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Wolfgang Spate - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Wolfgang Spate


Name : Wolfgang Spate
Air Victories : 99.00

Awards :
Knights Cross
Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross

Aircraft Type :
Blenheim
Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
I-16
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-153
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-153
Aircraft Type :
I-16
Aircraft Type :
I-16
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
I-26 od. I-18
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5 o. P-39
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Boston III
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Mitchell
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17






Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

07/04/1941

Ltn.

JG 54

Blenheim
details

Fünfkirchen

12

23/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

SB-2
details

NE Insterburg

10.07

23/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

SB-2
details

NE Insterburg

10.07

27/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

SB-2
details

E. Dünaburg

13.35

27/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

SB-2
details

E. Dünaburg

13.5

30/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

E. Kreuzburg

6.47

30/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

N. Dünaburg

12.3

30/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

W. Dünaburg

14.5

02/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

E. Tschalkino

18.3

06/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-16
details

ESE Pleskau

10.45

07/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

NE Ostrow

18.55

08/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Porchow

11.15

17/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-153
details

NW Šoltzy

6.3

17/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

E. Samra-See

20.3

19/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

SW Mschinskaja

17.3

19/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

NE Wloschowo

19.08

25/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

DB-3
details

N. Werest

7.58

07/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

W. Korpowa

19.48

07/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

N. Korpowa

19.51

10/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

NE Poretschje

10.11

11/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-16
details

NE Poretschje

6.07

12/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Kiepiek

17.5

16/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

NE Krasnogwardeisk

19

21/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

NE Puschkin

12.57

25/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-153
details

Kuplja

13.4

26/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-16
details

E. Poretschje

5.45

26/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-16
details

E. Poretschje

5.48

03/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

N. Michelowka

18.3

09/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Leningrad

16.45

10/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

S. Leningrad

11.2

12/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

N. Krasnoje-Selo

13

19/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

NE Leningrad

9.2

21/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

S. Putilowo

11.5

21/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

N. Wswelowshski

17.3

23/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-16
details

NE Leningrad

8.4

26/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Shicharjewo

8.35

26/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

N. Parogi

11.2

27/09/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Ljubnitza

11

01/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Polnowo

17

01/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Polnowo

17.02

02/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

Ljubnitza

8

02/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

E. Waldai

8.12

02/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

E. Seliger See

14.3

02/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

E. Seliger See

14.35

05/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-16
details

SE Waldai

8.1

07/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-26
details

SE Borowitschi

7.22

07/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-18
details

NE Krestzy

17.1

10/10/1941

Oblt.

JG 54

I-26
details

Jam Chotilowo

10.17

17/03/1942

Oblt.

JG 54

I-26 od. I-18
details

Pogostje: 1000m

13.2

05/04/1942

Oblt.

JG 54

I-26
details

1km N. Waldluj: 2000m

11.47

16/04/1942

Oblt.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

N. Maljutschi: 2000m

8.1

16/04/1942

Oblt.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

200m NW Dworjetz: 2000m

8.15

28/06/1944

Major

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

84 859i: 4000m

19.15

08/07/1944

Major

JG 54

Il-2
details

42 75: 2000m

17.46

15/07/1944

Major

JG 54

La-5
details

50 18: 800m

13.4

15/07/1944

Major

JG 54

La-5 o. P-39
details

50 14: 1000m

13.5

15/07/1944

Major

JG 54

La-5
details

50 12: Bodennähne

14

16/07/1944

Major

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

40 292: 1000m

9.3

20/07/1944

Major

JG 54

Jak-9
details

32 772: 1500m

15.3

22/07/1944

Major

JG 54

Boston III
details

32 59: 1500m

15.25

26/07/1944

Major

JG 54

Il-2
details

Cholm: 10m

16.45

04/08/1944

Major

JG 54

12 33: 900m

18.25

unknown

09/08/1944

Major

JG 54

Il-2
details

12 156: 400m-Bodennähe

16.4

12/08/1944

Major

JG 54

La-5
details

12 427: 2000m

11

26/08/1944

Major

JG 54

Jak-9
details

13 385: 800m

12.36

26/08/1944

Major

JG 54

La-5
details

14 848: 2500m

18.55

25/09/1944

Major

JG 54

Mitchell
details

Arnheim: 2500m

18.02

26/09/1944

Major

JG 54

Spitfire
details

E. Arnheim: 500m

14.2

17/04/1945

Hptm.

JG 7

B-17
details

Raum Dresden

-

19/04/1945

Hptm.

JG 7

B-17
details

SW Prag

12.35±

25/04/1945

Hptm.

JG 7

B-17
details

SW Prag

-

25/04/1945

Hptm.

JG 7

B-17
details

SW Prag

-

25/04/1945

Hptm.

JG 7

B-17
details

SW Prag

-

Squadrons for : Wolfgang Spate
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Wolfgang Spate. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
SquadronInfo

JG54

Country : Germany

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JG54

I./JG 54 was initially formed as I./JG 70 near Nuremberg in July 1939, just two short months before hostilities broke out. As was to become tradition within Grunherzgeschwader, the Gruppe took the Nurember coat-of-arms (a veritcally divided shield with a black heraldic bird on the left, and red and white diagonal stripes on the right) to represent the region the unit came from.

On September 15, 1939, I./JG 70 was redesignated I./JG 54

The initial unit designation for II./JG 54 was I./JG 138. This unit was raised in 1938 after the Austrian annexation. Naturally many Austrian nationals were recruited when I./JG 138 was formed. The Aspern coat of arms (black lion's head surmounting a white cross on a red field) was taken by the Gruppe for its identity.

I./JG 138 was briefly designated I./JG 76 before finally becoming II./JG 54 on April 6, 1940.

The III./JG 54 has its roots in Prussia. Initially I./JG 21, the members were drawn from the Jesau region in Prussia. The modified Jesau coat-of-arms (a shield with a Jesau cross with three diving aircraft on a red background, with a white outline on the shield) was adopted as the Gruppe's own.

On July 15, 1939, I./JG 21 was redesignated III./JG 54. However, the bureaucratic nature of the young Luftwaffe was such that it was over a year before records would reflect the new designation. Consequently, III./JG 54 fought in Poland and France as I./JG 21.


Kommodoren of JG 54 :

Major Martin Mettig; 2 Feb 40 to 25 Aug 40.
Oberst Hannes Trautloft; 25 Aug 40 to 5 Jul 43.
Major Hubertus von Bonin; 6 Jul 43 to 15 Dec 43.
Oberstleutnant Anton Mader; 28 Jan 44 to Sep 44.
Oberst Dieter Hrabak; 1 Oct 44 to 8 May 45.

JG7

Country : Germany

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JG7

Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II and the first operational jet fighter wing in the world.

It was created late in 1944 and served until the end of the war in May 1945, and it operated the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter exclusively.

JG 7 was formed under the command of Oberst Johannes Steinhoff, with Kommando Nowotny (the initial Me 262 test wing ) renumbered III./JG 7. Under the command of Major Erich Hohagen III./JG 7 was the only element of JG 7 ready to operate against the Allies. Throughout its existence JG 7 suffered from an irregular supply of new aircraft, fuel and spares. With such a radically new aircraft, training accidents were also common, with 10 Me 262s being lost in six weeks.

The technical troubles and material shortages meant initial tentative sorties were only in flight strength, usually no more than 4 or 6 aircraft. Flying from Brandenburg-Briest, Oranienburg and Parchim, the Geschwader flew intermittently against the huge USAAF bomber streams.

By the end of February 1945 JG 7 had claimed around 45 four-engine bombers and 15 fighters, but at this stage of war this success rate had no affect whatsoever on the Allied air offensive. During March JG 7 finally began to deliver larger scale attacks against the heavy bomber streams. 3 March saw 29 sorties for 8 kills claimed (one jet was lost). On 18 March III./JG 7 finally managed their biggest attack numerically thus far, some 37 Me 262s engaging a force of 1,200 American bombers and 600 fighters. This action also marked the first use of the new R4M rockets. 12 bombers and 1 fighter were claimed for the loss of 3 Me 262s.

The total numbers of aircraft shot down by JG 7 is difficult to quantify due to the loss of Luftwaffe records, but at least 136 aircraft were claimed, and research indicates as many as 420 Allied aircraft may have been claimed shot down.



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