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Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel - Pilot Profile - Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel

Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel

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Victories : 35
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Latest Axis Aviation Artwork !
 In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command.  These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy.  On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck.  At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles.  The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship.  The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape.  As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941.  Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two.  He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.
 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940.  Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.
 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster.  Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks.  For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.
 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944.  Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine.  Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came.  He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel

Squadrons for : Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG2


Country : Germany
Founded : 1st May 1939
'Richthofen'

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JG2

Jagdgeschwader 2 was formed from parts of Jagdgeschwader 131 Richthofen on 1 May 1939 in Döberitz and its first commander was Oberst Robert Ritter von Greim. At the outbreak of the war JG 2 was tasked with defence of the Reich and based in the Berlin area under Luftgaukommando III. Stab and II. Gruppe were equipped with the Bf 109E and were located at Döberitz with 10.(N) staffel flying the Bf 109D in Straussberg.

10.(N) Staffel was one of the first night fighter units formed in the Luftwaffe. Later this staffel was expanded into IV.(N) Gruppe. This Gruppe gained the Luftwaffe’s first night kill over the RAF Bomber Command on the night of 25/26 on April 1940 when Ofw Förster shot down a Handley Page Hampden.

The unit saw little combat until the Western offensive against France and the Low Countries from 10 May 1940 onwards. During the campaign against France, JG 2 was tasked with escorting raids and defending German airspace to the south of Heinz Guderian's Panzer forces which were encircling the French and the British Expeditionary Force further north. Leutnant Helmut Wick, who later became part of a trio of outstanding aces (including Adolf Galland from Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) and Werner Mölders from Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51)) in the Battle of Britain, attained his first and the Geschwader's second kill on 22 November 1939, a French Curtiss Hawk Model 75. The first victory for the JG 2 was scored by Oberfeldwebel Kley (3. Staffel) at the same day.

JG 2 took part in the Battle of Britain, operating Bf 109Es over the South Coast of England and the English Channel from bases in Cherbourg and Normandy. Major Helmut Wick emerged as one of the Battle’s top Luftwaffe aces, claiming 31 kills for a personal total of 56, before being killed (MIA) in action versus Spitfires of No. 609 Squadron in November 1940. Wick was seen to bail out successfully but was not found by German Air/Sea Rescue attempts. The Spitfire who dispatched him was immediately shot down by Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz. Ofw. Schnell, Ofw. Machold and Olt. Hans Assi Hahn also claimed heavily during this period, with 16 kills each. Some 42 JG 2 pilots were killed or made POW during the battle.

JG3


Country : Germany
'Richthofen'

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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

Known Victory Claims - Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

12/02/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab II.JG 2Swordfish10km N. Gravelines13.47Western Front
12/02/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab II.JG 2SwordfishPl.Qu. 2258/05 Ost: tiefflug13.5Western Front
29/06/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Il-2-18.5Eastern Front
03/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3I-16 Rata-18.44Eastern Front
04/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2-18Eastern Front
09/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Il-2Voronezh: tiefflug19.25Eastern Front
09/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Il-2-19.27Eastern Front
16/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Il-2-15.25Eastern Front
22/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3I-16 Rata-9.25Eastern Front
24/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1-11.4Eastern Front
27/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1NE Kalatsch: 2500m17.4Eastern Front
28/07/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1Kalatsch: 2800m11.2Eastern Front
06/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Pe-249 521: 1000m6Eastern Front
06/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3R-5Naksaj: tiefflug6.2Eastern Front
06/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Pe-2N. Aksaj: 1800m10.53Eastern Front
06/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Pe-2SW Stalingrad: tiefflug10.58Eastern Front
07/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Pe-2SW Stalingrad: 2800m17.41Eastern Front
08/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2Donskaja Zarza9.48Eastern Front
09/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-3E. Kalatsch: 300m11Eastern Front
09/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-3E. Kalatsch: 1000m6.1Eastern Front
12/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3LaGG-3Stalingrad: 2000m4.45Eastern Front
12/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3LaGG-3W. Stalingrad: 2000m4.52Eastern Front
13/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3LaGG-349 17317.1Eastern Front
16/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1Stalingrad: 3200m4.32Eastern Front
16/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1Stalingrad4.35Eastern Front
17/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2Rachlinka4.45Eastern Front
19/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1S. Rachlinka5.2Eastern Front
20/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-349 355.3Eastern Front
20/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2SE Dubowyj Owrag16.21Eastern Front
20/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2Dubowyj Owrag16.23Eastern Front
20/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2SE Stalingrad16.25Eastern Front
20/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3P-2SE Stalingrad16.27Eastern Front
21/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3Il-2Osero Ssarpa See18Eastern Front
23/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3I-180N. Stalingrad12.4Eastern Front
24/08/1942Ltn. Heinrich Graf von EinsiedelStab III.JG 3MiG-1N. Fl.Pl. Leninsk13.55Eastern Front

Known Claims : 35

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