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Rolf Hermichen - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Rolf Hermichen


Name : Rolf Hermichen
Air Victories : 64.00

Awards :
Knights Cross
Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross

Aircraft Type :
Beaufort
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
R-5
Aircraft Type :
Typhoon
Aircraft Type :
P-47
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17HSS
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
B-17HSS
Aircraft Type :
P-47
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-24 HSS
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-24
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
P-51






Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

12/08/1940

Ltn.

ZG 76

-

-

09/02/1941

Ltn.

ZG 76

Beaufort
details

vor Lister

-

04/04/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

Pas-de-Calais [NW Bouckerque]

11.35

12/04/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

3km N. Cassel

13.4

09/05/1942

Hptm.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

10km NW Coxyde

17.39

30/07/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Hurricane
details

800m N. Fl.Pl. St. Omer-Wizernes: 10-20m

19.11

18/08/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

15-20km SE Dungeness: 4-5000m

15.01

19/08/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

NE Dieppe: 200m

9.51

19/08/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Airacobra
details

1km Ostmale Dieppe: 1000m

11.28

04/12/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

10km NE Desvres: 1000-10m [S. Ardres]

14.34

06/12/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

15-20km W. Le Tréport: 1800m

11.37

19/12/1942

Oblt.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

25km ESE Deal: tiefflug

14.15

American

18/02/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

LaGG-3
details

28 321: 150m

8.23

19/02/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Il-2
details

18 293: 400m

9.59

19/02/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Il-2
details

18 462: tiefflug

10.01

04/03/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Pe-2
details

18 242: 1500m

8.03

05/03/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Curtiss P-40
details

18 443: tiefflug

15.09

07/03/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Pe-2
details

18 254: 1800m

10.03

07/03/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Pe-2
details

18 551: 2000-1500m

15.43

23/03/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Jak-1
details

00 412: 1500m

13.42

21/04/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

R-5
details

90 614: 10m

10.45

28/07/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Typhoon
details

IH-1 to NH-7: 6-7000m [Scheldt-Brakel]

12.17

30/07/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

P-47
details

IL-2.3: 3000m [Tiel-Leerdam]

10.15

30/07/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

B-17
details

IM-3: 7000-8000m [Nijmegen]

10.12

12/08/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

B-17HSS
details

KN 3-6: 8.500m [Hamminkeln-Xanten]

8.42

15/08/1943

Hptm.

JG 26

Spitfire
details

KH-7 in See: 400m [Middelburg]

11.59

VI

05/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17HSS
details

-

-

05/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 11

P-47
details

KH: Insel Schouwen: 8200m

14.02

13/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

05 Ost N/ST-5.6: 8200m [E. Husum]

11.3

01/12/1943

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24 HSS
details

-

12.25±

01/12/1943

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

OO 8-6 S. Euskirchen: 8000m

12.2

11/12/1943

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

AP-2.4: 7800m [25km N. Nordeney]

12.17

10/02/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

EP-8: 5000m [Haren N. Meppen]

12.55

20/02/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

JA-11: 6000m [Gotha]

13.37

20/02/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

JU-4: 8000m [Holzminden]

13.27

20/02/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

JU-1: 6000m [Holzminden]

13.3

20/02/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

JU-6 to JA-4: 4000m [Holzminden]

13.45

03/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

TR: 7200m [W. Tönning]

12.02

06/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

05 Ost S/EQ: 7400m [Söge-Cloppenburg]

12

06/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

05 Ost S/ER: 7200m [Ahlhorn Raum]

12.06

06/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

ER: bödennähe [Raum Alhorn-Emsteck]

12.12

08/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

FU-6: 6000m [W. Celle]

15.36

08/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

-

15.47

08/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

FU-9 N. GroĂźburgwedel: 6000m

15.26

08/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-24
details

FU-9 N. GroĂźburgwedel: 6000m

15.28

23/03/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

B-17
details

05 Ost S/ES: 7000m [S. Bremen]

10.03-05

15/04/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

P-38
details

05 Ost S/DT-29 [NW Rotenburg]: 50m

13.57

15/04/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

P-38
details

05 Ost S/CT-4 Zeven: 50m

14

24/04/1944

Hptm.

JG 11

P-51
details

SS: 800m [Raum NE Mannheim]

13.06

Squadrons for : Rolf Hermichen
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Rolf Hermichen. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG11

Country : Germany

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JG11

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JG26

Country : Germany

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JG26

Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated mainly in Western Europe against Great Britain, France and the United States but also saw service against Russia. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran and Freikorps member arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923.

Commanders of II. Gruppe JG 26

Hptm. Werner Palm, 1 May 1939 – 27 June 1939
Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28 June 1939 – 19 May 1940
Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20 May 1940 – 31 May 1940
Hptm. Erich Noack, 1 June 1940 – 24 July 1940
Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25 July 1940 – 16 August 1940
Hptm Erich Bode, 17 August 1940 – 3.10.40
Hptm Walter Adolph, 4 October 1940 – 18 September 1941
Hptm Joachim Müncheberg, 19 September 1941 – 21 July 1942
Hptm Conny Meyer, 22 July 1942 – 2 January 1943
Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, 3 January 43 – 17 August 1943
Hptm Hans Naumann, 18 August 1943 – 8 September 1943
ObLt Johannes Seifert, 9 September 1943 – 25 November 1943
Maj Wilhelm Gäth, 26 November 1943 – 1 March 1944
Hptm Hans Naumann, 2 March 1944 – 28 June 1944
Hptm Emil Lang, 29 June 1944 – 3 September 1944
Hptm Georg-Peter Eder, 4 September 1944 – 8 October 1944
Maj Anton Hackl, 9 October 1944 – 29 January 45
ObLt Waldemar Radener, 30 January 1945 – 22 February 1945
Hptm Paul Schauder, 23 February 1945 – 1 May 1945

ZG76

Country : Germany

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ZG76

Zerstörergeschwader 76 was formed on 1 May 1939 with the I. Gruppe and II. Gruppe without a Geschwaderstab. The II. Gruppe was initially equipped with the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and was known as Jagdgruppe 176. The Geschwaderstab was created on 15 April 1940 in Köln-Wahn. The III. Gruppe was raised on 26 June 1940 in Trier-Euren.

On 1 September 1939 Germany attacked Poland although bad weather initially precluded a large scale deployment of ZG 76. I./ZG 76 engaged Polish fighters formations and made their first claims, although also suffered their first losses. Future 'ace' Leutnant Helmut Lent participated in the attack on Poland, destroying several aircraft on the ground and a PZL P.11 fighter in the air on 2 September 1939 for his and (I./ZG 76) first victory. However, on 12 September, following the destruction of an aircraft on the ground he was attacked by another fighter and his starboard engine was hit and put out of action. This necessitated a forced-landing, fortunately behind his own lines, in which he received minor injuries.

On 29 September, I./ZG 76 was withdrawn to the Stuttgart area to provide Reichsverteidigung (Defense of the Reich) against the Western Allied Air Forces. I./ZG 76 claimed 31 kills during the campaign, of which 19 were confirmed.

On 18 December 1939 the Royal Air Force sent a force of Vickers Wellingtons to raid Wilhelmshafen during the day. I./ZG 76 under Hptm. Gunther Reinecke, intercepted. Staffelkapitän of 2./ZG 76, Wolfgang Falck, and wingman Uffz. Heinz Fresia were the first to engage, claiming two Wellingtons each, though Falck's aircraft was hit by defending fire and he crash-landed on Wangerooge. Others of I./ZG 76 intercepted at intervals, unit claims totalling 15 Wellingtons shot down. The RAF lost 12, with total Luftwaffe unconfirmed claims being 38



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