Manfred KÃ¶pcke - Aircrew Details

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Manfred KÃ¶pcke - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Manfred KÃ¶pcke

Name : Manfred KÃ¶pcke
Air Victories : 5.00

Aircraft Type :
Morane 405

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
B-17HSS

Aircraft Type :
B-17

Aircraft Type :
P-47

Known Victory Claims :
Date	Rank	Squadron	Claimed	Location	Time	Aircraft Flown	Notes
15/05/1940	Ltn.	JG 52	Morane 405 details	SE Dinant	12.33
11/09/1944	Hptm.	JG 4	B-17 details	OF-OG: 8500m [S. Chemnitz]	12.17
06/10/1944	Hptm.	JG 4	B-17HSS details	FE-FF: 8000m [Rathenow-Nauen]	12.1
02/11/1944	Hptm.	JG 4	B-17 details	JE: 7800m [Dessau]	12.55
19/12/1944	Hptm.	JG 4	P-47 details	HunsrÃ¼ck: 500m	15

Squadrons for : Manfred KÃ¶pcke
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Manfred KÃ¶pcke. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
JG4 Country : Germany Fate : withdrawn after heavy losses back to the Reich in September 1944. and was disbanded on March 19, 1945. Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG4	JG4 agdgeschwader 4 (JG 4) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG 4 was formed as a full Geschwader on 15 June 1944 in Ansbach from Stab/Jagdgeschwader z.b.V. and its first Geschwaderkommodore was Major Gerhard SchÃ¶pfel. I./JG 4 was formed earlier on 7 August 1942 in Mizil, Romania from the Ã–lschutzstaffel/Jagdgeschwader 77, with 2./JG 4 formed 1 December 1942. Stab I, 3. and 4./JG 4 were formed on 10 January 1943 at Mizil, and the I Gruppe was now complete. II. Gruppe was formed in July 1944 at Salzwedel from I./ZerstÃ¶rergeschwader 1 (ZG 1) and partially from Sturmstaffel 1. III. Gruppe was formed in July 1944 at Rotenburg from III./ZG 1. IV./JG 4 was formed on 20 October 1944 at Finsterwalde from II./Jagdgeschwader 5. I./JG 4 was assigned in early 1943 as defensive protection of the Mizil and Ploiești oil complexes in Romania. I./JG 4 first saw action in combat against the force of B-24 Liberators dispatched on the low-level attack against Ploiești on 1 August 1943, code-named Operation "Tidal Wave", claiming 12 Consolidated B-24 bombers downed. The unit saw further action over the Balkans against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) 15th Air Force heavy bombers flying from bases in North Africa and Italy. The unit was later deployed to the defence of Rome and northern Italy. I./JG 4 first saw action in combat against a strike force of B-24 Liberators dispatched on the celebrated low level attack against Ploiești on 1 August 1943 as Operation "Tidal Wave". Stab and I./JG 4 claimed twelve B-24 bombers shot down. JG 4 was then deployed in the German defensive campaign in Italy during the first half of 1944, prior to being shifted to the France for the Normandy invasion. Over the Lake Bracciano area on 7 May 1944, I./JG 4 encountered Spitfires of No. 72 Squadron RAF, who claimed nine Bf 109's shot down; I Gruppe lost 4 killed and 2 wounded in the action.[1] During their Italian campaign, I./JG 4 lost 40 men killed or missing, 26 wounded, and 7 taken prisoner.[2] JG 4 were then withdrawn after heavy losses back to the Reich in September 1944. and was disbanded on March 19, 1945.
JG52 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG52	JG52 The most successful Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II, with a claim total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft. It was home to the top three scoring Experten of the Luftwaffe, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and GÃ¼nther Rall. The unit flew the various marks of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 exclusively through the war.