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Reinhold Hoffmann - Pilot Profile - Reinhold Hoffmann

Reinhold Hoffmann

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Victories : 66
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 24th May 1944


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
Cross

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.

Reinhold Hoffmann

Squadrons for : Reinhold Hoffmann
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Reinhold Hoffmann. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG3


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG3		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

JG54


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG54		JG54

I./JG 54 was initially formed as I./JG 70 near Nuremberg in July 1939, just two short months before hostilities broke out. As was to become tradition within Grunherzgeschwader, the Gruppe took the Nurember coat-of-arms (a veritcally divided shield with a black heraldic bird on the left, and red and white diagonal stripes on the right) to represent the region the unit came from.

On September 15, 1939, I./JG 70 was redesignated I./JG 54

The initial unit designation for II./JG 54 was I./JG 138. This unit was raised in 1938 after the Austrian annexation. Naturally many Austrian nationals were recruited when I./JG 138 was formed. The Aspern coat of arms (black lion's head surmounting a white cross on a red field) was taken by the Gruppe for its identity.

I./JG 138 was briefly designated I./JG 76 before finally becoming II./JG 54 on April 6, 1940.

The III./JG 54 has its roots in Prussia. Initially I./JG 21, the members were drawn from the Jesau region in Prussia. The modified Jesau coat-of-arms (a shield with a Jesau cross with three diving aircraft on a red background, with a white outline on the shield) was adopted as the Gruppe's own.

On July 15, 1939, I./JG 21 was redesignated III./JG 54. However, the bureaucratic nature of the young Luftwaffe was such that it was over a year before records would reflect the new designation. Consequently, III./JG 54 fought in Poland and France as I./JG 21.


Kommodoren of JG 54 :

Major Martin Mettig; 2 Feb 40 to 25 Aug 40.
Oberst Hannes Trautloft; 25 Aug 40 to 5 Jul 43.
Major Hubertus von Bonin; 6 Jul 43 to 15 Dec 43.
Oberstleutnant Anton Mader; 28 Jan 44 to Sep 44.
Oberst Dieter Hrabak; 1 Oct 44 to 8 May 45.

Known Victory Claims - Reinhold Hoffmann

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

27/07/1942Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-1SE Pola: 2500m19.05Eastern Front
22/08/1942Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-254 431: 20m6.11Eastern Front
21/03/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-100 272: 5500m8.4Eastern Front
30/05/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Curtiss P-4010 122: 4500m20.04Eastern Front
12/07/1943Ofw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-374 754: 1200m19.25Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Boston III63 254: 1000m12.52Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Boston III63 291: 1000m12.53Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Boston III73 172: 1000m12.56Eastern Front
16/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2mH.64 853: 1000m11.3Eastern Front
16/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2mH.64 894: 800m11.37Eastern Front
16/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2mH.74 743: 400m11.42Eastern Front
22/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-263 112: 20m18.25Eastern Front
22/07/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-363 162: 1500m18.35Eastern Front
02/08/1943Ltn. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-310 253: 3500m12.58Eastern Front
02/08/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-700 261: 4000m9Eastern Front
09/08/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-354 582: 2000m16.01Eastern Front
09/08/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-354 591: 2000m16.02Eastern Front
11/08/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-345 762: 1500m18.32Eastern Front
17/08/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-253 253: 20m4.5Eastern Front
21/08/1943Ltn. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-243 784: 500m16.45Eastern Front
23/08/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Boston III44 413: 3000m7.11Eastern Front
23/08/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Boston III44 283: 3000m7.14Eastern Front
24/08/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54DB-3F44 523: 3000m7.04Eastern Front
26/08/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Boston III43 884: 1800m16.25Eastern Front
01/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2mH.25 462: 800m18.01Eastern Front
01/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2mH.35 343: 800m18.07Eastern Front
06/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-926 734: 5000m6Eastern Front
06/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-926 841: 4000m9.5Eastern Front
07/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54LaGG-544 252: 5m17.31Eastern Front
08/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-944 16: 1000m11.35Eastern Front
14/09/1943Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2mH.26 642: 800m16.07Eastern Front
20/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7N. Kiev: 2000m15.48Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7E. Chodorov: 4000m12.09Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9S. Yachniki: 800m [Krs. Poltava]12.15Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54La-5E. Kargalnik: 4000m14.5Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7WSW Yeu: 1000m15Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2WSW Yeu: 800m15.03Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2NE Yeu: 600m15.04Eastern Front
21/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2S. Grushevo: 500m15.06Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54La-5S. Dalyevka: 2500m6.19Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2N. Yeh: 800m9.15Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2SSE Kussinoye: 1000m9.14Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2W. Schtschutschinka: 700m9.17Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2E. Rzhyshchiv: 600m9.21Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54La-5E. Romashki: 3000m12.08Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7N. Chodorov: 2500m12.11Eastern Front
22/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7N. Chodorov: 1500m12.14Eastern Front
24/10/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9S. Trakhtemirov: 3000m12.45Eastern Front
02/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9E. Lyutezh: 2000m [N. Kiev]15.07Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9SE Lyutezh: 2500m14.49Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2E. Glebovka: 300m9.15Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7S. Vyshgorod: 2500m [N. Kiev]11.09Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9SE Vyshgorod: 3000m [N. Kiev]11.13Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2E. Valki: 1000m12.25Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Il-2ESE Lyutezh: 1000m12.28Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9W. Vyshgorod: 700m [N. Kiev]12.4Eastern Front
03/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-9W. Valki: 2000m14.38Eastern Front
06/11/1943Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-7S. Lyutezh: 4000m7.55Eastern Front
06/04/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-988 364: 2000m8Eastern Front
08/04/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54Jak-988 883: 2000m10Eastern Front
21/04/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann5JG 54La-570 644 2000m11.23Eastern Front
19/05/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann4JG 54B-24FB: [Raum S. Wittingen]13.15Western Front
19/05/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann4JG 54B-24FB: [S. Wittingen]13.21Western Front
19/05/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann4JG 54B-2405 Ost S/FT: 6500m [Nienburg]13.18Western Front
07/07/1944Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann12JG 3B-24Raum Oschersleben Kr. Sachsen: 6500m9.41Western Front
18/07/1944Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann12JG 3B-17Raum Memmingen: 7000m10.55Western Front
29/07/1944Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann12JG 3B-1715 Ost S/ME: 7000m [Zeitz-Groitsch]10.3Western Front
30/07/1944Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann12JG 3B-17NW Plattensee: 7500m10.55Western Front
03/08/1944Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann12JG 3B-17AP: 7000m [Voges: S. Saarbrücken]15.5Western Front
17/08/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann4JG 54Il-288 842: 1000m6.53Eastern Front
17/08/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann4JG 54Il-288 853: 1000m6.55Eastern Front
17/08/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann4JG 54Il-288 854: 1000m6.59Eastern Front
02/11/1944Uffz. Reinhold Hoffmann15JG 3B-17JB-JC-KB-KC-KD: 7500m12.49Western Front
23/12/1944Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann15JG 3B-26PN-PM: 3700m [Büllingen-Stavelot]11.4Western Front
20/04/1945Fw. Reinhold Hoffmann15JG 3Spitfire--Western Front

Known Claims : 75

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