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Hans-Karl Mayer - Pilot Profile - Hans-Karl Mayer

Hans-Karl Mayer

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Victories : 46
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 17th October 1940

This pilot scored 5 or more victories during the Battle of Britain, 10th July - 31st October 1940.

Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
Cross

Latest Axis Aviation Artwork !
In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Hans-Karl Mayer

Squadrons for : Hans-Karl Mayer
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Hans-Karl Mayer. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG53


Country : Germany
Founded : 1937
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG53		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.

Known Victory Claims - Hans-Karl Mayer

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

07/02/1938Ltn. Hans-Karl Mayer1J/88SB-2--Spanish Civil War
07/02/1938Ltn. Hans-Karl Mayer1J/88Rata--Spanish Civil War
21/02/1938Ltn. Hans-Karl Mayer1J/88Rata--Spanish Civil War
29/03/1938Ltn. Hans-Karl Mayer1J/88Curtiss--Spanish Civil War
10/06/1938Ltn. Hans-Karl Mayer1J/88SB-2--Spanish Civil War
13/06/1938Ltn. Hans-Karl Mayer1J/88Rata--Spanish Civil War
05/11/1939Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53Potez 63W. Losheim15.15Western Front
21/04/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53HurricaneNW Merzig12.05Western Front
11/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53Morane 40610-15km S. Metz7.5Western Front
14/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53HurricaneSedan16.23Western Front
14/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53BattleSedan16.24Western Front
14/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53BlenheimSedan16.3Western Front
14/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53BlenheimSW Sedan16.4Western Front
14/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53BattleS. Sedan16.55Western Front
25/05/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53CurtissS. Attigny12.05Western Front
12/08/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53Hurricane-13.2Western Front
12/08/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53HurricaneÄrmelkanal: 2000m13.25Western Front
13/08/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53HurricanePortland: 6500m17Western Front
15/08/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53HurricaneSalisbury18.45Western Front
24/08/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53SpitfireInsel Wight17.4Western Front
25/08/1940Oblt. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53HurricaneW. Portland: 6000-300m18.3Western Front
26/08/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53SpitfireE. Portsmouth14.3Western Front
26/08/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl Mayer1JG 53SpitfirePortsmouth17.35Western Front
06/09/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl MayerStab I.JG 53HurricaneNW Dungeness: 500m10.3Western Front
07/09/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl MayerStab I.JG 53Hurricane-18Western Front
09/09/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl MayerStab I.JG 53Hurricane-19.05Western Front
15/09/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl MayerStab I.JG 53Spitfire15km S. London: 5500m12.45Western Front
15/09/1940Hptm. Hans-Karl MayerStab I.JG 53SpitfireMaidstone: 2500m13.1Western Front

Known Claims : 28

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