart emblem on Graf's machine, so the emblem must therefore have first appeared on 15 May.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf WNr 7420 Russia May 15 1942 02
Photo 02: A close-up of Graf's rudder showing the oversize bar added to commemorate his 104th victory.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf WNr 7420 Russia May 15 1942 03
Photo 03: Keeping the rudder markings on Lt. Hermann Graf's aircraft up to date was almost a full-time job for his ground staff, seen here adding the 97th to 104th victory bar.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf WNr 7420 Russia May 15 1942 04-05
Photo 04-05: When there was insufficient space on the rudder for any more victory bars, a new design was applied, these photographs showing the rudders of two more of Graf's aircraft marked (Photo 04) with 104 and (Photo 05) 111 victories.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf Russia Sep 1942 00
Photo 01: Colour detail of fuselage decoration on Hptm. Hermann Graf's Bf-109G-2.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf Russia Sep 1942 01-02
Photo's 01-02: On 26 September 1942, Hptm. Hermann Graf, the Staffelkapitan of 9./JG52, became the first pilot to exceed 200 victories. Unusually, the fuselage instead of the rudder was later selected as the location for the artistic device which commemorated his achievement.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y1+~) Herman Graf Russia Sep 1942 03
Photo 03: Pilots and ground staff of 9./JG52 giving Lt. Hermann Graf a triumphant welcome in the Winter of 1941/42. Despite the snow, Graf's aircraft has not yet received a winter camouflage.
Messerschmitt Bf-109G 9./JG52 (Y11+~) Herman Graf W.Nr 13670 Russia 1942 01-02
Photo 01: 'Yellow 11', a Bf-109G-2, WNr. 13670, of 9./JG52, was sometimes flown by Hermann Graf in the late Summer of 1942
9./JG52 ground crew congratulate Herman Graf May 1942 01
Photo 01: Ground personnel of 9./JG52 with the sign they produced to congratulate Lt. Hermann Graf on his 104th victory on 14 May 1942.
9./JG52 ground crew congratulate Herman Graf Sep 1942 02
Photo 02: On 26 September 1942, Hptm. Hermann Graf became the first pilot to reach 200 victories.
Pilots JG52.3 Hermann Graf 1941 01
Photo 01: On 1 August 1941, III./JG52 flew from Mizil in Rumania to Belaya-Tserkov in Russia, and at 04.40 hrs the next morning flew its first mission escorting Ju-87s.At this time, III./JG52 was the only Gruppe in the Geschwader equipped with the Bf 109F-4 and on its first day of operations two Bf 109F-4/Bs were seriously damaged after running out of fuel and making emergency landings. This photograph shows members of 9./JG52 in the East with Lt. Hermann Graf (fourth from the right), Utiz. Steinbatz (third from the right) and the Staffelkapitan, Oblt. Franz Hornig (centre), who was also acting Gruppen-kommandeur
Pilots 9./JG52 Graf and Alfred Grislawski Crimea Russia July 1942 01
Photo 01: By the time Fw. Grislawski received the Ritterkreuz, Graf - seen here on the left - had received the Swords. Graf and Grislawski were firm friends and both survived the war, Graf with 212 victories and Grislawski with 132.
Pilots 9./JG52 Alfred Grislawski Crimea, Russia July 1, 1942 01
Photo 01: For most of 1941 and early 1942, FW. A1fred Grislawski of 9./JG52 flew as wingman to Hermann Graf of 9./JG52. Grislawski claimed his first victory on 1 September 1941, but in the Crimea in late April 1942 increased his tally from 18 to 42 in four weeks. Here, Fw. Grislawski is seen being decorated with the Ritterkreuz, awarded on 1 July 1942.
Pilots JG52.3 Hermann Graf 1941 01
Photo 01: On 1 August 1941, III./JG52 flew from Mizil in Rumania to Belaya-Tserkov in Russia, and at 04.40 hrs the next morning flew its first mission escorting Ju-87s.At this time, III./JG52 was the only Gruppe in the Geschwader equipped with the Bf 109F-4 and on its first day of operations two Bf 109F-4/Bs were seriously damaged after running out of fuel and making emergency landings. This photograph shows members of 9./JG52 in the East with Lt. Hermann Graf (fourth from the right), Utiz. Steinbatz (third from the right) and the Staffelkapitan, Oblt. Franz Hornig (centre), who was also acting Gruppen-kommandeur
Pilots 9./JG52 Herman Graf Russia Sep 16, 1942 01
Photo 01: Hermann Graf shown here as a Major wearing the Diamonds awarded on 16 September 1942 when he was an Oberleutnant.
Pilots 9./JG52 Herman Graf Germany 1942 01-02
Photo 01-02: Graf is seen here in Germany (Photo 01) receiving congratulations and (Photo 02) signing the Golden Book of Flyers in which were entered the names and signatures of the Luftwaffe's top aces.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y4+~) Alfred Grislawski Zürichtal, Russia May 1942
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y5+~) Alfred Grislawski Kharkov-Rogan, Russia May 1942
Photo 01: For most of 1941 and early 1942, FW. A1fred Grislawski of 9./JG52 flew as wingman to Hermann Graf of 9./JG52. Grislawski claimed his first victory on 1 September 1941, but in the Crimea in late April 1942 increased his tally from 18 to 42 in four weeks. Here, Fw. Grislawski is seen being decorated with the Ritterkreuz, awarded on 1 July 1942.
9./JG52 Hermann Graf and Alfred Grislawski Crimea Russia July 1 1942
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y8+~) Alfred Grislawski WNr 7038 Russia Oct 23 1941 00
Image 01: Messerschmitt 8f 109 F.4 'Yellow 8' flown by Uffz. Alfred Grislawski of 9./JG52 Showing a modified camouflage of Green 70 over the original grey scheme, this aircraft typifies the appearance of 9.jJG52's aircraft during the early months of the Russian campaign. Of interest is the use of different shades of yellow, the theatre markings and aircraft identification being noticeably darker than the spinner and fuselage band. Note also the Green 70 spinner backplate.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y8+~) Alfred Grislawski WNr 7038 Russia Oct 23 1941 01-02
Photo's 01-02: On 23 October 1941, Uffz. Alfred Grislawski took off in this Bf 109F-4 from Poltava aerodrome. After only a few minutes' flight, the engine seized and Grislawski had to make a rapid forced landing, during the course of which one wing of his aircraft struck a Russian woman working in the fields. Grislawski attended to her injuries and she was later taken to hospital in a German army lorry. Grislawski had first joined III./JG52 in August 1940 and served in 7.Staffel before transferring to 9.Staffel. A large number of his operational sorties were flown as wingman to Hermann Graf who, in 1942, became the first pilot to reach 200 victories. Grislawski himself also became one of the most successful fighter pilots of the war, reaching a total of 132 victories. After the war, Grislawski refused an offer to join the Bundesluftwaffe and, at the time of writing, is still alive.
9./JG52 Alfred Grislawski Crimea Russia July 1 1942
Photo 01: For most of 1941 and early 1942, FW. A1fred Grislawski of 9./JG52 flew as wingman to Hermann Graf of 9./JG52. Grislawski claimed his first victory on 1 September 1941, but in the Crimea in late April 1942 increased his tally from 18 to 42 in four weeks. Here, Fw. Grislawski is seen being decorated with the Ritterkreuz, awarded on 1 July 1942.
9./JG52 Hermann Graf and Alfred Grislawski Crimea Russia July 1 1942
Photo 01: By the time Fw. Grislawski received the Ritterkreuz, Graf - seen here on the left - had received the Swords. Graf and Grislawski were firm friends and both survived the war, Graf with 212 victories and Grislawski with 132.
9./JG52 Alfred Grislawski 01-04
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y9+~) Alfred Grislawski Chaplinka, Russia October 1941
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y9+~) Alfred Grislawski Russia 1941 01
Photo 01: Uffz. Alfred Grislawski pictured with his Bf 109F-4 'Yellow 9'. Grislawski made his first claim on 1 September 1941.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y2+) Leopold 'Poldi' Steinbatz Romania 1941
Pilots 9./JG52 Leopold Steinbatz 01
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Yellow 3+) Russia 1942-43
Photo 01: Ground staff servicing their aircraft in extreme conditions during the Winter of 1942/43. In this photograph Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Y3+) being made ready for an armament harmonization check. The ground has already been prepared - no mean feat when it was frozen rock hard - and the machine has been jacked up into the correct firing position. Before any test or adjustments can be carried out, the engine and the weapons are warmed using a mobile heater.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Yellow 3+) Russia 1942-43
Photo 02: A mechanic directing warm air ducting from a mobile heater to melt the ice on the horizontal tail surfaces of Bf-109.
Messerschmitt Bf 109F 9./JG52 (Yellow 5+) Russia 1942-43
Photo 01: Ground staff servicing their aircraft in extreme conditions during the Winter of 1942/43. In this photograph, 'Yellow 5' of 9./JG52 is being refuelled.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9./JG52 (Y10+~) Friedrich Brückmann Taganrog Russia Spring 1942
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 9. Staffel JG52 (Yellow 11+~) Russia 1941
Photo 01: With the beginning of bad weather on the Eastern Front, the temperature dropped to as low as -45C. These Bf 109F-4s of III./JG52 belonged to 9. Staffel.
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F Friedrich
IL-2 Sturmovik 'Cliff's of Dover' Blitz
IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad
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Helmut Bennemann
Helmut Bennemann was born on 16 March 1915 at Wanne-Eickel. In June 1940, Bennemann was serving as Adjutant to I./JG52. He gained his first victory on 26 August, when he shot down a RAF Spitfire fighter near Dover. On 15 September, Bennemann shot down three RAF Hurricane fighters to record his sixth through eighth victories. On 27 April 1941, he was appointed Staffelkapitan of 3./JG52. When I./JG52 was transferred to the Eastern front in September 1941, Bennemann had recorded 12 victories. On 14 June 1942, Bennemann was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG52. On 3 September, he claimed two Russian aircraft shot down (50-51). Hauptmann Bennemann was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 2 October for 52 victories. On 28 December, Bennemann shot down six Russian aircraft to record (67-72). Bennemann was wounded in the explosion of an incendiary bomb on 10 May 1943 resulting in his withdrawal from combat duty for some months. He had 88 victories to his credit at this time. Bennemann was appointed Kommodore of JG53 on 9 November 1943, replacing Oberst Gunther von Maltzahn (68 victories, RK-EL) who left JG53 to fulfill a staff role. On 25 April 1944, he shot down a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber over Bologna to record his 90th victory.
However, his Bf109G-6 (W.Nr. 163314) 'Black <3' was hit by return fire and Bennemann was wounded. He baled out successfully. In June 1944, Bennemann led the Geschwaderstab of JG53 on a short sojourn to the Eastern front, to direct the supply missions for the relief of the city of Vilna. The unit departed Russia for Wunstorf near Hanover in Germany on 22 July. From August 1944, Bennemann led JG53 on Reichsverteidigung duties, initially from bases in France, then from bases in Germany. He recorded three victories in October 1944 to bring his final victory total to 93.
Helmut Bennemann was credited with 93 victories in over 400 missions. He recorded 77 victories over the Eastern front. Included in his total are at least 10 Il-2 Sturmoviks.
List of aerial victories for Helmut Bennemann
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location / Comments 1 26.8.1940 12:50 Spitfire 2./JG52 Dover 2 31.8.1940 13:50 Hurricane 2./JG52 S London periphery 3 1.9.1940 11:45 Spitfire 2./JG52 Sittingbourne 4 2.9.1940 14:00 Spitfire 2./JG52 Canterbury 5 7.9.1940 17:55 Hurricane 2./JG52 London 6 15.9.1940 15:30 Hurricane 2./JG52 Thames Estuary 7 15.9.1940 15:30 Hurricane 2./JG52 Thames Estuary 8 15.9.1940 15:40 Hurricane 2./JG52 Thames Estuary 9 24.9.1940 14:35 Spitfire 2./JG52 10km ahead Dover 10 24.9.1940 14:40 Spitfire 2./JG52 ahead Dover 11 12.10.1940 17:25 Spitfire 2./JG52 SE London 12 14.4.1941 - Blenheim 1./JG52 Near Vlissinghen ? 27.5.1942 16:05 Il-2 3./JG52 6083: at 50m ? 27.5.1942 19:20 Il-2 3./JG52 7071 ? 31.5.1942 16:45 I-153 3./JG52 60 864: at 50m ? 3.6.1942 - Pe-2 3./JG52 2000th for JG52 ? 12.6.1942 17:20 LaGG-3 3./JG52 70 221: 1.200m ? 31.7.1942 10:40 Yak-1 Stab I./JG52 07 181: at 800m ? 1.8.1942 14:45 Yak-1 Stab I./JG52 7 853 ? 4.8.1942 5:13 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 66 453 ? 5.8.1942 10:13 I-153 Stab I./JG52 65 230 ? 5.8.1942 10:13 I-153 Stab I./JG52 65 230: at 20m ? 10.8.1942 15:50 MBR-2 Stab I./JG52 85 520: at 100m ? 13.8.1942 8:18 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 86 771 ? 21.8.1942 8:40 U-2 Stab I./JG52 55 763 ? 22.8.1942 8:25 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 54 433: at 3.000m ? 22.8.1942 13:15 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 64 173 ? 23.8.1942 6:42 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 54 452: at 2.800m / 600th for I./JG52 ? 23.8.1942 6:42 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 54 452: at 2.800m ? 27.8.1942 14:27 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 46 362 50 3.9.1942 6:40 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 57 753 51 3.9.1942 14:35 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 46 253: at 100m 52 4.9.1942 5:58 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 46 412: at 700m 53 23.9.1942 11:50 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 40 840: at 3.000m 54 24.9.1942 16:35 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 49 150: at 2.000m 55 16.10.1942 9:55 MiG-3 Stab I./JG52 49 432 56 17.10.1942 10:10 MiG-3 Stab I./JG52 49 273: at 400m 57 24.10.1942 11:05 Yak-1 Stab I./JG52 49 131: at 2.500m 58 24.10.1942 14:20 La-5 Stab I./JG52 49 272: at 1.000m 59 24.10.1942 14:35 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 49 471: at 6.000m 60 25.10.1942 16:05 Yak-1 Stab I./JG52 49 462: at 1.500m 61 29.10.1942 15:30 MiG-3 Stab I./JG52 49 294: at 4.000m 62 1.11.1942 11:45 MiG-3 Stab I./JG52 49 452 at 1.500m 63 2.11.1942 9:50 MiG-3 Stab I./JG52 59 143 / 800th for I./JG52 64 26.12.1942 10:30 La-5 Stab I./JG52 01 762 at 200m 65 26.12.1942 10:50 MiG-1 Stab I./JG52 01572 66 27.12.1942 11:29 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 01 721 at 1.500m 67 28.12.1942 7:20 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 91 864 at 400m 68 28.12.1942 7:22 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 91 864 at 300m 69 28.12.1942 7:23 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 91 863 at 100m 70 28.12.1942 7:30 Il-2 Stab I./JG52 01763 71 28.12.1942 10:00 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 01 783 at 3.000m 72 28.12.1942 10:03 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 01 763 at 2.800m 73 17.3.1943 12:45 LaGG-5 Stab I./JG52 61 664: at 2.200m 74 18.3.1943 16:10 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 61 891: at 400m 75 19.3.1943 10:13 LaGG-5 Stab I./JG52 62 110: at 1.000m 76 19.3.1943 10:13 LaGG-5 Stab I./JG52 60 212: at 1.000m 77 19.3.1943 13:42 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 61 851: at 1.000m 78 19.3.1943 13:48 Pe-2 Stab I./JG52 61 851: at 1.000m 79 26.3.1943 9:15 MiG-3 Stab I./JG52 71 794: at 300m 80 29.3.1943 12:23 Il-7 Stab I./JG52 61 451: at 800 m 81 17.4.1943 11:16 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 75 492: at 200m 82 17.4.1943 11:23 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 S Novorossiysk 83 17.4.1943 15:07 P-39 Stab I./JG52 75 431: at 5.000m 84 17.4.1943 15:09 P-39 Stab I./JG52 75 533: at 3.500m 85 21.4.1943 9:25 LaGG-3 Stab I./JG52 75 423: at 400m 86 27.4.1943 14:52 LaGG Stab I./JG52 - 87 9.5.1943 10:03 I-16 Stab I./JG52 98 840: at 1.000m 88 9.5.1943 10:06 I-16 Stab I./JG52 98 730: at 1.000m 89 15.12.1943 11:15 B-26 Stab/JG53 SW Circano 90 25.4.1944 11:33 B-24 Stab/JG53 Bologna 91 8.10.1944 - P-47 Stab/JG53 Near Worms 92 ??.10.1944 - P-47 Stab/JG53 - 93 29.10.1944 11:45 P-51 Stab/JG53 Johlingen Victories : 93
Awards : Ehrenpokal (5 October 1940)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (27 July 1942)
Ritterkreuz (2 October 1942)
Units : JG52, JG53
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/bennemann.htmlAsisbiz database list of 72 aerial victories out of 93 for Helmut Bennemann
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 26-Aug-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Spitfire 1500-1000m 12.50 Dover 31-Aug-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Hurricane 3500m 13.50 Sudrand London 01-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Spitfire 4000m 11.45 Sittingbourne 02-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Spitfire 2000m 14.00 Canterbury 07-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Hurricane 4000-5000m 17.55 South of London 15-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Hurricane 6000m 15.30 Sudrand London 15-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Hurricane 6000m 15.40 Thames Estuary 15-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Hurricane 6000m 15.30 Thames Estuary 24-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Spitfire 2500-3000m 14.40 vor Dover 24-Sep-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Spitfire 2000-2500m 14.35 10km vor Dover 12-Oct-40 Helmut Bennemann 2./JG52 Spitfire 17.25 SE London 14-Apr-41 Helmut Bennemann 1./JG52 Blenheim near Vlissinghen 27-May-42 Helmut Bennemann 3./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 50m 16.05 6083 27-May-42 Helmut Bennemann 3./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 19.20 7071 31-May-42 Helmut Bennemann 3./JG52 I-153 50m 16.45 60 864 12-Jun-42 Helmut Bennemann 3./JG52 LaGG-3 1200m 17.20 70 221 31-Jul-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 800m 10.40 07 181 01-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 14.45 07 853 04-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 05.13 66 453 05-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 I-153 Low Level 10.13 65 230 05-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 I-153 20m 10.13 65 230 10-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MDR-2 100m 15.50 85 520 13-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 08.18 86 771 21-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab /JG52 U-2 Low Level 08.40 55 763 22-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 08.25 54 433 22-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 13.15 64 173 23-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 2800m 06.42 54 452 23-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 2800m 06.42 54 452 27-Aug-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 14.27 46 362 03-Sep-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 06.40 57 753 03-Sep-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 14.35 46 253 04-Sep-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 700m 05.58 46 412 23-Sep-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 11.50 40 840 24-Sep-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 16.35 49 150 16-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-3 Low Level 09.55 49 432 17-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-3 400m 10.10 49 273 24-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 11.05 49 131 24-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 La-5 1000m 14.20 49 272 24-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 6000m 14.35 49 471 25-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 16.05 49 462 29-Oct-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-3 4000m 15.30 49 294 01-Nov-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-3 1500m 11.45 49 452 02-Nov-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-3 09.50 59 143 26-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-1 Low Level 10.50 01 572 26-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 La-5 200m 10.30 01 762 27-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 1500m 11.29 01 721 28-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 2800m 10.03 01 763 28-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 07.20 91 864 28-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 07.22 91 864 28-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 07.23 91 863 28-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 07.30 01 763 Sicht 28-Dec-42 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 3000m 10.00 01 783 17-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-5 2200m 12.45 61 664 18-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 400m 16.10 61 891 19-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 1000m 13.48 61 851 19-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-5 1000m 10.13 62 110 19-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-5 1000m 10.13 60 212 19-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 1000m 13.42 61 851 26-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 MiG-3 300m 09.15 71 794 29-Mar-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 Il-7 800m 12.23 61 451 17-Apr-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 200m 11.16 75 492 17-Apr-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 11.23 74 424 (S Novorossiysk) 17-Apr-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 15.07 75 431 17-Apr-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 15.09 75 533 21-Apr-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG-3 400m 09.25 75 423 27-Apr-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 LaGG 14.52 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 09-May-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 I-16 Rata 1000m 10.06 98 730 09-May-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab I./JG52 I-16 Rata 1000m 10.03 98 840 15-Dec-43 Helmut Bennemann Stab /JG53 B-26 Marauder 2000m 11.15 SW Circano (-) 25-Apr-44 Helmut Bennemann Stab /JG53 B-24 Liberator 5000m 11.33 15km SW Forli 08-Oct-44 Helmut Bennemann Stab /JG53 P-47 Thunderbolt Channel Front 29-Oct-44 Helmut Bennemann Stab /JG53 P-51 Mustang 4300m 11.45 ua Johlingen
Karl-Heinz Leesmann
Units: Kdr III./JG-234 ('38, later JG-26), Kdr I./JG-2 (8/40), Kdr I./JG-52 (6/41), Kdr III./JG-1 (4/43)
Awards: RK(7/23/41), DK-G(6/24/42), EP(10/5/40), EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft: Bf 110C, Bf 109F-2 WNr 8155 '<<' w JG-52, Bf 109F-2 WNr 9181 (dam 11/6/41), Bf 109G-6 WNr 20073 'White <5+I' (lost) in III/JG-1
Remarks: Channel pilot. His first victory, a Spitfire 5 km E of Margate on 24 August, 1940. His 2nd, a Spitfire at Dover on 26 August, 1940. Nos.3, 4 & 5, two Hurricanes and a Spitfire in the London-Bromley areas on 31 August, 1940. His 6th, a Spitfire at Sittingbourne on 1 September, 1940. His 7th, a Spitfire over England on 5 September, 1940. His 8th, a Spitfire at Maidstone on 7 September, 1940. Nos.9 & 10, both Hurricanes over the Thames Estuary on 15 September, 1940. Barbarossa pilot. His 15th, a Hurricane at Ostende on 15 February, 1941. Shot down with wounds 6 November, 1941 by Soviet ground fire while returning from a mission. A bullet splintered his right forearm, but he managed to land. He did not return to the Eastern Front. Shot down in his G-6 (KIA) 25 July 1943 over the North Sea after attacking American bombers of the 384BG while he was Kdr III/JG-1. His body washed ashore 16 August, 1943. His 37th victory was a B-17 during this same engagement. 15 victories in the West, 5 four engine bombers. Buried at Recklinghausen. Another source indicates he may still be MIA.
Asisbiz Database of 26 aerial victories for Karl-Heinz Leesmann
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 24-Aug-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 1./JG52 Spitfire 4000m 17.12 5km E Margate 26-Aug-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 1./JG52 Spitfire 12.50 Dover 31-Aug-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 3500m 13.50 Sudrand London 31-Aug-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Spitfire 2800m 14.00 Bromley 31-Aug-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 19.30 Battle of Britain 01-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Spitfire 4000m 11.45-50 Sittingbourne 05-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Spitfire 11.05 Battle of Britain 07-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Spitfire 4000m 18.00-10 Maidstone 15-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 5000m 15.25 Thames Estuary 15-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 4000m 15.40 Thames Estuary 18-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 5500m 13.50 Tilbury 24-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Spitfire 2000-2500m 14.30-40 8-10km vor Dover 24-Sep-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Spitfire 2000-2500m 14.30-40 8-10km vor Dover 11-Oct-40 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 12.10 Battle of Britain 15-Feb-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann 2./JG52 Hurricane 13.20 Ostende 25-May-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab I./JG52 Blenheim 16.35 N. Nordeney 28-May-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab I./JG52 Blenheim 20.55 200kn NNW Texel 28-May-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab I./JG52 Blenheim 21.00 200kn NNW Texel 12-Jun-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab I./JG52 Blenheim 21.05 Pl.Qu.148/05 Ost 13-Jun-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab I./JG52 Hudson 06.17 120km W. Texel 30-Jun-41 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab I./JG52 Blenheim 14.51 160km vor Texel 25-Jun-43 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab III./JG1 B-17 Fortress Channel Front 18-Jul-43 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab III./JG1 Beaufighter 20.44 Sea 8km W Den Helder 18-Jul-43 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab III./JG1 Beaufighter 20.45 Sea 10km W Den Helder 25-Jul-43 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab III./JG1 B-17 Fortress Channel Front 25-Jul-43 Karl-Heinz Leesmann Stab III./JG1 B-17 Fortress KiA B-17 Dogfight North Sea
Johannes 'Macki' Steinhoff
Units: 10(N)./JG-2, Stfkpt 10 & 4 JG-26, Kdr II./JG-52(5/42), Kdr JG-77(11/44), Kdr JG-7(12/44), JV-44(3/45)
Awards: RK(8/30/41)-S(7/28/44), EP(8/18/41), EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp w/Pendant
Known Aircraft: Bf 109D-1 WNr 630 'White N+7' in 10/(N)JG-26 12/39, Bf 109F-4 WNr 13144 '<<+' ('42), Bf 109G-2 '<<+-', Bf 109G-3, Me 262A-1a
Remarks: EL awarded 2 September, 1942. 900 missions. 4 Bombers. 148 victories were in the East. His first known Soviet victory, a MiG-1 at Boroditschnoye' on 17 May, 1942. Five LaGG-3's on 30 August, 1942. Among many of his multiple victories, Three Yak-1's and a P-40 on 30 November, 1942. Two Il-2's and a LaGG-5 on 14 January, 1943. Two victories in JG-26. 6 victories were in the Me 262, while serving in JG-7. In JV-44, he flew Me 262A Werk # 111740 'White 6'. In JG-52 in June 1940, he flew a Bf 109 'White 1'. His 1st victory, two Wellingtons 35 km south southwest of Helgoland, 18 December, 1939. Nos 3 & 4, a Blenheim at Den Haag, another at Düsseldorf, 10 May, 1940. EL 9/2/42. Among his last victories, in March, 1945, he downed an Il-2 and two other Russian fighters near the Oder. A B-24 in the Stuttgart area on 8 April, 1945. Most likely his last victory, a B-17 over Munich on 17 April, 1945, the day before his tragic crash and disfigurement. Steinhoff was severly injured and burned 18 April 1945 while taking off in an Me 262. Ended the war in a hospital. Flugbuch (11/44 to 4/45). Deceased 21 February, 1994. Photo
Asisbiz Database of 110 aerial victories for Johannes Steinhoff
Date Pilot Name Unit Enemy A/C Type Height Time Location 18-Dec-39 Johannes Steinhoff 10.(N)/JG26 Wellington 14.30 25-35km SSW Helgoland 18-Dec-39 Johannes Steinhoff 10.(N)/JG26 Wellington 14.35 25-35km SSW Helgoland 10-May-40 Johannes Steinhoff 11.(N)/JG26 Blenheim DusseldoRG 10-May-40 Johannes Steinhoff 11.(N)/JG26 Blenheim Den Haag 30-Sep-40 Johannes Steinhoff 4./JG52 Spitfire 13.45 Dorking 14-Feb-41 Johannes Steinhoff 4./JG52 Spitfire 30km N Dungeness 25-Feb-44 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 B-17 Fortress Hss 10-May-44 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 P-38 Lightning 1000m 12.50 60km SE Agram (Zagreb) 09-Jun-44 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 B-24 Liberator 6000m 11.45 TH 1 (See 80km N Ancona) 14-Jul-44 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 B-25 Mitchell 04-Apr-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 Spitfire 25-Jun-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 B-17F 13.25 19154 07-Jul-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 Martlet 17.25 20km SW Marsala 08-Jul-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 P-40 Kittyhawk 25-Aug-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 P-38 Lightning 20m 09.58 52 361 25-Aug-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 P-38 Lightning 20m 09.59 52 361 25-Aug-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 P-38 Lightning 20m 10.00 52 354 25-Aug-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 P-38 Lightning 10.01 01-Dec-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 Mosquito 9500m 10.59 S Varzi (Lombardy) 17-May-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 MiG-1 2500m 09.37 Boroditschnoye 26-May-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 17.24 1km E Taranovka 22-Jun-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Hurricane 2000m 17.55 5km NW Kupjansk 21-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-180 1000m 16.00 49 411 22-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 10.11 49 475 Bodennahe 22-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Hurricane 1000m 10.20 49 411 23-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 05.40 59 353 23-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 50m 05.50 59 334 23-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-153 12.20 49 124 Bodennahe 23-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-180 15.10 49 413 23-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 17.25 49 411 24-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-180 350m 06.20 59 323 25-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 800m 11.05 49 243 25-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 500m 11.07 49 253 25-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-189 14.45 59 311 Bodennahe 25-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-180 2300m 17.37 49 412 27-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-180 05.55 49 431 Bodennahe 27-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-180 11.34 49 413 Bodennahe 28-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 200m 14.50 49 223 28-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 14.57 50 773 Bodennahe 30-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 500m 13.10 49 161 30-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 1000m 13.12 40 792 30-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 2000m 17.00 49 362 30-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 100m 17.10 49 522 30-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 200m 17.12 49 522 31-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 05.20 49 461 31-Aug-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 17.05 49 474 08-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 14.40 44 481 08-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 14.42 44 622 10-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 14.15 44 424 16-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 16.20 54 371 17-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 2000m 14.40 54 322 17-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 800m 16.40 54 381 20-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 I-16 Rata 2000m 09.40 85 371 26-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 15.39 85 342 26-Sep-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 15.40 85 342 11-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 100m 08.10 94 161 11-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 14.18 95 793 28-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 P-40 Warhawk Low Level 07.50 49 284 28-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 10.40 49 184 30-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 07.45 19 482 30-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 07.46 19 482 30-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 10.15 39 424 30-Nov-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 1200m 10.38 40 754 01-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 08.20 40 793 Bodennahe 02-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 1000m 12.15 49 353 07-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 P-40 Kittyhawk 13.23 39 652 Bodennahe 08-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 A-20 Boston III 1000m 09.10 29 253 08-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 A-20 Boston III 1000m 12.32 29 243 08-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 MiG-1 500m 12.40 29 333 08-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 MiG-1 500m 12.50 29 333 10-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG 4500m 11.40 49 173 11-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 09.23 29 633 11-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 09.26 2949-16 12-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 P-2 6000m 12.22 38 342 13-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 P-2 2000m 12.15 38 252 13-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 12.16 38 261 Bodennahe 17-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 1000m 07.10 38 212 17-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 13.15 39 883 Bodennahe 18-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 10.33 39 823 20-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 100m 10.53 39 854 25-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 13.00 38 241 25-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Pe-2 6000m 13.30 38 334 28-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 La-5 3000m 10.27 38 351 28-Dec-42 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 La-5 1500m 12.55 38 353 09-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 12.43 28 782 09-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 12.50 28 872 14-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 2000m 14.32 17 263 14-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 2000m 14.33 17 263 14-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 3000m 14.33 17 143 25-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 4000m 11.50 0865 26-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 A-20 Boston III 5000m 10.15 08 521 31-Jan-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 A-20 Boston III 3000m 13.00 99 871 01-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 14.25 9962 02-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 09.25 9962 02-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 09.28 99 622 12-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 100m 12.02 86 590 23-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 09.02 76 664 Bodennahne 23-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 12.45 86 560 23-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 12.47 86 560 25-Feb-43 Johannes Steinhoff Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 08.40 75 230 28-Feb-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 Il-2 * - - 27-Mar-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 Il-2 * - Raum Oder 17-Apr-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 B-17 Fortress - Munchen 03-Apr-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 B-17 Fortress - - 05-Apr-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 P-51 Mustang - - 05-Apr-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 P-51 Mustang - - 08-Apr-45 Johannes Steinhoff JV44 B-17 Fortress - Raum Stuttgart 19-May-41 Johannes Steinhoff 4./JG52 Spitfire 12.45 N. Dover 25-Feb-44 Johannes Steinhoff Stab /JG77 B-17 HSS - - 19-May-41 Johannes Steinhoff 4./JG52 Spitfire 12.40 N. Dover
Hannes Trubenbach - Hans Trübenbach
Units: Kdr I(J)/LG-2 (9/39-8/40 Calais-Marck), Kdr JG-52, Kdr JG-104, 'Jafu Mittelrhein'
Awards: EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft: Bf 109E WNr 5065, Bf 109F-4 WNr 7090 (or 7079) 'Black <<-+-' (10/41 Tiraspol, S.U.)
Remarks: One known victory, his 1st, a Hawk-75A southwest of Peronne, 26 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Morane 406 at Chauny on 29 May, 1940. His 3rd, a Battle at Aumale, 8 June, 1940. His 4th, a Spitfire W of Dover on 14 February, 1941. Channel pilot. Flugbuch (9/39 to 4/41). Magnus, 9 victories. Deceased 9 June, 2002.
Asisbiz Database of 4 aerial victories for Hannes Trubenbach
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 26-May-40 Hannes Trubenbach Stab I.(J)/LG2 Hawk-75A 14.20 SW Peronne 29-May-40 Hannes Trubenbach Stab I.(J)/LG2 Morane 406 20.12 Chauny 08-Jun-40 Hannes Trubenbach Stab I.(J)/LG2 Fairey Battle 16.16 Aumale 14-Feb-41 Hannes Trubenbach StabJG52 Spitfire 13.20 Maidstone
Johannes Wiese
Johannes Wiese was born on 7 May 1915 at Breslau in Schlesien. He joined the army in 1934 as an officer cadet and served with Infanterieregiment 6. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 with the rank of Oberfähnrich. He trained to become an observer. In October 1939, he attended fighter pilot school. In June 1941 he was posted as Adjutant to the Geschwaderstab of JG 52 based on the Eastern front. He recorded his first victory on 23 September. On 15 June 1942 he was appointed Staffelkapitän of 2./JG 52 by which time he had achieved seven victories. He became somewhat of a specialist at shooting down Russian Il-2 aircraft, numbering about 70 of this heavily armoured ground-attack type among his tally of victories. He achieved his 25th victory on 29 September. He recorded his 50th victory on 25 December.
On 5 January 1943, Hauptmann Wiese was awarded the Ritterkreuz for 53 victories. He then took a spell of leave returning to the front in the end of April. He recorded his 75th victory on 7 June. On 5 July 1943, he shot down 12 Russian Il-2 Sturmoviks over the Orel-Kursk-Belgorod sector but was himself shot down and had to make a forced landing. He recorded his 100th victory on 17 July. Such was his success in the Kuban battles that he earned the nickname "Lion of Kuban". He recorded his 125th victory on 28 October. On 13 November 1943, Hauptmann Wiese was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 52. On 2 March 1944, he was awarded the Eichenlauben (Nr 418) for 133 victories. He was wounded on 19 May and was transferred to fighter leaders school on 11 June.
In October 1944, Wiese was transferred to the Geschwaderstab of JG 77. On 1 December 1944, Major Wiese was appointed Kommodore of JG 77. On 25 December 1944, he had to abandon his Me 109 G-14 at 9,000 metres following aerial combat with Spitfires over the Ruhr district. His parachute did not deploy until he was at 80 metres resulting in serious injuries when he struck the ground. In December 1945 be was captured by the Americans but later handed to the Russians. He was incarcerated by the Soviets until 1950. In 1956 he joined the re-formed Luftwaffe.
Johannes Wiese was credited with 133 victories in 480 missions. Additionally he had 75 more unconfirmed claims. Included in his total are about 70 Stormoviks. Wiese was shot down and required to force-land on five occasions.
Units: Recon pilot, 2./JG-52 (8/42), 5./JG-52, Stafkpt 2./JG-52 (7/43), Kdr I./JG-52 (8/43 S.U.), Kdr JG-77 ('44)
Awards: RK(1/5/43)-EL(3/2/44), DK-G(2/8/43), Rom.Ord., EP(11/6/42), EK 1 & 2, Wnd Bdg, Ftr Oper Clasp
Known Aircraft: Bf 109F 'Black 3', Bf 109G-2/R6 'Black 3' & Bf 109G-4 WNr 19510 'Balck 1' in 2/JG-52, Bf 109G-2 'White 1', 'Bf 109G-6 'Black 5', Bf 109G-6 WNr 15999 'Black <<+' in I/JG-52, Bf 109G-14 'Black <<'
Remarks: Plus 75 Unconfirmed. My 'Pen Pal', 'Hannes', until his death. Russian POW, 10 years. Shot down on 24 December, 1944 over Bottrop. His parachute was either burning or faulty, because he sustained a serious back injury when parachuting. Succeeded Johannes Steinhoff as Kdr of JG-77. Turned over to the Russians after the war and confined until 1950. 480 missions. The Luftwaffe's 3rd highest Sturmovik killer with 70+ victories over the Il-2. Third only to Otto Kittel (94) and Joachim Brendel (88).His first known Soviet victory, A P-2 on 3 August, 1942. His 2nd, a LaGG-3 on 4 August, 1942. Four Il-2's on 25 October, 1942. Three Il-2's on 25 December, 1942. A Yak-1 and an Il-7 on 9 May, 1943. A Yak-1, a Pe-2, a Spitfire and a LaGG-3 on 26 May, 1943. An Il-7, a Yak-1 and a LaGG-5 on 28 May, 1943. Two Il-7's on 30 May, 1943. Probably his highest scoring day, on 5 July, 1943, he downed Eight Il-4's and four Il-2's, bringing his total to 88. Two Il-7's and two Il-2's on 17 July, 1943, equaling 100 victories. All victories in the East. NN 'Kubanski Lion'. His Wk# 19510 was flown to Turkey by Fw Gerhard Jüngel 25 July, 1943. Deceased 16 August, 1991. Photos & Autograph
List of aerial victories for Johannes Wiese
Date Pilot Name Unit Enemy A/C Type Height Time Location Monday, August 03, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 P-2 500m 17:00 76 583 Tuesday, August 04, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 150m 05:20 66 652 Wednesday, August 05, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 04:45 66 662 Tuesday, August 11, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 08:20 75 272 Thursday, August 13, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 12:50 75 422 Tuesday, August 18, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 I-180 1500m 16:50 54 134 Friday, August 21, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 800m 14:42 64 173 Sunday, August 23, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 800m 09:57 54 263 Thursday, September 03, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 14:54 57 772 Saturday, September 05, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 14:00 46 261 Friday, September 11, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 11:10 47 871 Sunday, September 13, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 16:14 47 592 Saturday, September 26, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 50m 05:50 30 124 Monday, September 28, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 25m 05:47 49 262 Tuesday, September 29, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 50m 15:47 49 292 Friday, October 02, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 11:34 49 271 Friday, October 09, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 15:00 49 733 Wednesday, October 14, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 07:30 40 581 Saturday, October 17, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 I-180 2000m 07:27 49 272 Sunday, October 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 11:23 49 423 Sunday, October 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 14:07 49 361 Sunday, October 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 14:12 49 362 Sunday, October 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 14:14 49 334 Saturday, October 31, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 14:00 49 412 Saturday, October 31, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 06:05 49 262 Saturday, October 31, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 09:55 49 413 Monday, November 02, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 La-5 400m 09:05 49 273 Thursday, December 17, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 50m 13:32 01 342 Monday, December 21, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 MiG-1 400m 07:37 91 864 Monday, December 21, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 MiG-1 300m 07:38 01 742 Friday, December 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 13:02 01 771 Friday, December 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 20m 13:05 01 771 Friday, December 25, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 13:08 01 753 Tuesday, December 29, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG 5 1500m 12:20 01 334 Tuesday, December 29, 1942 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 MiG-3 1000m 12:45 00 134 Friday, May 07, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 1200m 12:34 71 742 Friday, May 07, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 18:25 61 000 Sunday, May 09, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 Low Level 15:25 61 455 Sunday, May 09, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 06:28 98 853 Wednesday, May 26, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 17:37 75 222 Wednesday, May 26, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Spitfire 2000m 08:40 85 152 Wednesday, May 26, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 900m 05:55 86 777 Wednesday, May 26, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Pe-2 2000m 08:32 85 112 Thursday, May 27, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 100m 18:28 75 262 Friday, May 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 2500m 18:05 75 232 Friday, May 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 100m 18:08 75 232 Friday, May 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-5 50m 18:12 75 234 Sunday, May 30, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 50m 15:35 76 893 Sunday, May 30, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 50m 15:38 75 233 Wednesday, June 02, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 13:30 75 232 Wednesday, June 02, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-5 300m 13:32 75 262 Saturday, June 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Yak-1 100m 18:22 75 262 Saturday, June 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 100m 18:15 75 262 Saturday, June 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 100m 18:18 75 262 Sunday, June 06, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 100m 17:38 76 812 Sunday, June 06, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-7 100m 17:42 76 683 Monday, June 07, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 LaGG-5 700m 09:22 76 823 Monday, June 21, 1943 Johannes Wiese 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 17:14 76 851 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 800m 18:30 61 622 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 18:50 61 621 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 18:45 61 651 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 500m 18:33 61 622 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 Low Level 15:25 61 812 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 20m 03:47 61 891 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 300m 08:12 61321 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 300m 18:40 61 624 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 500m 07:51 61 321 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 Low Level 04:03 60 193 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-4 100m 03:55 60 123 Monday, July 05, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 09:40 61 352 Tuesday, July 06, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 LaGG-5 Low Level 18:15 61 242 Friday, July 16, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-7 1000m 05:25 61 212 Friday, July 16, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 05:30 61 212 Saturday, July 17, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 05:50 62 753 Saturday, July 17, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-7 300m 05:40 61 121 Saturday, July 17, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 05:41 62 753 Saturday, July 17, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-7 600m 05:45 62 742 Sunday, July 18, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 17:52 88 256 Sunday, July 18, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 17:53 88 256 Tuesday, July 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-7 200m 07:25 88 252 Thursday, July 22, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 800m 15:10 88 259 Friday, July 23, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 4200m 19:01 89 889 Tuesday, July 27, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-7 300m 15:14 88 258 Tuesday, July 27, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-7 200m 15:18 88 294 Wednesday, October 13, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 700m 10:23 58 182 Wednesday, October 13, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 700m 10:26 58 162 Thursday, October 14, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 11:58 58 154 Tuesday, October 19, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Pe-2 400m 07:58 49 312 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 10:35 48 283 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 12:09 48 294 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 250m 10:33 48 291 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 10:23 48 281 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 10:21 48 283 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 12:10 58 181 Wednesday, October 20, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 10:26 48 281 Saturday, October 23, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 LaGG-5 600m 15:23 49 842 Thursday, October 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 10:18 47 271 Thursday, October 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 50m 10:21 47 242 Thursday, October 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 10:15 47 193 Thursday, October 28, 1943 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 10:13 47 193 Thursday, January 06, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 30m 14:27 1km W Losozatka Friday, January 07, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 50m 11:35 29372 Friday, January 07, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 50m 11:38 29381 Saturday, January 08, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-9 600m 13:03 29514 Wednesday, January 26, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 07:59 66 564 Tuesday, February 22, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-9 1500m 08:10 48 712 Tuesday, February 22, 1944 Johannes Wiese Stab I./JG52 Yak-9 3000m 08:05 38 664 http://www.luftwaffe.cz database list of aerial victories for Johannes Wiese
List of aerial victories for Johannes Wiese
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location / Comments 1 23.9.1941 17:37 DB-3 Stab/JG 52 - ? 3.8.1942 17:00 P-2 2./JG 52 76 583: at 500m ? 4.8.1942 5:20 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 66 652: at 150m ? 5.8.1942 4:45 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 66 662: tiefflug ? 11.8.1942 8:20 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 75 272: at 2.000m ? 13.8.1942 12:50 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 75 422: at 1.000m ? 18.8.1942 16:50 I-180 2./JG 52 54 134: at 1.500m ? 21.8.1942 14:42 Yak-1 2./JG 52 64 173: at 800m ? 23.8.1942 9:57 Yak-1 2./JG 52 54 263: at 800m ? 3.9.1942 14:54 Il-2 2./JG 52 57 772: tiefflug ? 5.9.1942 14:00 Il-2 2./JG 52 46 261: at 300m ? 11.9.1942 11:10 Yak-1 2./JG 52 47 871: at 2.500m ? 13.9.1942 16:14 Il-2 2./JG 52 47 592: at 100m ? 26.9.1942 5:50 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 30 124: at 50m ? 28.9.1942 5:47 Il-2 2./JG 52 49 262: at 25m 25 29.9.1942 15:47 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 49 292: at 50m 26 2.10.1942 11:34 Il-2 2./JG 52 49 271 at 300m 26 9.10.1942 15:00 Yak-1 2./JG 52 49 733 at 2.500m 27 14.10.1942 7:30 Yak-1 2./JG 52 40 581 at 2.500m 28 17.10.1942 7:27 I-180 2./JG 52 49 272: at 2.000m 29 25.10.1942 11:23 Il-2 2./JG 52 49 423: at 400m 30 25.10.1942 14:07 Il-2 2./JG 52 49 361: at 500m 31 25.10.1942 14:12 Il-2 2./JG 52 49 362: at 400m 32 25.10.1942 14:14 Il-2 2./JG 52 49 334: at 300m ? 31.10.1942 6:05 Yak-1 2./JG 52 49 262: at 2.000m ? 31.10.1942 9:55 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 49 413: at 2.000m ? 31.10.1942 14:00 Yak-1 2./JG 52 49 412: at 2.000m ? 2.11.1942 9:05 La-5 2./JG 52 49 273 at 400m 39 16.12.1942 - E/a 2./JG 52 - 40 16.12.1942 - E/a 2./JG 52 - 41 16.12.1942 - E/a 2./JG 52 - 42 16.12.1942 - E/a 2./JG 52 - 43 16.12.1942 - E/a 2./JG 52 - ? 17.12.1942 13:32 Il-2 2./JG 52 01 342 at 50m ? 21.12.1942 7:37 MiG-1 2./JG 52 91 864 at 400m ? 21.12.1942 7:38 MiG-1 2./JG 52 01 742 at 300m 49 25.12.1942 13:02 Il-2 2./JG 52 01 771 at 100m 50 25.12.1942 13:05 Il-2 2./JG 52 01 771 at 20m 51 25.12.1942 13:08 Il-2 2./JG 52 01 753 at 100m 52 29.12.1942 12:20 LaGG 5 2./JG 52 01 334 at 1.500m 53 29.12.1942 12:45 MiG-3 2./JG 52 00 134 at 1.000m 54 7.5.1943 12:34 Yak-1 2./JG 52 71 742: at 1.200m 55 7.5.1943 18:25 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 61 000: at 300m 56 9.5.1943 6:28 Yak-1 2./JG 52 98 853: at 4.000m 57 9.5.1943 15:25 Il-2 2./JG 52 61 455: tiefflug 58 26.5.1943 5:55 Yak-1 2./JG 52 86 777: at 900m 59 26.5.1943 8:32 Pe-2 2./JG 52 85 112: at 2.000m 60 26.5.1943 8:40 Spitfire 2./JG 52 85 152: at 2.000m 61 26.5.1943 17:37 LaGG-3 2./JG 52 75 222: at 300m 62 27.5.1943 18:28 Il-2 2./JG 52 75 262: at 100m 63 28.5.1943 18:05 Il-2 2./JG 52 75 232: at 2.500m 64 28.5.1943 18:08 Yak-1 2./JG 52 75 232: at 100m 65 28.5.1943 18:12 LaGG-5 2./JG 52 75 234: at 50m 66 30.5.1943 15:35 Il-2 2./JG 52 76 893: at 50m 67 30.5.1943 15:38 Il-2 2./JG 52 75 233: at 50m 68 2.6.1943 13:30 Il-2 2./JG 52 75 232: at 200m 69 2.6.1943 13:32 LaGG-5 2./JG 52 75 262: at 300m 70 5.6.1943 18:15 Il-2 2./JG 52 75 262: at 100m 71 5.6.1943 18:18 Il-2 2./JG 52 75 262: at 100m 72 5.6.1943 18:22 Yak-1 2./JG 52 75 262: at 100m 73 6.6.1943 17:38 Il-2 2./JG 52 76 812: at 100m 74 6.6.1943 17:42 Il-2 2./JG 52 76 683: at 100m 75 7.6.1943 9:22 LaGG-5 2./JG 52 76 823: at 700m 76 21.6.1943 17:14 Il-2 2./JG 52 76 851: at 150m 77 5.7.1943 3:47 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 61 891 at 20m 78 5.7.1943 3:55 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 60 123 at 100m 79 5.7.1943 4:03 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 60 193: tiefstflug 80 5.7.1943 7:51 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 61 321 at 500m 81 5.7.1943 8:12 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 61321 at 300m 82 5.7.1943 9:40 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 352: tiefstflug 83 5.7.1943 15:25 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 61 812: tiefstflug 84 5.7.1943 18:30 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 622 at 800m 85 5.7.1943 18:33 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 61 622 at 500m 86 5.7.1943 18:40 Il-4 Stab I./JG 52 61 624 at 300m 87 5.7.1943 18:45 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 651 at 100m 88 5.7.1943 18:50 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 621 at 500m ? 6.7.1943 18:15 LaGG-5 Stab I./JG 52 61 242: tiefstflug ? 16.7.1943 5:25 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 212: at 1.000m ? 16.7.1943 5:30 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 212: tiefst. ? 17.7.1943 5:40 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 61 121: at 300m ? 17.7.1943 5:41 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 62 753: at 200m ? 17.7.1943 5:45 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 62 742: at 600m ? 17.7.1943 5:50 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 62 753: at 100m ? 18.7.1943 17:52 Yak-1 Stab I./JG 52 88 256: at 2.500m ? 18.7.1943 17:53 Yak-1 Stab I./JG 52 88 256: at 2.000m ? 20.7.1943 7:25 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 88 252: at 200m ? 22.7.1943 15:10 Yak-1 Stab I./JG 52 88 259: at 800m ? 23.7.1943 19:01 Yak-1 Stab I./JG 52 89 889: at 4.200m ? 27.7.1943 15:14 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 88 258: at 300m ? 27.7.1943 15:18 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 6 km SSE Kalinowka: at 200m ? 13.10.1943 10:23 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 58 182: at 700m ? 13.10.1943 10:26 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 58 162: at 700m ? 14.10.1943 11:58 Yak-1 Stab I./JG 52 58 154: at 2.500m ? 19.10.1943 7:58 Pe-2 Stab I./JG 52 49 312: at 400m ? 20.10.1943 10:21 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 48 283: at 200m ? 20.10.1943 10:23 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 48 281: at 300m ? 20.10.1943 10:26 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 48 281: at 200m ? 20.10.1943 10:33 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 48 291: at 250m ? 20.10.1943 10:35 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 48 283: at 300m ? 20.10.1943 12:09 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 48 294: at 500m ? 20.10.1943 12:10 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 58 181: at 500m ? 23.10.1943 15:23 LaGG-5 Stab I./JG 52 49 842: at 600m ? 28.10.1943 10:13 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 47 193: at 200m ? 28.10.1943 10:15 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 47 193: at 200m ? 28.10.1943 10:18 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 47 271: at 150m ? 28.10.1943 10:21 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 47 242: at 50m ? 6.1.1944 14:27 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 1km W Losozatka: 30m ? 7.1.1944 11:35 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 29372 at 50m ? 7.1.1944 11:38 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 29381 at 50m ? 8.1.1944 13:03 Yak-9 Stab I./JG 52 29514 at 600m ? 26.1.1944 7:59 Il-2 Stab I./JG 52 66 564 at 150m ? 22.2.1944 8:05 Yak-9 Stab I./JG 52 38 664 at 3.000m ? 22.2.1944 8:10 Yak-9 Stab I./JG 52 48 712 at 1.500m Victories : 133
Awards : Ehrenpokal (6 November 1941)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (8 February 1943)
Ritterkreuz (5 January 1943)
Eichenlaub (2 March 1944)
Units : JG 52, JG 77
Robert Göbel
Units: 2./JG-52
Awards: EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft: Bf 109E & F
Remarks: His first known victory, a Hurricane S of London on 31 August, 1940. His 2nd, a Hurricane at Maidstone on 7 September, 1940. His 3rd, a Hurricane over the Thames Estuary on 15 September, 1940. His first known Soviet, an I-16 Rata near Vetrovka on 29 May, 1942.
Asisbiz Database list of 4 aerial victories for Robert Göbel.
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location Saturday, August 31, 1940 Robert Gobel 2./JG52 Hurricane 3500m 13.50 Sudrand London Saturday, September 7, 1940 Robert Gobel 2./JG52 Hurricane 4000m 18.05-10 Maidstone Sunday, September 15, 1940 Robert Gobel 2./JG52 Hurricane 4000m 15.35 Thames Estuary Friday, May 29, 1942 Robert Gobel 2./JG52 I-16 Rata 800m 08.05 4km Vetrovka
Georg Schwientek
Units: 2./JG-52 (S.U.)
Awards: DK-G(3/6/44), EP, EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge(8/3/43), Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft: Bf 109F-4 'Black 1' (7/42 Pitomnik), Bf 109G-6 WNr 15849 'Black 11' (lost 8/3/43)
Remarks: WIA 3 August, 1943 during aerial combat at Kuteinikowo with a Soviet Il-2. 300+ combat missions. His first known victory, a LaGG-3 on 12 July, 1942. A 2nd, an Il-2 on 5 September, 1942. An Il-2 on 9 October, 1942. An Il-2 on 11 October, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 28 October, 1942. Two Il-2's and an La-5 on 26 December, 1942. A Boston on 24 February, 1943. A Yak-1 on 16 March, 1943. Two LaGG-5's and two Il-2's on 28 March, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 17 April, 1943. Two Il-2's on 11 June, 1943. A MiG-1 and an Il-2(m.H.) on 14 June, 1943. Two Il-2's (m.H.) on 16 June, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 9 July, 1943. A Yak-1 on 16 July, 1943. A Yak-1 on 19 July, 1943. Two Yak-1's on 22 July, 1943. Two Il-2's (m.H.) on 3 August, 1943.
Asisbiz database list of 28 aerial victories for Georg Schwientek
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location Sunday, July 12, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 LaGG-3 4500m 18:47 09 742 Saturday, September 5, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 5m 16:23 46 613 Friday, October 9, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 200m 12:56 49 132 Sunday, October 11, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 50m 06:45 49 153 Wednesday, October 28, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 13:25 69 573 Saturday, December 26, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 300m 07:18 9158 Saturday, December 26, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 300m 07:30 NT-6 d1 Saturday, December 26, 1942 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 La-5 1200m 13:20 NH-8 a4 Wednesday, February 24, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 A-20 Boston 200m 16:45 50 151 Tuesday, March 16, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 15:25 61 348 Sunday, March 28, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 15m 13:36 61 424 Sunday, March 28, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 LaGG-5 3500m 10:13 71 833 Sunday, March 28, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 LaGG-5 700m 10:24 81 743 Sunday, March 28, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 30m 13:35 61 453 Saturday, April 17, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 09:14 75 424 Friday, June 11, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 50m 10:02 76 821 Friday, June 11, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik 200m 10:04 76 823 Monday, June 14, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 MiG-1 50m 06:13 86 543 Monday, June 14, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 06:22 76 823 Wednesday, June 16, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 08:56 75 424 Wednesday, June 16, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 09:05 75 424 Friday, July 9, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 LaGG-3 2300m 13:44 61 212 Friday, July 16, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 16:21 61 223 Monday, July 19, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 06:26 98 141 Thursday, July 22, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Yak-1 3700m 09:06 88 262 Thursday, July 22, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 09:21 88 261 Tuesday, August 3, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 800m 17:08 88 291 Tuesday, August 3, 1943 Georg Schwientek 2./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 11:16 89 851
Gerhard Barkhorn
Gerhard Barkhorn was born on 20 May 1919 at Königsberg in East Prussia. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 as a Fahnenjunker. He began his flying training in March 1938 in the pre-war Luftwaffe. On completion of his training he was posted to 3./JG2. On 1 August 1940 Leutnant Barkhorn was transferred to 6./JG52 based on the Channel Front. He flew his initial missions with his new unit during the Battle of Britain but did not confirm any victories during this time. He was, however, shot down into the Channel on one occasion but was rescued unhurt. Barkhorn achieved his first success during his 120th mission on 2 July 1941 over the Eastern Front. Thereafter he was to score steadily, if relatively unspectacularly in comparison to other Eastern Front Luftwaffe aces, achieving his 10th victory on 30 November 1941. On 21 May, Barkhorn was appointed Staffelkapitän of 4./JG52. Barkhorn was not a prolific scorer; his best single mission netted him four victories, his best day seven victories. In May he recorded seven victories, 16 victories in June and 31 in July, including six on 19 July for his 46th through 51st victories, and five on 20 July (52-56). On 25 July, he was wounded in combat flying Bf 109F-4 (W.Nr. 13388) 'White 5'.
Oberleutnant Barkhorn was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 23 August 1942 for 64 victories. After a two-month break away from the front he returned in early October. He recorded 14 victories in October, seven in November and 17 in December, including his 100th victory on 19 December. On 11 January 1943, he was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 175) when he achieved his 105th victory.
Hauptmann Barkhorn became Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG52 on 1 September 1943, and led it until 15 January 1945. He claimed 24 victories in August, including his 150th on 8 August. He claimed 15 victories in September, 23 in November, including his 200th victory on 30 November 1943, and 28 in December, including seven on 28 December (216-222). On 23 January 1944, Barkhorn became the first fighter pilot to have completed 1,000 combat missions. He achieved his 250th victory on 12 February, the second to do so. He was awarded the Schwertern on 2 March 1944 for 251 victories. Barkhorn's success had not come without some cost. He was shot down nine times in his combat career. He baled out once and was wounded twice. On 31 May 1944, Barkhorn was flying his sixth mission of the day and, being fatigued, was not concentrating on keeping a good look-out when he was bounced by a Russian Airacobra fighter and shot down in Bf-109G-6 (W.Nr. 163195) (<< Black 5). He received severe wounds to his right arm and leg which put him out of action for four months. He returned to combat duty at the end of October.
He claimed his 275th victim on 14 November. He recorded his 301st, and last, victory on 5 January 1945.
On 16 January 1945, Major Barkhorn was transferred to take command of JG6 serving on Reichsverteidigung duties based at Posen. He led the unit until 10 April 1945 but was still suffering the effects of his wounds and eventually relinquished command for another spell in hospital. On recovery, Barkhorn joined JV 44 commanded by Generalleutnant Adolf Galland (104 victories, RK-Br) and operating the Me-262 jet fighter. On 21 April 1945, on the last of only two operational missions flying the Me-262, Barkhorn's starboard engine failed. He was obliged to break off an attack on an American bomber formation and return to his base at Riem. He was chased by the USAAF P-51 fighter escort so set about landing his crippled machine in a clearing in some woods. In the resulting crash-landing the cockpit canopy, which he had opened to enable a quick escape, slammed shut on his neck. The incident put him back in hospital and out of the war. Post-war Barkhorn was one of the few noted Luftwaffe Experten who escaped being imprisoned by the Russians. However, he did become a prisoner of war of the Allies, finally being released by them in September 1945. He joined the Bundesluftwaffe in 1956, commanded JaboG31 'Boelcke' and rose to the rank of Generalleutnant. He retired in 1976. On 6 January 1983, during a winter storm on an autobahn near Köln, Barkhorn and his wife, Christl, were involved in a serious automobile accident. Christl died at the scene but Gerhard lingered in a hospital for two days before passing away on 8 January.
Gerhard Barkhorn was credited with 301 victories gained in 1104 missions. All his victories were recorded while flying over the Eastern Front.
List of aerial victories for Gerhard Barkhorn
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location / Comments 1 2.7.1941 18:50 DB-3 6./JG52 - 2 28.7.1941 11:20 I-16 6./JG52 - 3 29.7.1941 17:34 DB-3 6./JG52 - 4 19.8.1941 13:35 I-18 6./JG52 - 5 22.8.1941 12:25 Il-2 6./JG52 claimed as V-11 6 25.8.1941 10:40 I-153 6./JG52 - 7 25.8.1941 12:59 I-18 6./JG52 - 8 23.9.1941 16:30 I-18 6./JG52 - 9 4.10.1941 13:37 DB-3 6./JG52 - 10 30.11.1941 10:07 I-61 6./JG52 - 11 16.5.1942 6:18 Mig-1 4./JG52 - 12 18.5.1942 5:50 R-5 4./JG52 - 13 25.5.1942 9:24 Il-2 4./JG52 - 14 26.5.1942 5:28 LaGG-3 4./JG52 E Protopopowka 15 26.5.1942 11:30 Il-2 4./JG52 - 16 27.5.1942 8:30 Mig-1 4./JG52 - 17 27.5.1942 15:28 Pe-2 4./JG52 NE Petrowskaja 18 5.6.1942 4:45 Mig-1 4./JG52 - 19 9.6.1942 14:52 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 20 11.6.1942 9:45 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 21 14.6.1942 13:55 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 22 22.6.1942 5:52 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Kupjansk 23 22.6.1942 5:55 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Kupjansk 24 22.6.1942 5:57 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Kupjansk 25 22.6.1942 6:25 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Kupjansk 26 22.6.1942 11:45 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 27 23.6.1942 12:55 Yak-1 4./JG52 - 28 24.6.1942 7:48 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 29 24.6.1942 7:52 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 30 25.6.1942 18:05 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 31 26.6.1942 13:05 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 32 30.6.1942 18:05 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 33 30.6.1942 18:09 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 34 1.7.1942 6:05 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 35 1.7.1942 10:07 Il-2 4./JG52 - 36 1.7.1942 10:11 Boston 4./JG52 - 37 1.7.1942 19:04 Hurricane 4./JG52 - 38 2.7.1942 7:20 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 39 2.7.1942 9:20 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 40 4.7.1942 6:27 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 41 4.7.1942 10:30 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 42 5.7.1942 17:43 Hurricane 4./JG52 - 43 6.7.1942 15:30 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 44 9.7.1942 15:55 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 45 10.7.1942 16:40 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 46 19.7.1942 7:00 LaGG 4./JG52 - 47 19.7.1942 7:35 Hurricane 4./JG52 Rostow area 48 19.7.1942 7:36 Hurricane 4./JG52 Rostow area 49 19.7.1942 11:25 LaGG 4./JG52 - 50 19.7.1942 15:20 LaGG 4./JG52 - 51 19.7.1942 15:30 I-16 4./JG52 - 52 20.7.1942 7:07 LaGG 4./JG52 - 53 20.7.1942 13:06 LaGG 4./JG52 - 54 20.7.1942 13:18 LaGG 4./JG52 - 55 20.7.1942 13:20 LaGG 4./JG52 - 56 20.7.1942 16:00 LaGG 4./JG52 - 57 21.7.1942 9:55 I-16 4./JG52 - 58 22.7.1942 17:46 Hurricane 4./JG52 - 59 23.7.1942 4:15 LaGG 4./JG52 - 60 23.7.1942 4:25 LaGG 4./JG52 - 61 23.7.1942 13:50 I-153 4./JG52 - 62 24.7.1942 10:20 I-16 4./JG52 - 63 24.7.1942 15:13 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 64 24.7.1942 15:14 LaGG-3 4./JG52 - 65 7.10.1942 8:05 LaGG 4./JG52 - 66 7.10.1942 13:25 LaGG 4./JG52 NE Tuapse 67 7.10.1942 13:29 LaGG 4./JG52 Gunaiberg 68 7.10.1942 13:29 LaGG 4./JG52 Gunaiberg 69 9.10.1942 12:50 I-16 4./JG52 S Nelkokoff 70 20.10.1942 14:15 R-5 4./JG52 SE Tuapse 71 25.10.1942 13:30 LaGG 4./JG52 Slepsowskaja 72 25.10.1942 13:35 LaGG 4./JG52 Slepsowskaja 73 26.10.1942 15:30 LaGG 4./JG52 E Aponka 74 26.10.1942 15:32 LaGG 4./JG52 Bataku-Jurt 75 29.10.1942 14:42 Yak-1 4./JG52 N Altebinal / 12:42? 76 30.10.1942 8:50 Yak-1 4./JG52 Lasarewskoje 77 30.10.1942 11:50 LaGG 4./JG52 Schatschi station 78 30.10.1942 12:05 LaGG 4./JG52 Alexejewka 79 3.11.1942 14:45 LaGG 4./JG52 N Tuapse 80 10.11.1942 11:15 LaGG 4./JG52 Lasarewskoje 81 15.11.1942 9:00 LaGG 4./JG52 Lasarewskoje 82 28.11.1942 11:00 P-40 4./JG52 Bussinowka 83 30.11.1942 8:30 P-40 4./JG52 B. Tundutow 84 30.11.1942 8:40 Yak-1 4./JG52 S Kauschino 85 30.11.1942 8:45 LaGG 4./JG52 Wertjatschy 86 2.12.1942 13:50 Yak-1 4./JG52 S Tundutow 87 8.12.1942 10:15 P-40 4./JG52 Prudboj station 88 10.12.1942 14:30 P-40 4./JG52 Barizynsky 89 11.12.1942 9:25 Yak-1 4./JG52 W Kulpinsky 90 11.12.1942 9:27 Yak-1 4./JG52 Kulpinsky 91 11.12.1942 9:30 Yak-1 4./JG52 Kulpinsky 92 13.12.1942 10:45 P-40 4./JG52 Ssamochin 93 13.12.1942 10:50 P-40 4./JG52 S Kamenko 94 13.12.1942 11:30 Il-2 4./JG52 Tschilekoff 95 17.12.1942 7:50 Yak-1 4./JG52 Abganerowok 96 17.12.1942 10:10 Yak-1 4./JG52 Abganerowok 97 17.12.1942 13:11 Yak-1 4./JG52 Schutowo station 98 18.12.1942 9:45 Yak-1 4./JG52 W Kumsky 99 18.12.1942 10:35 Yak-1 4./JG52 Bhf. Schutowo 100 19.12.1942 9:15 P-40 4./JG52 3km S Sety / 9:20? 101 19.12.1942 9:20 P-40 4./JG52 Turguta station / 19:15? 102 20.12.1942 8:00 LaGG 4./JG52 E Gratschy 103 9.1.1943 12:45 Yak-1 4./JG52 Simowniki area 104 9.1.1943 12:50 Yak-1 4./JG52 PQ 28783 105 10.1.1943 6:17 Yak-1 4./JG52 Remontnaja area 106 4.2.1943 9:10 Yak-4 4./JG52 Korsertschy-Chomutny 107 7.2.1943 12:10 Il-2 4./JG52 Budjonowka 108 11.2.1943 7:15 I-16 4./JG52 Eriwanskaja 109 11.2.1943 13:25 LaGG-3 4./JG52 SE Gelendshik 110 11.2.1943 13:30 LaGG-3 4./JG52 NW Gelendshik 111 11.2.1943 13:40 I-153 4./JG52 SE Noworossisk 112 12.2.1943 6:03 I-16 4./JG52 SE Kabardinka 113 12.2.1943 6:10 I-16 4./JG52 E Kabardinka 114 12.2.1943 11:55 Yak-1 4./JG52 Peltawskaja 115 12.2.1943 12:03 Yak-1 4./JG52 Iwanowskaja 116 13.2.1943 13:34 Yak-1 4./JG52 G.-Afipskaja 117 22.2.1943 8:15 LaGG-3 4./JG52 N Hohe 446 118 22.2.1943 8:20 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Sch. -Balker 119 26.2.1943 10:45 LaGG-3 4./JG52 SW Kabardinka 120 27.2.1943 14:00 Yak-1 4./JG52 Staromischastowskaja 121 28.4.1943 9:45 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Mingrelskaja 122 29.4.1943 13:20 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Mingrelskaja 123 29.4.1943 13:50 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Iwanowskaja 124 29.4.1943 17:30 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Cholmskaja 125 30.4.1943 7:45 Spitfire 4./JG52 Cholmskaja 126 30.4.1943 17:15 LaGG-3 4./JG52 SW Usum 127 9.5.1943 16:55 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Krupeik 128 28.5.1943 9:18 Spitfire 4./JG52 Kijewskoje 129 28.5.1943 9:48 Yak-1 4./JG52 Kijewskoje 130 29.5.1943 18:20 Il-2 4./JG52 Krymskaja 131 29.5.1943 18:25 Yak-1 4./JG52 Kijewskoje 132 31.5.1943 10:40 P-39 4./JG52 Slawianskaja 133 31.5.1943 13:15 Yak-1 4./JG52 Krymskaja 134 8.6.1943 9:28 LaGG-3 4./JG52 Anastasijewskaja 135 10.6.1943 11:59 LaGG-5 4./JG52 W Abinskaja 136 10.6.1943 18:28 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Kijewskoje 137 10.6.1943 18:34 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Krymskaja 138 30.7.1943 6:40 Yak-1 4./JG52 Kijewskoje 139 2.8.1943 8:00 Yak-1 4./JG52 Wagoltschick 140 2.8.1943 12:15 Yak-1 4./JG52 Kubyschewo 141 4.8.1943 15:35 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Tomarowka 142 4.8.1943 16:03 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Belgorod 143 5.8.1943 9:58 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Belgorod 144 5.8.1943 15:55 Yak-1 4./JG52 Belgorod 145 5.8.1943 16:02 Yak-1 4./JG52 Belgorod 146 7.8.1943 7:05 Yak-1 4./JG52 Melinowka 147 7.8.1943 15:20 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Dorogoschtsch 148 7.8.1943 15:27 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Ssergejwka 149 7.8.1943 18:32 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Prototopowka 150 8.8.1943 6:10 Il-2 m.H. 4./JG52 Bessonowka 151 8.8.1943 6:13 Il-2 m.H. 4./JG52 Bessonowka 152 12.8.1943 15:45 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Bogodacha 153 21.8.1943 8:07 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Kurikytschewo 154 21.8.1943 11:07 Il-2 m.H. 4./JG52 Kalinowka 155 22.8.1943 14:20 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Krasny-Oskol 156 23.8.1943 10:00 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Dolegaskaja 157 23.8.1943 10:27 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Krasny-Oskol 158 23.8.1943 14:28 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Krasny-Oskol 159 23.8.1943 14:50 LaGG-5 4./JG52 Kanijscherode 160 24.8.1943 6:15 Yak-1 4./JG52 E Isjum 161 24.8.1943 14:34 Yak-1 4./JG52 S Isjum 162 26.8.1943 17:05 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 Anastasijewskaja 163 2.9.1943 17:55 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 Wesljeidowka 164 4.9.1943 16:55 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 Kolontajew 165 5.9.1943 10:55 LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 40273 166 5.9.1943 11:05 LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 40222 167 6.9.1943 14:15 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Taranowka 168 6.9.1943 14:25 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Taranowka 169 6.9.1943 17:24 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Ssokolowo 170 8.9.1943 7:45 Il-2 Stab II./JG52 W Andrejewka 171 8.9.1943 7:55 LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 E Taranowka 172 8.9.1943 17:23 LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 60314 173 9.9.1943 14:35 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 51794 174 9.9.1943 17:13 LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 51853 175 13.9.1943 13:25 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 60342 176 13.9.1943 13:50 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 60234 177 20.9.1943 9:20 R-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 11212 178 15.11.1943 10:07 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66812 179 15.11.1943 10:20 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66594 180 16.11.1943 11:57 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66832 181 16.11.1943 12:25 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66591 182 16.11.1943 14:17 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 E Baksy 183 19.11.1943 9:07 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66644 184 19.11.1943 14:15 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66734 185 19.11.1943 14:20 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66811 186 20.11.1943 10:15 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66611 187 20.11.1943 13:40 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66643 188 20.11.1943 13:45 P-39 Stab II./JG52 Kertsch haven 189 21.11.1943 9:22 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66613 190 21.11.1943 13:35 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66613 191 26.11.1943 10:38 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 SE Kertsch 192 26.11.1943 14:03 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 SW Kertsch 193 26.11.1943 14:05 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 SE Kertsch 194 27.11.1943 9:45 P-39 Stab II./JG52 E Lentini 195 28.11.1943 8:44 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66732 196 28.11.1943 8:47 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66594 197 28.11.1943 9:00 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66594 198 29.11.1943 10:15 P-39 Stab II./JG52 - 199 29.11.1943 14:20 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66734 200 30.11.1943 9:50 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 W Kolonka 201 1.12.1943 14:12 Il-2 Stab II./JG52 SE Eltigen 202 2.12.1943 10:27 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Kossa Tusla 203 2.12.1943 10:39 P-39 Stab II./JG52 S Eltigen 204 2.12.1943 10:48 Il-2 Stab II./JG52 E Eltigen 205 2.12.1943 14:15 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Kamysch Barun 206 2.12.1943 14:18 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 E Kamysch Barun 207 2.12.1943 14:23 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 - 208 4.12.1943 9:06 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 E Eltigen 209 4.12.1943 14:09 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 E Eltigen 210 6.12.1943 14:21 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 W Kossa Tusla 211 6.12.1943 14:37 Il-2 Stab II./JG52 SE Eltigen 212 9.12.1943 10:18 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 S Dschankoj 213 9.12.1943 10:25 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 E Kolonka 214 17.12.1943 10:13 P-39 Stab II./JG52 N Laksig 215 27.12.1943 12:11 P-39 Stab II./JG52 Bekay area 216 28.12.1943 8:47 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 N Kap Warsawka 217 28.12.1943 8:53 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 E Dschankoj 218 28.12.1943 10:20 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 E Kap Chroni 219 28.12.1943 10:23 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 W Kap Chroni 220 28.12.1943 12:07 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Kertsch haven 221 28.12.1943 12:10 P-39 Stab II./JG52 N Laksig 222 28.12.1943 12:21 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 Kertsch haven 223 29.12.1943 9:38 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 Katerles area 224 29.12.1943 13:35 P-39 Stab II./JG52 E Apassnaja 225 29.12.1943 13:45 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 S Bulganak 226 29.12.1943 13:48 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 N Dschankoj 227 30.12.1943 9:30 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 N Bulganak 228 30.12.1943 13:23 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 E Bulganak 229 1.1.1944 10:43 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66654 230 1.1.1944 13:08 Pe-2 Stab II./JG52 Kap Tarchan 231 1.1.1944 13:09 Pe-2 Stab II./JG52 Kap Tarchan 232 1.1.1944 13:10 Pe-2 Stab II./JG52 Kap Chroni 233 3.1.1944 10:45 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66623 234 12.1.1944 10:07 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 Bulganak area 235 18.1.1944 11:27 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66643 / Kertsch area 236 23.1.1944 9:27 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66642 237 23.1.1944 9:29 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66643 / Kertsch area 238 23.1.1944 12:15 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66671 / 1000FF 239 24.1.1944 14:56 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66534 / Kap Tarchan 240 25.1.1944 12:50 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66592 241 26.1.1944 12:00 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 6667? 242 28.1.1944 12:19 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66614 243 10.2.1944 13:45 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66533 / Bulganak area 244 10.2.1944 15:00 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 Bulganak area 245 10.2.1944 15:35 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66533 246 12.2.1944 10:46 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66643 247 12.2.1944 12:46 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66613 / Adshin Uschkaj 248 12.2.1944 12:58 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66641 / ENE Bulganak 249 12.2.1944 13:20 Yak-1 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66473 250 12.2.1944 15:50 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 66614 251 25.2.1944 12:00 Pe-2 Stab II./JG52 PQ 4641? 252 24.4.1944 11:25 Boston III Stab II./JG52 PQ 35443 253 24.4.1944 13:55 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35611 / Balaklawa area 254 26.4.1944 12:08 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35474 / N Balaklawa / 12:18? 255 26.4.1944 17:10 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35413 / Belobek area 256 26.4.1944 17:50 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35612 / Balaklawa area 257 27.4.1944 10:48 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35442 / Belobek area 258 28.4.1944 12:35 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35452 259 28.4.1944 15:23 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35453 260 28.4.1944 15:25 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35453 / Sewastopol area 261 1.5.1944 11:05 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35473 / Balaklawa area 262 4.5.1944 12:24 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35624 263 5.5.1944 10:52 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 PQ 35334 / Belobek area 264 5.5.1944 11:00 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35273 265 6.5.1944 15:10 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35411 / Katscha area 266 8.5.1944 9:11 Yak-7 Stab II./JG52 PQ 35612 / Balaklawa area 267 8.5.1944 9:17 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 PQ 35473 / Balaklawa area 268 30.5.1944 16:55 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 78643 269 30.5.1944 17:05 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 78643 270 31.5.1944 5:38 P-39 Stab II./JG52 PQ 78674 / Husi area 271 31.5.1944 5:45 P-39 Stab II./JG52 - 272 31.5.1944 6:10 Il-2 m.H. Stab II./JG52 PQ 78823 273 31.5.1944 6:15 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 78643 274 26.10.1944 14:25 Yak-3 Stab II./JG52 PQ 18284 275 14.11.1944 11:45 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 98661 276 14.11.1944 12:00 Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 PQ 98635 277 16.11.1944 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 278 16.11.1944 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 279 16.11.1944 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 280 16.11.1944 13:40 Yak-3 Stab II./JG52 PQ 98478 281 16.11.1944 13:45 La-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 98452 282 17.11.1944 10:23 La-5 Stab II./JG52 PQ 98615 283 17.11.1944 15:00 Yak-3 Stab II./JG52 PQ 98622 284 23.11.1944 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 285 24.11.1944 - Pe-2 Stab II./JG52 - 286 25.12.1944 - Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 - 287 25.12.1944 - Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 - 288 29.12.1944 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 289 29.12.1944 - Boston Stab II./JG52 - 290 2.1.1945 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 291 2.1.1945 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 292 2.1.1945 - Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 - 293 3.1.1945 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 294 3.1.1945 - Il-2 Stab II./JG52 - 295 3.1.1945 - Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 - 296 3.1.1945 - Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 - 297 4.1.1945 - LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 - 298 4.1.1945 - LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 - 299 4.1.1945 - LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 - 300 4.1.1945 - Yak-9 Stab II./JG52 - 301 5.1.1945 - LaGG-5 Stab II./JG52 - Victories : 301
Awards : Ehrenpokal (20 July 1942)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (21 August 1942)
Ritterkreuz (23 August 1942)
Eichenlaub (11 January 1943)
Schwertern (2 March 1944)
Units : JG2, JG52, JG6, JV 44
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/barkhorn.htmlAsisbiz Database of 229 aerial victories out 0f 301 for Gerhard Barkhorn
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 27-May-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Pe-2 100m 15.28 NE Petrovskaya 07-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 3500m 08.05 95 742 07-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 2800m 13.25 95 674 07-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 2800m 13.28 95 674 07-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 2800m 13.28 95 674 09-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 I-16 Rata 200m 12.50 95 572 20-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 R-5 Low Level 14.15 95 784 25-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 5500m 13.30 54 573 25-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 5500m 13.35 54 583 26-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 500m 15.30 47 843 26-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 500m 15.32 44 811 29-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 1200m 12.42 95 732 30-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 08.50 94 154 30-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 11.50 95 783 30-Oct-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 12.05 94 133 03-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 2000m 14.45 95 741 10-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 2800m 11.15 94 161 15-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 1000m 09.00 94 162 28-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 2000m 11.00 39 492 30-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 2500m 08.30 49 524 30-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 08.40 40 773 30-Nov-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 1000m 08.45 30 494 02-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 500m 13.50 49 661 08-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 2500m 10.15 39 463 10-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk Low Level 14.30 39 662 11-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 09.25 39 513 11-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 3800m 09.27 39 511 11-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 09.30 29 632 13-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 4000m 10.45 38 253 13-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 1000m 10.50 38 224 13-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 11.30 38 164 17-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 07.50 49 781 17-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 10.10 49 772 17-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 500m 13.11 38 212 18-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 100m 09.45 39 583 18-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 10.35 38 211 19-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 3500m 19.15 49 572 19-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-40 Warhawk Low Level 09.20 49 583 20-Dec-42 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 3000m 08.00 39 483 09-Jan-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 12.45 28 783 09-Jan-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 12.50 28 733 10-Jan-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 06.17 28 852 04-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-4 5800m 09.10 08 892 06-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 12.10 5km NO Budjonowka 07-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 12.10 99 472 11-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 I-16 Rata 3500m 07.15 85 320 11-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 4500m 13.25 85 537 11-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 3500m 13.30 85 370 11-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 I-153 2000m 13.40 75 640 12-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 I-16 Rata 3000m 06.03 75 464 12-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 I-16 Rata 2000m 06.10 75 462 12-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 100m 11.55 86 552 12-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 100m 12.03 86 590 12-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 I-16 Rata 3500m 07.15 8532 13-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 13.34 85 220 22-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 08.15 75 422 22-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 08.20 75 442 26-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 10.45 75 463 27-Feb-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 14.00 86 533 28-Apr-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 6000m 09.45 86 794 29-Apr-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 13.20 86 792 29-Apr-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 5000m 13.50 85 211 29-Apr-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG 4500m 17.30 85 213 30-Apr-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Spitfire 500m 07.45 85 161 30-Apr-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 5500m 17.15 85 173 09-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 16.55 76 864 28-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Spitfire 800m 09.18 76 893 28-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 09.48 76 894 29-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Il-5 Low Level 18.20 75 231 29-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 18.25 76 894 31-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 1500m 10.40 86 573 31-May-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 13.15 75 231 08-Jun-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-3 100m 09.28 76 831 10-Jun-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 1000m 11.59 85 132 10-Jun-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 4500m 18.28 76 861 10-Jun-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 6500m 18.34 86 731 30-Jul-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 06.40 76 893 02-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 50m 08.00 99 778 02-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 12.15 88 292 04-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 15.35 61 355 04-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 3500m 16.03 61 365 05-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 3000-1000m 09.58 61 365 05-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 300m 15.55 61 339 05-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 16.02 61 418 07-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 07.05 61 254 07-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 500m 15.20 51 474 07-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 100m 15.27 51 424 07-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 Low Level 18.32 60 832 08-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 06.10 61 523 08-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 06.13 61 523 12-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 3000m 15.45 51 843 21-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 08.07 88 295 21-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 11.07 88 256 22-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 14.20 70 763 23-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 3000m 10.00 79 131 23-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 1000m 10.27 70 843 23-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 14.28 70 792 23-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 14.56 70 792 24-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 06.15 70 812 24-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 14.34 70 784 26-Aug-43 Gerhard Barkhorn 4./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 17.05 76 681 Bodennahe 02-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 2000m 17.55 60 151 04-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1500m 16.55 40 232 05-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 10.55 40 273 05-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 Low Level 11.05 40 222 06-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 14.15 60 342 06-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 14.25 60 35 06-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 200m 17.24 60 312 08-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 07.45 60 394 08-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 3000m 07.55 60 352 08-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 17.23 60 314 09-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 14.35 51 794 09-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 17.13 51 853 13-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 13.25 60 342 13-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 13.50 60 234 20-Sep-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 R-5 09.20 11 212 Bodennahe 15-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 10.07 66 812 15-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 10.20 66 594 16-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 2000m 11.57 66 832 16-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 12.25 66 591 16-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 300m 14.17 66 64 19-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 09.07 66 644 19-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4500m 14.15 66 734 19-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 14.20 66 811 20-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 10.15 66 677 20-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4500m 13.40 66 643 20-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5500m 13.45 Hafen Kertsch 21-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 09.22 66 641 21-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 500m 13.35 66 613 25-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 500m 13.35 66 613 26-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 5000m 10.38 SE Kertsch 26-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 14.03 SW Kertsch 26-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 14.05 SE Kertsch 27-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 2500m 09.45 E Sentinl 28-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 08.44 66 732 28-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 08.47 66 594 28-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 09.00 66 594 29-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 10.15 West of Kap Fakyl 29-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 14.20 66 734 30-Nov-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 09.50 Westr Kolonka 01-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1300m 14.12 SE Eltigen 02-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 10.27 Kossa Tusla Wasserm 02-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 500m 10.39 S Eltigen 02-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 10.48 E Eltigen Wasserm 02-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 14.15 bei Kamnysch-Durum 02-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 500m 14.18 E Kamnysch-Durum 02-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1500m 14.23 NW Kap Yakyl 04-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 09.06 E Eltigen 04-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 500m 14.09 E Eltigen 06-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 500m 14.21 West of Kossa Tulsa 06-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 14.37 SE Eltigen 09-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 100m 10.18 S Dshanskoy 09-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 10.25 E Kolonka Wassernahe 17-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 10.13 NE Bakssy 27-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 12.11 66 64 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 08.47 N Kap Varsovka 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 08.53 bei Dshanyov 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 10.20 E Kap Chroni 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 10.23 West of Kap Chroni 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4500m 12.07 Hafenbecken Kerch 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4500m 12.10 N Baksy 28-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 12.21 Hafenbecken Kerch 29-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 300m 09.38 N Katerles 29-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4500m 13.35 E Ozassnaya 29-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 13.45 S Bulganak 29-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 400m 13.48 N Dshankoy 30-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 09.30 Nordr Bulganak 30-Dec-43 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 500m 13.23 E Bulganak 01-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 1700m 10.43 66654 (Bagerovo/Krim) 01-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Pe-2 1000m 13.09 66534 (Bagerovo/Krim) 01-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Pe-2 1000m 13.09 66532 (Bagerovo/Krim) 01-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Pe-2 1000m 13.10 66613 (Bagerovo/Krim) 25-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 1000m 12.50 66 592 03-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 200m 10.45 66 263 (Bagerovo/Krim) 12-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 10.07 66 641 18-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 11.27 66 643 23-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4500m 09.27 66642 23-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 09.29 66643 23-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 700m 12.15 66671 24-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 500m 14.56 66534 26-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4500m 12.00 66 67m 28-Jan-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 12.19 66 614 10-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 3000m 15.35 66 533 12-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 1000m 10.46 66 643 12-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 4000-1000m 12.46 66 613 12-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 12.58 66 641 12-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 13.20 66 473 12-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 2000m 15.50 66 614 25-Feb-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Pe-2 7000m 12.00 4641 24-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1000m 13.55 35 611 24-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 A-20 Boston III 500m 11.25 35 443 26-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 200m 12.18 35 474 26-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 2000m 17.10 35 413 26-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1000m 17.50 35 612 27-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1500m 10.48 35 442 28-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 4000m 12.35 35 452 28-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1500m 15.23 35 453 28-Apr-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1500m 15.25 35 453 01-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 3500m 11.05 35 473 04-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 6500m 12.24 35 624 05-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 1500m 10.52 35 334 05-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1400m 11.10 35 273 06-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 1000m 15.10 35 411 08-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-7 2000m 09.11 35 612 08-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 600m 09.17 35 473 30-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3000m 16.55 78 643 30-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 1500m 17.05 78 643 31-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 06.10 78 823 31-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 350m 05.38 78 674 31-May-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 500m 06.15 78 643 26-Oct-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-3 1000m 14.25 18 284 14-Nov-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 2500m 11.45 98 661 14-Nov-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-9 1000m 12.00 98 635 16-Nov-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-3 2000m 13.40 98 478 16-Nov-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 La-5 13.45 98 452 17-Nov-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 La-5 1500m 10.23 98 615 17-Nov-44 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Yak-3 3500m 15.00 98 622 02-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 - - 02-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 - - 02-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Jak-9 - - 03-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 - - 03-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Jak-9 - - 03-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Jak-9 - - 03-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Il-2 - - 04-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 Jak-9 - - 04-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 - - 04-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 - - 04-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 - - 05-Jan-45 Gerhard Barkhorn Stab II./JG52 LaGG-5 - -
Walter 'Graf Punski' Krupinski
Units:6/JG-52, Stfkpt 7/JG-52 (3/43), Stfkpt 1 & 2/JG-5, Kdr II/JG-11 (4/44), Kdr III/JG-26 (9/44), JV-44 (4/45)
Awards:RK(10/29/42)-EL(3/2/44), DK-G(8/22/42), EP(5/42), EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Ftr Oper.Clasp w/Pend
Known Aircraft:Bf 109G-2 & G-6 both 'Yellow 5' w JG-52, Bf 109G-2 WNr 13537 (9/42), Bf 109G-5 WNr 110244, Bf 109G-6 WNr 20062 'White 9' (80% dam 7/5/43), Bf 109G-6 & Fw 190D-9 '((+I' w III/JG-26
Remarks:1 Bomber. In the summer of 1941, he belly-landed a Bf 109F 'Yellow 6' in Russia. Injured in G-6 #20062 'White 9' (80% dam.), on 5 July, 1943, overturning in a landing accident at Ugrim/Belgorod, resulting from Flak damage. While in II/JG-11, his G-5 motor exploded in mid-air, and was thought to have been Sabotage. Krupinski came to JG-26 after the death of Klaus Mietusch. Scored two victories in JG-26. After the dissolution of III/JG-26 in March 1945, he joined JV 44, Adolf Galland's jet unit, flying the Me 262A-1a. One known early Soviet victory, two LaGG's on 11 May, 1943. On 5 July, 1943, he shot down 11 AC. One of many Soviet multiples, four LaGG's on 20 August, 1943. 1100+ combat missions. 20 victories in the West. His 190th victory, a P-51 SW of Magdeburg on 30 May, 1944. His 193rd, 194th & 195th victories on 1 July, 1944; all three P-47's at Douai-Cambrai. A P-51 at Coesfeld on 21 November, 1944. Victory number 196, a B-17 in the Stuttgart area on 8 April, 1945. His 197th, and last victory, an 'e/a' in the last days of April, 1945. Germany's 16th ranked fighter Ace. Retired Bundeswehr GenLt.. Deceased 7 October, 2000
Walter "Graf Punski" Krupinski was born on 11 November 1920 at Domnau, in the Friedland region of East Prussia. He was employed by the Reichsarbeitdienst before being discharged a few days after the outbreak of war in 1939 to take up a place at the Luftkreigsakademie at Berlin-Gatow where he underwent basic military and flying training. Following the completion of his fighter pilot training in Vienna in October 1940, Krupinski was transferred to 6./JG52. He flew combat missions over France and England and, although frequently in contact with enemy aircraft, did not gain any success. He was promoted to the rank of Leutnant in February 1941. By September 1941, Krupinski was operating over the Eastern front. He recorded his first victory in the theatre against a Russian DB-3 twin-engine bomber south of Leningrad. By the end of the year he had seven victories to his credit. On 25 October 1942, he was shot down in aerial combat and baled out wounded. Leutnant Krupinski was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 29 October 1942 after 56 victories. By the end of 1942, his victory total stood at 65.
Krupinski then spent three months as a fighter instructor with Erganzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost in France. Krupinski returned to Russia on 15 March 1943. In May, he was appointed Staffelkapitan of 7./JG52 based at Taman on the Kuban bridgehead. He scored two victories on 5 July to raise his victory total to 90.
However, on landing Bf 109G-6 (W.Nr. 20062) "White 9", he collided with another Bf-109 and was badly injured in the resulting crash. In August, he recorded 27 enemy aircraft shot down, including his 100th victory on 18 August. Krupinski recorded his 125th victory on 27 September. He achieved his 150th victory on 12 October. He brought down the Staffel's 1,000th victory, and his 154th, on 13 October. Oberleutnant Krupinski was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 415) on 2 March 1944 for 174 victories. He recorded his 175th victory on 9 March. At the end of March, he claimed three Russian T-34 tanks destroyed. Krupinski left JG52 and Russia on 18 April 1944, with his victory total at 177, to return to Germany and take up command of 1./JG5 which had returned from the far north for Reichsverteidigung duties. He gained four further victories with JG5. Krupinski was transferred again, this time as Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG11 based at Hustedt, near Celle, taking up the post in May 1944. With the Allied invasion of France in June 1944, the Gruppe was rushed to Normandy to operate from makeshift strips on low-level ground support missions. Krupinski claimed a further 10 Allied aircraft shot down before he was wounded on 12 August when exploded motor of his Bf 109G5 (W.Nr. 110244). He suffered burns to his hands and face requiring hospitalization.
Following recovery in hospital, Hauptmann Krupinski was posted to take command of III./JG26 on 27 September 1944. He claimed his 192nd to 195th victories flying with the unit. He led the Gruppe until its disbandment on 26 March 1945. Krupinski joined Adolf Galland's "squadron of experts" in JV44. He began training on the Me-262 on 2 April 1945. He was to record at least two victories flying the Me-262. In post-war years, Krupinski was to have a successful career in the Bundeswehr rising to the rank of Generalleutnant. He passed away on 7 October 2000.
"Graf Punski" Krupinski ended the war with 197 confirmed victories recorded in 1,100 missions. He had gained 177 victories flying over the Eastern front and 20 over the Western front, including at least two four-engine bomber, eight P-51 Mustang fighters and seven P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. He had been wounded seven times, baled out on four occasions as well as surviving numerous crash landings.
List of aerial victories for Walter 'Graf Punski' Krupinski
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location / Comments 1 ?.9.1941 - DB-3 6./JG 52 S Leningrad ? 4.6.1942 18:54 MiG-1 6./JG 52 10km NW Kuppjansk 1.000m ? 23.7.1942 4:40 I-16 Rata 6./JG 52 28 351 at 1.000m ? 23.7.1942 6:48 Il-2 6./JG 52 18 453 ? 24.7.1942 11:45 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 28 322 at 1.000m ? 24.7.1942 11:52 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 28 472 ? 25.7.1942 8:35 Il-2 6./JG 52 18 621 ? 26.7.1942 5:40 R-5 6./JG 52 28 574 ? 23.8.1942 5:30 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 49 652 at 1.500m ? 23.8.1942 5:37 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 49 429 at 1.000m ? 23.8.1942 11:55 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 49 651 at 2.000m ? 23.8.1942 12:12 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 49 622 ? 24.8.1942 13:15 I-180 6./JG 52 49 273 at 2.000m ? 25.8.1942 17:35 I-180 6./JG 52 49 112 at 2.000m ? 26.8.1942 17:20 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 49 274 at 4.000m ? 27.8.1942 12:11 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 49 332 at 3.000m ? 28.8.1942 14:01 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 59 320 at 200m ? 29.8.1942 16:42 Il-2 6./JG 52 40 427 at 300m ? 31.8.1942 8:47 Il-2 6./JG 52 49 533 at 2.000m ? 2.9.1942 8:38 MiG-1 6./JG 52 66 661 at 200m ? 7.9.1942 9:20 MiG-1 6./JG 52 44 652 at 2.000m ? 7.9.1942 9:30 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 44 484 at 1.000m ? 13.9.1942 15:15 Yak-1 4./JG 52 54 642 at 2.500m ? 19.9.1942 10:50 U-2 4./JG 52 44 653 ? 23.9.1942 12:10 LaGG 4./JG 52 95 793 at 2.000m ? 24.9.1942 5:55 I-153 4./JG 52 95 713 at 200m ? 24.9.1942 6:00 I-15 4./JG 52 95 743 ? 24.9.1942 6:52 I-153 4./JG 52 95 742 ? 24.9.1942 15:53 LaGG 4./JG 52 94 133 ? 25.9.1942 5:03 Il-2 4./JG 52 5 342 ? 25.9.1942 5:08 Il-2 4./JG 52 5 511 ? 25.9.1942 12:24 R-5 4./JG 52 94 161 ? 25.9.1942 15:16 R-5 4./JG 52 94 411 ? 26.9.1942 16:24 I-153 4./JG 52 94 411 ? 27.9.1942 11:45 I-15 4./JG 52 4 541 ? 7.10.1942 6:10 Yak-1 6./JG 52 95 552 at 2.000m ? 9.10.1942 12:45 I-153 6./JG 52 95 552 at 3.000m ? 9.10.1942 13:20 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 95 772 at 1.000m ? 11.10.1942 5:20 LaGG-3 6./JG 52 95 752 at 2.500m ? 11.10.1942 5:35 I-153 6./JG 52 95 751 at 200m ? 11.10.1942 5:37 I-153 6./JG 52 95 751 at 200m ? 16.10.1942 5:55 Yak-1 6./JG 52 94 121 at 3.000m ? 22.10.1942 16:20 I-153 6./JG 52 95 541 ? 23.10.1942 16:10 Il-2 6./JG 52 94 473 at 100m 56 29.10.1942 15:40 Yak-1 6./JG 52 95 791 at 800m 57 30.10.1942 15:30 Yak-1 6./JG 52 94 163 at 1.000m 58 30.10.1942 15:40 I-15 6./JG 52 94 161 59 1.11.1942 14:07 I-153 6./JG 52 495 743 60 1.11.1942 14:25 Yak-1 6./JG 52 94 133 at 3.000m 61 11.11.1942 8:00 Yak-1 6./JG 52 94 161 62 11.11.1942 8:14 Yak-1 6./JG 52 94 161 at 200m 63 11.11.1942 11:03 I-15 6./JG 52 94 152 64 13.11.1942 11:17 I-153 6./JG 52 95 741 at 100m 65 19.11.1942 7:15 Yak-1 6./JG 52 94 491 at 4.000m 66 27.4.1943 17:20 LaGG-3 5./JG 52 86 691 67 1.5.1943 17:41 Yak-1 5./JG 52 85 171 at 3.500m 68 4.5.1943 12:40 LaGG 5./JG 52 85 311 at 4.000m 69 6.5.1943 14:55 LaGG III./JG 52 85 213 at 3.500m 70 11.5.1943 8:05 LaGG 7./JG 52 85 181 at 5.000m 71 11.5.1943 16:07 LaGG 7./JG 52 86 682 at 3.500m 72 16.5.1943 14:55 U-2 7./JG 52 85 152 73 28.5.1943 9:35 LaGG 7./JG 52 86 751 at 3.000m 74 28.5.1943 9:50 Spitfire 7./JG 52 86 774 at 1.500m 75 29.5.1943 11:53 LaGG 7./JG 52 75 232 at 2.000m 76 29.5.1943 18:07 LaGG 7./JG 52 76 894 at 3.500m 77 30.5.1943 15:30 Pe-2 7./JG 52 76 863 at 1.000m 78 31.5.1943 14:15 LaGG 7./JG 52 86 714 at 2.000m 79 2.6.1943 13:03 LaGG 7./JG 52 75 231 at 700m 80 3.6.1943 4:43 LaGG 7./JG 52 86 732 at 800m 81 3.6.1943 13:20 I-180 7./JG 52 75 232 at 5.000m 82 5.6.1943 11:20 LaGG-5 7./JG 52 75 232 at 4.000m 83 5.6.1943 15:18 LaGG-5 7./JG 52 86 774 at 5.500m 84 9.6.1943 14:12 LaGG-5 7./JG 52 85 132 at 5.000m 85 10.6.1943 18:42 LaGG 7./JG 52 86 783 at 5.000m 86 13.6.1943 7:37 Boston 7./JG 52 25 251 at 3.000m 87 20.6.1943 10:25 LaGG 7./JG 52 85 341 at 5.000m 88 26.6.1943 15:15 LaGG-5 7./JG 52 85 372 at 4.000m 89 5.7.1943 7:15 LaGG 7./JG 52 61 154 at 2.000m 90 5.7.1943 18:05 LaGG 7./JG 52 61 121 at 2.500m 91 12.8.1943 17:25 LaGG 7./JG 52 61 751 at 4.000m 92 13.8.1943 14:07 LaGG 7./JG 52 69 212 at 2.000m 93 15.8.1943 9:04 Pe-2 7./JG 52 61 721 at 4.000m 94 15.8.1943 11:54 LaGG 7./JG 52 51 813 at 3.500m 95 16.8.1943 17:56 LaGG 7./JG 52 70 792 at 3.500m 96 17.8.1943 8:07 LaGG 7./JG 52 70 794 at 1.500m 97 17.8.1943 10:00 LaGG 7./JG 52 70 794 at 4.000m 98 17.8.1943 17:30 P-39 7./JG 52 70 762 at 5.000m 99 18.8.1943 9:55 LaGG 7./JG 52 60 241 at 3.000m 100 18.8.1943 12:47 LaGG 7./JG 52 61 794 at 3.000m 101 19.8.1943 12:55 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 293 at 4.500m 102 20.8.1943 7:29 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 294 at 5.000m 103 20.8.1943 7:55 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 291 at 5.000m 104 20.8.1943 11:37 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 264 at 7.000m 105 20.8.1943 13:32 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 282 at 1.200m 106 21.8.1943 13:02 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 272 at 1.000m 107 21.8.1943 13:15 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 282 at 200m 108 22.8.1943 10:08 P-39 7./JG 52 88 241 at 500m 109 22.8.1943 15:43 P-39 7./JG 52 88 293 at 1.000m 110 23.8.1943 15:20 P-39 7./JG 52 88 242 at 4.000m 111 24.8.1943 11:59 LaGG 7./JG 52 88 284 at 500m 112 26.8.1943 8:27 P-39 7./JG 52 88 431 at 5.000m 113 26.8.1943 15:51 LaGG 7./JG 52 89 891 at 5.000m 114 27.8.1943 6:32 P-39 7./JG 52 88 421 at 5.000m 115 27.8.1943 13:20 Spitfire 7./JG 52 88 412 at 4.000m 116 27.8.1943 13:40 P-39 7./JG 52 88 194 at 2.000m 117 29.8.1943 11:25 Pe-2 7./JG 52 88 672 at 6.000m 118 21.9.1943 11:27 IL-2 7./JG 52 58 123 119 21.9.1943 16:13 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 421 at 100m 120 22.9.1943 12:10 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 271 at 600m 121 23.9.1943 13:15 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 163 at 20m 122 24.9.1943 14:10 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 132 at 200m 123 25.9.1943 11:10 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 281 at 800m 124 27.9.1943 8:45 LaGG 7./JG 52 59 752 at 3.500m 125 27.9.1943 8:50 LaGG 7./JG 52 59 843 at 2.500m 126 27.9.1943 14:21 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 192 at 1.000m 127 27.9.1943 16:05 LaGG 7./JG 52 59 813 at 1.500m 128 28.9.1943 10:33 Il-2 7./JG 52 58 193 at 300m 129 30.9.1943 12:17 P-39 7./JG 52 58 643 at 5.000m 130 1.10.1943 6:15 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 362 131 1.10.1943 7:49 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 133 at 300m 132 1.10.1943 8:13 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 132 at 300m 133 1.10.1943 11:17 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 184 at 1.500m 134 2.10.1943 10:55 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 674 at 3.000m 135 3.10.1943 15:10 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 124 at 1.500m 136 4.10.1943 11:10 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 113 at 2.500m 137 5.10.1943 7:09 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 171 at 2.000m 138 6.10.1943 10:02 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 184 at 4.000m 139 7.10.1943 6:45 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 133 at 2.000m 140 7.10.1943 11:55 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 362 at 2.500m 141 8.10.1943 7:33 Pe-2 7./JG 52 58 472 at 3.500m 142 9.10.1943 11:51 P-39 7./JG 52 49 171 at 4.000m 143 9.10.1943 11:52 P-39 7./JG 52 49 322 at 4.000m 144 10.10.1943 6:55 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 163 at 2.000m 145 10.10.1943 7:10 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 163 at 1.500m 146 10.10.1943 8:40 P-39 7./JG 52 49 183 at 4.000m 147 10.10.1943 9:40 P-39 7./JG 52 49 183 at 4.000m 148 10.10.1943 12:18 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 154 at 500m 149 10.10.1943 15:35 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 194 at 1.000m 150 12.10.1943 6:52 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 161 at 1.500m 151 12.10.1943 7:18 Il-2 7./JG 52 58 122 at 200m 152 12.10.1943 13:56 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 124 at 1.000m 153 12.10.1943 15:45 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 114 at 1.500m 154 13.10.1943 7:51 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 161 at 50m 155 13.10.1943 11:50 LaGG 7./JG 52 59 782 at 1.000m - 19.10.1943 7:12 P-39 7./JG 52 39 474 at 3.500m / not confirmed 156 20.10.1943 6:00 LaGG 7./JG 52 39 413 at 3.500m 157 21.10.1943 6:13 P-39 7./JG 52 39 463 at 3.000m 158 21.10.1943 9:28 Il-2 7./JG 52 39 621 at 2.000m 159 29.10.1943 7:03 P-39 7./JG 52 39 532 at 4.000m 160 29.10.1943 11:15 P-39 7./JG 52 39 534 at 5.500m 161 6.11.1943 9:12 P-39 7./JG 52 39 694 at 1.000m 162 6.11.1943 12:20 LaGG 7./JG 52 48 211 at 500m 163 6.11.1943 14:45 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 714 at 3.500m 164 6.11.1943 15:00 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 544 at 1.000m 165 22.11.1943 14:00 LaGG 7./JG 52 49 713 at 1.500m 166 27.11.1943 9:23 LaGG 7./JG 52 48 591 at 300m 167 27.11.1943 12:56 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 341 at 1.000m 168 27.11.1943 13:11 LaGG 7./JG 52 48 434 at 1.000m 169 28.11.1943 8:16 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 174 at 1.000m 170 28.11.1943 13:25 LaGG 7./JG 52 58 194 at 2.000m 171 29.11.1943 7:05 Boston III 7./JG 52 48 424 at 6.500m 172 29.11.1943 14:40 LaGG 7./JG 52 48 432 at 1.000m 173 30.11.1943 7:57 LaGG 7./JG 52 39 862 at 1.400m 174 26.2.1944 12:00 P-39 7./JG 52 29 522 at 3.500m 175 9.3.1944 10:53 LaGG 7./JG 52 60 421 176 11.3.1944 12:30 Il-2 7./JG 52 70 552 177 16.3.1944 15:15 LaGG 7./JG 52 51 532 178 10.5.1944 11:30 B-17 1./JG 5 NW Köszeg 179 11.5.1944 19:14 P-51 2./JG 5 Saarbrücken 180 11.5.1944 19:25 P-51 2./JG 5 Saarbrücken 181 12.5.1944 11:52 P-47 2./JG 5 05 Ost/TS-6 182 19.5.1944 12:45 P-47 Stab II./JG 11 S Verden 183 19.5.1944 12:55 P-47 Stab II./JG 11 SW Verden 184 24.5.1944 10:28 P-51 Stab II./JG 11 Elbe estuary 185 30.5.1944 11:10 P-51 Stab II./JG 11 SW Magdeburg 186 30.5.1944 11:10 P-51 Stab II./JG 11 SW Magdeburg 187 14.6.1944 20:45 P-47 Stab II./JG 11 St. Quentin-Tergnier 188 28.6.1944 7:45 P-38 Stab II./JG 11 Zottegem-Ath 189 1.7.1944 19:55 P-47 Stab II./JG 11 Douai-Cambrai 190 1.7.1944 19:55 P-47 Stab II./JG 11 Douai-Cambrai 191 1.7.1944 19:58 P-47 Stab II./JG 11 Douai-Cambrai 192 27.9.1944 18:21 Spitfire Stab III./JG 26 - 193 12.10.1944 15:50 P-51 Stab III./JG 26 - 194 21.11.1944 12:58 P-51 Stab III./JG 26 Coesfeld 195 24.12.1944 - P-51 prob. Stab III./JG 26 probable victory 196 8.4.1945 - B-17 JV 44 Stuttgart area 197 ??.4.1945 - E/a JV 44 -
Victories : 197
Awards : Ehrenpokal (May 1942)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (27 August 1942)
Ritterkreuz (29 October 1942)
Eichenlaub (2 March 1944)
Units : JG52, JG5, JG26, JG11, JV 44
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/krupinski.htmlAsisbiz database list of 183 aerial victories out 197 for Walter Krupinski
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 04-Jun-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 MiG-1 1000m 18.54 10km NW Kuppjansk 23-Jul-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-16 Rata 1000m 04.40 28 351 23-Jul-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 06.48 18 453 Bodennahne 24-Jul-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 11.45 28 322 24-Jul-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 11.52 28 472 Bodennahe 25-Jul-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 08.35 18 621 Bodennahe 26-Jul-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 R-5 05.40 28 574 Bodennahe 23-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 05.30 49 652 23-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 12.12 49 622 23-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 05.37 49 429 23-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 11.55 49 651 24-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-180 2000m 13.15 49 273 25-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-180 2000m 17.35 49 112 26-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 17.20 49 274 27-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 12.11 49 332 28-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 200m 14.01 59 320 29-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 16.42 40 427 31-Aug-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 2000m 08.47 49 533 02-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 MiG-1 200m 08.38 66 661 07-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 MiG-1 2000m 09.20 44 652 07-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 09.30 44 484 13-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 15.15 54 642 19-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 U-2 Low Level 10.50 44 653 23-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 LaGG 2000m 12.10 95 793 24-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 I-153 Low Level 06.52 95 742 24-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 LaGG Low Level 15.53 94 133 24-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 I-15 Rata Low Level 06.00 95 743 24-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 I-153 200m 05.55 95 713 25-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 05.08 05 511 25-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 R-5 Low Level 12.24 94 161 25-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 R-5 Low Level 15.16 94 411 25-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 05.03 05 342 26-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 I-153 Low Level 16.24 94 411 27-Sep-42 Walter Krupinski 4./JG52 I-15 Rata Low Level 11.45 04 541 07-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 06.10 95 552 09-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 13.20 95 772 09-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-153 3000m 12.45 95 552 11-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-153 200m 05.37 95 751 11-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-153 200m 05.35 95 751 11-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 05.20 95 752 16-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 05.55 94 121 22-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-153 16.20 95 541 Bodennahe 23-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 16.10 94 473 29-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 800m 15.40 95 791 30-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-15 Rata 15.40 94 161 Bodennahe 30-Oct-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 15.30 94 163 01-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-153 14.07 495 743 Bodennahe 01-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 3000m 14.25 94 133 11-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 08.00 94 161 Bodennahe 11-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 200m 08.14 94 161 11-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-15 Rata 11.03 94 152 Bodennahe 13-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 I-153 100m 11.17 95 741 19-Nov-42 Walter Krupinski 6./JG52 Yak-1 4000m 07.15 94 491 27-Apr-43 Walter Krupinski 5./JG52 LaGG-3 17.20 86 691 Bodennahe 01-May-43 Walter Krupinski 5./JG52 Yak-1 3500m 17.41 85 171 04-May-43 Walter Krupinski 5./JG52 LaGG 4000m 12.40 85 311 06-May-43 Walter Krupinski 5./JG52 LaGG 3500m 14.55 85 213 11-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 5000m 08.05 85 181 11-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 16.07 86 682 16-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 U-2 Low Level 14.55 85 152 28-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3000m 09.35 86 751 28-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Spitfire 1500m 09.50 86 774 29-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 11.53 75 232 29-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 18.07 76 894 30-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Pe-2 1000m 15.30 76 863 31-May-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 14.15 86 714 02-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 700m 13.03 75 231 03-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 I-180 5000m 13.20 75 232 03-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 800m 04.43 86 732 05-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG-5 4000m 11.20 75 232 05-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG-5 5500m 15.18 86 774 09-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG-5 5000m 14.12 85 132 10-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 5000m 18.42 86 783 13-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 A-20 Boston 3000m 07.37 25 251 20-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 5000m 10.25 85 341 26-Jun-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG-5 4000m 15.15 85 372 05-Jul-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2500m 18.05 61 121 05-Jul-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 07.15 61 154 12-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 4000m 17.25 61 751 13-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 14.07 69 212 15-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 11.54 51 813 15-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Pe-2 4000m 09.04 61 721 16-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 17.56 70 792 17-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 17.30 70 762 17-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 4000m 10.00 70 794 17-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 08.07 70 794 18-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3000m 12.47 61 794 18-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3000m 09.55 60 241 19-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 4500m 12.55 88 293 20-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 5000m 07.55 88 291 20-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1200m 13.32 88 282 20-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 7000m 11.37 88 264 20-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 5000m 07.29 88 294 21-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 13.02 88 272 21-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 200m 13.15 88 282 22-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 500m 10.08 88 241 22-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 1000m 15.43 88 293 23-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 15.20 88 242 24-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 500m 11.59 88 284 26-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 08.27 88 431 26-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 5000m 15.51 89 891 27-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 06.32 88 421 27-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Spitfire 4000m 13.20 88 412 27-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 2000m 13.40 88 194 29-Aug-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Pe-2 6000m 11.25 88 672 21-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. Low Level 11.27 58 123 21-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 100m 16.13 58 421 22-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 600m 12.10 58 271 23-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 20m 13.15 58 163 24-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 200m 14.10 58 132 25-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 800m 11.10 58 281 27-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 16.05 59 813 27-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 08.45 59 752 27-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.50 59 843 27-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 14.21 58 192 28-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 10.33 58 193 30-Sep-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 12.17 58 643 01-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG Low Level 06.15 58 362 01-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 300m 07.49 58 133 01-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 300m 08.13 58 132 01-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 11.17 58 184 02-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3000m 10.55 58 674 04-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2500m 11.10 58 113 05-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 07.09 49 171 06-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 4000m 10.02 49 184 07-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 06.45 49 133 07-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2500m 11.55 49 362 08-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Pe-2 3500m 07.33 58 472 09-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 11.51 49 171 09-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 11.52 49 322 10-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 06.55 58 163 10-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 07.10 58 163 10-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 08.40 49 183 10-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 09.40 49 183 10-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 500m 12.18 58 154 10-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 15.35 58 194 12-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 06.52 58 161 12-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 07.18 58 122 12-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 13.56 58 124 12-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 15.45 58 114 13-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 50m 07.51 58 161 13-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 11.50 59 782 19-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 07.12 39 474 20-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 06.00 39 413 21-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3000m 06.13 39 463 21-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 2000m 09.28 39 621 29-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 07.03 39 532 29-Oct-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5500m 11.15 39 534 06-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 1000m 09.12 39 694 06-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 500m 12.20 48 211 06-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 3500m 14.45 49 714 06-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 15.00 49 544 22-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 14.00 49 713 27-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 12.56 58 341 27-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 13.11 48 434 27-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 300m 09.23 48 591 28-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 08.16 58 174 28-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 13.25 58 194 29-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 A-20 Boston III 6500m 07.05 48 424 29-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 14.40 48 432 30-Nov-43 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1400m 07.57 39 862 26-Feb-44 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 12.00 29 522 26-Feb-44 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 12.00 29 522 09-Mar-44 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 1200m 10.53 60 421 11-Mar-44 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 700m 12.30 70 552 16-Mar-44 Walter Krupinski 7./JG52 LaGG 300m 15.15 51 532 10-May-44 Walter Krupinski 1./JG5 B-17 Fortress 11.30 GN NW Koszeg S Wiener Neustadt 10-May-44 Walter Krupinski 1./JG5 B-17 Fortress 11.30 GN (NW Koszeg S. Wiener Neustadt) 11-May-44 Walter Krupinski 2./JG5 P-51 Mustang 7000m 19.25 Saarbrucken 11-May-44 Walter Krupinski 2./JG5 P-51 Mustang 7500m 19.14 Saarbrucken 12-May-44 Walter Krupinski 2./JG5 P-47 Thunderbolt 7000m 11.52 05 Ost/TS-6 19-May-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt 12.45 05 Ost S/ET-FT South Verden 19-May-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt 12.45-55 05 Ost S/FS-FT SW of Verden 24-May-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-51 Mustang 6000m 10.28-40 UT 44/AT-AU (Elbe-Mundung) 30-May-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-51 Mustang 9000m 11.10 15 Ost S/JC SW Magdeburg 30-May-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-51 Mustang 9000m 11.10 15 Ost S/JC SW Magdeburg 14-Jun-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt 4000m 20.45 RG-SG (St Quentin-Tergnier) 28-Jun-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-38 Lightning 9000m 07.45 NH-OH (Zottegem-Ath) 01-Jul-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt 6000m 19.55 PG-QC (Douai-Cambrai) 01-Jul-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt 6000m 19.55 PG-QG (Douai-Cambrai) 01-Jul-44 Walter Krupinski Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt 6000m 19.55 PG-QC (Douai-Cambrai) 21-Nov-44 Walter Krupinski Stab III./JG26 P-51 Mustang 6000m 12.58 HP-JP (Coesfeld) 08-Apr-45 Walter Krupinski JV44 B-17 Fortress Raum Stuttgart
Fritz Schope
Units:5/JG-52 (Ypenburg)
Awards:Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E-8 WNr 6387 'Black 8' (65% dam. 1/27/41)
Remarks:Uninjured 27 January, 1941 when his 109 overturned while landing at Haamstede Holland on 27 January, 1941 (DeSwart & Wings to Victory).
August Wilhelm 'Rabatz' Schumann
Units:Legion Condor, Stfkpt 5./JG-52 (9/39, formerly 11./JG-72)
Awards:Spanish Cross, DK-G, EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Ar 68F in JG-72, He-51 & Bf 109E in JG-52
Remarks:KIFA 6 September, 1941 in aerial combat with a Soviet MiG-3 of the 159th Fighter Aviation Regt., thought to have been flown by Lt. Afanasiy Okhvat. Okhvat was also killed when he followed his victim down too closely and could not recover from the dive. Schumann had downed two Soviet AC this date, and then struck another 109. When he jumped, he struck the wing and could not open his chute. Four victories in Spain. His first western victory, a Bloch 210 in the Sedan area, 14 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Spitfire at London on 20 October, 1940. His 3rd, a Spitfire NW of Littlestone on 26 April, 1941. 'Rabatz' was known as the 'trouble-maker'. His AC sported the 'Pink Devil' as did other AC of 5/JG-52. Magnus, 20 victories.
Asisbiz Database of 5 aerial victories out of 30 for August-Wilhelm Schumann
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 14-May-40 August-Wilhelm Schumann 5./JG52 Bloch 210 14.05 Raum Sedan 20-Oct-40 August-Wilhelm Schumann 5./JG52 Spitfire 15.44 Battle of Britain 26-Apr-41 August-Wilhelm Schumann 5./JG52 Spitfire 14.17 Littlestone 24-Apr-44 August-Wilhelm Schumann 8./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 30m 13.34 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 35 441 07-May-44 August-Wilhelm Schumann 8./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H 100m 16.21 Ostfront (Eastern Front) 35 472
Friedrich 'Fritz' Brückmann
Units:9./JG-52 (2/42 S.U.)
Awards:DK-G(5/17/43 Post.), EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E & F< Bf 109G-2 WNr 13476 'Black <2' (lost)
Remarks:KIA 20 July, 1942; crashing after a Yak-1 struck his tail assembly. His first known Soviet victory, an I-26 on 18 February, 1942. A 2nd, an I-61 5 km SE of Staryy Salkow on 17 March, 1942. A MiG-1 10 km SE of Staryy Saltov on 14 May, 1942. Alternate spelling: Bruckmann.
Asisbiz database list of 3 aerial victories for Friedrich Brückmann
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location Wednesday, February 18, 1942 Fritz Bruckmann 9./JG52 I-26 2000m 10:54 5km WNW Korutscha Tuesday, March 17, 1942 Fritz Bruckmann 9./JG52 I-61 10:25 5km SE St Salkow Thursday, May 14, 1942 Fritz Bruckmann 9./JG52 MiG-1 1800m 16:46 10km SE Staryy Saltov
Edmund 'Paule' Rossmann - Edmund Roßmann
Units:7./JG-52 (1/42 S.U.)
Awards:RK(3/19/42) as Fw, DK-G(7/24/42), EP(11/6/41), EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp w/Pendant
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E, Bf 109F-4 'White 9' (9/41), Bf 109G-6 WNr 20154 'White 4' (lost 7/9/43)
Remarks:POW. On 9 July, 1943, he landed behind enemy lines in 'White 4' near Orel S.U. to rescue a shot-down fellow pilot, Lt Seyler, but was taken prisoner himself. He 'damaged' a Sworfish over the English Channel on 21 July, 1940, an Uffz at the time. Another 'damaged' claim, a Spitfire NE of Margate on 24 July, 1940. His first known Soviet victory, a DB-3 on 7 January, 1942. An I-61 on 18 February, 1942. A Soviet Hurricane on 23 June, 1942. An I-16 Rata on 21 July, 1942. An I-16 Rata, an I-153 and a LaGG-3 on 23 August, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 26 August, 1942. Three LaGG-3's and an I-16 Rata on 30 August, 1942. An I-16 Rata and a LaGG-3 on 6 November, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 28 March, 1943. Two LaGG-3's on 30 April, 1943. A LaGG and a Pe-2 on 31 May, 1943. Two LaGG's and an Il-2 on 5 July, 1943. Returned from captivity in October 1949. 640 combat missions. 6 victories in the West during the Battle of Britain. Bowers/Lednicer, 93 victories.
Asisbiz Database List 49 of aerial victories for Edmund Roßmann
Date Pilot Name Unit Enemy A/C Type Height Time Location 21-Jul-40 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Swordfish Armelkanal 24-Jul-40 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Spitfire NE Margate 25-Jul-40 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Breguet 690 40km East of Margate 07-Jan-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 DB-3 50m 09.50 5km ssE Karnuba 15-Jan-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 DB-3 500m 10.25 nordw Karasubesar 18-Feb-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-61 200m 16.09 20km NW Belgorod 23-Jun-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Hurricane 1200m 16.37 70 332 21-Jul-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 3000m 15.20 98 821 23-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 1000m 05.35 44 241 23-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-153 10m 05.37 44 213 23-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 5m 16.35 44 281 24-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 11.45 44 314 26-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 17.23 44 471 28-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 500m 14.16 44 464 30-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 2000m 09.57 54 213 30-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 09.59 54 373 30-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 10.01 54 342 30-Aug-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3500m 11.23 54 371 05-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 11.00 44 454 06-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 30m 07.35 44 453 06-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 1100m 14.47 44 451 06-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 3000m 16.50 44 460 07-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 12.05 44 474 08-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2700m 13.51 44 443 08-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 13.50 44 472 13-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 09.35 44 362 19-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3800m 16.38 54 351 29-Sep-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 1500m 10.40 44 533 09-Oct-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 800m 09.07 44 482 09-Oct-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 13.25 44 623 15-Oct-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 09.30 44 453 29-Oct-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 800m 10.15 44 551 29-Oct-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 13.35 34 694 06-Nov-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 1500m 08.15 44 857 06-Nov-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 11.34 44 764 29-Nov-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 R-5 1500m 05.47 44 743 08-Dec-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 09.54 44 562 08-Dec-42 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 10.00 44 581 28-Mar-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 05.40 86 571 30-Apr-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 08.30 85 743 30-Apr-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 08.32 85 741 06-May-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG 900m 16.47 76 693 31-May-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG 1500m 09.55 75 232 31-May-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Pe-2 2200m 14.11 75 232 05-Jul-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 03.55 61 442 05-Jul-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 18.09 61 652 05-Jul-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 18.12 61 652 06-Jul-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 300m 10.30 61 652 07-Jul-43 Edmund Rossmann 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 04.58 61 634
Leopold 'Bazi' Steinbatz or Leopold 'Bazi' or 'Poldi' Steinbatz
Leopold 'Bazi' Steinbatz was born on 25 October 1918 at Wien in Austria. In 1937, he joined the Austrian army. In 1939 he began his pilot training. In November 1940, Steinbatz was assigned to 9./JG52. Initially he flew as Rottenflieger to Hermann Graf (212 victories, RK-Br), participating in the invasions of the Balkans and Crete flying, mainly, ground attack missions. He gained his first victory over the Eastern Front on 4 August 1941. On 29 November, he recorded his 25th victory. On 14 February 1942, Feldwebel Steinbatz was awarded the Ritterkreuz after 42 victories. At the end of April he shot down six Russian aircraft to record his 44th through 49 victories. On 5 May 1942 he shot down his 50th and 51st enemy aircraft. He shot down seven Russian aircraft on 8 May (52-58). He claimed his 75th success on 20 May.
He claimed four victories on consecutive days on 1 and 2 June 1942. As a result Oberfeldwebel Steinbatz was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 96) on 2 June. By 11 June 1942, he had 95 victories to his credit. On 15 June 1942, Steinbatz recorded his 99th victory but, during the return from a combat sortie on this day, his Bf109F-4 (W.Nr. 13357) 'Yellow 2' was hit by Russian flak and crashed into forest near Voltschansk. Steinbatz was posthumously promoted to the rank of Leutnant and awarded the Schwertern (Nr 14) on 23 June 1942. 'Bazi' Steinbatz flew about 300 combat missions and shot down 99 enemy aircraft on the Eastern Front.
Units:9./JG-52 (11/40)
Awards:RK(2/14/42)-EL(6/2/42)-S(6/23/42 Post), DK-G(1/22/42), EP(12/8/41), EK 1 & 2, Ftr Oper.Clasp w/'300'
Known Aircraft:Bf 109F-4/R1 WNr 13357 'Yellow 2' (lost 6/15/42)
Remarks:MIA 15 June, 1942 in 'Yellow 2' in a forest near Woltschansk S.U. after shooting down 3 Russian AC. He had been hit by Russian AA fire and crashed behind enemy lines. One of the JG-52 'Experten' who began his career in the Kharkov area during Operation Barbarossa. First NCO to be awarded the Swords. Graf's wingman in Russia. All victories in Russia. One known victory, Nos.40, 41 & 42, two I-16's and a Soviet bomber on the Mius Front on 8 January, 1942. It was after these three victories that he received the RK. A MiG-1 20 km SE of Ark Monaj on 9 May, 1942. A double victory, both Su-2's on 13 May, 1942; one 5 km N of Bolshaya-Babka, the other at Marowaja. Bowers/Lednicer, 99 victories. Alternate spelling: Steinbach.
Asisbiz database list of 99 aerial victories for Leopold 'Bazi' Steinbatz
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location 1 4.8.1941 - E/a 9./JG 52 25 29.11.1941 - E/a 9./JG 52 32 27.12.1941 - E/a 9./JG 52 40 8.1.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 41 8.1.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 42 8.1.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 44 IV.42 - E/a 9./JG 52 45 IV.42 - E/a 9./JG 52 46 IV.42 - E/a 9./JG 52 47 IV.42 - E/a 9./JG 52 48 2.5.1942 - I-16 9./JG 52 Near Kerch 49 2.5.1942 - I-16 9./JG 52 Near Kerch 50 5.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 51 5.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 52 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 53 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 54 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 55 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 56 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 57 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 58 8.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 ? 9.5.1942 - I-61 9./JG 52 Feodosiya area 75 20.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 84 1.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 85 1.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 86 1.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 87 1.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 88 2.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 89 2.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 90 2.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 91 2.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 95 11.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 99 15.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG 52 Victories: 99
Awards: Ehrenpokal (8 December 1941)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (22 January 1942)
Ritterkreuz (14 February 1942)
Eichenlaub (2 June 1942)
Schwertern (23 June 1942)
Units: JG52Asisbiz Database of 5 aerial victories out of 99 for Leopold Steinbatz
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 09-May-42 Leopold Steinbatz 9./JG52 MiG-1 1200m 12.25 20km SE Ark Monaj 13-May-42 Leopold Steinbatz 9./JG52 Su-2 200m 16.27 5km N Bolshaya-Babka 13-May-42 Leopold Steinbatz 9./JG52 Su-2 150m 16.29 Marowaja 14-May-42 Leopold Steinbatz 9./JG52 MiG-1 1000m 09.18 5km SE Staryy Saltov 15-Jun-42 Leopold Steinbatz 9./JG52 (Flak) MiA Flak Volchansk
Hans-Jorg Zimmermann or Hans Jörg Zimmermann
Units:8./JG-52 (5/40), Stfkpt 7./JG-52 (7/41)
Awards:EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft:Bf 109E
Remarks:KIA 1 September, 1941 in aerial combat with Soviet fighters. One known victory, his 1st, a Hawk-75A in the Reims/Epernay area, 3 June, 1940. The Magnus Report, 7 victories.
Asisbiz Database of 1 aerial victories for Hans-Jorg Zimmermann
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 03-Jun-40 Hans-Jorg Zimmermann 8./JG52 Hawk-75A 15.35 Reims-Epernay
Günther Rall
The son of a merchant, Günther Rall was born in Gaggenau on 10 March, 1918. He entered military service as an Fähnrich in the Army in 1936. The following year, he entered the War Collage at Dresden where he was influenced to transfer to the Luftwaffe. He qualified as a fighter pilot in 1938, and was sent to JG52 which at the time was based near Stuttgart. He saw his first combat during the Battle of France, and it was during this particular campaign that he began his personal victory score when on 18 May he shot down a Curtiss Hawk 75A from GC II/5, piloted by Czech pilot Sgt.Chef Otto Hanzlicek (which saved his live with chute). Shortly afterward, his unit was transfered to Calais to take part in the Battle of Britain. Shortly after beginning operations, he was given command of 8./JG52 on 25th July and on 1st August he was promoted to Oberleutnant. By October, though, the Staffel had been withdrawn from combat operations in order to rebuild the losses suffered. After being brought back up to strength, the unit was sent to Rumania to defend the oil refinaries and bridges over the Danube during the German occupation of that country in the spring of 1941. In late May 8./JG52 took part in Operation Merkur, the airborne assault on Crete, providing support for the German parachute and mountain troops.
By this time Germany and the Soviet Union were at war and so once the Creten operation was over 8./JG52 was hurried back to Rumania, where Russian bombers were attacking the refinaries. In five days Rall and his men destroyed some 50 Soviet bombers and were next sent to the southern sector of the Eastern Front. Here, however, Rall suffered a severe setback - after destroying his 36th enemy aircraft he himself was shot down by an I-16 and in the resulting belly-landing in a gully he broke his back in three places. He was paralyzed for a long time on the right side and the right leg. It was not until August 1942 that he was back in action, but in the first three months after returning to oparational duty he raised his score to over 100 victories, being awarded by Hitler on November 26th the Oak Leaves. In April of 1943 he was promoted to Hauptmann and given command of III./JG52 on 6th July. He scored his 200th victory on 29th August 1943 during his 555th mission, and on 12th September 1943, the Führer awarded him the Swords to his Knight's Cross. In October 1943 alone, he downed over 40 Soviet planes.
In the spring (19th April) of 1944 Rall took over command as the Gruppenkommadeur of II./JG11 which was at the time on Home Defense (Reichsverteidigung) duties against the 8th Air Force. On 12th May while flying Bf-109 G-5 'Schwarz << +', W.Nr.110089, of Stab II./JG11, he nearly succeeded in downing the commander of the famed 56th FG, Lt Col Hubert Zemke (17 3/4 v., POW 30/10/44), and did succeed in destroying two Thunderbolts of this unit. However, he himself was attacked by another pair of P-47s from this same unit and was shot down and forced to bail out over Frankfurt / Main, in the process having his left thumb shot off. In the operating room he suffered a severe infection that kept him hospitalized until November. His last command was JG300 oparting out of Salzburg from 20th February 1945 until the end of the war. There he was taken prisoner by the Americans at the end of the war. He flew a total of 621 missions, and was shot down no less than 8 times, being wounded 3 times during which he shot down a total of 275 enemy aircraft, including 3 on the Western Front to become the third highest scoring fighter pilot in history.
Victories : 275
Awards : Knight`s Cross with Swords
Units : JG52, JG11, JG300
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/rall.htmlAsisbiz Database of 238 aerial victories for Gunther Rall
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 18-May-40 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Curtiss 200m 18.40 S. Metz 02-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 I-153 1000m 09.35 17 791 02-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 MiG-1 1200m 13.10 07 884 03-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 MiG-1 800m 16.17 16 774 04-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1700m 17.47 15 112 06-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 800m 09.45 05 222 06-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 09.49 05 243 06-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2600m 18.06 06 813 06-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 18.09 06 664 08-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 50m 07.36 05 194 10-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 06.09 85 232 13-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 A-20 Boston 2100m 18.17 35 741 13-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 800m 16.11 34 131 15-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 I-16 Rata 900m 10.23 34 463 16-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1200m 10.07 34 134 16-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1300m 10.04 34 134 17-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 I-153 200m 07.23 34 433 18-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1300m 13.17 34 662 18-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 800m 13.19 34 664 19-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 08.17 44 541 23-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 800m 10.28 44 443 23-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 15.09 54 162 25-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 16.17 54 142 27-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 MiG-1 1300m 12.47 44 631 28-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 16.22 54 661 30-Aug-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 17.07 54 342 01-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 200m 15.02 54 511 01-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 09.35 54 533 02-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 15.50 54 611 04-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 MiG-1 800m 13.49 44 442 06-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 09.55 44 621 06-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 10.35 44 471 08-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 12.43 44 472 08-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 I-180 2000m 12.45 44 442 09-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1700m 16.48 44 461 10-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2300m 16.35 44 621 10-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 16.42 54 512 12-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 50m 13.07 44 441 17-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 900m 10.22 54 371 21-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 MiG-3 1200m 16.22 44 504 22-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 08.34 44 592 22-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 50m 08.36 44 541 25-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1600m 15.39 54 531 28-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 16.02 44 552 28-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 16.07 44 539 29-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 09.28 44 611 29-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1000m 09.31 44 614 29-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 16.02 44 533 29-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 600m 16.04 44 629 30-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 800m 16.02 44473 30-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 16.03 44 621 30-Sep-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 800m 16.05 44 694 05-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 12.17 44 672 10-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1100m 12.58 54 672 10-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1600m 13.04 54 642 15-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 200m 13.06 54 374 18-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 13.20 54 511 19-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 I-16 Rata 1300m 13.01 44 581 19-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 I-16 Rata 100m 13.03 44 721 22-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1200m 14.32 44 531 22-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1200m 14.33 44 363 22-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 14.36 44 651 30-Oct-42 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 MiG-1 2200m 10.36 44 742 21-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 07.30 86 512 21-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 4200m 07.43 86 514 24-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 600m 11.42 76 682 24-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 600m 11.43 76 682 26-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2000m 11.22 85 174 26-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 800m 11.24 85 321 27-Mar-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3000m 14.31 76 833 09-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 500m 08.27 85 161 10-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 6000m 08.33 85 132 12-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 08.34 86 677 Bodennahe 12-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1800m 08.42 86 673 18-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 500m 06.40 85 371 18-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 06.58 85 377 18-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 14.07 85 193 20-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1200m 06.48 85 351 21-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2000m 06.04 83 372 21-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2500m 07.01 75 414 23-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2000m 07.32 75 492 28-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Spitfire 500m 12.15 75 231 28-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 3500m 12.25 85 113 29-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Spitfire 400m 07.54 85 151 29-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 13.22 85 121 30-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 08.40 85 114 30-Apr-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 08.35 85 742 03-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 4000m 16.10 85 144 03-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2500m 15.58 85 153 03-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2000m 08.26 85 172 03-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.15 85 151 03-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 07.58 85 144 04-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 Spitfire 3800m 12.40 85 143 04-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 P-39 Aircobra Low Level 12.50 85 151 05-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 2000m 12.09 85 113 05-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1500m 10.09 85 141 06-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1800m 08.29 45 264 06-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 B-25 Mitchell 1500m 08.43 45 261 06-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1300m 14.48 75 234 07-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 800m 13.18 75 261 08-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 800m 16.11 75 261 09-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1300m 06.50 75 262 11-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 4000m 06.16 85 144 11-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 3000m 06.24 85 153 21-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 800m 07.34 75 464 23-May-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 4000m 05.52 85 114 07-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 11.46 62 742 07-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1800m 11.52 61 131 08-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 07.51 62 842 08-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 13.46 62 793 08-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 14.16 61 221 08-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 800m 18.35 61 132 09-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 07.12 62 872 09-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 15.33 62 791 09-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 15.43 62 871 11-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 17.43 62 843 11-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 09.59 62 812 12-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 16.45 62 762 14-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 19.07 64 363L 15-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 15.03 64 381 17-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3500m 19.08 54 613 17-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 400m 19.16 64 531 28-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 10.03 54 562 28-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 10.04 54 654 28-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 10.05 54 564 28-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2800m 18.02 64 593 31-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 50m 11.09 54 643 31-Jul-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3500m 17.07 54 672 03-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1200m 14.57 61 192 03-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 18.22 61 363 04-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 600m 10.47 61 352 05-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 11.15 61 331 05-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 11.25 61 413 05-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 300m 07.06 61 362 07-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4000m 10.16 61 394 07-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 18.06 61 523 07-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1300m 18.19 61 533 09-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 16.14 61 823 11-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 18.37 61 531 12-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3500m 10.00 61 514 14-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1200m 10.23 60 152 15-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 11.21 51 762 15-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 11.13 51 821 17-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3500m 07.17 70 791 17-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3500m 10.55 70 842 18-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1000m 08.22 51 851 19-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 11.42 88 244 20-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 09.09 88 252 20-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 09.08 88 254 20-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1200m 16.37 88 283 20-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3000m 15.59 88 291 20-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 15.59 88 291 21-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 07.45 88 293 24-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 14.51 88 193 24-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG Low Level 14.54 88 191 24-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 300m 15.12 88 282 25-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4000m 15.03 88 412 27-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3000m 10.40 88 352 27-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 2000m 15.09 88 271 29-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1800m 08.10 88 462 29-Aug-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.21 88 364 29-Sep-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.22 88 364 29-Sep-43 Gunther Rall 8./JG52 LaGG 1800m 08.10 88 462 01-Oct-43 Gunther Rall 7./JG52 LaGG 3000m 14.45 59 791 01-Oct-43 Gunther Rall 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 14.51 58 212 02-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 11.04 58 132 03-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 10.44 58 821 04-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 09.05 58 162 04-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 400m 09.34 58 134 04-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4500m 14.19 58 644 07-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 15.16 39 263 07-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4000m 07.50 49 322 09-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 06.46 49 123 09-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 06.51 49 144 09-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 06.59 39 262 09-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 13.41 58 594 10-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1800m 15.18 58 811 10-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 07.33 58 272 10-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.00 58 241 10-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 15.05 58 672 10-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 07.25 58 161 12-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 200m 07.16 59 783 12-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 800m 10.23 59 784 12-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 14.39 59 794 15-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4500m 07.36 58 182 15-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4200m 08.10 58 144 15-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 5000m 08.20 58 163 20-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3000m 08.16 49 312 20-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 500m 14.57 39 611 21-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1500m 07.21 39 624 21-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 4000m 11.10 49 343 22-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 14.08 49 343 22-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 14.20 49 372 22-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 5000m 09.55 39 434 24-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4500m 08.10 58 564 24-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.20 58 534 24-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 5000m 15.20 58 562 25-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 14.35 57 114 25-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 14.30 57 154 25-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4000m 14.33 57 151 26-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 3500m 10.54 39 642 29-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 14.51 Eastern Front 29-Oct-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 1500m 10.50 39 522 05-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 14.21 49 711 06-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1800m 07.50 66 734 06-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1200m 09.47 48 761 15-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 400m 13.50 39 731 22-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1200m 08.42 58 711 22-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 12.32 SSE Krinitschki 27-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4000m 08.37 Novo-Nikolayevka 27-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 800m 09.03 NW Malaya-Beloserka 27-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1200m 11.26 Pokrovka 28-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 08.27 S Saporoschye 29-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 08.46 S Saporoschye 30-Nov-43 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2000m 10.17 SE Ysofiyevka 26-Feb-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 500m 12.41 19 634 26-Feb-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 P-39 Aircobra 2500m 14.37 29 522 10-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 1000m 11.45 80 392 12-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 600m 08.17 60 631 12-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 600m 08.19 60 632 13-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 12.45 60 631 13-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 4500m 08.40 70 511 13-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3200m 08.42 70 520 15-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 800m 15.42 60 484 15-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3200m 15.51 60 634 17-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab II./JG52 LaGG 1500m 16.20 612 60 19-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.57 60 481 19-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 2500m 08.59 60 481 19-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 300m 15.17 60 621 19-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 300m 15.19 60 661 21-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 15.14 60 462 29-Mar-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Pe-2 2500m 11.07 51 723 15-Apr-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Yak-7 2000m 10.26 35 423 15-Apr-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 Yak-7 2000m 10.22 35 423 16-Apr-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 16.10 35 452 16-Apr-44 Gunther Rall Stab III./JG52 LaGG 3000m 16.20 35 421 29-Apr-44 Gunther Rall Stab II./JG11 P-38 Lightning 8000m 11.15 05 Ost S/FU North of Hannover 12-May-44 Gunther Rall Stab II./JG11 P-47 Thunderbolt
Hermann Graf
Hermann Graf was born on 24 October 1912 at Engen in Baden. As the son of a blacksmith, his modest family origins and poor academic achievements barred access to a military career. He completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith but dropped the trade and took a clerical post at the local municipal offices. He remained in the job until the outbreak of the war. Graf had taken up gliding in 1932, and by 1936 had also qualified as a pilot of powered aircraft. He was also an enthusiastic soccer player.
In 1935, Graf applied for flight training with the Luftwaffe. On 2 June 1936, he joined the Fliegerführerschule at Karlsruhe to begin his basic flying training, graduating on 25 September 1936. Graf completed advanced flying training on 31 May 1938. Despite being selected to undergo multi-engine flying training, Graf succeeded in being posted to 2./JG51, a fighter unit equipped with the Bf-109 E-1, with the rank of Unteroffizier on 31 May 1939. On the outbreak of World War 2, Graf was promoted to the rank of Feldwebel. He flew 21 frontier patrols over the Franco-German border without firing his guns in anger.
On 20 January 1940, Graf was transferred as an instructor to Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Merseburg. He was promoted to the rank of Leutnant on 1 May. Graf was transferred to JG52 on 6 October 1940 based at Berlin-Schönwalde. Leutnant Graf was assigned to 9./JG52. On 14 October, Graf relocated to Rumania with the unit and instructed Rumanian pilots under the auspicies of the German military mission. During this period 9./JG52 was redesignated 3./JG28 but was reinstated as 9./JG52 in late December. In late May 1941, a detachment of III./JG52 was transferred to Greece to support the invasion of Crete. Graf flew many ground-attck missions over the island. By early June, the detachment had relocated back to Rumania. On 1 August 1941, Graf accompanied 9./JG52 to the Ukrainian airfield of Biyala Tserkov.
On 4 August, he recorded his first victory when he shot down a Russian I-16 fighter during an escort mission for German Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers against Kiev. On 27 September, his Bf-109 was damaged by return fire from the Russian DB-3 twin-engine bomber he was attacking. Graf managed to bring his damaged aircraft back across the front line and a safe landing. In October, Graf claimed 12 victories, including two Russian fighters shot down on 3 October to record his ninth and 10th victories. In December he again claimed 12 victories, including three enemy aircraft shot down on 6 December (32-34), a further three shot down on 8 December (35-37) and four on 27 December (38-41). Graf was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 24 January after reaching 45 victories.
On 23 March 1942, following his 50th victory, Graf was appointed Staffelkapitän of 9./JG52. His leadership fostered emerging fighter pilots such as Alfred Grislawski (133 victories, RK-EL), Ernst Süss (68 victories, RK, killed in action 20 December 1943), Leopold Steinbatz (99 victories, RK-S, killed in action 15 June 1942) and Heinrich Füllgrabe (67 victories, RK, killed in action 30 January 1945). Graf, began an incredible run of success when, in three weeks, commencing the last week of April, he shot down 48 Russian aircraft. On 30 April, he claimed six victories (64-69), seven on 2 May (70-76), seven on 8 May (79-86), six on 13 May (91-96) and eight on 14 May (97-104).
On 17 May 1942, Graf was awarded the Eichenlaub for reaching 104 victories. He was seventh Luftwaffe fighter pilot to achieve 100 victories. The Schwerten (Nr 11) followed two days later, on 19 May 1942, for reaching 106 victories. Graf continued his amazing success during the battles over and around Stalingrad. He claimed 32 victories in August, including four enemy aircraft shot down on 13 August (112-115), five Russian fighters shot down on 14 August (116-120) and a further four Russian fighters shot down on 23 August (130-133). Graf claimed an incredible 62 victories in September, including four on 2 September (141-145), another four on 3 September (146-149), four on 21 September (182-185) and 10 on 23 September (188-197). On 26 September he shot down three enemy aircraft to become the first fighter pilot credited with 200 victories. On 16 September 1942, Oberleutnant Graf was awarded the Brillanten: only the fifth recipient. After achieving his 200th victory he was ordered not to fly operationally. During this period, Graf had had his fair share of close shaves.
On 15 September 1942, he had received a cannon hit in the cockpit, on 16 September, he had received 30 hits to his aircraft and on 19 September, his aircraft received hits from ground fire in the wings and, later that day, had half of his rudder shot away. Graf was much feted by the Nazi media. His 'star status' was enhanced by his appearances in goal for 'die Roten Jäger' or Red Hunters, a Luftwaffe soccer team, which was effectively the German national soccer squad. In the first half of 1943, Graf commanded Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost, an advanced fighter pilots' training school, based at Bordeaux in France. On 21 July 1943, Jagdgruppe Süd der ObdL was formed as a high altitude fighter unit to combat RAF Mosquito twin-engine reconnaisance aircraft. On 15 August 1943, the unit was redesignated JG50. Major Graf was tasked with leading JG50, a role he performed until the unit was disbanded in October 1943 and absorbed into I./JG301. Graf was to claim three victories while serving with this unit, including two USAAF B-17 four-engine bombers shot down on 6 September (204-205). Oberst Graf was appointed Kommodore of JG11 on 11 November 1943. Over the next four months he would be credited with six victories on Reichsverteidigung operations despite being forbidden to take part in combat missions.
On 29 March 1944, Graf downed one USAAF P-51 Mustang and rammed another. Wounded, he was forced to bale out of his stricken Bf109G-6 (W.Nr 26020) '<+'. On 1 October 1944, Oberst Graf was appointed Kommodore of JG52 based on the Eastern front. He led the unit in a constant retreat through East Prussia, Silesia and Böhmen. He surrendered to American forces at Pisek on 8 May 1945. The Americans, however, promptly handed Graf to Russians. Graf was incarcerated by the Soviets, finally being released on 25 December 1949. Graf was to be heavily criticised by his peers for collaborating with his captors during his five years of imprisonment. Graf became a salesman for an electronics manufacturer and rose to become a Branch Manager in Baden and later Head of Sales. He took up flying becoming a member of the Swiss Aeroclub. From 1965, Graf was afflicted with Parkinson's disease and he died on 4 November 1988 in his hometown of Engen.
Herman Graf is credited with 212 victories in over 830 missions. He recorded 202 victories over the Eastern Front. Of his 10 victories recorded over the Western front, six were four-engine bombers.
List of 212 aerial victories for Gunther Rall
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location 1 4.8.1941 6:20 I-16 9./JG52 10km SSE Kiev 2 5.8.1941 6:20 I-16 9./JG52 3km S Kiev 3 11.8.1941 14:35 MiG-3 9./JG52 2km E Kanev 4 30.8.1941 8:40 DB-3 9./JG52 60km NE Dnepropetrovsk 5 6.9.1941 18:23 I-16 9./JG52 25-30km E Kremenchug 6 13.9.1941 10:46 Yak-1 9./JG52 15km NW Perekop 7 24.9.1941 12:10 DB-3 9./JG52 Balakliya 8 27.9.1941 14:22 DB-3 9./JG52 50km W Kharkov 9 3.10.1941 17:00 Yak-1 9./JG52 10km E Kharkov 10 3.10.1941 17:05 I-16 9./JG52 E Kharkov 11 11.10.1941 7:10 SB-2 9./JG52 10km E Lozovaya 12 11.10.1941 7:15 I-153 9./JG52 20km E Lozovaya 13 14.10.1941 16:10 Yak-1 9./JG52 10km N Valki 14 14.10.1941 16:13 Yak-1 9./JG52 15km N Valki 15 24.10.1941 12:50 MiG-3 9./JG52 Boysovka 16 24.10.1941 12:52 MiG-3 9./JG52 Boysovka 17 25.10.1941 15:21 MiG-3 9./JG52 Aibary / Yak-1 of 32IAP, VVS-ChF flown by Michail Avdevyev (17 victories), damaged 18 27.10.1941 15:38 MiG-3 9./JG52 10km S Yushno 19 28.10.1941 10:02 MiG-3 9./JG52 SE Aibary 20 28.10.1941 10:03 R-5 9./JG52 SE Aibary 21 1.11.1941 16:15 MiG-3 9./JG52 N Sevastopol 22 8.11.1941 11:58 MiG-3 9./JG52 S Rostov 23 9.11.1941 14:35 I-16 9./JG52 10km E Shakhty 24 11.11.1941 14:35 MiG-3 9./JG52 N Rovenkiy 25 17.11.1941 14:38 I-16 9./JG52 10km E Rostov 26 20.11.1941 13:52 Su-2 9./JG52 20km NE Agrafenovka 27 23.11.1941 13:36 Il-2 9./JG52 S Rostov 28 29.11.1941 10:21 I-16 9./JG52 10km NNE Rostov 29 29.11.1941 10:27 DB-3 9./JG52 ENE Rostov 30 29.11.1941 13:07 I-16 9./JG52 S Bataysk 31 2.12.1941 12:19 I-16 9./JG52 20km S Taganrog 32 6.12.1941 12:52 Il-2 9./JG52 E Lysogorskaya 33 6.12.1941 14:25 I-16 9./JG52 W Azov 34 6.12.1941 14:32 I-16 9./JG52 E Azov 35 8.12.1941 9:43 I-5 9./JG52 20km E Taganrog 36 8.12.1941 9:44 I-5 9./JG52 25km E Taganrog 37 8.12.1941 9:52 I-16 9./JG52 SW Rabovka 38 27.12.1941 12:01 I-16 9./JG52 30km E Taganrog 39 27.12.1941 12:05 I-16 9./JG52 10km E Asov 40 27.12.1941 14:25 I-16 9./JG52 NE Golodayevka 41 27.12.1941 14:30 SB-2 9./JG52 NE Golodayevka 42 28.12.1941 13:32 Yak-1 9./JG52 20km SW Taganrog 43 7.1.1942 14:50 I-16 9./JG52 Sansnoye 44 7.1.1942 14:55 I-16 9./JG52 Novaya Slobodka 45 8.1.1942 11:25 E/a 9./JG52 E Prilepiy 46 25.1.1942 15:42 I-16 9./JG52 10km E Izyum 47 3.2.1942 9:35 Su-2 9./JG52 Nuvo 48 23.3.1943 13:06 Yak-1 9./JG52 8km SE Gniliza 49 23.3.1942 13:14 Yak-1 9./JG52 3km SE Burluk 50 23.3.1942 17:26 Su-2 9./JG52 E Kotovka 51 25.3.1942 6:25 Yak-1 9./JG52 15km E Staryy Saltov 52 27.3.1942 10:11 Yak-1 9./JG52 15km E Volchansk 53 27.3.1942 17:18 MiG-3 9./JG52 10km NE Burluk 54 28.3.1942 5:53 I-16 9./JG52 3km W Burluk 55 28.3.1942 6:18 Yak-1 9./JG52 3km W Kotovka 56 28.3.1942 17:08 MiG-3 9./JG52 5km E Staryy Saltov 57 28.3.1942 17:41 I-16 9./JG52 Gniliza 58 30.3.1942 12:05 MiG-3 9./JG52 15km W Burluk 59 6.4.1942 6:02 I-16 9./JG52 2km NE Staryy Saltov 60 6.4.1942 6:04 I-16 9./JG52 10km E Staryy Saltov 61 29.4.1942 - Yak-1? 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 62 29.4.1942 - Yak-1? 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 63 29.4.1942 - Yak-1? 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 64 30.4.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 65 30.4.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 66 30.4.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 67 30.4.1942 16:42 E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 28 30.4.1942 16:47 E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 69 30.4.1942 16:50 E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 70 2.5.1942 4:00 I-16 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 71 2.5.1942 4:00 I-16 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 72 2.5.1942 4:00 I-16 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 73 2.5.1942 11:15 I-153 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 74 2.5.1942 11:15 E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 75 2.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 76 2.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 77 3.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 78 5.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 79 8.5.1942 - MiG-3 9./JG52 Crimea 80 8.5.1942 10:58 E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 81 8.5.1942 11:02 E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 82 8.5.1942 11:07 E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 83 8.5.1942 - I-16 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 84 8.5.1942 13:32 E/a 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 85 8.5.1942 17:28 MiG-3 9./JG52 Crimea 86 9.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 87 9.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Crimea 88 11.5.1942 - I-16 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 89 11.5.1942 - I-16 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula 90 12.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Zürichtal-Kharkov-Rogan 91 13.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 92 13.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 93 13.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 94 13.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 95 13.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 96 13.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 97 14.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 98 14.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 99 14.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 100 14.5.1942 - MiG-3 9./JG52 Staryy Saltov-Kotovka 101 14.5.1942 16:45 MiG-3 9./JG52 Staryy Saltov-Kotovka 102 14.5.1942 16:45 MiG-3 9./JG52 Staryy Saltov-Kotovka 103 14.5.1942 16:45 MiG-3 9./JG52 Staryy Saltov-Kotovka 104 14.5.1942 16:45 MiG-3 9./JG52 Staryy Saltov-Kotovka 105 15.5.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov area 106 20.5.1942 17:37 Pe-3 9./JG52 Kharkov area 107 21.5.1942 - MiG-3 9./JG52 - 108 23.5.1942 16:28 I-16 9./JG52 Kharkov area 109 30.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov-Rogan 110 30.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov-Rogan 111 30.6.1942 - E/a 9./JG52 Kharkov-Rogan 112 3.8.1942 18:30 Il-2 9./JG52 06 67? 113 5.8.1942 9:37 LaGG-3 9./JG52 06 760 114 12.8.1942 14:32 Yak-1 9./JG52 86 754 115 13.8.1942 15:32 I-16 9./JG52 85 123 116 14.8.1942 10:14 I-16 9./JG52 95 112 117 14.8.1942 10:20 I-16 9./JG52 95 113 118 14.8.1942 13:37 Yak-1 9./JG52 85 263 119 14.8.1942 13:52 Hurricane 9./JG52 85 224 120 14.8.1942 13:57 LaGG-3 9./JG52 85 241 121 15.8.1942 16:41 Yak-1 9./JG52 95 174 122 16.8.1942 16:54 I-16 9./JG52 85 314 123 17.8.1942 11:42 I-153 9./JG52 85 423 124 17.8.1942 15:36 I-153 9./JG52 85 433 125 17.8.1942 15:41 I-153 9./JG52 95 581 126 18.8.1942 16:43 I-153 9./JG52 85 253 127 18.8.1942 16:43 R-5 9./JG52 85 494 128 22.8.1942 13:55 Il-2 9./JG52 30 892 129 22.8.1942 14:03 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 154 130 23.8.1942 7:22 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 413 131 23.8.1942 7:27 I-180 9./JG52 49 194 132 23.8.1942 13:28 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 271 133 23.8.1942 13:31 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 194 134 24.8.1942 9:28 I-180 9./JG52 49 421 135 24.8.1942 9:58 Il-2 9./JG52 49 243 136 25.8.1942 11:51 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 412 137 25.8.1942 17:27 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 412 138 29.8.1942 14:22 LaGG-3 9./JG52 59 173 139 30.8.1942 16:52 P-2 9./JG52 49 613 140 30.8.1942 17:07 Il-2 9./JG52 49 361 141 2.9.1942 9:12 P-40 9./JG52 49 362 142 2.9.1942 9:15 Il-2 9./JG52 49 441 143 2.9.1942 13:32 DB-7 9./JG52 59 143 144 2.9.1942 17:12 P-40 9./JG52 49 413 145 2.9.1942 17:15 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 361 146 3.9.1942 13:48 LaGG-3 9./JG52 40 872 147 3.9.1942 13:51 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 852 148 3.9.1942 17:06 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 471 149 3.9.1942 17:13 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 234 150 4.9.1942 10:12 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 241 151 5.9.1942 16:50 P-40 9./JG52 46 881 152 6.9.1942 13:21 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 163 153 6.9.1942 13:23 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 124 154 6.9.1942 13:27 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 784 155 8.9.1942 11:28 La-5 9./JG52 49 192 156 8.9.1942 11:29 Il-2 9./JG52 49 194 157 8.9.1942 11:35 La-5 9./JG52 49 253 158 9.9.1942 13:21 La-5 9./JG52 49 412 159 9.9.1942 13:34 La-5 9./JG52 49 444 160 9.9.1942 16:46 LaGG-3 9./JG52 44 461 161 10.9.1942 15:24 La-5 9./JG52 49 444 / La-5 of 287 IAD, VVS 162 10.9.1942 15:35 La-5 9./JG52 49 444 / La-5 of 287 IAD, VVS 163 11.9.1942 15:58 Pe-2 9./JG52 40 781 / Pe-2 of 270 BAD, VVS 164 11.9.1942 16:09 P-40 9./JG52 40 884 / P-40 of 731 IAP, VVS 165 12.9.1942 16:47 P-40 9./JG52 49 412 166 12.9.1942 17:13 P-40 9./JG52 49 161 167 14.9.1942 8:00 I-16 9./JG52 49 453 168 14.9.1942 8:04 I-16 9./JG52 49 420 169 14.9.1942 8:09 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 411 170 15.9.1942 6:35 I-16 9./JG52 49 423 171 15.9.1942 6:39 I-153 9./JG52 49 453 172 15.9.1942 7:05 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 272 173 16.9.1942 7:35 Su-2 9./JG52 49 271 174 16.9.1942 7:39 P-40 9./JG52 40 882 175 17.9.1942 8:48 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 782 176 17.9.1942 8:52 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 872 177 17.9.1942 14:36 LaGG-3 9./JG52 59 111 178 18.9.1942 11:37 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 124 179 18.9.1942 11:59 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 121 180 18.9.1942 12:12 Il-2 9./JG52 49 134 181 20.9.1942 8:20 LaGG-3 9./JG52 40 764 182 21.9.1942 11:32 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 151 183 21.9.1942 11:40 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 132 184 21.9.1942 16:25 Il-2 9./JG52 49 412 185 21.9.1942 17:02 Yak-1 9./JG52 10 162 186 22.9.1942 11:20 I-16 9./JG52 49 272 187 22.9.1942 16:45 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 261 188 23.9.1942 10:42 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 274 189 23.9.1942 11:03 Il-2 9./JG52 49 201 190 23.9.1942 11:05 LaGG-3 9./JG52 40 792 191 23.9.1942 11:07 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 764 192 23.9.1942 14:30 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 124 193 23.9.1942 14:31 Su-2 9./JG52 49 138 194 23.9.1942 14:33 Su-2 9./JG52 40 794 195 23.9.1942 16:39 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 782 196 23.9.1942 16:42 Yak-1 9./JG52 40 763 197 23.9.1942 16:55 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 423 198 25.9.1942 14:41 La-5 9./JG52 59 144 199 25.9.1942 14:46 La-5 9./JG52 49 284 200 26.9.1942 8:57 I-153 9./JG52 49 294 201 26.9.1942 16:42 LaGG-3 9./JG52 49 211 202 26.9.1942 16:58 Yak-1 9./JG52 49 451 203 ??.6.1943 - Mosquito Stab/JG50 Groningen 204 6.9.1943 10:50 B-17 Stab/JG50 15km NE Stuttgart 205 6.9.1943 11:08 B-17 Stab/JG50 S Schwarzwald 206 1943-44 - Viermot Stab/JG11 - 207 11.2.1944 11:50 B-17 Stab/JG11 5km S Celle 208 24.2.1944 13:40 B-24 Stab/JG11 Giessen area 209 6.3.1944 - B-24 HSS Stab/JG11 - 210 8.3.1944 - P-51 Stab/JG11 FA-FE 211 29.3.1944 - P-51 Stab/JG11 N Hannover 212 29.3.1944 - P-51 Stab/JG11 Schwarmstedt area / Rammed Victories : 212
Awards :
Ehrenpokal (15 December 1941)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (April 1942)
Ritterkreuz (24 January 1942)
Eichenlaub (17 May 1942)
Schwertern (16 September 1942)
Brillanten (16 September 1942)
Units : JG52, JG50, JG11
Web Reference: http://www.luftwaffe.cz/graf.htmlAsisbiz Database of aerial victories for Hermann Graf
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 08-May-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 2500m 10.47 bei Sielschuk 03-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 18.30 0667 05-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 400m 09.37 06 760 12-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 400m 14.32 86 754 13-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 300m 15.32 85 123 14-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Hurricane 1000m 13.52 85 224 14-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 300m 13.57 85 241 14-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 600m 13.37 85 263 14-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 300m 10.20 95 113 14-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 150m 10.14 95 112 15-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 50m 16.41 95 174 16-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 50m 16.54 85 314 17-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-153 400m 11.42 85 423 17-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-153 1500m 15.36 85 433 17-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-153 400m 15.41 95 581 18-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-153 600m 16.43 85 253 18-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 R-5 Low Level 16.43 85 494 22-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 800m 13.55 30 892 22-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 600m 14.03 49 154 23-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 3200m 07.22 49 413 23-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 13.31 49 194 23-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-180 2200m 07.27 49 194 23-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 13.28 49 271 24-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-180 1200m 09.28 49 421 25-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 3500m 11.51 49 412 25-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 17.27 49 412 29-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 14.22 59 173 30-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-2 Low Level 16.52 49 613 30-Aug-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 400m 17.07 49 361 02-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 800m 09.12 49 362 02-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 2500m 17.11 49 413 02-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 4200m 17.15 49 361 02-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 09.15 49 441 02-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 DB-7 7000m 13.32 59 143 03-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 3800m 13.48 40 872 03-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 2400m 13.51 40 852 03-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 2200m 17.06 40 471 03-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 400m 17.13 49 234 04-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 10.12 49 241 05-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk Low Level 16.50 46 881 06-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 Low Level 13.27 40 784 06-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 600m 13.23 49 124 06-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 400m 13.21 49 163 08-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 3000m 11.35 49 253 08-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 11.29 49 194 08-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 600m 11.28 49 192 09-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 16.46 44 461 09-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 1200m 13.34 49 444 09-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 2000m 13.21 49 412 10-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 2500m 15.24 49 444 10-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 2300m 15.35 49 444 11-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-2 2800m 15.58 40 781 11-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 3000m 16.09 40 889 12-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 1800m 16.47 49 412 12-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk Low Level 17.13 49 161 14-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 800m 08.00 49 453 14-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 1200m 08.04 49 420 14-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 1000m 08.09 49 411 15-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 400m 06.35 49 423 15-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-153 700m 06.39 49 453 15-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1200m 07.05 49 272 16-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Su-2 3000m 07.35 49 271 16-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 P-40 Warhawk 3500m 07.39 40 882 17-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 3800m 08.48 40 782 17-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 3200m 08.52 40 872 17-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 3800m 14.36 59 111 18-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 11.37 49 124 18-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 11.59 49 121 18-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 12.12 49 134 20-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 4200m 08.20 40 764 21-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 16.25 49 412 21-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 200m 17.02 10 162 21-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 1200m 11.40 49 132 21-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 200m 11.32 49 151 22-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 1200m 11.20 49 272 22-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 3200m 16.45 49 261 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 1200m 16.42 40 763 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 16.55 49 423 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 3200m 16.39 40 782 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Su-2 1200m 14.33 40 794 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Su-2 1500m 14.31 49 138 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 Low Level 11.07 49 764 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1800m 11.05 40 792 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 100m 11.03 49 201 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 2000m 10.42 49 274 23-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 1800m 14.30 49 124 25-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 2200m 14.41 59 144 25-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 La-5 1200m 14.46 49 284 26-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 I-153 800m 08.57 49 294 (Estimate) 26-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 LaGG-3 2200m 16.42 49 211 26-Sep-42 Hermann Graf 9./JG52 Yak-1 1600m 16.58 49 451 06-Sep-43 Hermann Graf Stab /JGr.50 B-17 Fortress 7000m 10.50 30-50km S Stuttgart 06-Sep-43 Hermann Graf Stab /JGr.50 B-17 Fortress 6000m 11.08 S Schwarzwald 10-Feb-44 Hermann Graf Stab /JG11 B-17 Fortress 6500m 11.50 FA-7 (SSW Celle) 24-Feb-44 Hermann Graf Stab /JG11 B-24 Liberator 7000m 13.40 05 Ost S/QT Raum Giessen 06-Mar-44 Hermann Graf Stab /JG11 B-24 Liberator Hss 08-Mar-44 Hermann Graf Stab /JG11 P-51 Mustang 29-Mar-44 Hermann Graf Stab /JG11 P-51 Mustang 29-Mar-44 Hermann Graf Stab /JG11 P-51 Mustang 05-Jun-44 Hermann Graf 7./JG52 Yak-9 800m 10.21 78 561
'It was all a gamble...'
ALFRED GRISLAWSKI, JG52
There was no, better officer than Major Hubertus von Bonin. He was a fantastic pilot and a great commander, but he was a poor shot and although he therefore had great difficulty in bringing down enemy aircraft, I have nothing but praise for him. I had already won the Ritterkreuz, awarded on 1 July 1942, when von Bonin was recommended for his. I lent him my decoration and he wore it until his RK arrived at the end of 1942. He promoted me to Oberfeldwebel after I had shot down four Douglas Boston bombers.
On that occasion there were six bombers, escorted by about 20 to 25 fighters, which were attempting to bomb the bridge at, Mostok. My wingman, Edmund Rossmann, said he would keep the fighters busy while I went after the bombers. I dived after them, always keeping an eye open for Russian fighters behind me, but all was clear. I opened fire from a range of about 100 metres, aiming at the left engine of each of the four bombers. Each engine immediately burst into flames and the Russian crews baled out. When I reported the kills to von Bonin, he stated that I would receive a promotion if the kills could be confirmed. That evening the Flak commander at the bridge, who was a close friend of von Bonin, confirmed over the telephone that four bombers had indeed been shot down. Unfortunately, Major von Bonin was later killed in Russia.
During the battle of Stalingrad, Hermann Graf took half of the squadron there while I stayed on the Caucasus front. With about 20 aircraft we defended the area of Grosny on the Black Sea. We seldom had contact with other units as it was too dangerous to place too many aircraft on one airfield JG52 had the most kills because we were always assigned as a 'fire brigade' to all the 'hot spots' on the front-the Uman cauldron, Kharkov, Tuapse, Feodosia, the Crimea; in fact, wherever the Russians appeared in strength. Thus, we had plenty of opportunities to destroy Russian, aircraft and became obsessed, shooting them down and becoming very aggressive without fear of losses. Our first Ritterkreuz winner was Gerhard Koppen who was only an Obergefreiter but, when he demanded the respect that such a decoration deserved, was rapidly promoted to Leutnant. Upon returning from a mission in May 1942, he reported seeing a Russian fighter airfield and we held a briefing to attack it. The mission was carried out by between 30 and 40 aircraft, and the only one missing when we returned was flown by Koppen who made a belly landing in the Sea of Azov. The last flight searching for him saw a Russian rescue craft 5km away which was strafed and sunk, but other than that there was only a patch of oil on the water and no sign of Koppen.
Within 9./JG52, we pilots formed close friendships. This was necessary, for when one pilot was threatened by attack from three or four of the enemy, his comrades would immediately come to his assistance. Our slogan was to be aggressive.
On the ground; to avoid a direct bomb hit killing most of the unit, we did not concentrate all the pilots in one area but spread out and lived in two-man tents. I shared a tent with Leopold Stdllpatz, who was an excellent shot but often returned from a mission without his wingman. He received the Swords as a Feldwebel and was commissioned as an officer after his death in June 1942 in a ridiculous situation. The Russians had advanced and were, protected by, quadruple Flak, guns. When we flew over their forward lines at a height of several hundred metres they opened fire and it was very dangerous. Therefore, most of us took evasive action to avoid their fire, and although Steinbatz said they would never hit him, they did shoot him down. Rossmann flew to the area to look for him. The German infantry reported that a '109 had gone down at a particular time and place and, thus confirmed his demise.
In the air I felt like a bird, a crow. The aircraft was powerful and I always felt safe in the cockpit, just like crossing the street. I never crashed an aircraft unless it had sustained sever damage due to gunfire. If I received hits around the landing gear, I had to consider whether to extend the gear and risk overturning or whether to land on the belly and damage the propeller and oil cooler. However, it was all a gamble and although I twice landed an aircraft on its belly, it turned out that the landing gear was in working order, though I could not have known this at the time. It was a game of roulette.
ALFRED GRISLAWSKI, III./JG52
'They had very good aircraft...'
I was born on 2 November 1919 and from an early age I wanted either to join the Kriegsmarine or become a fighter pilot. When the time came, there were too many candidates for the Kriegsmarine and, with the hope that I could combine both childhood dreams, I was accepted by the Marine-Flieger. However, I was soon transferred to a bomber-unit and this was not at all to my liking as I wanted to be a fighter pilot and not a 'bus-driver'.After nearly two years in different schools and non-operational units, I finally transferred to III./JG52 near Calais. This unit had suffered heavy losses in the fighting against Britain and had to be withdrawn, first to Berlin-Doberitz and then on to Rumania.
At about this time the AIB schools were established, so I completed my training with one of these and received fighter training first at Stolp and then at the Erganszungsgruppe at Merseberg. The Erganszungsgruppe trained pilots on the type of aircraft we would fly in combat. Eventually, I was posted to III/JG52, so that after almost two years at different schools and non-operational units, I was finally on my way to joint a front-line fighter unit. I had travelled as far as Dusseldorf, however, when I received a telegram informing me to report instead to Berlin-Doberitz. The III./JG52 had suffered heavy losses during the fighting against Britain and was at Berlin-Doberitz recovering.
Once the Gruppe had been brought back to its established strength, it was transferred to Bucharest, in Rumania, where it was to protect the Ploesti oilfields. At the same time, we also trained Rumanian fighter pilots in the tactics employed in the Luftwaffe and, in recognition of this, I was presented on behalf of the King with the Rumanian pilots' badge.
When the Russian campaign began, things were quiet and we soon transferred to the southern part of the Eastern Front where III./JG52 was to become very successful. In the beginning, the Russians were easy opponents as their biplanes were obsolete and their pilots often appeared frightened when they saw a German fighter approaching. But soon, MiG, Yak and LaGG fighters flown by well-motivated pilots began to appear and things gradually became more and more dangerous for us. They had very good aircraft, lighter than ours and easier to handle.
At this time the Staffel was split into two parts so that as soon as one part landed the other took off and continued operations. After a mission, the fuel tanks were replenished, the guns rearmed and the aircraft made ready to take-off again as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the pilots were able to grab a quick bite to eat and were supposed to have a short rest. In fact, our tents were not suitable places in which to really relax, probably unlike our opponents who were based on real airfields. Nevertheless, at least until the winter came, the food was quite good.
I claimed my first victory, an I-16, on 1 September 1941. My second Abschuss, another I-16, was also the 50th for 9./JG52 and the 242nd for III./JG52. Here is the official report:
Victory over an I-16, 5 km N. of Charkow, 3 October, 1941, 17.02 Hours, Altitude: 1,500 m
On 3 October 1941, I flew as Rottenflieger to Lt. Graf on a low-level mission against an airfield north of Charkow, during which Lt. Graf was able to destroy two enemy aircraft on the ground. After the attack, we dived to 1,500 metres. North-west of Charkow, we spotted at an altitude of 2,000 metres a formation of about 20 Russian fighters of different types. I attacked the last, an I- 16, from the rear and after a burst of gunfire it emitted heavy black smoke and fell almost vertically to the ground where it crashed. I was not able to observe the precise point of impact as I was myself attacked by several Russian aircraft, but it was witnessed by Lt. Graf
Alfred Grislawski was born 2 November 1919 at Wanne-Eickel in Ruhrgebiet. On leaving school in July 1934, Grislawski was employed as a farm-worker in the Stolp region of Pomerania. After two years he applied to join the Navy to become a sailor but was rejected being offered service in Naval Aviation instead. Grislawski began his compulsory military training at Fliegerersatzabteilung 16 at Schleswig. By summer 1938, Gefreiter Grislawski was serving as a recruit trainer. Via flight training schools at Delmhorst, Salzwedel and Prenzlau, Grislawski underwent his fighter pilot training at Stolp. In early June 1940, Grislawski was posted to the Ergänzungsgruppe Merseburg. In July 1940, Grislawski was posted to III./JG52, based at Zerbst having recently been withdrawn from operations over the English Channel for rest and re-equipment. Gefreiter Grislawski was assigned to 7./JG52. Grislawski was transferred to 9./JG52 in early October 1940. He received promotion to the rank of Unteroffizier the same day. On 14 October, III./JG52 was ordered to Romania. III./JG52 was redesignated I./JG28 until 27 December. The unit was tasked with providing training for Romanian Air Force personnel. The German invasion of Russia saw Grislawski based at Pipera in Rumania.
In August, III./JG52 was ordered into front line service based at Biyala Tserkov in the Ukraine. Grislawski gained his first victory over the Eastern front on 1 September 1941, when, on a freie Jagd over Kremenchug, he shot down a Russian I-16 fighter. On 23 October, III./JG52 was ordered to relocate to Perekop in the Crimea. On the transfer flight Grislawski's Bf 109F-4 (W.Nr. 7038) 'Yellow 8' suffered engine failure necessitating a belly-landing. He emerged unscathed from the incident. By the end of 1941, Grislawski had increased his victory total 11, gained operating over the Crimea. At the end of December, III./JG52 were ordered to relocate to the Kharkov area. In mid-January 1942, Grislawski was sent home on leave. He returned to front-line duties in late February. On 29 April, 9./JG52 were ordered back to the Crimea in support of the German offensive to retake the Kerch Peninsula. Grislawski recorded his 20th victory on 30 April, when he shot down a Russian I-15bis biplane fighter-bomber near Karpech. Feldwebel Grislawski was particularly successful in May 1942 recording 22 victories, including four victories on 1 May (21-24). On 1 July, Grislawski was awarded the Ritterkreuz for 43 victories. He was sent on an extended leave on 24 July. In late August 1942, newly promoted Oberfeldwebel Grislawski returned to the Eastern front and was assigned to 7./JG52, based in the Caucasus.
In September, he claimed 16 victories over the Terek bridgehead, including four Russian Boston twin-engine bombers shot down on 8 September (47-50). On 5 November, he shot down four Russian Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack (63-68) but was himself shot down in Bf-109G-2 (W.Nr. 13909) carrying out a belly-landing from which he walked away with only a few bruises. Grislawski claimed a further four victories on 12 December (79-82). On 18 January 1943, Grislawski led a Rotte providing escort to a formation of Ju-87 Stuka dive-bombers against Russian tank forces in the Stavropolskaya area. The formation was intercepted by Russian I-16 fighters and in the subsequent combat, Grislawski's Bf-109 was hit, setting it on fire. He nursed his damaged aircraft back over German lines before baling out, sustaining burns to his face. On 26 January, Grislawski received promotion to the rank of Leutnant. He recorded his 92nd victory on 3 February 1943. On 11 February, Grislawski suffered engine failure in Bf-109G-2 'White 13' on a test flight from Slavyanskaya, necessitating a forced landing. He was then sent on leave. Grislawski returned to 7./JG52, based in the northwestern Caucasus, in early April 1943. On 27 April 1943, he recorded his 100th victory. Grislawski claimed his 108th and 109th victories on 3 June 1943. However, the next day he was wounded in an explosion of a German land mine on a beach near Taman.
Oberleutnant Alfred Grislawski with his Bf-109G-6 in September 1943. On 6 September 1943 he shot down a B-17 as his 112th victory. On his recovery, Grislawski was transferred to JGr Süd. On 15 August 1943, JGr Süd was redesignated JG50, under the command of Major Hermann Graf (212 victories, RK-Br), for the express purpose of intercepting high-flying British Mosquito photo-reconnaisance aircraft. During his time with the unit, Grislawski commanded 1./JG50, based at Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, and shot down his first two USAAF four-engine bombers on 17 August. In early October, Grislawski was promoted to the rank of Hauptmann and given tempoary command of JG50, when Graf was appointed acting Kommodore of JG1. On 6 November 1943, Grislawski was appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./JG1, based at Deelen in Holland, operating Fw 190 fighters. He was shot down in aerial combat with USAAF bombers over Baske on 24 January 1944. Wounded, he baled out of his stricken Fw190A-7 (W.Nr. 430167) 'White 1'. Grislawski was appointed Staffelkapitän of 8./JG1, based at Paderborn, following his recovery from the wounds received in January, on 13 March 1944. The unit was tasked with combatting the USAAF fighter escorts operating the new Bf-109G-6/AS especially equipped for high-altitude operations. Hauptmann Grislawski was awarded the Eichenlaub on 11 April for 122 victories. Granted leave, Grislawski was married on 20 May. On return from his leave, Grislawski led 8./JG1 to Beauvais- Tillé in France, to combat the Allied landings in Normandy. After less than a week the unit was relocated to Germany having suffered horrendous losses over and around the beachhead. In early July, Grislawski led the unit back to France.
On 18 July, he was appointed acting Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG1, when Hauptmann Erich Woitke (28 victories, killed in action 24 December 1944) was shot down and wounded. On 27 July, Grislawski led a freie Jagd over the Caen area. In combat with USAAF P-51 fighters, Grislawski was shot down by RAF Spitfire fighters, baling out but surviving with only a few bruises. At the end of July 1944, Grislawski was transferred as Staffelkapitän of II./JG53. He recorded two USAAF B-17 four-engine bombers shot down on 12 September (131-132). On 14 September, Grislawski led II./JG53 to Leeuwarden in Holland. On 26 September 1944, he participated in a mission from Paderborn to provide air cover for German troops near Eindhoven and Nijmegen. USAAF fighters intercepted the formation southwest of Münster. In the subsequent combat, Grislawski was credited with a USAAF P-38 twin-engine fighter shot down as his 133rd, and last, victory, although Grislawski refutes the claim! However, his Bf-109G-14 (W.Nr. 462649) 'Black 6' was then hit in the engine by a P-51 and caught fire. He baled out but did not deploy his parachute until he was at very low level. As a consequence he endured a very hard landing that cracked the second and third lower vertebrae in his back. He saw out the remainder of the war in a military hospital. The end of the war found Grislawski at Badgastein in the central Austrian Alps. He was imprisoned by US troops at Salzburg but was soon released and returned to his wife and family at Leuna. Grislawski was fortunate not to be imprisoned by the Russians as Leuna ended up in the Soviet zone of occupation. He was able to cross the zone border and return to his hometown of Wanne-Eickel. However, it would be 1946 before his wife and family joined him. Grislawski supported his family through various unskilled professions, mainly as a driver. He declined to join the Bundesluftwaffe because of his wartime injuries. Grislawski passed away on 19 September 2003.
Alfred Grislawski was credited with 133 victories in over 800 missions. He recorded 24 victories over the Western front, including 18 four-engine bombers. Of his 109 victories recorded over the Eastern front, 16 were Il-2 Sturmoviks.
List of aerial victories for Alfred Grislawski
No Date Time A/c Type Unit Location Comments 1 1.9.1941 18:15 I-16 9./JG52 30km NE Kremenchug - 2 3.10.1941 17:02 I-16 9./JG52 5km N Charkov - 3 5.10.1941 13:05 Yak-1 9./JG52 25km NE Krasnograd - 4 6.10.1941 7:55 Il-2 9./JG52 30km NW Kharkov - 5 14.10.1941 7:14 I-16 9./JG52 15km N Poltava - 6 14.10.1941 9:10 Il-2 9./JG52 10km NE Oposhchnaya Il-2 of 1 RAG, VVS 7 30.10.1941 9:35 I-153 9./JG52 20km N Simferopol - 8 6.12.1941 10:55 I-16 9./JG52 12km W Krepkaya - 9 6.12.1941 14:26 I-16 9./JG52 10km W Azov - 10 8.12.1941 9:46 I-5 9./JG52 20km E Taganrog - 11 8.12.1941 9:54 I-16 9./JG52 20km E Krepkaya - 12 4.1.1942 14:15 R-10 9./JG52 10km S Kotshetovka - 13 8.3.1942 11:18 Yak-1 9./JG52 7km SW Savinziy - 14 15.3.1942 16:35 Yak-1 9./JG52 Katovka area - 15 17.3.1942 8:25 R-5 9./JG52 S Staryy Saltov - 16 26.3.1942 15:53 MiG-3 9./JG52 18km SSE Starry Saltov - 17 27.3.1942 8:00 Pe-2 9./JG52 Kharkov sector - 18 29.4.1942 12:45 MiG-3 9./JG52 Kerch Peninsula Yak-1 of 247 IAP, VVS 19 30.4.1942 14:15 I-15bis 9./JG52 10km NE Feodosiya I-15bis of 214 ShAP, VVS 20 30.4.1942 14:20 I-15bis 9./JG52 5km S Karpech I-15bis of 214 ShAP, VVS 21 1.5.1942 4:45 Seaplane 9./JG52 10km S Sidsheut - 22 1.5.1942 4:55 Yak-1 9./JG52 NW Arabat Yak-1 of 247 IAP, VVS 23 1.5.1942 5:03 Yak-1 9./JG52 Ak-Monay area Yak-1 of 247 IAP, VVS 24 1.5.1942 8:09 I-15bis 9./JG52 Sal area I-15bis of 214 ShAP, VVS 25 9.5.1942 12:28 I-15bis 9./JG52 10km E Sidsheut I-15bis of 214 ShAP, VVS 26 9.5.1942 12:33 MiG-3 9./JG52 10km NE Sarylar - 27 14.5.1942 16:45 MiG-3 9./JG52 Kotomlya area - 28 14.5.1942 16:50 MiG-3 9./JG52 Kotovka area - 29 15.5.1942 5:17 MiG-3 9./JG52 SE Staryy Saltov MiG-3 of 23 IAP or 181 IAP, VVS 30 15.5.1942 16:05 Su-2 9./JG52 Staryy Saltov Su-2 of 13 GBAP or 135 BBAP, VVS 31 18.5.1942 10:30 MiG-3 9./JG52 5km N Staryy Saltov LaGG-3 of 23 IAP, VVS 32 18.5.1942 13:05 MiG-3 9./JG52 Liptsy area LaGG-3 of 23 IAP, VVS 33 18.5.1942 18:23 Su-2 9./JG52 10km W Staryy Saltov Su-2 of 13 GBAP or 135 BBAP, VVS 34 20.5.1942 16:47 LaGG-3 9./JG52 15km W Petrovskaya - 35 22.5.1942 14:30 MiG-1 9./JG52 10km S Balakleya Possibly LaGG-3 of 181 IAP, VVS 36 22.5.1942 14:36 MiG-1 9./JG52 5km NW Balakleya Possibly LaGG-3 of 181 IAP, VVS 37 24.5.1942 17:00 R-10 9./JG52 25km E Slavyansk Su-2 of 13 GBAP or 135 BBAP, VVS 38 25.5.1942 19:03 Su-2 9./JG52 NE Petrovskaya Su-2 of 13 GBAP or 135 BBAP, VVS 39 26.5.1942 16:09 Pe-2 9./JG52 W Savintsy Pe-2 of 8 GBAP, VVS 40 27.5.1942 11:30 MiG-1 9./JG52 5km N Izyum - 41 27.5.1942 11:33 MiG-1 9./JG52 3km N Izyum - 42 28.5.1942 14:15 LaGG-3 9./JG52 15km NE Izyum LaGG-3 of 170 IAP, VVS 43 4.9.1942 11:29 I-16 9./JG52 44 482 I-16 of 88 IAP, VVS 44 4.9.1942 18:25 Boston 9./JG52 44 442 Boston of 219 BAD, VVS 45 6.9.1942 13:35 Boston 9./JG52 44 414 Boston of 219 BAD, VVS 46 6.9.1942 13:37 Yak-1 9./JG52 44 440 LaGG-3 of 219 BAD, VVS 47 8.9.1942 13:55 Boston 9./JG52 44 471 Boston of 244 BAP, VVS 48 8.9.1942 13:56 Boston 9./JG52 44 243 Boston of 244 BAP, VVS 49 8.9.1942 13:57 Boston 9./JG52 44 283 Boston of 244 BAP, VVS 50 8.9.1942 13:57 Boston 9./JG52 44 283 Boston of 244 BAP, VVS 51 9.9.1942 14:00 MiG-1 9./JG52 44 481 - 52 9.9.1942 14:44 LaGG-3 9./JG52 44 450 - 53 13.9.1942 13:05 LaGG-3 9./JG52 44 531 - 54 14.9.1942 10:35 Su-2 9./JG52 44 531 R-10 of 288 BBAP, VVS 55 14.9.1942 14:25 I-16 9./JG52 44 582 I-16 of 40 IAP, VVS 56 16.9.1942 6:15 LaGG-3 9./JG52 44 363 - 57 17.9.1942 14:27 I-16 9./JG52 54 324 - 58 17.9.1942 14:28 Su-2 9./JG52 54 344 Su-2 of 288 BBAP, VVS 59 4.10.1942 14:35 Boston 7./JG52 34 283 Boston of 219 BAD, VVS 60 15.10.1942 12:50 Il-2 7./JG52 44 434 Il-2 of 805 ShAP, VVS 61 2.11.1942 11:40 I-16 7./JG52 44 842 I-16 of 88 IAP, VVS 62 2.11.1942 11:38 I-153 7./JG52 44 814 I-153 of 84 IAP, VVS 63 5.11.1942 12:00 Il-2 7./JG52 44 754 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 64 5.11.1942 12:04 Il-2 7./JG52 44 872 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 65 5.11.1942 8:25 Il-2 7./JG52 44 792 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 66 5.11.1942 8:27 Il-2 7./JG52 44 861 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 67 7.11.1942 11:10 Il-2 7./JG52 44 874 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, 210 ShAP or 805 ShAP, VVS 68 24.11.1942 11:55 LaGG-3 7./JG52 43 131 - 69 27.11.1942 11:20 Il-2 7./JG52 44 733 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 70 27.11.1942 11:24 Il-2 7./JG52 44 765 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 71 29.11.1942 6:50 Pe-2 7./JG52 35 783 Pe-2 of 366 BAP, VVS 72 5.12.1942 10:29 I-16 7./JG52 44 721 - 73 5.12.1942 13:10 Boston 7./JG52 44 792 - 74 5.12.1942 13:39 Boston 7./JG52 44 763 - 75 8.12.1942 9:25 MiG-1 7./JG52 34 694 - 76 10.12.1942 12:00 Il-2 7./JG52 44 282 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 77 10.12.1942 12:02 Il-2 7./JG52 44 293 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 78 10.12.1942 12:04 Il-2 7./JG52 44 434 Il-2 of 7 GShAP, VVS 79 12.12.1942 9:00 MiG-1 7./JG52 44 264 - 80 12.12.1942 11:22 MiG-1 7./JG52 44 291 - 81 12.12.1942 11:25 MiG-1 7./JG52 54 171 - 82 12.12.1942 11:40 I-16 7./JG52 54 313 - 83 13.12.1942 10:53 LaGG-3 7./JG52 54 171 - 84 14.12.1942 11:42 Yak-1 7./JG52 44 293 - 85 8.1.1943 6:35 LaGG-3 7./JG52 35 714 LaGG-3 of 131 IAP, VVS 86 8.1.1943 6:40 LaGG-3 7./JG52 35 734 LaGG-3 of 131 IAP, VVS 87 9.1.1943 9:20 I-16 7./JG52 34 161 I-16 of 975 IAP, VVS 88 9.1.1943 13:35 Il-2 7./JG52 35 721 Il-2 of 230 ShAD 89 16.1.1943 10:15 I-153 7./JG52 85 182 I-153 of 611 IAP, 975 IAP or 977 IAP, VVS 90 18.1.1943 6:30 I-16 7./JG52 85 282 - 91 18.1.1943 6:35 I-16 7./JG52 5 282 - 92 3.2.1943 13:55 Boston 7./JG52 6 313 Boston of 219 BAD, VVS 93 4.2.1943 7:23 MiG-1 7./JG52 75 481 - 94 10.2.1943 6:45 Pe-2 7./JG52 85 152 Pe-2 of 366 ODRAP, VVS 95 19.4.1943 11:10 LaGG-3 7./JG52 85 343 - 96 20.4.1943 16:05 LaGG-3 7./JG52 75 422 - 97 21.4.1943 5:55 LaGG 7./JG52 75 433 La-5 of 229 IAD, VVS 98 23.4.1943 17:05 LaGG 7./JG52 75 451 - 99 23.4.1943 17:12 LaGG 7./JG52 75 424 - 100 27.4.1943 10:50 LaGG 7./JG52 85 268 - 101 3.5.1943 15:25 Il-2 7./JG52 75 262 Il-2 of 230 ShAD or 2 SAK, VVS 102 6.5.1943 14:35 LaGG 7./JG52 75 261 - 103 14.5.1943 11:17 DB-3a 7./JG52 45 850 Il-4 of 5 GMTAP, VVS 104 28.5.1943 6:25 LaGG 7./JG52 76 864 LaGG-3 of 229 IAD, VVS 105 28.5.1943 12:12 LaGG 7./JG52 76 842 LaGG-3 of 229 IAD, VVS 106 29.5.1943 11:20 LaGG 7./JG52 75 232 LaGG-3 of 229 IAD, VVS 107 31.5.1943 9:53 Il-2 7./JG52 75 234 Il-2 of 230 ShAD, VVS 108 3.6.1943 8:55 LaGG-5 7./JG52 85 112 - 109 3.6.1943 11:02 LaGG-5 7./JG52 76 861 - 110 17.8.1943 11:30 B-17 1./JGr Süd Mannheim - 111 17.8.1943 15:30 B-17 1./JGr Süd 5km SW Rheinbollen - 112 6.9.1943 10:40 B-17 Stab/JG50 SE Stuttgart - 113 14.10.1943 14:38 B-17 Stab/JG50 S Schweinfurt - 114 29.11.1943 14:45 B-17 1./JG1 Bassum-Syke area - 115 1.12.1943 11:45 B-17 1./JG1 SE Aachen - 116 1.12.1943 11:46 B-17 1./JG1 Neuwied - 117 16.12.1943 14:04 B-17 1./JG1 off De Koog - - 16.12.1943 14:37 B-17 1./JG1 SW Julianadorp Not confirmed? 118 20.12.1943 11:50 B-17 1./JG1 Brake-Beverstedt area - 119 22.12.1943 14:45 B-17 1./JG1 N Enschede - 120 11.1.1944 11:08 B-17 1./JG1 - - 121 24.1.1944 11:40 B-17 1./JG1 Aachen-Brussels - 122 9.4.1944 15:40 B-17 8./JG1 Schleswig area - 123 9.4.1944 15:40 B-17 8./JG1 Schleswig area - 124 13.4.1944 15:50~ B-24 8./JG1 - - 125 22.4.1944 18:20~ P-51 8./JG1 Kassel-Nordenbeck - 126 13.7.1944 18:15 Typhoon 8./JG1 Carpiquet Typhoon 'OV-A' of 197Sqn, RAF flown by F/O Trott, POW 127 14.7.1944 19:17 P-51 8./JG1 Falaise area - 128 19.7.1944 20:32 Typhoon 8./JG1 Caen - 129 12.8.1944 14:15 Spitfire 8./JG1 Perche Spitfire of 340Sqn, RAF flown Lt P Leplang, killed 130 8.9.1944 - E/a 11./JG53 - - 131 12.9.1944 11:05 B-17 11./JG53 Templin-Berlin - 132 12.9.1944 11:10 B-17 11./JG53 Templin-Berlin - 133 26.9.1944 16:54 P-38 11./JG53 S Dülmen - Victories : 133
Awards : Ehrenpokal (30 May 1942)
Ritterkreuz (1 July 1942)
Eichenlaub (11 April 1944)
Units : JG52, JGrSüd, JG50, JG1, JG53Web Reference: http://www.luftwaffe.cz/grislawski.html
Alfred Grislawski, Graf and Karaya Staffe
Written by Christer Bergström.
In September 1942, Hermann Graf ruled the skies above Stalingrad. In a month's time, he shot down sixty-two Soviet aircraft, and became the first fighter pilot to reach the 200-victory mark. By that time, he had achieved his first victory only thirteen months previously.
Alfred Grislawski, Graf's wingman and friend, was one of the most successful German fighter pilot during the air war over the Caucasus and during the Air Battle over Kuban in 1943. Grislawski achieved a total of 132 victories (not 133, as stated in most publications), and was awarded with the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
It was during his stay in the Caucasus in the fall of 1942 that Grislawski taught the forthcoming top scorer Erich Hartmann the secrets of air combat. Grislawski was a hard teacher, and he invented Hartmann's nickname 'Bubi' ('Little Boy').
Alfred Grislawski, the tough son of a miner, never dreamt of becoming a pilot. He only escaped hard work on the countryside by joining the Armed Forces, and there he was posted to the Luftwaffe.
Hermann Graf's and Alfred Grislawski's 9. 'Karayastaffel'/JG52 developed into the most successful Jagdstaffel of the entire war. At the same time, the 'Karaya-men' were notorious for their lacking discipline. In his foreword to the biography, Alfred Grislawski writes:'In 1941 - 1943, the Karayastaffel was probably the most non-militaristic unit in the entire Wehrmacht.'
The Karayastaffel was characterized by the friends' quartet Hermann Graf, Alfred Grislawski, Heinrich Füllgrabe, and Ernst Süss. Within this quarter, Graf and Grislawski stuck together closest, while Füllgrabe and Süss were inseparable. 'They even went together to the 'Thunderbeam' (latrine),' Alfred Grislawski recalls.The Karaya-mens' pranks alone could fill a volume. Once they drove a staff General completely out of his mind when he arrived to inspect their first-line makeshift airfield. On one occasion, one of the men in the quarter hi-jacked Generaloberst von Richthofen's Storch to fly an injured comrade to a field hospital.
A Reichsverteidigung Geschwaderkommodore threatened to have Grislawski court-martialled. When a large formation of U.S. bombers shortly afterward approached, a fighter leader decided to nullify the court-martial: 'Grislawski must lead our fighters! Who else can lead?'
Alfred Grislawski developed into one of the most daring 'Four-Engine Killers' of the Reichsverteidigung. In fact, he shot down at least one bomber on every single encounter with U.S. 8th Air Force's heavy bombers.
Only two of the 'Karaya Quartet' survived. Ernst Süss was shot dead by U.S. Mustangs (the unit in question is known) while he hung in his parachute straps. Heinrich Füllgrabe was killed in action on the Eastern Front during the last days of the war.
After the war, Grislawski became one of the first German POWs to become released, because his interrogation officer found out that Grislawski had never joined the Hitler Jugend, nor the NSDAP. (For this reason, Grislawski also had never been awarded with Göring's Goblet of Honor.)
The biography on Hermann Graf and Alfred Grislawski is due to be published in 2002. It has been written in close cooperation with Alfred Grislawski. It will contain about 250 photos, most of which have never previously been published, plus many color profiles of the aircraft flown by Graf and Grislawski.
The following is an excerpt from the manuscript of the 'double biography' on the two JG52 aces and friends Hermann Graf and Alfred Grislawski.
'When Alfred Grislawski returned to his unit in early April 1943, it again was based in northwestern Caucasus - where German Army Group A had dug in to hold its positions in the so - called 'Kuban bridgehead.' The 7. Staffel had received a new Staffelkapitän, Oberleutnant Walter Krupinski, an absolutely reckless fighter pilot who nevertheless took great care in his subordinates.
Grislawski immediately was briefed of the situation. III./JG52 had recently been shifted to Taman Airdrome from Nikolayev in the Ukraine, where it had been re-equipped after its heavy losses in equipment during the retreat from the Terek sector down south in the Caucasus. II./JG52, based at Anapa, had held the positions in the air over the Kuban bridgehead since February 1943; its pilots had shot down a large number of Soviet aircraft, but it also had cost the Gruppe severe losses.
One of the II. Gruppe's pilots, Leutnant Helmut Lipfert, later recalled: 'Things did not go well for II Gruppe at Anapa. There were few contacts with the enemy but many losses. And it was not just the beginners and young pilots who failed to return, but some of the old hands as well.' It was obvious that the Soviets were gaining in on the German fighter pilots' initial advantage in air combat.
Grislawski knew that the first period at the frontline after a home leave was hazardous-that he had become slightly 'rusty' - and he decided not to take any risks. He was very cautious during his first combat sorties after his return from his home leave. Most missions were free hunting or Stuka escort against the Soviet bridgehead at Myshako, behind the German main line west of Novorossiysk on the Kuban Bridgehead's southern coast. Although the Germans had concentrated a powerful air corps in the Kuban Bridgehead, achieving a numerical superiority, they were unable to assume control of the air as during the previous years.
The first encounters with Soviet pilots after his return from home leave convinced Grislawski that what he had been told by Krupinski was right, that the air fighting on the Eastern Front had grown more dangerous than ever.
On April 17, 1943 the Germans made a powerful attempt to neutralize the Soviet bridgehead at Myshako, Operation Neptun. The attack was preceded by a massive operations by 450 Stukas, bombers and ground-attack planes against the Soviet landing grounds. Throughout the day, German Fliegerkorps I carried out 1,560 sorties over the Kuban Bridgehead, mainly against Myshako. The Soviets, who by this time were inferior in numbers, could only mount 538 sorties that day. Nevertheless, the concentration of antiaircraft batteries that the Soviets had shipped in to Myshako since February 1943 met the assaulting German aircraft with a wall of steel and fire. Seven Stukas were shot down or returned to base with severe damage.
Two days later, Grislawski brought down his first Soviet aircraft - number ninety-five in total - since his return from home leave. On April 20, the men of JG52 found some reason to celebrate, as 8./JG52's famous Staffelkapitän, Oberleutnant Günther Rall, brought home his personal 116th and the Jagdgeschwader's five thousandth victory.
But although the most experienced fighter pilots continued to achieve impressing victory scores-II./JG52's Leutnant Heinrich Sturm was credited with five kills on April 20-the air fighting grew more and more difficult each day. The Soviets were bringing in a steady flow of new aviation units, and they started to achieve a numerical superiority in the air. It also was evident that the Red Air Force had concentrated some of its most skillful airmen to this sector.
In the evening of April 20, Grislawski was hanging around in the Staffel's command post. He had just written down the combat report of his ninety-sixth victory, which had been achieved against a LaGG-3 after a prolonged and most difficult air combat near Myshako. The telehone rang. An Unteroffizier replied, and then turned to Grislawski:
'Sir, it's for you.'
Grislawski stood up and grabbed the receiver. He heard a voice in the other end of the line:
'This is Kabisch.'
Somewhat perplex, Grislawski replied impatiently:
'So? And what can I do for you?'
'This is Kabisch - Helmut Kabisch!'
Grislawski froze. Helmut Kabisch! He couldn't believe it. He swallowed, and then he asked in a weak voice:
'Schleswig?'
'Yes, Schleswig!' the other one replied.
Helmut Kabisch was Grislawski's old friend from the recruit training in Schleswig, back in the late 1930s. How could he be phoning Grislawski out there in Russia?
'Man, Kabisch, where are you calling from?'
Helmut Kabisch replied with a confident tone:
'Well, from the first Gruppe. I've been posted here!'
Grislawski immediately felt that this was not good at all.
'Helmut, I'll come over to you immediately!' he said and hung up.
I./JG52 was stationed at the other end of Taman Airdrome. Grislawski grabbed a bicycle and rapidly made it to the first Gruppe's command post, located in a bus. He found his old friend Kabisch waiting for him outside. They hugged, and it felt as if the past four years were gone. Grislawski felt tears in his eyes, but not tears of joy.
'Man, Kabisch!' he gasped. 'Why have you come here?'
Kabisch just shrugged his shoulders. 'You know-war... I volunteered for pilot training, just like you...'
'But that's different!' Grislawski exclaimed with discontent.
Kabisch looked hurt.
'What do you mean? I'm a Feldwebel now, and...'
'That doesn't matter!' Grislawski interrupted him. 'How many sorties have you made?'
'About twenty-five.'
Grislawski shook his head.
'Helmut,' he almost whispered. 'You stand with one foot in the grave. This is no game, and things are no longer what they used to be here in Russia.'
'Oh, come on, Alfred!' Kabisch patted Grislawski's back: 'I just got my seventh...'
Feldwebel Helmut Kabisch, the old recruit trainer who had become a fighter pilot, was immensely proud of his seven first victories. The last one had been achieved against a LaGG-3 at 1620 hours on April 20, 1943.But his rash attitude only increased Grislawski's preoccupation. 'These damned greenhorns,' Grislawski thought. 'And now Kabisch too!'
'Look, Helmut!' Grislawski yelled. 'Forget about all that rubbish with easy victories! You have to be damned cautious!'
Then he pulled Kabisch, who looked both disappointed and surprised, aside. When he was sure that no one was listening, he said: 'I have a suggestion, and I hope you will follow it. This is no place for a beginner! But I've got some connections. I can contact Hermann Graf, and he will use his influence to have you transferred to my gang. There I will be able to watch over you! You have to get at least fifty combat sorties before you've got any chance at all!' But Kabisch wasn't intrigued at all by his old friend's suggestion. 'Come on, Alfred,' he said and sighed. 'I don't need any babysitter. And besides of that, I've been with the second Staffel for a couple of weeks, and they all are swell guys.' With a feeling of hopelessness, Grislawski made another try: 'Helmut, those swell guys will all be gone in fourteen days, or you will be gone! You might just as well go pick a suitable coffin right now. I guarantee that only under my wings will you be able to survive fifty sorties!' But Kabisch's pride would not allow him to accept the proposal. Grislawski felt deeply sad when he returned to his biletting.
April 21, 1943 was filled with heavy air fighting over Myshako. It was evident that Operation Neptun was a failure. Shortly before six in the morning, 7./JG52 tangled with a formation of the new Soviet La-5 fighters. Grislawski managed to single out one and sent it plummeting to the ground as his ninety-seventh victory.
Soviet fighter pilot Vadim Fadeyev achieved 21 personal victories before he was shot down and killed by a Bf-109 on May 5, 1943.
On the Soviet side, the Lend-Lease Airacobra fighter planes of 16 GIAP (former 55 IAP, which had been adopted a Guards unit) and 45 IAP were in the forefront during the air combats throughout the day. These unit was two of III./JG52's old enemies, since the battles over the Mius Front in late 1941, the Kerch Peninsula in May 1942, and the war in southern Caucasus during the previous fall. By now, both units had developed into two of the most experienced VVS regiments. The two most famous 45 IAP aces were the two Glinka brothers, Boris and Dmitriy. The latter, a Starshiy Leytenant, had been shot down by 7./JG52's Jupp Zwernemann on April 15, 1943. But Dmitriy Glinka soon was back in action again. He had already been recommended to be appointed a Hero of the Soviet Union, and on April 21, he bagged his twenty-first German aircraft. 16 GIAP, mustering the later so well-known Kapitan Aleksandr Pokryshkin, Grigoriy Rechkalov, and Starshiy Leytenant Vadim Fadeyev in its ranks, chalked up fifty-seven victories in the Kuban skies between April 9 and 20, 1943.
On April 21, 2./JG52's Feldwebel Helmut Kabisch barely survived a hail of bullets from a Soviet fighter during an air combat north of Kabardinka. It is possible that he fell victim of 16 GIAP's Vadim Fadeyev, who claimed a Bf-109 3 - 4 km north of Kabardinka. Grislawski received information that Kabisch had been sent to hospital with severe wounds...
After his recovery, Feldwebel Kabisch returned to 2./JG52 on the Eastern Front. Grislawski's dismal prophecy would come true. On September 1, 1943 a Soviet Il-2's rear gunner put an end to Helmut Kabisch's life...'
More text & photos, details about the book you can discover on authors page: http://www.graf-grislawski.elknet.pl/Asisbiz Database of 91 aerial victories out of 133 for Alfred Grislawski
Date Pilot Name Unit EA Type Height Time Location 04-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 1000m 11.29 44 482 05-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 DB-7 1500m 18.25 44 442 06-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 A-20 Boston 3000m 13.35 44 414 06-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 Yak-1 2800m 13.37 44 440 08-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 A-20 Boston 2500m 13.55 44 471 08-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 A-20 Boston 2500m 13.56 44 243 08-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 A-20 Boston 2500m 13.57 44 283 08-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 A-20 Boston 2500m 13.57 44 283 09-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 LaGG-3 1500m 14.44 44 450 09-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 MiG-1 1500m 14.00 44 481 13-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 LaGG-3 500m 13.05 44 531 14-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 500m 14.25 44 582 14-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 Su-2 2000m 10.35 44 531 16-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 06.15 44 363 17-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 I-16 Rata 2500m 14.27 54 324 17-Sep-42 Alfred Grislawski 9./JG52 Su-2 3500m 14.28 54 344 04-Oct-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 A-20 Boston 4000m 14.35 34 283 15-Oct-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 12.50 44 434 02-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-153 Low Level 11.38 44 814 02-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 300m 11.40 44 842 05-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 12.00 44 754 05-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 12.04 44 872 05-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 08.27 44 861 05-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 300m 08.25 44 792 07-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 11.10 44 874 24-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 11.55 43 131 27-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 11.24 44 765 27-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 Low Level 11.20 44 733 29-Nov-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Pe-2 6200m 06.50 35 783 05-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 13.39 44 763 05-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 500m 10.29 44 721 05-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 A-20 Boston III 1500m 13.10 44 792 08-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 MiG-1 00m 09.25 34 694 10-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 12.02 44 293 10-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 12.00 44 282 10-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 200m 12.04 44 434 12-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 MiG-1 250m 09.00 44 264 12-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 MiG-1 800m 11.22 44 291 12-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 MiG-1 Low Level 11.25 54 171 12-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 800m 11.40 54 313 13-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2500m 10.53 54 171 14-Dec-42 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Yak-1 2500m 11.42 44 293 08-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 06.35 35 714 08-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-3 2000m 06.40 35 734 09-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Ilyushin Il-2 1500m 13.35 35 721 09-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 500m 09.20 34 161 16-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-153 300m 10.15 85 182 18-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 1200m 09.30 85 282 18-Jan-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 I-16 Rata 400m 09.35 05 282 03-Feb-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 A-20 Boston III 1500m 13.55 06 313 04-Feb-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 MiG-1 3000m 07.23 75 481 10-Feb-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Pe-2 4000m 06.45 85 152 19-Apr-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-3 3000m 11.10 85 343 20-Apr-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-3 4000m 16.05 75 422 21-Apr-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 900m 05.55 75 433 23-Apr-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 4000m 17.05 75 451 23-Apr-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 2000m 17.12 75 424 27-Apr-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 10.50 85 268 03-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. 150m 15.25 75 262 06-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 1000m 14.35 75 261 14-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 DB-3A 2000m 11.17 45 850 28-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 3000m 06.25 76 864 28-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG Low Level 12.12 76 842 29-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG 400m 11.20 75 232 31-May-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 Il-2 Sturmovik m.H. Low Level 09.53 75 234 03-Jun-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-5 2000m 11.02 76 861 03-Jun-43 Alfred Grislawski 7./JG52 LaGG-5 5500m 08.55 85 112 17-Aug-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JGr.Sud B-17 Fortress 5500m 15.30 5km SW Rheinbollen 17-Aug-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JGr.Sud B-17 Fortress 5500m 11.30 Mannheim 06-Sep-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JGr.50 B-17 Fortress 7000m 10.40 SE Stuttgart 14-Oct-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JGr.50 B-17 Fortress 6000m 14.38 S Schweinfurt 29-Nov-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 8000m 14.45 05 Ost S/ES (Bassum-Syke area) 01-Dec-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 8000m 11.45 PP 3 (Neuwied) 01-Dec-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 8000m 11.45 ON 2-3 (SE Aachen) 16-Dec-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 7000m 14.37 EK 2 in See (SW Julianadorp) 16-Dec-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 7000m 14.04 DK 5 (off De Koog Texel) 20-Dec-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 8000m 11.50 CS (Brake-Beverstedt area) 22-Dec-43 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 8300m 14.45 GO-8 (N Enschede) 11-Jan-44 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 11.08 24-Jan-44 Alfred Grislawski 1./JG1 B-17 Fortress 11.40 09-Apr-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 B-17 Fortress 09-Apr-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 B-17 Fortress 13-Apr-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 B-24 Liberator 22-Apr-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 P-51 Mustang 13-Jul-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 Typhoon 6-800m 18.15 UU-1/TU-7 (Caen/Carpiquet) 14-Jul-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 P-51 Mustang 400m 19.17 AU (Raum Falaise) 19-Jul-44 Alfred Grislawski 8./JG1 Typhoon 300m 20.32 15 West S/UU-12 (Raum Caen) 12-Aug-44 Alfred Grislawski 11./JG1 Spitfire 1800m 14.15 BB-9 to CB 3 (Perche) 12-Sep-44 Alfred Grislawski 11./JG53 B-17 Fortress 8000m 11.05 DG-EG-34/33 (Templin-Berlin) 12-Sep-44 Alfred Grislawski 11./JG53 B-17 Fortress 8000m 11.10 DG-EG-34/33 (Templin-Berlin) 26-Sep-44 Alfred Grislawski Stab III./JG53 P-38 Lightning 800-1000m 16.54 05 Ost S/JP 8 (S Dulmen)
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- 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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