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JG76 - Squadron Details - Aviation Directory

JG76


Name : JG76
Country : Germany

JG76
22.7.44 - 8.44 Rotenburg Bf 109G
8.44 - 28.8.44 Athis (France) Bf 109G
28.8.44 - 10.44 Freiburg Bf 109G Controlling:
II./JG52
10.44 - 11.44 Felsoe-Abrany Bf 109G
11.44 - 1.45 Imely (Hungary) Bf 109G Controlling:
I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101
1.45 - 3.45 Veszprem Bf 109G Controlling:
I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101
3.45 - 4.45 Wien Bf 109G Controlling:
I./JG53, II./JG52, II./JG51 and ung. JGr.101

.Gruppe: 1/JG76

Gruppenkommandeure:
Hptm Wilfried Müller-Rienzburg, 1.5.39 - 1.40
Maj Richard Kraut, 2.40 - 4.7.40
Formed 1.5.39 in Wien-Aspern. On 4.7.40 redesignated II./JG54. Used Bf 109E fighters.

Bases:
5.39 - 8.39 Wien-Aspern
8.39 - 9.10.39 Ottmütz - various forward airfields were used in Poland.
9.10.39 - 2.11.39 Gelnhausen
2.11.39 - ?2.40 Frankfurt/Rhein-Main
2.40 - 5.40 Walldorf, Ober-Olm (there 10.5.40)
5.40 - 21.6.40 used various airfields in the West, including Ghent, Evreux, Vitry-en-Artois, Poiz, Paris-Orly and Orleans
21.6.40 - 4.7.40 Waalhaven and Vlissingen

Known Service Details :

Pilot or Aircrew

Rank

Start of Service

End of Service

Known Dates

Aircraft

Airframes

Notes

Anton Hackl

Major

July 1944

October 1944

Bernhard Malischewski

Leutnant

unknown

unknown

Pilots and Aircrew for : JG76
A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name.
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Hackl, Anton
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   Died : 9 / 7 / 1984
Hackl, Anton

Anton "Toni" Hackl was born 25 March 1915 in Regensburg. Died 10 July 1984 in Regensburg. Anton was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords during World War II. He was one of the very few Luftwaffe 'first-to-last' who survived the whole war, serving from 1939 until 1945.

Unteroffizier Hackl was serving with II/JG 77 when war broke out. By May 1940, Hackl was based in Norway, with JG 77 when he claimed his first in June 1940 shooting down two RAF Hudsons. On 27 June he shot down another Hudson, but was also wounded. He claimed four victories during his time in Norway.

In July 1941 he was posted with JG 77 to the Eastern Front. By the end of year his score was 27. By early 1942 he was Staffelkapitän of 5 Staffel JG 77. His score rapidly increased during the spring of 1942, and by May 1942, after 51 victories he received the Knight’s Cross. During the month of July 1942, Anton Hackl amassed 37 enemy aircraft shot down in the aerial battles around Voronezh, including 6 victories in a day on both 21 July and 23 July. In August, he shot down three to record his 100th victory. After his 106th victory on 6 August he was awarded the Eichenlaub. He shot down his 118th enemy aircraft on the Eastern Front, (a LaGG-3), in September 1942.

II/JG 77 were then transferred to Tunisia where Anton claimed 6 victories. In combat with P-38 Lightnings on 4 February 1943 he was badly wounded and was hospitalised for several months. Returning to duties in September 1943, Hackl next operated with III/JG 11 on Reichsverteidigung (Defense of the Reich) duties. On 1 October, he became Gruppenkommandeur III/JG 11. Hackl went on to claim 25 four-engined bombers shot down during his time with the III Gruppe. In April 1944, he commanded JG 11 briefly before being badly wounded in battle with a USAAF P-47 Thunderbolt. He was awarded the Schwerter on 13 July. During July 1944 he became Geschwaderkommodore of JG 76.

On 8 October he became Gruppenkommandeur of II/JG 26 with 165 victories to his credit. By the end of the year he now had 172 victories. By late January 1945 he was acting Kommodore of JG 300 and, in late February, Kommodore of JG 11. His last 24 victories were never officially confirmed.

Anton Hackl flew about 1000 combat missions and was officially credited with shooting down 192 enemy aircraft. 131 victories were claimed while serving on the Eastern Front, 6 victories have been claimed in Africa and 55 on the Western Front. Among these numbers are 34 four-engined bombers which puts him in second place behind Georg-Peter Eder as the leading daylight bomber claimant. 55 claims were made with JG 11, 10 with JG 26, 1 with JG 300, and 124 while flying with JG 77. He was shot down 8 times and wounded 4 times. Anton Hackl died on 9 July 1984 in Regensburg.
Hager, Rudolf
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Hager, Rudolf


Hauer, Michael
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Hauer, Michael


Hier, Karl
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   Died : 15 / 11 / 1940
Hier, Karl


Malischewski, Bernhard
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Malischewski, Bernhard

Served with JG76 in 1940.
Philipp, Hans
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   Died : 8 / 10 / 1943
Philipp, Hans

Oberst Hans Philipp was born 13 March 1917 in Meißen, Saxony, he was killed in action 8 October 1943 near Neuenhaus in the Netherlands, he was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1936 until he was killed in action 8 October 1943 by a P-47 Thunderbolt-pilot. It is believed that he was shot down by Robert S. Johnson. Philipp managed to bail out but his parachute never opened.

As part of I./JG 76 (later to renumber as II./Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54) Philipp first flew operations over Poland and scored his first victory. Serving later during the Battles of France and Britain, Hans Philipp was Staffelkapitän of 4./JG 54 by the end of 1940.

On November 4, 1940 he was awarded the Knight’s Cross for twenty victories.

During the Balkans campaign in April 1941, JG 54 engaged the Bf 109's of Jugoslovensko Kraljevsko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo in a massive air battle. Hans Philipp claimed two of the JKRV 109s.

Operation Barbarossa saw Philipp's score begin to escalate. On August 24, 1941, Philipp became the 33rd member recipient of the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross. Philipp appointed as Kommandeur I./JG 54.

In March 1942, he became the first member of JG 54 to be awarded the Swords to the Knight's Cross and on March 31, 1942 Philipp became the fourth Luftwaffe fighter pilot to achieve 100 victories.

In April 1943 Philipp was transferred to Defence of the Reich duties as Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 1, flying high altitude interception operations over North Sea and Northern Germany. On 4 October 1943 Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring is said to have issued the following instructions after another attack by Eighth Air Force.

1.There are no meteorological conditions which would prevent fighters from taking off and engaging in combat.
2.Every fighter pilot taking off in a machine not showing any sign of combat, or without having recorded a victory will be prosecuted by a court-martial.
3.In the case of where a pilot uses up his ammunition, or if his weapons are unusable, he should ram the enemy bomber.

Geschwaderkommodore Philipp's response was "As far as I'm concerned, I categorically refuse to allow myself to be held to such advice; I know what I have to do!”

On 8 October 1943, the US Eighth Air Force attacked with 156 bombers on targets in Bremen and Vegesack. The bombers were escorted by 250+ Thunderbolts from six different fighter groups. Phillipp's flight were intercepted by P-47's of the 56th Fighter Group. The Stab Flight of the Geschwader heard Philipp announce a victory over a Thunderbolt. The last transmission from him was, "Reinhardt, attack!" Feldwebel Reinhardt was Philipp's wingman on this day. He last saw the Kommodore's aircraft disappear in a cloud. Reinhardt was wounded after colliding with an enemy aircraft, but made a successful forced landing. Later that evening, the Geschwader learned that their Kommodore had been shot down and killed.

Hans Philipp had claimed 206 enemy aircraft shot down, 178 on the Eastern front, 29 against the Western Allies. He flew over 500 sorties.
Repple, Walter
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Repple, Walter


Schätzel, Hans
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Schätzel, Hans


Stangl, Anton
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Stangl, Anton


Stotz, Maximilian
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   Died : 19 / 8 / 1943
Stotz, Maximilian

Hauptmann Max Stotz was born 13 February 1912 in Mannswörth, Lower Austria. He was presumed to have been killed in action on 19 August 1943 near Vitebs. Max Stotz was a German former Luftwaffe flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Max Stotz was officially credited with shooting down 189 enemy aircraft claimed in more than 700 combat missions. Following aerial combat on 19 August 1943 with a large formation of Yakovlev fighters Stotz bailed out and was not seen again. He was last seen drifting down over Soviet held territory.

His awards:

Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe for Fighter Pilots in Gold with Pennant
German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1941 as Oberfeldwebel in the 4./JG 54
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Knight's Cross on 19 June 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 5./JG 54
137th Oak Leaves on 30 October 1942 as Oberfeldwebel and pilot in the 5./JG 54










Last edited : 17:36, October 30, 2012
Last editor : kc

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