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Heinrich Ehrler - Pilot Profile - Heinrich Ehrler

Heinrich Ehrler

Victories : 209
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 4th April 1945


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron CrossAwarded Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross
Knights
Cross		Oak Leaves

Heinrich Ehrler started his career in the Luftwaffe in early 1940, when he started his Pilot training after transferring from a Flak-artillery unit. Ehrler joined 4./Jagdgeschwader 77 on his first operational posting and achieved his first victory in May 1940. JG 77 was based in Norway and he spent most of the war on the Northfront. JG 77 was restructured as JG 5 Eismeer in January 1942. JG 5 operated from bases in northern Norway and Finland, and they mostly engaged Russian aircraft, but were also given the task of intercepting British raids on Norway.

Ehrler did not achieve his second victory until 19 February 1942. He was promoted to Leutnant and made Staffelkapitän(Squadron Leader) in 6./Jagdgeschwader 5 after his 11th victory on 20 July. On 4 September, he was awarded the Knights Cross for 64 aerial victories. By 1 June 1943 he was promoted to Hauptmann and appointed Gruppenkommandeur for II./JG 5. During this period he was also awarded the Oak Leaves to his Ritterkreuz. On 25 May 1944 he achieved nine victories in one day, bringing his tally up to 155. On 1 August he was appointed to Geschwaderkommodore of JG 5 and at the same time was promoted to Major.

Heinrich Ehrler


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Known Victory Claims - Heinrich Ehrler

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

02/09/1941Ltn. Heinrich Ehrler2JG 77BeaufortSW Stavanger-Western Front
08/11/1941Ltn. Heinrich Ehrler13JG 77SB-2NW Louhi-Eastern Front
08/06/1943Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler6JG 5Typhoon36 Ost 3917: 3000m17.29Eastern Front
08/06/1943Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler6JG 5Typhoon36 Ost 3917: 3000m17.3Eastern Front
18/08/1943Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler6JG 5I-153NE Fl.Pl. Louchi I: 50m14.35Eastern Front
18/08/1943Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler6JG 5Curtiss P-40N. Fl.Pl. Louchi I: 600m14.36Eastern Front
18/08/1943Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler6JG 5LaGG-5NE Fl.Pl. Louchi I: 100m16.13Eastern Front
24/09/1943Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-4036 Ost/AG: 3000m8.5Eastern Front
25/11/1943Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-406km SW Fl.Pl. Petsamo: 400m11.55Eastern Front
25/11/1943Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-408km SE Fl.Pl. Petsamo UE-8.3: 700m11.58Eastern Front
25/11/1943Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Il-218km E. Fl.Pl. Petsamo TD-7.2: 50m12.03Eastern Front
25/11/1943Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Il-227km E. Fl.Pl. Petsamo TD-8.8: 30m12.05Eastern Front
29/01/1944Hptm. Heinrich Ehrler8JG 5Jak-736 Ost/ E. AG 7-7a 00m12.17Eastern Front
13/03/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-40Fischer Halbinsel: 500m13.35Eastern Front
13/03/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5AiracobraS. Majda-Guba: 500m13.37Eastern Front
13/03/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Il-2SW Tobowka13.4Eastern Front
12/04/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Jak-937 Ost/ TE-6.2.l: tiefst.14.17Eastern Front
12/04/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Jak-937 Ost/ TF-5.3.g: tiefst.14.19Eastern Front
23/04/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Airacobra37 Ost/ AD-1.6.g: 100m10.46Eastern Front
23/04/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-4037 Ost/ AD-3.8.e: tiefst.10.49Eastern Front
23/04/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Il-237 Ost/ RE-4.1.b: tiefst.10.5Eastern Front
23/04/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Il-237 Ost/ RE-45.f: tiefst.10.5Eastern Front
11/05/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Il-237 Ost S/QE-75.d: tiefst.3.17Eastern Front
11/05/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Jak-937 Ost S/RE-11.b: tiefst.3.19Eastern Front
11/05/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Jak-937 Ost S/RE-5.6.f: tiefst.3.2Eastern Front
11/05/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Airacobra37 Ost S/RC-2.3.f: tiefst.7.34Eastern Front
11/05/1944Hptm. Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Airacobra37 Ost S/RD-2.4.l: teifst.7.36Eastern Front
25/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5AiracobraNE Berlevaag: 1500m21.43Eastern Front
25/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5AiracobraNE Berlevaag: 1000m21.45Eastern Front
25/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5BostonNNE Berlevaag: 200m21.47Eastern Front
25/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-40NNE Berlevaag: 150m21.48Eastern Front
26/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5BostonNW Vardö: tiefflug4.54Eastern Front
26/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5BostonNW Vardö: tiefflug4.59Eastern Front
26/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-40NE Hamningberg: tiefflug5.02Eastern Front
26/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5AiracobraN. Vardö: tiefflug5.05Eastern Front
26/05/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStab III.JG 5AiracobraN. Vardö: tiefflug5.06Eastern Front
17/08/1944Major Heinrich Ehrler11JG 5Jak-937 Ost/TB-4: 2000m9.45Eastern Front
17/08/1944Major Heinrich Ehrler11JG 5Boston37 Ost/RA-6.7: 3000m10.07Eastern Front
17/08/1944Major Heinrich Ehrler11JG 5Boston37 Ost/RA-5: 3000m10.08Eastern Front
17/08/1944Major Heinrich Ehrler11JG 5Boston37 Ost/RB-7: 3000m10.06Eastern Front
23/08/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 5Airacobra37 Ost/2666: 1500m12.37Eastern Front
23/08/1944Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 5Airacobra37 Ost/RD-49: 1000m12.38Eastern Front
21/03/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-17NW Dresden09.15±Western Front
22/03/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-17Raum Cottbus-Bautzen-Dresden12.45±Western Front
23/03/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-24Chemnitz-Western Front
23/03/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-24Chemnitz-Western Front
24/03/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-17Raum Dessau-Western Front
31/03/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7P-51--Western Front
04/04/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-17bei Berlin-Western Front
04/04/1945Major Heinrich EhrlerStabJG 7B-17bei Berlin-Western Front

Known Claims : 50

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