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Joachim Kirschner - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

Joachim Kirschner


Name : Joachim Kirschner
Died : 17th December 1943
Air Victories : 188.00

Awards :
Knights Cross
Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross

Hauptmann Joachim Kirchner was born on 7 June 1920 in Niederlössnitz b. Radebeul. Kirchner Joined German Air Force on 26 August 1939.

On 17 December his flight of five Bf 109 G was spotted over Ston by six P-40 and seven P-47 Thunderbolts of 57th Fighter Group USAAF which shot down three Bf 109 including his Bf 109G-6 WNr. 20618 over Metkovi?. Joachim Kirchner managed to bail out but on the ground was captured by Yugoslav partisans from 29th Herzegovina division who sentenced him to death. He was shot by firing squad on 17 December 1943.

Joachim Kirchner carried out over 600 combat missions and had 188 air victories out of which 21 US and British and 167 Soviet aircraft.

1 February 1943 - 1st Lt.
18 October 1943 - Captain (Hauptmann)

Awards:

23 December 1942 - Knight's Cross
2 August 1943 - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves

Units:

December 1941 - 5./Jagdgeschwader 3 'Udet'
Commander of 5./JG3
18 October 1943 - Commander of IV/JG27

Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
DB-3a
Aircraft Type :
MiG-1
Aircraft Type :
MiG-1
Aircraft Type :
MiG-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
U-2
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
vm. Jäger

Aircraft Type :
Pe-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
DB-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
ER-3

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
ER-2

Aircraft Type :
MiG-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Jak-4
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
I-180

Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
R-5
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
I-153
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Boston
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Boston
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
I-16 Rata
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
Boston
Aircraft Type :
Boston
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
MiG-1
Aircraft Type :
Boston
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
LaGG

Aircraft Type :
LaGG

Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG

Aircraft Type :
LaGG

Aircraft Type :
LaGG

Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Airacobra
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Boston
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-4
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-3
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Il-2
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
LaGG-5
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
Jak-1
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
B-17
Aircraft Type :
P-38F
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
Spitfire
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
Hurricane
Aircraft Type :
Curtiss P-40
Aircraft Type :
Mitchell
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
P-38
Aircraft Type :
B-25
Aircraft Type :
P-38



Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

20/08/1941

Ltn.

JG 3

Spitfire
details

40-50km N. Bergen-aan-Zee: 200m

15.35

26/03/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Spitfire
details

10km NW La Valetta

13.5

21/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

DB-3a
details

-

4.5

29/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

MiG-1
details

-

4.59

31/05/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

MiG-1
details

-

19.22

13/06/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

MiG-1
details

-

17.47

30/06/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

-

10.12

04/07/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

Voronezh: 50-100m

18.45

08/07/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

U-2
details

-

17.05

09/07/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Curtiss P-40
details

20 553: 2000m

18.15

22/07/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

20 831: 700m

18.07

22/07/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

29 54: 200m

18.22

27/07/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

39 332: 3200m

17.42

05/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

49 589: 200m

7.24

09/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

vm. Jäger
details

39 333: 5700m

10.22

09/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Pe-2
details

39 424: 6200m

10.12

09/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

39 333: 5000m

9.54

09/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

39 332: 3000m

9.5

13/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

39 434: 200m

17.54

13/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

37 291: 500m

18.02

17/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

30 891: 1000m

16.5

17/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

40 774: 200m

16.52

17/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

40 782: 100m

16.56

20/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

DB-3
details

40 753: 700m

4.53

21/08/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

49 121: 1400m

17.41

13/09/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

47 593: 3100m

7.04

23/09/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

47 673: 700m

10.27

23/09/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

ER-3
details

47 681: 2400m

10.25

28/09/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

28 171: 150m

10.22

04/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

29 674: 100m

17.21

04/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

29 674: 5m

17.24

05/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

38 532: 1100m

11.31

11/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

ER-2
details

38 163: 1800m

17.3

11/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

MiG-1
details

28 223: 900m

17.35

12/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

28 812: 100m

16.29

15/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

38 364: 450m

9.23

15/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

38 363: 750m

9.25

17/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

Il-2
details

28 634: 800m

15.53

22/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

48 173: 800m

12.11

22/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

48 311: 600m

12.09

29/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

28 114: 3600m

9.36

29/10/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

29 762: 5100m

9.48

08/11/1942

Ltn.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

17 824: 500m

14.24

20/02/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-4
details

89 242: 6800m

10.04

22/02/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

88 493: 1000m

10.4

22/02/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-180
details

88 483: 1200m

10.48

22/02/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

88 631: 50m

15.4

27/02/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

79 111: 300m

7.37

09/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

98 592: 50m

8.1

09/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

88 491: 1500m

15.25

13/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

70 453: 4500m

10.21

13/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

70 452: 4000m

10.2

13/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

70 614: 50m

10.27

18/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 892: 100m

15.14

21/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

98 384: 2100m

14.34

21/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

98 823: 1600m

14.59

25/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

MiG-1
details

88 294: 2300m

8.07

25/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

98 372: 4000m

8.16

25/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

91 584: 800m

14

29/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

R-5
details

80 834: 30m

12.05

30/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

09 362: 50m

13.3

31/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

88 661: 800m

5.55

31/03/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

88 631: 2500m

5.48

11/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-16 Rata
details

85 111: 1200m

5.16

11/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-16 Rata
details

86 746: 300m

5.24

11/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 114: 1000m

12.05

12/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Airacobra
details

86 674: 2700m

10.21

15/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

-

8.36

15/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 343: 800m

8.56

16/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Airacobra
details

-

14.46

16/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Airacobra
details

-

14.54

17/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 792: 200m

17.17

17/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-16 Rata
details

86 874: 50m

-

18/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 344: 600m

6.08

18/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-153
details

75 433: 400m

16.44

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

75 433: 600m

11.5

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

75 423: 200m

11.52

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

75 451: 50m

11.54

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

75 423: 1700m

16.01

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

75 421: 1600m

16.02

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

75 453: 600m

16.06

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Boston
details

75 472: 1900m

16.04

20/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

75 442: 600m

16.08

22/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Boston
details

-

18.28

23/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 372: 3700m

5.12

23/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 392: 3200m

5.17

23/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

75 423: 150m

14.13

23/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-16 Rata
details

75 424: 50m

14.18

24/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

I-16 Rata
details

85 151: 50m

5.39

27/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

86 783: 400m

17.25

27/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Airacobra
details

85 123: 4200m

17.33

27/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Boston
details

85 152: 3700m

17.34

27/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Boston
details

85 243: 3000m

17.36

28/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

85 114: 5600m

16.21

28/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

85 142: 4800m

16.25

28/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

85 159: 5000m

16.32

29/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 151: 3800m

5.31

29/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

85 142: 3500m

5.4

29/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

75 262: 5600m

10.06

29/04/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

85 121: 6800m

10.18

06/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

71 853: 1200m

13.25

06/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

71 761: 1200m

13.29

06/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

MiG-1
details

61 641: 800m

13.48

06/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Boston
details

61 662: 50m

14.07

07/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Spitfire
details

75 264: 4800m

14.02

07/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

73 261: 1200m

18.29

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Spitfire
details

75 271: 3000m

11.56

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG
details

86 773: 2300m

5.32

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG
details

75 234: 200m

12.12

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

75 262: 300m

12.13

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG
details

85 111: 1000m

14.2

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG
details

75 234: tiefflug

14.24

08/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG
details

75 233: 700m

18.1

09/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

76 864: 1100m

12.34

09/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

85 111: 200m

16.53

09/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

76 894: 500m

16.59

10/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

85 141: 3700m

16

10/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

75 232: 150m

16.08

10/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Spitfire
details

76 892: 1000m

16.13

14/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Airacobra
details

86 772: 50m

16.45

23/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

62 781: 2300m

6.53

23/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

62 739: 2600m

6.53

30/05/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Boston
details

70 466: 5600m

6.22

01/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

62 873: 1000m

5.04

02/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

61 138: 2400m

5.34

02/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-4
details

62 859: 5600m

5.22

04/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

70 319: 2000m

17.52

08/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

60 266: 200m

5.18

09/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

60 224: 2000m

11

14/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

60 441: 50m

3.36

14/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

60 442: 1200m

5.25

16/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

70 174: 50m

3.55

20/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

61 285: 300m

15.1

21/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

60 872: 200m

18.46

28/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

61 212: 900m

9.53

28/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

62 894: 1700m

10

30/06/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

70 144: 800m

17.26

03/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

70 344: 2200m

16.52

03/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

70 355: 2700m

16.47

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

60 193: 1500m

4.08

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 453: 150m

18.06

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 472: 1000m

18.17

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 651: 1200m

18.32

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 623: 1200m

18.24

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 848: tiefstflug

3.44

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 844: 400m

3.4

05/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

61 841: 400m

3.41

06/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

61 241: 1200m

17.31

06/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 487: 600m

17.43

06/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-3
details

61 634: tiefst.

17.5

07/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 623: 800m

3.44

07/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 487: 600m

3.5

07/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

61 162: 2600m

12.26

07/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Il-2
details

61 623: 200m

4.02

07/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

61 867: 800m

19.46

08/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

LaGG-5
details

70 159: 800m

4.09

10/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

62 889: 3000m

17.12

10/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

62 886: 2400m

17.16

11/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

61 212: 300m

9.4

12/07/1943

Oblt.

JG 3

Jak-1
details

62 794: 800m

16.58

24/09/1943

Hptm.

JG 3

B-17
details

05 Ost S/FF-6: 3000m [North Sea]

17.18

27/09/1943

Hptm.

JG 3

B-17
details

BP-8: 9200m [S. Borkum]

11.1

02/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 3

B-17
details

-

-

03/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 3

Spitfire
details

-

12.24

04/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 3

B-17
details

LO-6i: 6500m [Arnsberg]

12.2

23/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38F
details

WNW Valona: 30m

9.05

23/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

Spitfire
details

SSW Fl.Pl. Podgorica

13.04

23/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

Spitfire
details

E. Cettinje: 2500m

13.02

25/10/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38
details

14 Ost S/92/3/1 at 50m [Montenegro]

13.19

01/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

Hurricane
details

W. Bar: 1200m [Montenegro]

13.32

01/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

Curtiss P-40
details

W. Bar: 600m [Montenegro]

13.35

15/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

Mitchell
details

S. Labadeia: 5500m

11.24

15/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38
details

W. Arachoba: 6000m

11.28

15/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38
details

W. Arachoba: 4800m

11.32

15/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38
details

E. Insel Aegina: 4000m

13.17

16/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38
details

NW Amfissa: 4800m

13.2

17/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

B-25
details

W. Insel Disporia: 3900m

13.03

17/11/1943

Hptm.

JG 27

P-38
details

SW Piräeus: 4600m

12.48

Aircraft for : Joachim Kirschner
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Me109



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Manufacturer : Messerschmitt
Production Began : 1937
Retired : 1945
Number Built : 33984

Me109

Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s.



Squadrons for : Joachim Kirschner
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JG27

Country : Germany

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JG27

Jagdgeschwader 27 Afrika was a World War II Luftwaffe Geschwader. It was most famous for service in the North African Campaign, supporting the Deutsches Afrikakorps.

Commanders of IV./JG 27

Hauptmann Rudolf Sinner, June 1943
Oberleutnant Dietrich Boesler (acting), September 1943
Oberleutnant Alfred Burk (acting), October 1943
Hauptmann Joachim Kirschner, 18 October 1943
Hauptmann Otto Meyer, 1 February 1943
Hauptmann Hanns-Heinz Dudeck, July 1944
Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, 2 January 1945

JG3

Country : Germany

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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



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