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Name : Guenther Wiegand Died : 16th May 1943 Air Victories : 32.00 |
Known Service Details : | |||||||
Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Leutnant | unknown | 16th May 1943 | Killed in Action | ||||
BL565
Aircraft Type :
SpitfireVb
Squadron :
No.349 Sqn RAF
Pilots or Aircrew :
A E Van den Broeck
JR291
Aircraft Type :
Typhoon1b
Squadron :
No.198 Sqn RAF
Pilots or Aircrew :
W G Eagle
Known Victory Claims : | |||||||
Date | Rank | Squadron | Claimed | Location | Time | Aircraft Flown | Notes |
30/07/1943 | Uffz. | 05 Ost S/BE-1: 6000m. W. Eupen | 8.2 | ||||
03/09/1943 | Uffz. | NE-2: 4500m | 14.3 | ||||
05/09/1943 | Uffz. | 5km W. Dunkirk: 600m | 9.3 | ||||
08/09/1943 | Uffz. | ME-57: 2500m [bei Dunkirk] | 14.2 | ||||
09/09/1943 | Uffz. | PE-5 at 2000m [10km W. St. Pol] | 16 | ||||
19/09/1943 | Uffz. | NG-2: 3000m [Ardoie N. Isegehm] | 12.4 | ||||
03/10/1943 | Fw. | bei Dieppe | 18.3 | ||||
05/10/1943 | Uffz. | N. Tourcoing: 200m | 11.1 | ||||
10/10/1943 | Fw. | 05 Ost S/HO-1: [NW Haaksbergen] | 15.22 | ||||
20/10/1943 | Fw. | S. Ostende: 6000m | 9.47 | ||||
13/11/1943 | Fw. | GN: 4000m [Raalte-Deventer Raum] | 12.23 | ||||
20/12/1943 | Fw. | SW Courtrai: 3000m | 11.15 | ||||
30/12/1943 | Fw. | QK-1.2: 4000m [Philippeville] | 11.15 | ||||
30/12/1943 | Fw. | NJ-9 or NF-9: 1000m | 14.45 | ||||
30/12/1943 | Fw. | bei Dunkirchen | 15 | ||||
02/01/1944 | Feldwebel | Sommemündung: 100m | 16.3 | This was Spitfire Vb BL565 GE-E of No.349 Sqn RAF. Flight Sergeant A E Van den Broeck was killed. | |||
11/01/1944 | Fw. | Zuider Zee: 5500m | 13.25 | ||||
11/01/1944 | Fw. | Zuider Zee: 5500m | 13.28 | ||||
21/01/1944 | Fw. | Raum Calais | - | ||||
21/01/1944 | Fw. | Raum Calais | - | ||||
23/01/1944 | Fw. | bei Gravelines: 4000m | 15.35 | ||||
24/01/1944 | Fw. | MJ 2-JL 8: 4000m [W. Antwerpen] | 12 | ||||
29/01/1944 | Fw. | bei Laon | - | ||||
04/02/1944 | Fw. | OG-9 SE Tournai | 13 | ||||
11/02/1944 | Fw. | QF: tiefflug [Bapaume] | 13.45 | ||||
13/02/1944 | Feldwebel | 8km NW Calais: 2500m | 12.4 | This was Typhoon 1b JR291 of 198 Sqn RAF. Flying Officer W G Eagle DFC was wounded. | |||
24/02/1944 | Fw. | PQ: 5500m [Koblenz] | 14.1 | ||||
24/02/1944 | Fw. | Bingen | 14.3 | ||||
04/03/1944 | Fw. | 10km S. Courtrai | 15.25 | ||||
08/03/1944 | Fw. | FN-6 Balkbrug NE Zwolle | 13.25 | ||||
11/06/1944 | Ltn. | TF-23: 2000m [N. Compiègne] | 15.35 | ||||
11/06/1944 | Ltn. | TF-23: 2000m [N. Compiègne] | 15.3 | ||||
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Fw190 
Manufacturer : Fokke-Wulf Production Began : 1940 Retired : 1945 | Fw190 The Focke-Wulf 190 development project began in 1937. Conceived as a hedge against total dependence on the Messerchmitt 109, the 190 was designed by Kurt Tank utilizing a radial engine. This was against generally accepted design criteria in Germany, and many historians believe that the decision to produce a radial engine fighter was largely due to the limited manufacturing capacity for in-line, water-cooled engines which were widely used on all other Luftwaffe aircraft. Despite these concerns, Tanks design was brilliant, and the 190 would become one of the top fighter aircraft of WWII. The first prototype flew in mid-1939. The aircraft had excellent flying characteristics, a wonderful rate of acceleration, and was heavily armed. By late 1940 the new fighter was ordered into production. Nicknamed the butcher bird, by Luftwaffe pilots, early 190s were quite successful in the bomber interceptor role, but at this stage of the war many Allied bombing raids lacked fighter escort. As the war dragged on, Allied bombers were increasingly accompanied by fighters, including the very effective P-51 Mustang. The Allies learned from experience that the 190s performance fell off sharply at altitudes above 20,000 feet. As a result, most Allied bombing missions were shifted to higher altitudes when fighter opposition was likely. Kurt Tank had recognized this shortcoming and began working on a high-altitude version of the 190 utilizing an in-line, water-cooled engine. Utilizing a Jumo 12-cylinder engine rated at 1770-HP, and capable of 2,240-HP for short bursts with its methanol injection system, the 190D, or Long Nose or Dora as it was called, had a top speed of 426-MPH at 22,000 feet. Armament was improved with two fuselage and two wing mounted 20mm cannon. To accommodate the changes in power plants the Dora had a longer, more streamlined fuselage, with 24 inches added to the nose, and an additional 19 inches added aft of the cockpit to compensate for the altered center of gravity. By mid 1944 the Dora began to reach fighter squadrons in quantity. Although the aircraft had all the right attributes to serve admirably in the high altitude interceptor role, it was not generally focused on such missions. Instead many 190Ds were assigned to protect airfields where Me-262 jet fighters were based. This was due to the latter aircrafts extreme vulnerability to Allied attack during takeoff and landing. The 190Ds also played a major role in Operation Bodenplatte, the New Years Day raid in 1945 which destroyed approximately 500 Allied aircraft on the ground. The High Command was impressed with the 190Ds record on this raid, and ordered most future production of the Doras to be equipped as fighter-bombers. In retrospect this was a strategic error, and this capable aircraft was not fully utilized in the role for which it was intended. | |
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JG26 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG26 | JG26 Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated mainly in Western Europe against Great Britain, France and the United States but also saw service against Russia. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran and Freikorps member arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. Commanders of II. Gruppe JG 26 Hptm. Werner Palm, 1 May 1939 – 27 June 1939 Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28 June 1939 – 19 May 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20 May 1940 – 31 May 1940 Hptm. Erich Noack, 1 June 1940 – 24 July 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25 July 1940 – 16 August 1940 Hptm Erich Bode, 17 August 1940 – 3.10.40 Hptm Walter Adolph, 4 October 1940 – 18 September 1941 Hptm Joachim Müncheberg, 19 September 1941 – 21 July 1942 Hptm Conny Meyer, 22 July 1942 – 2 January 1943 Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, 3 January 43 – 17 August 1943 Hptm Hans Naumann, 18 August 1943 – 8 September 1943 ObLt Johannes Seifert, 9 September 1943 – 25 November 1943 Maj Wilhelm Gäth, 26 November 1943 – 1 March 1944 Hptm Hans Naumann, 2 March 1944 – 28 June 1944 Hptm Emil Lang, 29 June 1944 – 3 September 1944 Hptm Georg-Peter Eder, 4 September 1944 – 8 October 1944 Maj Anton Hackl, 9 October 1944 – 29 January 45 ObLt Waldemar Radener, 30 January 1945 – 22 February 1945 Hptm Paul Schauder, 23 February 1945 – 1 May 1945 | |
Last edited : 10:52, February 8, 2013
Last editor : kc
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