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Dietrich Hrabak

January 03, 2023

Dietrich "Dieter" Hrabak (19 December 1914 – 15 September 1995) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II. Following the war, he became a Generalmajor (major general) in the German Air Force of West Germany. As a fighter ace, he claimed 125 enemy aircraft shot down in over 1000 combat missions. The majority of his aerial victories were claimed over the Eastern Front with 16 claims over the Western Allies.

Dietrich Hrabak
Born(1914-12-19)19 December 1914
Großdeuben
Died15 September 1995(1995-09-15) (aged 80)
Pfaffenhofen
Allegiance Nazi Germany (to 1945)
 West Germany
Service/branch Reichsmarine (to 1935)
 Luftwaffe
 Luftwaffe
Years of service1934–1945
1955–1970
RankOberst (World War II)
Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
UnitJG 138, JG 76
Commands heldJG 54, JG 52
Battles/wars
See battles

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Born in Großdeuben, Hrabak grew up in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. Following graduation from school, he volunteered for military service in the Reichsmarine in 1934. In November 1935, he transferred to the Luftwaffe. Following flight training, he was posted to a Jagdgeschwader (fighter wing). In 1939, Hrabak was made a Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) and with Jagdgeschwader 76 (JG 76—76th Fighter Wing) participated in the Invasion of Poland and Battle of France and claimed his first aerial victory on 13 May 1940. In July 1940, JG 76 was integrated into Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing). During the Battle of Britain, Hrabak was made a Gruppenkommandeur in JG 54 and awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in October 1940. In 1941, he participated in Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In November 1942, Hrabak left JG 54 and was appointed Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander) of Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing). There, following his 118th aerial victory, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 25 November 1943. In October 1944 Hrabak, returned to JG 54, serving as its last Geschwaderkommodore until the end of the war.

Following World War II, Hrabak initially worked in the private industry. During the Wiederbewaffnung (rearmament) of West Germany, Hrabak joined the newly established German Air Force in 1955. He then went on to command the Advanced Pilot Training Center at Fürstenfeldbruck. Following further command positions, Hrabak was named NATO's Chief of Air Defense/Central Europe until becoming special manager for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter programme. Hrabak retired in September 1970 and died on 15 September 1995.

Early life and career

Hrabak was born on 19 December 1914 in Großdeuben, part of Böhlen, in the Kingdom of Saxony, a federated state of the German Empire, the son of a real estate developer.[1] Following his graduation from the Königin-Carola-Gymnasium, a secondary school, he volunteered for military service. On 8 April 1934, Hrabak joined the Reichsmarine,[Note 1] the German navy of the Weimar Republic and in November 1935 transferred to the newly emerging Luftwaffe (German air force) as an Oberfähnrich (officer candidate). On 1 April 1936, Hrabak was promoted to Leutnant (second lieutenant).[1]

Following the Anschluss, Austria's annexation into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938, Hrabak was posted to I. Gruppe (1st group) of Jagdgeschwader 138 (JG 138—138th Fighter Wing) stationed in Wien-Aspern also referred to as the "Wiener-Jagdgruppe" ("Vienna fighter group"). There, he was promoted to Oberleutnant (first lieutenant) on 1 January 1939 and was made Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 1. Staffel (1st squadron) of JG 138.[1] On 1 May 1939, his unit I./JG 138 was re-designated I./Jagdgeschwader 76 (I./JG 76—1st group of the 76th Fighter Wing).[2]

World War II

World War II in Europe began on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland. In preparation of the invasion, I. Gruppe of JG 76 had been moved to an airfield at Stubendorf, present-day Izbicko in Poland, in mid-August 1939 and supported the German advance on the central and southern sectors of the front.[3] On 3 September, Hrabak made a forced landing behind enemy lines following combat with PZL.23 light bombers and returned to his unit the next day.[4]

On 14 September, I. Gruppe was withdrawn from combat operations and returned to its home airfield at Wien-Aspern where it arrived on 26 September.[3] On 26 October, the Gruppenstab and 1. Staffel were ordered to Frankfurt Rhein-Main where it was united again with 2. and 3. Staffel on 2 November. From Frankfurt Rhein-Main, the Gruppe flew fighter protection during the "Phoney War" for the Frankfurt, Rhine and Saar region. In April 1940, I. Gruppe moved to an airfield at Mainz-Finthen, originally named Fliegerhorst Ober-Olm. The Gruppe stayed at Ober-Olm until the Battle of France began.[5]

On 13 May 1940, he claimed his first victory, and he claimed five more victories before the Armistice of 22 June 1940. On 26 June 1940, I. Gruppe of JG 76 was moved to the airfield at Waalhaven in the Netherlands and subordinated to Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing). There, the Gruppe was tasked with providing aerial protection over the Dutch coastal area. On 5 July, I./JG 76 was officially integrated into JG 54 and was renamed to II./JG 54 and 1./JG 76 became 4./JG 54.[6]

On 25 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain, Hrabak was made Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 54. In consequence, Oberleutnant Hans Philipp was given command of 4./JG 54.[7] During the Battle of Britain he added ten victories against Royal Air Force (RAF) fighters. On 21 October 1940 Hrabak was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). The presentation was made by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring in his personal command train at Beauvais on 23 October.[1]

On 29 March 1941, II./JG 54 was withdrawn from the English Channel and was ordered to Graz-Thalerhof. There the various squadrons were split up with 4. Staffel being subordinated to III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing) and ordered to Deta in Romania. On 6 April, 4. Staffel flew combat missions in the Invasion of Yugoslavia. The next day, the Staffel flew combat air patrols on the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border. On 9 April, II./JG 54 was united again at Kecskemét, Hungary and returned to Deta on 11 April. The Gruppe was withdrawn from this theater on 19 April and ordered to an airfield at Zemun near Belgrade.[8]

Operation Barbarossa

 
Map indicating Operation Barbarossa's attack plan

Following the surrender of the Royal Yugoslav Army on 17 April 1941, JG 54 received orders on 3 May 1941 to turn over all Bf 109-Es so they could receive the new Bf 109-F variant. Transition training was completed at Airfield Stolp-Reitz in Pomerania. Following intensive training, the Geschwader was moved to airfields in Eastern Prussia. II. Gruppe under command of Hrabak was moved to Trakehnen on 20 June 1941.[9] The Wehrmacht launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, on 22 June with II. Gruppe supporting Army Group North in its strategic goal towards Leningrad.[10]

In early November, the Gruppe was withdrawn from the Eastern Front for a period of rest and replenishment where they were based at airfields in Döberitz, and later at Uetersen. On 20 January 1942, the Gruppe began relocating to the Eastern Front where they would be based at Siverskaya near Leningrad.[11] In August to early September 1941, Hrabak was on home leave. He was promoted to Major (major) on 1 October 1942.[12]

Wing commander

On 1 November 1942, Hrabak left JG 54 and took over command of Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing) as Geschwaderkommodore (wing commander). At the time, JG 52 was based at Prokhladny and Gonschtakowka and operated over the front at the Terek River in the Northern Caucasus.[13] Under Hrabak's leadership, JG 52 claimed its 10,000th aerial victory on 2 September 1944.[14]

On 23 November, the Geschwaderstab (headquarters unit) of JG 52 began its retreat from the Caucasus region and moved to Maykop. There, Hrabak claimed his first aerial victory as Geschwaderkommodore on 13 December over a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber. While the Battle of Stalingrad was coming to end, Hrabak and the Geschwaderstab were ordered to Rostov-on-Don on 20 January 1943 to organize fighter protection over the retreating Army Group A.[13]

Hrabak was promoted to Oberstleutnant on 1 July 1943.[15] On 2 August, Hrabak claimed his 100th victory. He was the 48th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.[16] On 25 November 1943, Hrabak was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). He was the 337th member of the German armed forces to be so honored and at the time was credited with 118 aerial victories. The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf's Lair, Hitler's headquarters in Rastenburg, present-day Kętrzyn in Poland, on 9 December. Also presented with awards that day by Hitler were Hauptmann Hans-Ulrich Rudel, who received the Swords to his Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. Rudel's air gunner and radio operator Oberfeldwebel (Master Sergeant) Erwin Hentschel was honored with the Knight's Cross.[15]

On 20 September 1944, Hrabak scored the last of his 125 victories. In October 1944 Hrabak returned to JG 54, serving as its last Geschwaderkommodore until the end of the war. His greatest contribution to the Luftwaffe was not his combat record however but his command, tactical and leadership qualities, which endeared him to the men under his command and sealed his reputation within the Luftwaffe leadership.[17]

Later life

In 1956, he commanded the Advanced Pilot Training Center at Fürstenfeldbruck. In 1962, he took charge of the air defense covering northern Germany and the Netherlands. In 1964, he was named NATO's Chief of Air Defense/Central Europe until becoming special manager for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter programme. As a major general, he commanded the GAF's tactical command. Hrabak died on 15 September 1995.[18]

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Hrabak was credited with 125 aerial victories.[19] Spick also lists Hrabak with 125 aerial victories, claimed in 820 combat missions, 109 of which on the Eastern Front and 16 on the Western Front.[20] Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 125 aerial victory claims, all of which confirmed. This number includes 109 on the Eastern Front and 16 on the Western Front.[21]

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 54291". The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 square miles (930 km2). These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 × 4 km in size.[22]

Chronicle of aerial victories

  This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Barbas, Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.

Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 76 –[23]
Battle of France — 10 May – 25 June 1940
1 13 May 1940 11:05 Potez 63 Authe, south of Sedan[24] 4 25 May 1940 16:45 Spitfire Gravelines[25]
2 18 May 1940 16:25 Curtiss west of Rethel[24] 5 3 June 1940 15:20 Curtiss west of Épernay[25]
3 19 May 1940 18:30 M.S.405 west of Laon[25] 6 6 June 1940 21:00 Curtiss northwest of Amiens[26]
– 4. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[23]
At the Channel and over England — 26 June – August 1940
7 11 August 1940 11:00 Spitfire 20 km (12 mi) off Dover[27]
– Stab II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[23]
At the Channel and over England — August 1940 – 29 March 1941
8 26 August 1940 13:25 Spitfire Canterbury[28] 13 5 October 1940 12:25 Hurricane Rochester[29]
9 14 September 1940 17:00 Hurricane south of London[28] 14 8 October 1940 11:45 Spitfire north of Folkestone[29]
10 14 September 1940 11:35 Spitfire Ashford[28] 15 12 October 1940 11:05 Hurricane Tonbridge[29]
11 27 September 1940 13:00 Hurricane?[Note 2] south of London[29] 16 20 October 1940 11:00 Hurricane Ashford[30]
12 27 September 1940 16:20 Hurricane?[Note 2] Hastings[29]
– Stab II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[23]
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
17 23 June 1941 11:10 SB-2 north of Schlossberg[31] 21 22 July 1941 18:30 I-18 (MiG-1) Gogolewo[32]
18 30 June 1941 15:15 DB-3 northwest of Dünaburg[33] 22 25 July 1941 07:56 DB-3 Ssabsk[32]
19 30 June 1941 17:17 DB-3 northeast of Dünaburg[33] 23 25 July 1941 18:30 I-18 (MiG-1) south of Ropcha[32]
20 6 July 1941 18:30 DB-3 southeast of Ostrov[34] 24 30 July 1941 11:20 I-18 (MiG-1) Wladimirskaja[35]
– Stab of II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[36]
Eastern Front — 20 January – 30 April 1942
25 5 February 1942 15:35 I-18 (MiG-1) northwest of Orelje[37] 38 16 March 1942 11:42 Pe-2 forest south of Lyuban[38]
26 6 February 1942 09:35 I-18 (MiG-1) southeast of Malaya Vishera[37] 39 19 March 1942 17:10 I-18 (MiG-1) 1 km (0.62 mi) southeast of Gremjatschewo[38]
27 26 February 1942 16:40 I-26 (Yak-1) southeast of Grusino[38] 40 22 March 1942 14:59 Pe-2 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Staraya Russa[38]
28 27 February 1942 08:20 I-18 (MiG-1) 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Kirishi[38] 41 28 March 1942 15:23 P-40 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of Ramuschewo[38]
29 27 February 1942 08:35 I-16 15 km (9.3 mi) south-southwest of Kirishi[38] 42 29 March 1942 15:39 I-18 (MiG-1) 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Staraya Russa[39]
30 5 March 1942 08:05 I-18 (MiG-1) 10 km (6.2 mi) southeast of Chudovo[38] 43 31 March 1942 14:58 I-18 (MiG-1) north of Parfino[39]
31 7 March 1942 07:29 Pe-2 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Dubzy[38] 44 1 April 1942 15:14 Il-2 northwest of Ramuschewo[39]
32 13 March 1942 17:47 I-18 (MiG-1) west of Dubownik[38] 45 4 April 1942 12:07 I-18 (MiG-1) Gremjatschewo[39]
33 13 March 1942 16:48 I-18 (MiG-1) 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Chudovo[38] 46 4 April 1942 15:15 Il-2 east of Budogoschtsch[39]
34 14 March 1942 11:20 Il-2 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Kholm[38] 47 19 April 1942 18:20 Yak-1 south of Ramuschewo[40]
35 14 March 1942 16:20 I-26 (Yak-1) forest northeast of Karlivka[38] 48 25 April 1942 08:20 Yak-1 east of Parfino[40]
36 14 March 1942 16:22 I-26 (Yak-1) forest east of Sawisha[38] 49 25 April 1942 18:20 Yak-1 Jam Jedrowo[40]
37 16 March 1942 08:20 I-26 (Yak-1) southwest of Gladi[38]
– Stab of II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[36]
Eastern Front — 1 May – 31 October 1942
50 30 May 1942 09:15 MiG-3 west of Wyschitino[41] 59 22 August 1942 11:00 LaGG-3 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Kozelsk[42]
51 30 May 1942 16:10 MiG-3 southwest of Malaya Vishera[41] 60 22 August 1942 15:00 Il-2 PQ 54291[43]
15 km (9.3 mi) west of Belyov
52 8 June 1942 15:05 MiG-3?[Note 3] 2 km (1.2 mi) northeast of Kresttsy[41] 61 22 August 1942 17:58 Il-2 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Uljanowo[43]
25 km (16 mi) west of Belyov
53 16 June 1942 10:50 MiG-3 southwest of Pola train station[41] 62 23 August 1942 06:55 Pe-2 PQ 64183, east of Belyov[43]
54 26 June 1942 16:50 MiG-3 30 km (19 mi) east of Spasskaja-Polist[41] 63 23 August 1942 11:05 U-2 PQ 55881, Kozelsk[43]
55 28 June 1942 11:18 P-40 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Kirishi[41] 64 1 September 1942 09:04 Yak-1 PQ 10164, Putilowo[44]
56 4 July 1942 21:00 Il-2 east of Podberesje[41] 65 2 September 1942 06:55 Yak-1 PQ 10221, north of Wysta[44]
57 17 July 1942 19:02 Yak-1 southeast of Pola train station[45] 66 2 September 1942 10:16 Il-2 PQ 00254[44]
northeast of Mga
58 19 July 1942 17:40 Yak-1 west of Beglowo[45] 67 12 September 1942 11:05 LaGG-3 PQ 10291, Pogotje[46]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[36]
Eastern Front — 1 November 1942 – 3 February 1943
68 13 December 1942 07:30 Pe-2 PQ 5463[47]
Adler airfield
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[48]
Eastern Front — 4 February – 31 December 1943
69 10 March 1943 10:25 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 88143, southwest of Abinskaja[49] 94 16 July 1943 17:40 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 61251, southeast of Prokhorovka[50]
70 10 March 1943 15:05 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88154, east of Abinskaja[49] 95 1 August 1943 11:10 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 34 Ost 88282, Kalinowka[50]
71 12 March 1943 08:35 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 76584, northwest of Temrjuk[49] 96 1 August 1943 11:12 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 34 Ost 88282, Kalinowka[50]
72 13 March 1943 13:10 I-16 PQ 34 Ost 86351, Griwenskaja[49] 97 1 August 1943 18:45 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 34 Ost 88261, Marinowka[50]
73 18 March 1943 15:45 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 86541, south of Petrowskaja[49] 98 1 August 1943 18:47 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 34 Ost 88261, Marinowka[50]
74 18 March 1943 15:47 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 86541, southeast of Petrowskaja[49] 99 2 August 1943 17:00 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 98142, east of Dmitriyevka[50]
75 19 March 1943 09:25 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 85574, north of Sslawjanskaja[49] 100 2 August 1943 17:04 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 34 Ost 98112, east of Dmitriyevka[50]
76 20 March 1943 08:00 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 86841, southwest of Popowitschewskaja[49] 101 20 August 1943 10:00 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 35 Ost 61538, Warwarowka[50]
77 20 March 1943 08:01 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 86841, Popowitschewskaja[49] 102 20 August 1943 17:40 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88254, west of Dmitriyevka[50]
78 16 April 1943 08:18 P-39 southeast of Abinskaja[49] 103 20 August 1943 17:46 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88262, east of Dmitriyevka[50]
79 20 April 1943 16:14 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 75463, southwest of Kabardinka[49] 104 21 August 1943 08:05 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 88292, east of Kuibyschewo[50]
80 21 April 1943 11:05 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 75371, west of Kabardinka[50] 105 21 August 1943 17:10 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88238, northwest of Stepanowka[50]
81 21 April 1943 09:05 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 85152, east of Abinskaja[50] 106 21 August 1943 17:20 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88228, west of Stepanowka[50]
82 8 May 1943 16:00 P-39 northwest of Krymskaja[50] 107 20 September 1943 08:30 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 34 Ost 58131, northeast of Zaporizhia[50]
83 5 July 1943 07:32 Yak-1?[Note 5] PQ 35 Ost 61156, north of Tomarowka[50] 108 24 September 1943 15:45 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 58423, southeast of Zaporizhia[50]
84 5 July 1943 11:32 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 35 Ost 61331, north of Tomarowka[50] 109 25 September 1943 16:35 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 58473, southeast of Zaporizhia[50]
85 5 July 1943 18:00 Boston?[Note 6] PQ 35 Ost 61552, southeast of Belgorod[50] 110 26 September 1943 10:40 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 58571, southeast of Zaporizhia[50]
86 6 July 1943 16:20 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 61243, northwest of Belgorod[50] 111 27 September 1943 16:00 La-5 PQ 34 Ost 59573, north of Zaporizhia[50]
87 6 July 1943 18:00 Boston PQ 35 Ost 61152, northwest of Belgorod[50] 112 27 September 1943 16:30 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 58672, northwest of Bolschoj Tokmak[50]
88 6 July 1943 18:05 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 61132, northwest of Belgorod[50] 113 5 October 1943 15:20 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 58813, west of Bolschoj Tokmak[50]
89 8 July 1943 08:10 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 61622, southeast of Belgorod[50] 114 8 October 1943 08:40 La-5 PQ 34 Ost 66662, east of Saporoshskaja[50]
90 8 July 1943 08:13 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 61633, southeast of Belgorod[50] 115 8 October 1943 15:10 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 66651, northwest of Kossa Tschuschka[50]
91 16 July 1943 06:45 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 35 Ost 61251, northeast of Belgorod[50] 116 23 October 1943 09:15 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 58551, southeast of Wassijewka[50]
92 16 July 1943 11:15 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 61254, northeast of Belgorod[50] 117 25 October 1943 14:25 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 57154, west of Melitopol[50]
93 16 July 1943 11:33 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 61223, north of Belgorod[50] 118 25 October 1943 14:30 La-5?[Note 5] PQ 34 Ost 57324, south of Melitopol[50]
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[51]
Eastern Front — 1 January – 30 September 1944
119 21 March 1944 15:20?[Note 7] P-39 PQ 18631[52]
5 km (3.1 mi) northeast of Troitskoye 		122 2 June 1944 11:32 Il-2 m.H.[Note 4] PQ 78733[53]
15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Iași
120 3 May 1944 15:00 Yak-7 PQ 68833[52]
north of Târgu Frumos 		123 8 June 1944 15:52 La-5 north of Iași[53]
15 km (9.3 mi) west of Țuțora
121 31 May 1944 18:55 P-39 PQ 78643[53]
10 km (6.2 mi) south of Țuțora 		124 8 June 1944 19:20 P-39 PQ 78674[53]
8 km (5.0 mi) north of Iași
– Stab of Jagdgeschwader 54 –[51]
Eastern Front — 1 October 1944 – 8 Maz 1945
125 30 October 1944 10:05 P-39 45 km (28 mi) east-southeast of Libau

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ The German Reichsmarine was renamed the Kriegsmarine on 1 June 1935.
  2. ^ a b According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Supermarine Spitfire.[23]
  3. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Yakovlev Yak-1.[36]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g The "m.H." refers to an Ilyushin Il-2 with rear gunner (mit Heckschütze).
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov of unknown type.[51]
  6. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as an Ilyushin Il-2.[51]
  7. ^ According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15:26.[51]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Stockert 2013, p. 171.
  2. ^ Prien et al. 2000a, p. 263.
  3. ^ a b Prien et al. 2000a, p. 445.
  4. ^ Prien et al. 2000a, p. 450.
  5. ^ Prien et al. 2001, p. 438.
  6. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 304.
  7. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 310.
  8. ^ Prien et al. 2003a, p. 313.
  9. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, pp. 212, 222.
  10. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 212.
  11. ^ Prien et al. 2005, p. 209.
  12. ^ Stockert 2013, p. 172.
  13. ^ a b Prien et al. 2006a, p. 383.
  14. ^ Weal 2004, p. 112.
  15. ^ a b Stockert 2013, p. 173.
  16. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 243.
  17. ^ Kaplan 2007, p. 53.
  18. ^ Heaton & Lewis 2014, pp. 215–229.
  19. ^ Zabecki 2019, p. 330.
  20. ^ Spick 1996, p. 231.
  21. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 556–558.
  22. ^ Planquadrat.
  23. ^ a b c d e Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 556.
  24. ^ a b Prien et al. 2000b, p. 376.
  25. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2000b, p. 377.
  26. ^ Prien et al. 2000b, p. 378.
  27. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 313.
  28. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2002, p. 314.
  29. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2002, p. 315.
  30. ^ Prien et al. 2002, p. 316.
  31. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 228.
  32. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2003b, p. 233.
  33. ^ a b Prien et al. 2003b, p. 230.
  34. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 231.
  35. ^ Prien et al. 2003b, p. 234.
  36. ^ a b c d Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 557.
  37. ^ a b Prien et al. 2005, p. 220.
  38. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Prien et al. 2005, p. 222.
  39. ^ a b c d e Prien et al. 2005, p. 223.
  40. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2005, p. 224.
  41. ^ a b c d e f g Prien et al. 2006b, p. 145.
  42. ^ Prien et al. 2006b, p. 149.
  43. ^ a b c d Prien et al. 2006b, p. 150.
  44. ^ a b c Prien et al. 2006b, p. 151.
  45. ^ a b Prien et al. 2006b, p. 146.
  46. ^ Prien et al. 2006b, p. 152.
  47. ^ Prien et al. 2006a, p. 391.
  48. ^ Mathews & Foreman 2015, pp. 557–558.
  49. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Prien et al. 2012, p. 206.
  50. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Prien et al. 2012, p. 207.
  51. ^ a b c d e Mathews & Foreman 2015, p. 558.
  52. ^ a b Barbas 2016, p. 73.
  53. ^ a b c d Barbas 2016, p. 75.
  54. ^ a b Thomas 1997, p. 306.
  55. ^ Obermaier 1989, p. 59.
  56. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 200.
  57. ^ a b Scherzer 2007, p. 406.
  58. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 236.
  59. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 75.

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Military offices
Preceded by Commander of Jagdgeschwader 52
1 November 1942 – 30 September 1944 		Succeeded by
Oberstleutnant Hermann Graf
Preceded by
Oberstleutnant Anton Mader
 Commander of Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz
1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 		Succeeded by
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dietrich, hrabak, dietrich, dieter, hrabak, december, 1914, september, 1995, german, luftwaffe, military, aviator, wing, commander, during, world, following, became, generalmajor, major, general, german, force, west, germany, fighter, claimed, enemy, aircraft,. Dietrich Dieter Hrabak 19 December 1914 15 September 1995 was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and wing commander during World War II Following the war he became a Generalmajor major general in the German Air Force of West Germany As a fighter ace he claimed 125 enemy aircraft shot down in over 1000 combat missions The majority of his aerial victories were claimed over the Eastern Front with 16 claims over the Western Allies Dietrich HrabakBorn 1914 12 19 19 December 1914GrossdeubenDied15 September 1995 1995 09 15 aged 80 PfaffenhofenAllegiance Nazi Germany to 1945 West GermanyService wbr branch Reichsmarine to 1935 Luftwaffe LuftwaffeYears of service1934 19451955 1970RankOberst World War II Generalmajor Bundeswehr UnitJG 138 JG 76Commands heldJG 54 JG 52Battles warsSee battlesWorld War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Battle of Britain Operation BarbarossaAwardsKnight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak LeavesBorn in Grossdeuben Hrabak grew up in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic Following graduation from school he volunteered for military service in the Reichsmarine in 1934 In November 1935 he transferred to the Luftwaffe Following flight training he was posted to a Jagdgeschwader fighter wing In 1939 Hrabak was made a Staffelkapitan squadron leader and with Jagdgeschwader 76 JG 76 76th Fighter Wing participated in the Invasion of Poland and Battle of France and claimed his first aerial victory on 13 May 1940 In July 1940 JG 76 was integrated into Jagdgeschwader 54 JG 54 54th Fighter Wing During the Battle of Britain Hrabak was made a Gruppenkommandeur in JG 54 and awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross in October 1940 In 1941 he participated in Operation Barbarossa the German invasion of the Soviet Union In November 1942 Hrabak left JG 54 and was appointed Geschwaderkommodore wing commander of Jagdgeschwader 52 JG 52 52nd Fighter Wing There following his 118th aerial victory he was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 25 November 1943 In October 1944 Hrabak returned to JG 54 serving as its last Geschwaderkommodore until the end of the war Following World War II Hrabak initially worked in the private industry During the Wiederbewaffnung rearmament of West Germany Hrabak joined the newly established German Air Force in 1955 He then went on to command the Advanced Pilot Training Center at Furstenfeldbruck Following further command positions Hrabak was named NATO s Chief of Air Defense Central Europe until becoming special manager for the Lockheed F 104 Starfighter programme Hrabak retired in September 1970 and died on 15 September 1995 Contents 1 Early life and career 2 World War II 2 1 Operation Barbarossa 2 2 Wing commander 3 Later life 4 Summary of career 4 1 Aerial victory claims 4 2 Awards 5 Notes 6 References 6 1 Citations 6 2 BibliographyEarly life and career EditHrabak was born on 19 December 1914 in Grossdeuben part of Bohlen in the Kingdom of Saxony a federated state of the German Empire the son of a real estate developer 1 Following his graduation from the Konigin Carola Gymnasium a secondary school he volunteered for military service On 8 April 1934 Hrabak joined the Reichsmarine Note 1 the German navy of the Weimar Republic and in November 1935 transferred to the newly emerging Luftwaffe German air force as an Oberfahnrich officer candidate On 1 April 1936 Hrabak was promoted to Leutnant second lieutenant 1 Following the Anschluss Austria s annexation into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938 Hrabak was posted to I Gruppe 1st group of Jagdgeschwader 138 JG 138 138th Fighter Wing stationed in Wien Aspern also referred to as the Wiener Jagdgruppe Vienna fighter group There he was promoted to Oberleutnant first lieutenant on 1 January 1939 and was made Staffelkapitan squadron leader of 1 Staffel 1st squadron of JG 138 1 On 1 May 1939 his unit I JG 138 was re designated I Jagdgeschwader 76 I JG 76 1st group of the 76th Fighter Wing 2 World War II EditWorld War II in Europe began on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland In preparation of the invasion I Gruppe of JG 76 had been moved to an airfield at Stubendorf present day Izbicko in Poland in mid August 1939 and supported the German advance on the central and southern sectors of the front 3 On 3 September Hrabak made a forced landing behind enemy lines following combat with PZL 23 light bombers and returned to his unit the next day 4 On 14 September I Gruppe was withdrawn from combat operations and returned to its home airfield at Wien Aspern where it arrived on 26 September 3 On 26 October the Gruppenstab and 1 Staffel were ordered to Frankfurt Rhein Main where it was united again with 2 and 3 Staffel on 2 November From Frankfurt Rhein Main the Gruppe flew fighter protection during the Phoney War for the Frankfurt Rhine and Saar region In April 1940 I Gruppe moved to an airfield at Mainz Finthen originally named Fliegerhorst Ober Olm The Gruppe stayed at Ober Olm until the Battle of France began 5 On 13 May 1940 he claimed his first victory and he claimed five more victories before the Armistice of 22 June 1940 On 26 June 1940 I Gruppe of JG 76 was moved to the airfield at Waalhaven in the Netherlands and subordinated to Jagdgeschwader 54 JG 54 54th Fighter Wing There the Gruppe was tasked with providing aerial protection over the Dutch coastal area On 5 July I JG 76 was officially integrated into JG 54 and was renamed to II JG 54 and 1 JG 76 became 4 JG 54 6 On 25 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain Hrabak was made Gruppenkommandeur of II JG 54 In consequence Oberleutnant Hans Philipp was given command of 4 JG 54 7 During the Battle of Britain he added ten victories against Royal Air Force RAF fighters On 21 October 1940 Hrabak was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes The presentation was made by Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring in his personal command train at Beauvais on 23 October 1 On 29 March 1941 II JG 54 was withdrawn from the English Channel and was ordered to Graz Thalerhof There the various squadrons were split up with 4 Staffel being subordinated to III Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 JG 77 77th Fighter Wing and ordered to Deta in Romania On 6 April 4 Staffel flew combat missions in the Invasion of Yugoslavia The next day the Staffel flew combat air patrols on the Hungarian Yugoslavian border On 9 April II JG 54 was united again at Kecskemet Hungary and returned to Deta on 11 April The Gruppe was withdrawn from this theater on 19 April and ordered to an airfield at Zemun near Belgrade 8 Operation Barbarossa Edit Map indicating Operation Barbarossa s attack plan Following the surrender of the Royal Yugoslav Army on 17 April 1941 JG 54 received orders on 3 May 1941 to turn over all Bf 109 Es so they could receive the new Bf 109 F variant Transition training was completed at Airfield Stolp Reitz in Pomerania Following intensive training the Geschwader was moved to airfields in Eastern Prussia II Gruppe under command of Hrabak was moved to Trakehnen on 20 June 1941 9 The Wehrmacht launched Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June with II Gruppe supporting Army Group North in its strategic goal towards Leningrad 10 In early November the Gruppe was withdrawn from the Eastern Front for a period of rest and replenishment where they were based at airfields in Doberitz and later at Uetersen On 20 January 1942 the Gruppe began relocating to the Eastern Front where they would be based at Siverskaya near Leningrad 11 In August to early September 1941 Hrabak was on home leave He was promoted to Major major on 1 October 1942 12 Wing commander Edit On 1 November 1942 Hrabak left JG 54 and took over command of Jagdgeschwader 52 JG 52 52nd Fighter Wing as Geschwaderkommodore wing commander At the time JG 52 was based at Prokhladny and Gonschtakowka and operated over the front at the Terek River in the Northern Caucasus 13 Under Hrabak s leadership JG 52 claimed its 10 000th aerial victory on 2 September 1944 14 On 23 November the Geschwaderstab headquarters unit of JG 52 began its retreat from the Caucasus region and moved to Maykop There Hrabak claimed his first aerial victory as Geschwaderkommodore on 13 December over a Petlyakov Pe 2 bomber While the Battle of Stalingrad was coming to end Hrabak and the Geschwaderstab were ordered to Rostov on Don on 20 January 1943 to organize fighter protection over the retreating Army Group A 13 Hrabak was promoted to Oberstleutnant on 1 July 1943 15 On 2 August Hrabak claimed his 100th victory He was the 48th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark 16 On 25 November 1943 Hrabak was awarded the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub He was the 337th member of the German armed forces to be so honored and at the time was credited with 118 aerial victories The presentation was made by Adolf Hitler at the Wolf s Lair Hitler s headquarters in Rastenburg present day Ketrzyn in Poland on 9 December Also presented with awards that day by Hitler were Hauptmann Hans Ulrich Rudel who received the Swords to his Knight s Cross with Oak Leaves Rudel s air gunner and radio operator Oberfeldwebel Master Sergeant Erwin Hentschel was honored with the Knight s Cross 15 On 20 September 1944 Hrabak scored the last of his 125 victories In October 1944 Hrabak returned to JG 54 serving as its last Geschwaderkommodore until the end of the war His greatest contribution to the Luftwaffe was not his combat record however but his command tactical and leadership qualities which endeared him to the men under his command and sealed his reputation within the Luftwaffe leadership 17 Later life EditIn 1956 he commanded the Advanced Pilot Training Center at Furstenfeldbruck In 1962 he took charge of the air defense covering northern Germany and the Netherlands In 1964 he was named NATO s Chief of Air Defense Central Europe until becoming special manager for the Lockheed F 104 Starfighter programme As a major general he commanded the GAF s tactical command Hrabak died on 15 September 1995 18 Summary of career EditAerial victory claims Edit According to US historian David T Zabecki Hrabak was credited with 125 aerial victories 19 Spick also lists Hrabak with 125 aerial victories claimed in 820 combat missions 109 of which on the Eastern Front and 16 on the Western Front 20 Mathews and Foreman authors of Luftwaffe Aces Biographies and Victory Claims researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 125 aerial victory claims all of which confirmed This number includes 109 on the Eastern Front and 16 on the Western Front 21 Victory claims were logged to a map reference PQ Planquadrat for example PQ 54291 The Luftwaffe grid map Jagermeldenetz covered all of Europe western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude an area of about 360 square miles 930 km2 These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 4 km in size 22 Chronicle of aerial victories This and the question mark indicates information discrepancies listed by Barbas Prien Stemmer Rodeike Bock Mathews and Foreman Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location 1 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 76 23 Battle of France 10 May 25 June 19401 13 May 1940 11 05 Potez 63 Authe south of Sedan 24 4 25 May 1940 16 45 Spitfire Gravelines 25 2 18 May 1940 16 25 Curtiss west of Rethel 24 5 3 June 1940 15 20 Curtiss west of Epernay 25 3 19 May 1940 18 30 M S 405 west of Laon 25 6 6 June 1940 21 00 Curtiss northwest of Amiens 26 4 Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 23 At the Channel and over England 26 June August 19407 11 August 1940 11 00 Spitfire 20 km 12 mi off Dover 27 Stab II Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 23 At the Channel and over England August 1940 29 March 19418 26 August 1940 13 25 Spitfire Canterbury 28 13 5 October 1940 12 25 Hurricane Rochester 29 9 14 September 1940 17 00 Hurricane south of London 28 14 8 October 1940 11 45 Spitfire north of Folkestone 29 10 14 September 1940 11 35 Spitfire Ashford 28 15 12 October 1940 11 05 Hurricane Tonbridge 29 11 27 September 1940 13 00 Hurricane Note 2 south of London 29 16 20 October 1940 11 00 Hurricane Ashford 30 12 27 September 1940 16 20 Hurricane Note 2 Hastings 29 Stab II Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 23 Operation Barbarossa 22 June 5 December 194117 23 June 1941 11 10 SB 2 north of Schlossberg 31 21 22 July 1941 18 30 I 18 MiG 1 Gogolewo 32 18 30 June 1941 15 15 DB 3 northwest of Dunaburg 33 22 25 July 1941 07 56 DB 3 Ssabsk 32 19 30 June 1941 17 17 DB 3 northeast of Dunaburg 33 23 25 July 1941 18 30 I 18 MiG 1 south of Ropcha 32 20 6 July 1941 18 30 DB 3 southeast of Ostrov 34 24 30 July 1941 11 20 I 18 MiG 1 Wladimirskaja 35 Stab of II Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 36 Eastern Front 20 January 30 April 194225 5 February 1942 15 35 I 18 MiG 1 northwest of Orelje 37 38 16 March 1942 11 42 Pe 2 forest south of Lyuban 38 26 6 February 1942 09 35 I 18 MiG 1 southeast of Malaya Vishera 37 39 19 March 1942 17 10 I 18 MiG 1 1 km 0 62 mi southeast of Gremjatschewo 38 27 26 February 1942 16 40 I 26 Yak 1 southeast of Grusino 38 40 22 March 1942 14 59 Pe 2 15 km 9 3 mi southeast of Staraya Russa 38 28 27 February 1942 08 20 I 18 MiG 1 20 km 12 mi southeast of Kirishi 38 41 28 March 1942 15 23 P 40 5 km 3 1 mi northwest of Ramuschewo 38 29 27 February 1942 08 35 I 16 15 km 9 3 mi south southwest of Kirishi 38 42 29 March 1942 15 39 I 18 MiG 1 15 km 9 3 mi northeast of Staraya Russa 39 30 5 March 1942 08 05 I 18 MiG 1 10 km 6 2 mi southeast of Chudovo 38 43 31 March 1942 14 58 I 18 MiG 1 north of Parfino 39 31 7 March 1942 07 29 Pe 2 4 km 2 5 mi southwest of Dubzy 38 44 1 April 1942 15 14 Il 2 northwest of Ramuschewo 39 32 13 March 1942 17 47 I 18 MiG 1 west of Dubownik 38 45 4 April 1942 12 07 I 18 MiG 1 Gremjatschewo 39 33 13 March 1942 16 48 I 18 MiG 1 15 km 9 3 mi west of Chudovo 38 46 4 April 1942 15 15 Il 2 east of Budogoschtsch 39 34 14 March 1942 11 20 Il 2 2 km 1 2 mi north of Kholm 38 47 19 April 1942 18 20 Yak 1 south of Ramuschewo 40 35 14 March 1942 16 20 I 26 Yak 1 forest northeast of Karlivka 38 48 25 April 1942 08 20 Yak 1 east of Parfino 40 36 14 March 1942 16 22 I 26 Yak 1 forest east of Sawisha 38 49 25 April 1942 18 20 Yak 1 Jam Jedrowo 40 37 16 March 1942 08 20 I 26 Yak 1 southwest of Gladi 38 Stab of II Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 54 36 Eastern Front 1 May 31 October 194250 30 May 1942 09 15 MiG 3 west of Wyschitino 41 59 22 August 1942 11 00 LaGG 3 5 km 3 1 mi north of Kozelsk 42 51 30 May 1942 16 10 MiG 3 southwest of Malaya Vishera 41 60 22 August 1942 15 00 Il 2 PQ 54291 43 15 km 9 3 mi west of Belyov52 8 June 1942 15 05 MiG 3 Note 3 2 km 1 2 mi northeast of Kresttsy 41 61 22 August 1942 17 58 Il 2 20 km 12 mi northeast of Uljanowo 43 25 km 16 mi west of Belyov53 16 June 1942 10 50 MiG 3 southwest of Pola train station 41 62 23 August 1942 06 55 Pe 2 PQ 64183 east of Belyov 43 54 26 June 1942 16 50 MiG 3 30 km 19 mi east of Spasskaja Polist 41 63 23 August 1942 11 05 U 2 PQ 55881 Kozelsk 43 55 28 June 1942 11 18 P 40 15 km 9 3 mi northeast of Kirishi 41 64 1 September 1942 09 04 Yak 1 PQ 10164 Putilowo 44 56 4 July 1942 21 00 Il 2 east of Podberesje 41 65 2 September 1942 06 55 Yak 1 PQ 10221 north of Wysta 44 57 17 July 1942 19 02 Yak 1 southeast of Pola train station 45 66 2 September 1942 10 16 Il 2 PQ 00254 44 northeast of Mga58 19 July 1942 17 40 Yak 1 west of Beglowo 45 67 12 September 1942 11 05 LaGG 3 PQ 10291 Pogotje 46 Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 36 Eastern Front 1 November 1942 3 February 194368 13 December 1942 07 30 Pe 2 PQ 5463 47 Adler airfield Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 48 Eastern Front 4 February 31 December 194369 10 March 1943 10 25 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 88143 southwest of Abinskaja 49 94 16 July 1943 17 40 La 5 PQ 35 Ost 61251 southeast of Prokhorovka 50 70 10 March 1943 15 05 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 88154 east of Abinskaja 49 95 1 August 1943 11 10 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 34 Ost 88282 Kalinowka 50 71 12 March 1943 08 35 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 76584 northwest of Temrjuk 49 96 1 August 1943 11 12 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 34 Ost 88282 Kalinowka 50 72 13 March 1943 13 10 I 16 PQ 34 Ost 86351 Griwenskaja 49 97 1 August 1943 18 45 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 34 Ost 88261 Marinowka 50 73 18 March 1943 15 45 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 86541 south of Petrowskaja 49 98 1 August 1943 18 47 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 34 Ost 88261 Marinowka 50 74 18 March 1943 15 47 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 86541 southeast of Petrowskaja 49 99 2 August 1943 17 00 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 98142 east of Dmitriyevka 50 75 19 March 1943 09 25 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 85574 north of Sslawjanskaja 49 100 2 August 1943 17 04 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 34 Ost 98112 east of Dmitriyevka 50 76 20 March 1943 08 00 P 39 PQ 34 Ost 86841 southwest of Popowitschewskaja 49 101 20 August 1943 10 00 La 5 Note 5 PQ 35 Ost 61538 Warwarowka 50 77 20 March 1943 08 01 P 39 PQ 34 Ost 86841 Popowitschewskaja 49 102 20 August 1943 17 40 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 88254 west of Dmitriyevka 50 78 16 April 1943 08 18 P 39 southeast of Abinskaja 49 103 20 August 1943 17 46 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 88262 east of Dmitriyevka 50 79 20 April 1943 16 14 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 75463 southwest of Kabardinka 49 104 21 August 1943 08 05 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 88292 east of Kuibyschewo 50 80 21 April 1943 11 05 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 75371 west of Kabardinka 50 105 21 August 1943 17 10 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 88238 northwest of Stepanowka 50 81 21 April 1943 09 05 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 85152 east of Abinskaja 50 106 21 August 1943 17 20 Il 2 PQ 34 Ost 88228 west of Stepanowka 50 82 8 May 1943 16 00 P 39 northwest of Krymskaja 50 107 20 September 1943 08 30 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 34 Ost 58131 northeast of Zaporizhia 50 83 5 July 1943 07 32 Yak 1 Note 5 PQ 35 Ost 61156 north of Tomarowka 50 108 24 September 1943 15 45 LaGG 3 PQ 34 Ost 58423 southeast of Zaporizhia 50 84 5 July 1943 11 32 La 5 Note 5 PQ 35 Ost 61331 north of Tomarowka 50 109 25 September 1943 16 35 P 39 PQ 34 Ost 58473 southeast of Zaporizhia 50 85 5 July 1943 18 00 Boston Note 6 PQ 35 Ost 61552 southeast of Belgorod 50 110 26 September 1943 10 40 P 39 PQ 34 Ost 58571 southeast of Zaporizhia 50 86 6 July 1943 16 20 Il 2 PQ 35 Ost 61243 northwest of Belgorod 50 111 27 September 1943 16 00 La 5 PQ 34 Ost 59573 north of Zaporizhia 50 87 6 July 1943 18 00 Boston PQ 35 Ost 61152 northwest of Belgorod 50 112 27 September 1943 16 30 P 39 PQ 34 Ost 58672 northwest of Bolschoj Tokmak 50 88 6 July 1943 18 05 Il 2 PQ 35 Ost 61132 northwest of Belgorod 50 113 5 October 1943 15 20 P 39 PQ 34 Ost 58813 west of Bolschoj Tokmak 50 89 8 July 1943 08 10 Il 2 PQ 35 Ost 61622 southeast of Belgorod 50 114 8 October 1943 08 40 La 5 PQ 34 Ost 66662 east of Saporoshskaja 50 90 8 July 1943 08 13 Il 2 PQ 35 Ost 61633 southeast of Belgorod 50 115 8 October 1943 15 10 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 66651 northwest of Kossa Tschuschka 50 91 16 July 1943 06 45 La 5 Note 5 PQ 35 Ost 61251 northeast of Belgorod 50 116 23 October 1943 09 15 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 58551 southeast of Wassijewka 50 92 16 July 1943 11 15 Il 2 PQ 35 Ost 61254 northeast of Belgorod 50 117 25 October 1943 14 25 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 57154 west of Melitopol 50 93 16 July 1943 11 33 Il 2 PQ 35 Ost 61223 north of Belgorod 50 118 25 October 1943 14 30 La 5 Note 5 PQ 34 Ost 57324 south of Melitopol 50 Stab of Jagdgeschwader 52 51 Eastern Front 1 January 30 September 1944119 21 March 1944 15 20 Note 7 P 39 PQ 18631 52 5 km 3 1 mi northeast of Troitskoye 122 2 June 1944 11 32 Il 2 m H Note 4 PQ 78733 53 15 km 9 3 mi northwest of Iași120 3 May 1944 15 00 Yak 7 PQ 68833 52 north of Targu Frumos 123 8 June 1944 15 52 La 5 north of Iași 53 15 km 9 3 mi west of Țuțora121 31 May 1944 18 55 P 39 PQ 78643 53 10 km 6 2 mi south of Țuțora 124 8 June 1944 19 20 P 39 PQ 78674 53 8 km 5 0 mi north of Iași Stab of Jagdgeschwader 54 51 Eastern Front 1 October 1944 8 Maz 1945125 30 October 1944 10 05 P 39 45 km 28 mi east southeast of LibauAwards Edit Iron Cross 1939 2nd class 15 September 1939 54 1st class 28 May 1940 54 Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe 28 September 1940 55 German Cross in Gold on 10 July 1944 as Oberstleutnant in Jagdgeschwader 52 56 Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight s Cross on 21 October 1940 as Hauptmann and Gruppenkommandeur of the II Jagdgeschwader 54 57 58 337th Oak Leaves on 25 November 1943 as Oberstleutnant and Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 52 57 59 Notes Edit The German Reichsmarine was renamed the Kriegsmarine on 1 June 1935 a b According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Supermarine Spitfire 23 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Yakovlev Yak 1 36 a b c d e f g The m H refers to an Ilyushin Il 2 with rear gunner mit Heckschutze a b c d e f g h i j k According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as a Lavochkin Gorbunov Gudkov of unknown type 51 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed as an Ilyushin Il 2 51 According to Mathews and Foreman claimed at 15 26 51 References EditCitations Edit a b c d Stockert 2013 p 171 Prien et al 2000a p 263 a b Prien et al 2000a p 445 Prien et al 2000a p 450 Prien et al 2001 p 438 Prien et al 2002 p 304 Prien et al 2002 p 310 Prien et al 2003a p 313 Prien et al 2003b pp 212 222 Prien et al 2003b p 212 Prien et al 2005 p 209 Stockert 2013 p 172 a b Prien et al 2006a p 383 Weal 2004 p 112 a b Stockert 2013 p 173 Obermaier 1989 p 243 Kaplan 2007 p 53 Heaton amp Lewis 2014 pp 215 229 Zabecki 2019 p 330 Spick 1996 p 231 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 pp 556 558 Planquadrat a b c d e Mathews amp Foreman 2015 p 556 a b Prien et al 2000b p 376 a b c Prien et al 2000b p 377 Prien et al 2000b p 378 Prien et al 2002 p 313 a b c Prien et al 2002 p 314 a b c d e Prien et al 2002 p 315 Prien et al 2002 p 316 Prien et al 2003b p 228 a b c Prien et al 2003b p 233 a b Prien et al 2003b p 230 Prien et al 2003b p 231 Prien et al 2003b p 234 a b c d Mathews amp Foreman 2015 p 557 a b Prien et al 2005 p 220 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Prien et al 2005 p 222 a b c d e Prien et al 2005 p 223 a b c Prien et al 2005 p 224 a b c d e f g Prien et al 2006b p 145 Prien et al 2006b p 149 a b c d Prien et al 2006b p 150 a b c Prien et al 2006b p 151 a b Prien et al 2006b p 146 Prien et al 2006b p 152 Prien et al 2006a p 391 Mathews amp Foreman 2015 pp 557 558 a b c d e f g h i j k Prien et al 2012 p 206 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am Prien et al 2012 p 207 a b c d e Mathews amp Foreman 2015 p 558 a b Barbas 2016 p 73 a b c d Barbas 2016 p 75 a b Thomas 1997 p 306 Obermaier 1989 p 59 Patzwall amp Scherzer 2001 p 200 a b Scherzer 2007 p 406 Fellgiebel 2000 p 236 Fellgiebel 2000 p 75 Bibliography Edit Barbas Bernd 2016 Die Geschichte des Stabes der 13 und 15 Staffel und der Ersatzeinheit des Jagdgeschwaders 52 The History of Headerquarters Unit the 13th and 15th Squadrons and the Replacement Unit of Fighter Wing 52 in German ISBN 978 3 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