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Horst Ademeit - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Horst Ademeit


Name : Horst Ademeit
Born : 8th February 1912
Died : 7th August 1944
Air Victories : 166.00

Awards :
Knights Cross
Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross

Major Horst Ademeit was born 8 February 1912 in Breslau, he was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. On the 7th August 1944, Ademeit went missing in action near Dünaburg most likely Killed in action.

In the spring of 1940, Unteroffizier Ademeit was transferred to 3./JG 54 and participated in the Battle of Britain. He claimed his first victory on 18 September 1940 shortly afterwards he was shot down over the Channel. He bailed out and was rescued unharmed. In June 1941, after the attack on the Soviet Union, he accompanied I./JG 54 to the Eastern Front. In quick succession he achieved aerial victories, promotions and awards. In the beginning of August 1944, Ademeit was appointed acting Kommodore of JG 54. On 7 August 1944, Ademeit, flying a Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-5 (factory number 5960) pursued a Russian Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft eastwards over Russian lines near Dünaburg, however he failed to return from this mission and is considered Missing in action since.

Horst Ademeit was credited with 166 victories in over 600 missions. He recorded 164 of his victories over the Eastern front. He was posthumously promoted to Major

Known Service Details :

Squadron

Rank

Start of Service

End of Service

Known Dates

Aircraft

Airframes

Notes

JG54

Major

1940

7th August 1944

Fw190

5960

Killed in Action

Aircraft Type :
SB-2
Aircraft Type :
SB-3

Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
R-5
Aircraft Type :
I-153
Aircraft Type :
I-15
Aircraft Type :
MBR-2
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
U-2
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
I-26
Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
I-18

Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
SB-3

Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
P-40
Aircraft Type :
MiG-3
Aircraft Type :
I-153
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
R-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-7
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-7
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-7
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-7
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-7
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
P-39
Aircraft Type :
P-39
Aircraft Type :
P-2
Aircraft Type :
P-39
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
P-39
Aircraft Type :
La-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-9
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2



Squadrons :
JG54
Pilots or Aircrew :
Horst Ademeit
Historical Notes :
07-08-1944 - Flown by Horst Ademeit, he engaged a Russian fighter near Dunaburg and failed to return, believed killed in action.

Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

23/06/1941

Fw.

JG 54

SB-2
details

Pl.Qu. 2525 l.u.: 300m

10.13

06/07/1941

Fw.

JG 54

SB-3
details

-

17.35

07/08/1941

Fw.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

-

18.13

27/08/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

-

19

05/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

17.35

05/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

R-5
details

-

18.04

23/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-153
details

-

13.17

24/09/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-15
details

-

10.11

07/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

MBR-2
details

-

16.25

09/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

7.47

12/10/1941

Ofw.

JG 54

U-2
details

-

9.57

25/10/1941

Ltn.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

13.27

06/11/1941

Ltn.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

-

12.42

03/12/1941

Ltn.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

-

12.11

01/01/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

9.55

20/01/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

I-26
details

-

11.23

07/02/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

8.33

07/02/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

I-18
details

-

8.33

16/02/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

-

7.45

18/02/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

I-16 Rata
details

-

13.15

05/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

Leningrad: 3500m

18.42

10/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

10 621: 3000m

6.5

12/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

E. Possademkowo: 1000m

11.1

12/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

10 463: 1000m

11.15

29/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

SB-3
details

-

10.2

30/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

-

5.32

30/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

18.34

08/06/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

P-40
details

-

15.25

09/09/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

MiG-3
details

11 862: 200m

18.3

22/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

I-153
details

11 762: 500m

7.35

06/11/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

Nordstrand Leningrad: 2000m

8.22

16/12/1942

Ltn.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

11 852: 1000m

9.35

12/01/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 151: 100m

9.2

12/01/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

10 112: 2000m

14.08

27/01/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

00 294: 200m

9.3

27/01/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 125: 7000m

14.4

11/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

00 454: 700m

9.58

11/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

00 424: 100m

10

15/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 483: 2000m

7.5

18/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

10 444: 500m

9.35

21/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

10 454: 2500m

13.25

22/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 123: 5000m

15.05

23/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 151: 500m

7.05

23/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

10 172: 800m

11.15

27/02/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

10 254: 300m

8.35

13/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

R-5
details

20 122: 80-100m

15.16

15/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

18 284: 1000m

15.55

16/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

18 342: 5000m

15.2

19/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

00 411: 500m

10

21/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

00 271: 500m

12.03

23/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

00 412: 3000m

17.1

25/03/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

00 283: 3100m

7.5

03/04/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-1
details

36 S-Ost: RB-5.7: 4000m

18.15

01/06/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

21 774: 4000m

16.17

05/06/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

21 752: 4000m

12.13

12/06/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

90 131: 5000m

11.25

18/06/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

20 174: 5000m

17.15

18/06/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

20 421: 4000m

17.17

22/06/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

01 751: 2000m

19.2

12/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

64 863: 800m

18.2

13/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

63 293: 1200m

6.53

13/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-7
details

63 261: 800m

6.54

13/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

63 234: 100m

6.56

13/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

63 283: 100m

11.06

14/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

54 353: 500m

14.1

16/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Il-2
details

63 524: 500m

18.45

17/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

54 474: 2500m

6.42

21/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

53 462: 2500m

17.18

28/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 154: 2500m

9.14

28/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-7
details

10 331: 2800m

9.17

28/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 334: 1500m

9.25

31/07/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 243: 1500m

18.15

02/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-7
details

10 161: 2000m

13.19

02/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 354: 4000m

19.22

02/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-7
details

10 184: 3600m

8.51

07/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Il-2
details

54 684: 500m

14.02

07/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

54 814: 500m

11.05

14/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

45 772: 3000m

5

16/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Il-2
details

45 752: 500m

13.28

17/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

44 853: 1600m

8.52

17/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Il-2
details

43 663: 400m

9.27

20/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

43 824: 5000m

6.22

21/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

43 853: 800m

16.42

22/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Airacobra
details

43 82: 4000m

6.22

23/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Airacobra
details

43 893: 5000m

10

23/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Airacobra
details

43 851: 3000m

18.35

24/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

44 472: 800m

14.55

28/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

43 674: 4000m

11.47

30/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

35 611: 2000m

14.21

31/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

35 624: 3500m

6.47

31/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

35 582: 4000m

15.28

31/08/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

35 384: 2500m

15.38

02/09/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

35 381: 2500m

12.3

04/09/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

35 374: 5000m

17.02

04/09/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

35 371: 2500m

17.06

05/09/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

26 814: 5500m

15.28

05/09/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Airacobra
details

25 631: 1500m

11.13

10/09/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Hurricane
details

35 372: 4000m

10.5

07/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

01 214: 2500m

16.14

07/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-7
details

W. Chernin: 3500m (W. Tarascha)

16.19

07/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

SE Kotitschi: 3000m

16.12

09/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

01 334: 3000m

11.32

10/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

11 781: 1000m

15.55

10/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10.121: 3500m

16.15

11/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

01 122: 4000m

10.12

11/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 121: 5000m

15.5

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 131: 4000m

16.08

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 131: 4000m

16.08

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

11 784: 800m

8.3

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

11 791: 1500m

10.43

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

11 791: 1500m

10.43

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

11 763: 1200m

11.22

12/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 122: 4500m

8.25

13/10/1943

Ltn.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

01 334: 3000m

15.4

14/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

11 792: 3000m

7.4

20/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

01 191: 2000m

14.11

20/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

01 391: 600m

15.42

21/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

11 793: 1500m

7.12

21/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Il-2
details

10 111: 500m

7.29

21/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Il-2
details

11 773: 500m

7.3

21/10/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

10 124

9.52

12/12/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

00 154: 50m

7.28

12/12/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

LaGG-5
details

01 783: 10m

7.3

15/12/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

91 393: 1000m

7.2

17/12/1943

Oblt.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

00 161: 1000m

8.08

11/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

80 874: 7000m

14

14/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Il-2
details

80 691: 50m

11.12

15/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

80 831: 1000m

9.1

15/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

80 822: 1000m

9.13

15/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

80 821: 1000m

9.15

15/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

80 824: 1000m

9.2

24/01/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

80 434: 500m

14.14

07/02/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

05 132: 3500m

10.41

09/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

70 524: 4000m

8.46

09/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Il-2
details

70 682: 50m

11.4

18/03/1944

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

40 182 4500m

15.45

19/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

80 573: 300m

10.35

20/03/1944

Oblt.

JG 54

Curtiss P-40
details

36 Ost ID-45: I: 300m

15.02

23/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

70 593: 500m

11.3

28/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

87 231: 400m

16.18

30/03/1944

Oblt.

JG 54

La-5
details

60 25: 4500m

8.3

21/04/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

15km SW Narva: 3000m

14.25

28/05/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

LaGG-3
details

70 691: 1900m

8.32

28/06/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Airacobra
details

3000m

8.12

29/06/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

NR-5.3: 800m

4.17

29/06/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

P-39
details

NS-8.1: 10m

19.47

02/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

P-39
details

OS-6.4: 1800m [Polotsk]

10.48

02/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

P-2
details

04 82: 4000m

8

02/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

P-39
details

OT-7.6: tiefst. [NE Polotsk]

17.25

03/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

OS-7.6: 800m [Polotsk]

12.38

03/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

OS-4.3: 1500m [Polotsk]

12.35

21/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Il-2
details

OL-2.3: 50m

9.21

21/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

P-39
details

NM-8.6: 1000m

9.26

21/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

La-5
details

NN-1.8: 2000m

19.09

22/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

NM-9.7: 3000m

9.26

23/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Il-2
details

NN-7.4: 1000m [Daugavpils]

14.17

23/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Jak-9
details

NN-7.5: 2000m [Daugavpils]

14.2

25/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Airacobra
details

ON-6.6: 1000m

13.58

27/07/1944

Hptm.

JG 54

Pe-2
details

KH-8.6: 5500m [Mitau]

15.5

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Fw190 A-5

5960

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Fw190



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Manufacturer : Fokke-Wulf
Production Began : 1940
Retired : 1945

Fw190

The Focke-Wulf 190 development project began in 1937. Conceived as a hedge against total dependence on the Messerchmitt 109, the 190 was designed by Kurt Tank utilizing a radial engine. This was against generally accepted design criteria in Germany, and many historians believe that the decision to produce a radial engine fighter was largely due to the limited manufacturing capacity for in-line, water-cooled engines which were widely used on all other Luftwaffe aircraft. Despite these concerns, Tanks design was brilliant, and the 190 would become one of the top fighter aircraft of WWII. The first prototype flew in mid-1939. The aircraft had excellent flying characteristics, a wonderful rate of acceleration, and was heavily armed. By late 1940 the new fighter was ordered into production. Nicknamed the butcher bird, by Luftwaffe pilots, early 190s were quite successful in the bomber interceptor role, but at this stage of the war many Allied bombing raids lacked fighter escort. As the war dragged on, Allied bombers were increasingly accompanied by fighters, including the very effective P-51 Mustang. The Allies learned from experience that the 190s performance fell off sharply at altitudes above 20,000 feet. As a result, most Allied bombing missions were shifted to higher altitudes when fighter opposition was likely. Kurt Tank had recognized this shortcoming and began working on a high-altitude version of the 190 utilizing an in-line, water-cooled engine. Utilizing a Jumo 12-cylinder engine rated at 1770-HP, and capable of 2,240-HP for short bursts with its methanol injection system, the 190D, or Long Nose or Dora as it was called, had a top speed of 426-MPH at 22,000 feet. Armament was improved with two fuselage and two wing mounted 20mm cannon. To accommodate the changes in power plants the Dora had a longer, more streamlined fuselage, with 24 inches added to the nose, and an additional 19 inches added aft of the cockpit to compensate for the altered center of gravity. By mid 1944 the Dora began to reach fighter squadrons in quantity. Although the aircraft had all the right attributes to serve admirably in the high altitude interceptor role, it was not generally focused on such missions. Instead many 190Ds were assigned to protect airfields where Me-262 jet fighters were based. This was due to the latter aircrafts extreme vulnerability to Allied attack during takeoff and landing. The 190Ds also played a major role in Operation Bodenplatte, the New Years Day raid in 1945 which destroyed approximately 500 Allied aircraft on the ground. The High Command was impressed with the 190Ds record on this raid, and ordered most future production of the Doras to be equipped as fighter-bombers. In retrospect this was a strategic error, and this capable aircraft was not fully utilized in the role for which it was intended.



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JG54

Country : Germany

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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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Last editor : kc

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