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Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart


Name : Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart
Died : 8th June 1944
Air Victories : 69.00

Awards :
Knights Cross

Aircraft Type :
Blenheim
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
Mustang
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Ventura
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17HSS
Aircraft Type :
B-17






Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

10/11/1940

Uffz.

JG 54

Blenheim
details

25km NE De Kooi

12.2

28/05/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

10 131: 1200m

9.04

30/07/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

18 224: 600m

19.45

02/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

00 234: 2200m

16.52

02/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

00 164: 1500m

19.12

13/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

18 261: 2500m

17.53

13/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

18 264: 2000m

17.55

28/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 181: 1000m

11.23

29/08/1942

Oblt.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 164: 2500m

10.28

29/08/1942

Oblt.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 164: 2000m

10.33

31/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 191: 2500m

17.16

31/08/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 164: 2000m

17.2

01/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 254: 2500m

10.55

02/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

00 212: 1500m

10.12

02/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

10 113: 800m

18.39

03/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 154: 2000m

11.02

03/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 254: 2000m

11.07

09/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 242: 1000m

11.12

09/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

00 264: 2000m

17.2

15/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 241: 1800m

6.04

20/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 254: 2200m

17.28

21/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 161: 1800m

11.07

28/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

01 881: 800m

14.46

28/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Hurricane
details

00 264: 2000m

15.21

29/09/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

00 251: 3000m

6.46

26/10/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

18 234: 800m

13.57

26/10/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Il-2
details

28 263: 1200m

8.45

30/10/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

28 113: 2500m

8.55

30/10/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

29 783: 2500m

9.37

07/11/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

28 834: 3500m

8.57

07/11/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

38 742: 4500m

8.48

14/11/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 262: 1500m

11.35

22/11/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

90 441

11.45

17/12/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

46 214: 3000m

10.5

25/12/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Il-2
details

07 724: 150m

12.5

29/12/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

07 642: 3000m

8.36

29/12/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

La-5
details

07 591: 3000m

8.4

29/12/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

La-5
details

07 733: 4000m

8.49

29/12/1942

Ofw.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

07 594: 2500m

11.16

25/06/1943

Ofw.

JG 54

B-17
details

SW Dörpen: 7500m

9.03

18/07/1943

Ofw.

JG 54

Mustang
details

05 Ost S/HJ 2 30m [off Katwijk]

7.15

25/07/1943

Ofw.

JG 54

Spitfire
details

05 Ost S/FJ-9: 3500m [NW Ijmuiden]

15.19

27/07/1943

Ofw.

JG 54

Ventura
details

GK: 4000m [Haarlem]

20.13

12/08/1943

Fw.

JG 54

B-17
details

LN 3-6: 9500m [Kerken-Kempen]

8.52

29/11/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

B-17HSS
details

Raum Cloppenburg: 8900m

14.58

27/05/1944

Oblt.

JG 54

B-17
details

DO 6/DP 4: 6500m [Ballons de Voges]

12.19

Squadrons for : Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Eugen-Ludwig Zweigart. 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.



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