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Gerhard Thyben |
 Gerhard Thyben Name : Gerhard Thyben Born : 24th February 1922 Died : 4th September 2006 Air Victories : 157.00 Awards : Knights Cross Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross |
Gerhard Thyben was born on 24th February 1922 in Kiel, Germany. Gerhard Thyben volunteered for military service in the Luftwaffe in late 1940 and by summer 1941 gained his pilots licence. Gerhard Gerd Thyben flew 385 combat missions and claimed 157 aerial victories. He claimed 152 victories on the Eastern Front, including 28 II-2 Sturmoviks and five victories on the Western Front. He flew 22 fighter-bomber missions on which he claimed two aircraft and seven trucks destroyed on the ground. On 8th May 1945 he claimed his last victory over the Baltic Sea. Thyben shot down a Petlyakov Pe2 that was almost certainly looking for German refugee ships escaping from the besieged Courland Pocket. Thyben caught the reconnaissance Pe2 at 07:54 and achieved what very well might have been the last Fw190 victory of World War II. The Pe2 crew, consisting of Starshiy Leytenantt Grigoriy Davidenko, Kapitan Aleksey Grachev, and Starshina Mikhail Murashko were all killed in the engagement. Thyben surrendered to the British on touching down. He was released in 1946 and later servied as an instructor with the Colombian Air Force. He died on 4th September 2006. |
Known Service Details : | |||||||
Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Feldwebel | unknown | unknown | 26th February 1943 | ||||
Oberleutnant | unknown | 8th May 1945 | 30th April 1944 | Surrendered | |||
Artwork featuring the mounted signature of this Pilot or Aircrew |
  Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. (AP) |   Breaking Cover by Robert Taylor. (C) |
Artwork with companion print(s) featuring the mounted signature of this Pilot or Aircrew |
  Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. (C) |
Photos Submitted Through Our Directory |
 Gerhard Thyben |
Known Victory Claims : | |||||||
Date | Rank | Squadron | Claimed | Location | Time | Aircraft Flown | Notes |
26/02/1943 | Uffz. | 79 142: 4500m | 9.15 | ||||
06/05/1943 | Uffz. | 70 395: 500m | 4.45 | ||||
08/05/1943 | Uffz. | 85 143: 1800m | 8 | ||||
08/05/1943 | Uffz. | 85 142: 3200m | 15.46 | ||||
11/05/1943 | Uffz. | LaGG | 86 584: 1500m | 16.23 | |||
14/05/1943 | Uffz. | 85 113: 2500m | 12.15 | ||||
01/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 224: 4000m | 5.05 | ||||
03/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 364: tiefst. | 3.15 | ||||
03/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 382: 3000m | 3.22 | ||||
12/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 267: 1500m | 3.39 | ||||
12/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 489: 3000m | 7.15 | ||||
23/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 424: 6500m | 6.16 | ||||
24/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 634: 1000m | 5.25 | ||||
24/06/1943 | Uffz. | 71 588: 4000m | 18.05 | ||||
26/06/1943 | Uffz. | 61 469: 1500m | 19.28 | ||||
26/06/1943 | Uffz. | 71 317: 1500m | 19.34 | ||||
02/07/1943 | Uffz. | 71 512: 7500m | 7.46 | ||||
06/07/1943 | Uffz. | 61 492: 2500m | 12.3 | ||||
07/07/1943 | Uffz. | 61 459: 2000m | 7.55 | ||||
07/07/1943 | Uffz. | 61 472: 3000m | 8.1 | ||||
07/07/1943 | Uffz. | 60 291: 1800m | 17.02 | ||||
07/07/1943 | Uffz. | 70 114: 3700m | 17.14 | ||||
09/07/1943 | Uffz. | 62 882: 500m | 6.2 | ||||
09/07/1943 | Uffz. | 61 461: 600m | 6.35 | ||||
13/07/1943 | Uffz. | 62 889: 3800m | 5.56 | ||||
13/07/1943 | Uffz. | 62 859: 4000m | 6.02 | ||||
14/07/1943 | Uffz. | 61 243: 3500m | 6.46 | ||||
20/07/1943 | Uffz. | 88 264: 4100m | 4.36 | ||||
20/07/1943 | Uffz. | 88 231: 5000m | 15.5 | ||||
24/07/1943 | Uffz. | 88 285: 4000m | 4.42 | ||||
25/07/1943 | Uffz. | 61 458: 1200m | 18.24 | ||||
30/07/1943 | Uffz. | 88 433: 5000m | 12.43 | ||||
08/10/1943 | Fw. | FH: 6000m [50km W. Egmond] | 15.34 | ||||
30/11/1943 | Fw. | ML-7: 7000m [Dender-Mönde] | 11.4 | ||||
11/02/1944 | Fw. | RK-RL E. St. Vith: 6300m | 13.06 | ||||
11/02/1944 | Fw. | RK-RL E. St. Vith: 6000m | 13.07 | ||||
11/02/1944 | Fw. | RK-RL E. St. Vith: 5000m | 13.1 | ||||
30/04/1944 | Ltn. | 96 384: 1200m | 6.02 | ||||
05/05/1944 | Ltn. | 96 525: 1700m | 4.36 | ||||
05/05/1944 | Ltn. | 96 382: 1600m | 18.45 | ||||
12/05/1944 | Ltn. | 9754: 4000m | 13.15 | ||||
16/05/1944 | Ltn. | 88 853: 3700m | 7.41 | ||||
16/05/1944 | Ltn. | 88 856: 4300m | 8.07 | ||||
05/06/1944 | Ltn. | 70 264: 4000m | 11.26 | ||||
19/06/1944 | Ltn. | 81 623: 2200m | 20.01 | ||||
19/06/1944 | Ltn. | 81 626: 1200m | 20.1 | ||||
19/06/1944 | Ltn. | 81 415: 800m | 20.22 | ||||
20/06/1944 | Ltn. | 91 323: 500m | 17.35 | ||||
21/06/1944 | Ltn. | 81 543: 1000m | 9.22 | ||||
23/06/1944 | Ltn. | - | 14.12 | ||||
29/06/1944 | Ltn. | 91 349: 2500m | 8.16 | ||||
29/06/1944 | Ltn. | 21 447: 200m | 7.03 | ||||
30/06/1944 | Ltn. | 91 345: 600m | 12.16 | ||||
30/06/1944 | Ltn. | 81 298: 800m | 20.23 | ||||
01/07/1944 | Ltn. | 91 345: 4200m [Novorzhev/Pskov] | 8 | ||||
01/07/1944 | Ltn. | 81 434: 2800m [Novorzhev/Pskov] | 13.22 | ||||
03/07/1944 | Ltn. | 81 464: 3500m | 11.37 | ||||
03/07/1944 | Ltn. | 81464: 3500m [Immola/Leningrad Front] | 11.37 | ||||
04/07/1944 | Ltn. | 81 474: 3000m | 8.05 | ||||
06/07/1944 | Ltn. | 91 277: 800m | 12.09 | ||||
07/07/1944 | Ltn. | 91 464: 3800m | 6.44 | ||||
09/07/1944 | Ltn. | 91 273: 3000m | 9.16 | ||||
06/08/1944 | Ltn. | 79 165: 2000m | 18 | ||||
07/08/1944 | Ltn. | 80 572: 5000m | 6.57 | ||||
07/08/1944 | Ltn. | 70 637: 4200m | 14.23 | ||||
17/08/1944 | Ltn. | 79 841: 4000m | 12.1 | ||||
23/08/1944 | Ltn. | 69 328: 1800m | 9.22 | ||||
23/08/1944 | Ltn. | 69 688: 800-1000m | 9.45 | ||||
28/08/1944 | Ltn. | 69 592 | 17.5 | ||||
30/08/1944 | Ltn. | 69 549: 300m | 17.29 | ||||
04/09/1944 | Ltn. | - | 18.09 | ||||
05/09/1944 | Ltn. | 69 639: 3000m | 16.52 | ||||
06/09/1944 | Ltn. | 69 596: 2000m | 6.47 | ||||
06/09/1944 | Ltn. | 69 651: 200m | 10.42 | ||||
06/09/1944 | Ltn. | 69 628: 800m | 13.55 | ||||
06/09/1944 | Ltn. | 69 624: 400m | 14 | ||||
14/09/1944 | Ltn. | 68 162: 3500m | 10.43 | ||||
15/09/1944 | Ltn. | 68 776: 2300m | 11.35 | ||||
15/09/1944 | Ltn. | 68 167: 1200m | 12 | ||||
15/09/1944 | Ltn. | 58 229: 1000m | 12.11 | ||||
15/09/1944 | Ltn. | 58 133: 1500m | 17.15 | ||||
16/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 256: 3700m | 9.1 | ||||
16/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 258: 3800m | 9.11 | ||||
16/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 292: 1200m | 9.14 | ||||
16/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 231: 2000m | 9.24 | ||||
16/09/1944 | Ltn. | ESE Katrina: 600m | 9.3 | ||||
16/09/1944 | Ltn. | 68 176: 1000m | 15.4 | ||||
18/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 276: 1500m | 10.11 | ||||
23/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 466: 4500m | 15.5 | ||||
24/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 418: 1800m | 9.4 | ||||
24/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 456: 600m | 9.41 | ||||
24/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 333: 1500m | 9.45 | ||||
25/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 418: 800m | 12.4 | ||||
25/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 274: 1200m | 12.44 | ||||
25/09/1944 | Ltn. | 37 337: 2200m | 13.06 | ||||
25/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 151: 500m | 16.37 | ||||
27/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 143: 10m | 17.41 | ||||
28/09/1944 | Ltn. | 58 751: 2300m | 17.24 | ||||
30/09/1944 | Ltn. | 48 863: 3200m | 10.31 | ||||
30/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 146: 2000m | 11 | ||||
30/09/1944 | Ltn. | 57 111: 150m | 15.03 | ||||
10/10/1944 | Ltn. | 04 653: 3000m | 9.55 | ||||
10/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 522: 1800m | 10.15 | ||||
16/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 641: 200m | 13.5 | ||||
17/10/1944 | Ltn. | 27 546: 500m | 14.46 | ||||
22/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 649: 5000m | 12.48 | ||||
22/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 587: 2000m | 14.2 | ||||
27/10/1944 | Ltn. | 27 518: 1000m | 11.08 | ||||
28/10/1944 | Ltn. | 07 637: 10m | 11.54 | ||||
28/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 567: 600m | 15.1 | ||||
29/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 459: 300m | 9.45 | ||||
29/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 622: 800m | 12.43 | ||||
30/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 551: 3800m | 11.58 | ||||
30/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 546: 1500m | 12 | ||||
30/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 636: 1200m | 14.31 | ||||
30/10/1944 | Ltn. | 17 613: 3300m | 14.48 | ||||
23/11/1944 | Ltn. | 28 183: 10m | 8.2 | ||||
17/02/1945 | Oblt. | - | - | ||||
17/02/1945 | Oblt. | - | - | ||||
17/02/1945 | Oblt. | - | - | ||||
17/02/1945 | Oblt. | - | - | ||||
08/05/1945 | Oblt. | W. Libau | 7.54 | ||||
| Aircraft for : Gerhard Thyben | ||
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Fw190 
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. | |
| Squadrons for : Gerhard Thyben | ||
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JG3 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG3 | JG3 Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) Udet was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet in 1942. Commanders of IV./JG 3 Major Franz Beyer, 1. June 1943 Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 February 1944 Major Friedrich-Karl Müller, 26 February 1944 Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 April 1944 Major Wilhelm Moritz, 18 April 1944 Hauptmann Hubert-York Weydenhammer, 5 December 1944 Major Erwin Bacsila, 5 January 1945 Oberleutnant Oskar Romm, 17 February 1945 Hauptmann Gerhard Koall, 25 April 1945 Hauptmann Günther Schack, 1 Mai 1945 | |
JG54 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG54 | 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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