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Ignaz Prestele - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Ignaz Prestele


Name : Ignaz Prestele
Died : 4th May 1942
Air Victories : 22.00

Aircraft Type :
Rata
Aircraft Type :
Rata
Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss

Aircraft Type :
Battle
Aircraft Type :
Battle
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Douglas

Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
V-11
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
Hampden






Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

30/12/1937

Ofw.

J/88

Rata
details

-

-

05/01/1938

Ofw.

J/88

Rata
details

-

-

07/02/1938

Ofw.

J/88

SB-2
details

-

-

10/03/1938

Ofw.

J/88

Curtiss
details

-

-

20/09/1939

StFw.

JG 53

-

7.45

25/09/1939

StFw.

JG 53

-

-

30/09/1939

Stfw.

JG 53

Battle
details

W. Saarbrücken

11.53

14/05/1940

Oblt.

JG 53

Battle
details

S. Sedan

16.55

08/09/1940

Oblt.

JG 53

Hurricane
details

-

13.25

15/09/1940

Oblt.

JG 53

Hurricane
details

-

15.55

29/09/1940

Oblt.

JG 53

Hurricane
details

S. London: 3000m

17.25

29/09/1940

Oblt.

JG 53

Hurricane
details

-

17.38

22/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

Douglas
details

NW Laczopki: 2000m

17.3

24/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

-

15.15

27/06/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

-

12.45

06/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

-

16.2

06/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

-

16.21

12/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

-

10.5

25/07/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

Starischtsche

16.4

03/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

V-11
details

E. Perwomajsk

14.5

27/08/1941

Oblt.

JG 53

DB-3
details

-

12.45

12/02/1942

Hptm.

JG 2

Hampden
details

off Holland

-

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

JG2

Country : Germany
Founded : 1st May 1939

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JG2

Jagdgeschwader 2 was formed from parts of Jagdgeschwader 131 Richthofen on 1 May 1939 in Döberitz and its first commander was Oberst Robert Ritter von Greim. At the outbreak of the war JG 2 was tasked with defence of the Reich and based in the Berlin area under Luftgaukommando III. Stab and II. Gruppe were equipped with the Bf 109E and were located at Döberitz with 10.(N) staffel flying the Bf 109D in Straussberg.

10.(N) Staffel was one of the first night fighter units formed in the Luftwaffe. Later this staffel was expanded into IV.(N) Gruppe. This Gruppe gained the Luftwaffe’s first night kill over the RAF Bomber Command on the night of 25/26 on April 1940 when Ofw Förster shot down a Handley Page Hampden.

The unit saw little combat until the Western offensive against France and the Low Countries from 10 May 1940 onwards. During the campaign against France, JG 2 was tasked with escorting raids and defending German airspace to the south of Heinz Guderian's Panzer forces which were encircling the French and the British Expeditionary Force further north. Leutnant Helmut Wick, who later became part of a trio of outstanding aces (including Adolf Galland from Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) and Werner Mölders from Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51)) in the Battle of Britain, attained his first and the Geschwader's second kill on 22 November 1939, a French Curtiss Hawk Model 75. The first victory for the JG 2 was scored by Oberfeldwebel Kley (3. Staffel) at the same day.

JG 2 took part in the Battle of Britain, operating Bf 109Es over the South Coast of England and the English Channel from bases in Cherbourg and Normandy. Major Helmut Wick emerged as one of the Battle’s top Luftwaffe aces, claiming 31 kills for a personal total of 56, before being killed (MIA) in action versus Spitfires of No. 609 Squadron in November 1940. Wick was seen to bail out successfully but was not found by German Air/Sea Rescue attempts. The Spitfire who dispatched him was immediately shot down by Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz. Ofw. Schnell, Ofw. Machold and Olt. Hans Assi Hahn also claimed heavily during this period, with 16 kills each. Some 42 JG 2 pilots were killed or made POW during the battle.

JG53

Country : Germany
Founded : 1937

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JG53

Pik-As was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated in Western Europe and in the Mediterranean. Jagdgeschwader 53 - or as it was better known, the Pik As (Ace of Spades) Geschwader - was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins going back to 1937. JG53 flew the various models of Bf-109 throughout the second world war.



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