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Franz Eckerle - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Franz Eckerle

Name : Franz Eckerle
Died : 14th February 1942
Air Victories : 59.00

Awards :
Knights Cross
Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross

Aircraft Type :
Spitfire

Aircraft Type :
Blenheim

Aircraft Type :
Spitfire

Aircraft Type :
SB-2

Aircraft Type :
DB-3

Aircraft Type :
SB-3

Aircraft Type :
SB-2

Aircraft Type :
DB-3

Aircraft Type :
SB-3

Aircraft Type :
SB-2

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16

Aircraft Type :
DB-3

Aircraft Type :
I-16

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-153

Aircraft Type :
I-16

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
SB-3

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata

Aircraft Type :
I-153

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata

Aircraft Type :
SB-2

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-180

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-180

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-26

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-26

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata

Aircraft Type :
U-2

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata

Aircraft Type :
U-2

Aircraft Type :
Il-2

Aircraft Type :
I-153

Known Victory Claims :
Date	Rank	Squadron	Claimed	Location	Time	Aircraft Flown	Notes
15/05/1940	Oblt.	JG 76	Spitfire details	-	12
30/07/1940	Oblt.	JG 54	Blenheim details	Vlissingen	20.04
01/08/1940	Oblt.	JG 54	Blenheim details	5km vor Haamstede	16.5
09/11/1940	Oblt.	JG 54	Spitfire details	3km E. Deal: 2000m	11.45
22/06/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-2 details	-	17.3
30/06/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	DB-3 details	-	6.5
30/06/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	DB-3 details	-	6.51
30/06/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	DB-3 details	-	12.32
02/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	20.3
02/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	20.32
02/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	20.4
06/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-2 details	-	4.05
07/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	DB-3 details	-	6.46
07/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	15.5
17/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-2 details	-	9.35
19/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-2 details	-	20.45
19/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-2 details	-	20.46
22/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	9.56
22/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	18.15
23/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	-	3.25
23/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	-	3.26
25/07/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	DB-3 details	-	7.55
10/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	-	4.1
12/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	12.35
12/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-153 details	-	17.45
14/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	E. Petrowskoje	11.15
18/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	12.15
22/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	-	19.18
22/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	-	19.21
23/08/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 details	-	18.5
03/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	11.3
08/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	13.3
08/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	13.4
15/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	17.2
17/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54		-	13.45		Tiefdecker
19/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	7.07
19/09/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	7.09
14/10/1941	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-3 details	-	15.3
01/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 Rata details	-	10.35
01/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 Rata details	-	10.42
01/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-153 details	-	14.08
07/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 Rata details	-	14.5
13/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	SB-2 details	-	8.53
19/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 Rata details	-	11.05
19/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	Il-2 details	-	11.1
21/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	Il-2 details	-	9.3
26/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	13.22
26/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	13.22
28/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-180 details	-	9.03
28/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-180 details	-	9.06
28/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	12.06
28/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-180 details	-	9.03
28/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-180 details	-	9.06
28/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	12.06
30/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	11.11
30/01/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	11.11
03/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	9.25
03/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-26 details	-	9.45
03/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	9.25
03/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-26 details	-	9.45
05/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	15.37
05/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	15.37
06/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	11.25
06/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-18 details	-	11.25
07/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 Rata details	-	9.15
07/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	U-2 details	-	13
07/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	Il-2 details	-	15.42
07/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-16 Rata details	-	9.15
07/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	U-2 details	-	13
07/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	Il-2 details	-	15.42
14/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-153 details	-	14.25
14/02/1942	Hptm.	JG 54	I-153 details	-	14.25

Squadrons for : Franz Eckerle
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Franz Eckerle. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
JG54 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG54	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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