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Name : NJG4 Country : Germany |
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Pilot or Aircrew | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Oberleutnant | unknown | unknown | 03rd December 1942 | ||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Major | unknown | unknown | 06th November 1944 | ||||
| Pilots and Aircrew for : NJG4 | ||
| A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | ||
| Name | Info | |
| Bahr, Günther Click the name above to see a profile of Bahr, Günther
| Bahr, Günther Serving first as an instructor, he was posted to 6./SG210 (later 6./ZG1) on the Eastern Front until June 1942, when he retrained to fly night fighters. Posted first to NJG4 in August 1943, and then I./NJG6 where on the night of 21st/22nd February 1943 he shot down seven four-engined Russian bombers in one night, after claiming four victories on each of the two previous nights. Gunther Bahr flew over 90 night fighter missions, and was awarded the Knight's Cross in March 1945. He had achieved 37 air victories. Sadly, Gunther Bahr passed away on 29th April 2009. | |
| Bergmann, Helmut Click the name above to see a profile of Bergmann, Helmut
| Bergmann, Helmut | |
| Carstens, Fritz Click the name above to see a profile of Carstens, Fritz | Carstens, Fritz | |
| Friedrich, Gerhard Click the name above to see a profile of Friedrich, Gerhard | Friedrich, Gerhard | |
| Hadeball, Heinz-Martin Click the name above to see a profile of Hadeball, Heinz-Martin | Hadeball, Heinz-Martin | |
| Herget, Wilhelm Click the name above to see a profile of Herget, Wilhelm | Herget, Wilhelm | |
| Holler, Kurt Click the name above to see a profile of Holler, Kurt
| Holler, Kurt | |
| Johanssen, Karl-Ludwig Click the name above to see a profile of Johanssen, Karl-Ludwig
| Johanssen, Karl-Ludwig Karl-Ludwig Johanssen was born on 15th May 1921. Flying with III./NJG4 and I./NJG6, he was one of the Luftwaffe's most successful radio operators, flying with Martin Becker and participating in 59 air victories. He was awarded with the Knights Cross in March 1945. He died on 11th August 2009. | |
| Kamp, Hans-Karl Click the name above to see a profile of Kamp, Hans-Karl | Kamp, Hans-Karl | |
| Kollak, Reinhard Click the name above to see a profile of Kollak, Reinhard | Kollak, Reinhard | |
| Meister, Ludwig Click the name above to see a profile of Meister, Ludwig
| Meister, Ludwig | |
| Peters, Erhard Click the name above to see a profile of Peters, Erhard | Peters, Erhard | |
| Rauh, Hubert Click the name above to see a profile of Rauh, Hubert
| Rauh, Hubert | |
| Rumpelhardt, Fritz Click the name above to see a profile of Rumpelhardt, Fritz
| Rumpelhardt, Fritz From 1942 as an Unteroffizier, Fritz Rumpelhardt was radio operator to Heinz Wolfgang Schnaufer with NJG1 and NJG4. He participated in 100 night fighter victories with Schnaufer, and was the most successful night fighter radio-operator in the Luftwaffe. Fritz Rumpelhardt flew over 130 combat missions and was awarded the Knight's Cross in July 1944, and was nominated for the Oak Leaves in March 1945. Fritz Rumpelhardt passed away on 20th January 2011. | |
| Schmidt, Dietrich Click the name above to see a profile of Schmidt, Dietrich | Schmidt, Dietrich | |
| Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang Click the name above to see a profile of Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang
| Schnaufer, Heinz-Wolfgang Major Heinz Schnaufer, with 121 victories, was the top-scoring night fighter ace of all time. He became a Luftwaffe pilot in 1942 and obtained his first victory in June of that year. By August his victory count had reached twenty-two and he was put in command of the 9th Staffel of the IV/BJG1. On the evening of December 16, 1943 Schnaufer downed four RAF Lancaster 4-engine bombers, and on February 21, 1945 he claimed a total of nine Lancasters in one evening. He received the highest award which could be obtained, the Diamonds to the Knights Cross, upon attainment of his 100th victory. Schnaufer survived the War, but was killed in a motoring accident in 1950. | |
| Schulte, Helmuth Click the name above to see a profile of Schulte, Helmuth | Schulte, Helmuth | |
| Thimmig, Wolfgang Click the name above to see a profile of Thimmig, Wolfgang | Thimmig, Wolfgang | |
| Wohlers, Heinrich Click the name above to see a profile of Wohlers, Heinrich | Wohlers, Heinrich | |
| Aircraft for : NJG4 | ||
| A list of all aircraft associated with NJG4. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
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Blenheim 
Manufacturer : Bristol Production Began : 1935 Retired : 1956 Number Built : 4422 | Blenheim The Bristol Blenheim, the most plentiful aircraft in the RAFs inventory when WWII began, was designed by Frank Barnwell, and when first flown in 1936 was unique with its all metal monoplane design incorporating a retractable undercarriage, wing flaps, metal props, and supercharged engines. A typical bomb load for a Blenheim was 1,000 pounds. In the early stages of the war Blenheims were used on many daylight bombing missions. On the day that war was declared on Germany, a Blenheim piloted by Flying Officer Andrew McPherson was the first British aircraft to cross the German coast and the following morning 15 Blenheims from three squadrons set off on one of the first bombing missions The Blenheim units operated throughout the battle, often taking heavy casualties, although they were never accorded the publicity of the fighter squadrons. The Blenheim units raided German occupied airfields throughout July to December 1940, both during daylight hours and at night. Although most of these raids were unproductive, there were some successes; on 1 August five out of 12 Blenheims sent to attack Haamstede and Evere (Brussels) were able to bomb, destroying or heavily damaging three Bf 109s of II./JG 27 and apparently killing a Staffelkapitän identified as Hauptmann Albrecht von Ankum-Frank. Two other 109s were claimed by Blenheim gunners. Another successful raid on Haamstede was made by a single Blenheim on 7 August which destroyed one 109 of 4./JG 54, heavily damaged another and caused lighter damage to four more. There were also some missions which produced an almost 100% casualty rate amongst the Blenheims. One such operation was mounted on 13 August 1940 against a Luftwaffe airfield near Aalborg in north-western Denmark by 12 aircraft of 82 Squadron. One Blenheim returned early (the pilot was later charged and due to appear before a court martial, but was killed on another operation); the other 11, which reached Denmark, were shot down, five by flak and six by Bf 109s. Blenheim-equipped units had been formed to carry out long-range strategic reconnaissance missions over Germany and German-occupied territories, as well as bombing operations. In this role, the Blenheims once again proved to be too slow and vulnerable against Luftwaffe fighters and they took constant casualties While great heroism was displayed by the air crews, tremendous losses were sustained during these missions. The Blenhiem was easy pickings at altitude for German Bf-109 fighters who quickly learned to attack from below. To protect the vulnerable bellies of the Blenheims many missions were shifted to low altitude, but this increased the aircrafts exposure to anti-aircraft fire. In the German night-bombing raid on London on 18 June 1940, Blenheims accounted for five German bombers, thus proving that they were better-suited for night fighting. In July, No. 600 Squadron, by then based at RAF Manston, had some of its Mk IFs equipped with AI Mk III radar. With this radar equipment, a Blenheim from the Fighter Interception Unit (FIU) at RAF Ford achieved the first success on the night of 2–3 July 1940, accounting for a Dornier Do 17 bomber. More successes came, and before long the Blenheim proved itself invaluable as a night fighter. One Blenheim pilot, Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for an attack on Singora, Thailand, on 9 December 1941. Another bomber of No. 60 Squadron RAF was credited with shooting down Lt Col Tateo Katō's Nakajima Ki-43 fighter and badly damaging two others in a single engagement on 22 May 1942, over the Bay of Bengal. Katō's death was a severe blow to the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. | |
NJG4 Artwork |
  Messerschmitt Bf.110G4b/R3 by Ivan Berryman. |   Clipped Signature - Fritz Rumpelhardt. |   Clipped Signature - Karl-Ludwig Johanssen. |
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