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Julius Meimberg Victories : 53 ----------------------------- Country : Germany Fought in : WW2 Fought for : Axis Died : 17th January 2012 Knights Cross Julius Meimberg joined JG2 Richthofen in December 1939 and during the Battle of France flew as wingman to Assi Hahn. An Ace during the Battle of Britain, Meimberg flew with Wick on the day that he was fatally shot down over the Isle of Wight. In 1944 Meimburg was appointed Gruppenkommandeur II./JG53. He was awarded the Knight's Cross and achieved 53 victories in 600 combat missions. Memories from Julius Meimberg of the day that Helmut Wick was shot down : Late in the afternoon of 28th November 1940, we took off for southern England from Beaumont le Roger for our second mission of the day. Climbing towards the Isle of Wight in bright sunshine, I was leading the 4th Staffel and directly ahead of us was the Staff Schwarm of JG2 Richthofen led by Kommodore Major Helmut Wick, at that time the leading fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe. With him were his wingman Oberleutnant Rudi Pflanz, Oberleutnant Leie and Oberfeldwebel Rudorffer. At about 23,000 ft, we were almost above the Isle of Wight when we spotted vapour trails caused by Spitfires above us at a much greater height. Major Wick led his Staff Schwarm towards them at full throttle, with the result that the Schwarm aircraft pulled apart from each other. Climbing with my Staffel to one side, we were soon drawn into the main battle and the Staffel separated. A single Spitfire turned in front of me and disappeared behing my engine cowling as I fired off my weapons. Apparently undamaged, the aircraft went into a spin and I followed it down, expecting the aircraft to pull out at any time, but it never did. The red glow in the cockpit indicated a possible oxygen tank hit. When we landed, Rudi Pflanz reported that Major Wick had shot down a Spitfire, was then in turn shot down by a second Spitfire, which in turn had been shot down by Pflanz. We were all told that no-one had seen what had happened to Wicks aircraft, which left us hoping for the safety of our Kommodore. We returned later next day, and again the following day, but there was no sign of him. What we had not been told was that Rudorffer had witnessed him go down, a large bullet hole passing through the starboard wing trailing edge, straight through the cockpit and engine block. He felt that Wick was already dead as his aircraft corkscrewed downwards, finally plunging into the sea. After the war, I learned that his conqueror had been Flight Lieutenant John Dundas DFC, himself only seconds later shot down by Pflanz and killed.

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Known Victory Claims - Julius Meimberg
DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

19/05/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Hurricane	Tournai	12.2	Western Front
03/06/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Curtiss	Epernay	14.5	Western Front
04/09/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Spitfire	-	14.05	Western Front
06/09/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Spitfire	Ashford	10	Western Front
06/09/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Spitfire	Ashford	10.15	Western Front
10/10/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Hurricane	-	13.5	Western Front
07/11/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Hurricane	S. Insel Wight	15.3	Western Front
28/11/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Spitfire	SW Insel Wight	17.2	Western Front
29/11/1940	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	4	JG 2	Blenheim	Kanal	16.35	Western Front
03/07/1941	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	-	15.39	Western Front
17/07/1941	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	N. Etaples	16.17	Western Front
24/07/1941	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Wellington	Brest	15	Western Front
24/07/1941	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Hampden	-	14.45	Western Front
24/07/1941	Ltn. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Hampden	WSW Ploudalengau: 3000m	14.24	Western Front
17/05/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	30km NW Dieppe: 4500m	10.27	Western Front
19/05/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	MD Calais-Ramsgate: 200m	15.22	Western Front
31/05/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	-	19.29	Western Front
19/06/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	Selsey Bill: 800m	21.01	Western Front
19/06/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	Selsey Bill	20.58	Western Front
11/07/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	1	JG 2	Spitfire	-	18.25	Western Front
28/07/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	3	JG 2	Spitfire	15km SW Brighton: 20m [SW Selsey Bill]	21.15	Western Front
20/08/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Spitfire	30km NNW Dieppe	13.59	Western Front
05/09/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Spitfire	-	-	Western Front
04/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Blehheim	E. Mateur	-	Western Front
04/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Blehheim	SW Mateur	-	Western Front
04/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Blehheim	SE Mateur	-	Western Front
05/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Spitfire	1km E. Mateur: 100m	9.08	Western Front
05/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Spitfire	2km SE Mateur: 300m	9.12	Western Front
05/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Spitfire	10km S. Mateur: 5m	11.03	Western Front
06/12/1942	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	11	JG 2	Spitfire	20km S. Tebourba: 500m	10.15	Western Front
31/01/1943	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	6	JG 53	P-38	20km W. Djedeida: 500m	13.14	Western Front
01/02/1943	Oblt. Julius Meimberg	6	JG 53	B-17	10km NW Pont du Fahs: 6000m	13.25	Western Front
09/12/1943	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab	JG 53	Mustang	NW Valmontone: 5m	11.27	Western Front
08/05/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	B-24	GA-36: [15km N. Braunschweig]	10.05	Western Front
29/05/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	B-17	Wittenberge: 7000m	12.15	Western Front
30/05/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	B-17	-	11.15	Western Front
17/06/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-38	TR-9: 6500m [La Haye-du-Puits]	19.31	Western Front
05/07/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	04 Ost N/BD: 4000m [Rambouillet]	10.49	Western Front
05/07/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	04 Ost N/AC-8: 1500m [Nonancourt]	10.53	Western Front
24/09/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	C-47	SR-7: 1800m [Kusel]	12.4	Western Front
29/09/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	-	Western Front
08/10/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	-	Western Front
13/10/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	-	Western Front
20/10/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	CP-6: 3000m [SW Strasbourg]	10.48	Western Front
28/10/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	UR-1: 5000m [Landau]	11.05	Western Front
17/11/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-51	UR-4: 1000m [Linkenheim]	15.3	Western Front
16/12/1944	Hptm. Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	UR-5: 1500m [Herxheim Krs. Karlsrühe]	11.39	Western Front
26/12/1944	Major Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	-	Western Front
26/12/1944	Major Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	-	Western Front
26/12/1944	Major Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	-	Western Front
16/03/1945	Major Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-51 *	-	-	Western Front
10/04/1945	Major Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	P-47	-	9	Western Front
13/04/1945	Major Julius Meimberg	Stab II.	JG 53	Spitfire	-	18.06	Western Front

Known Claims : 53

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