12 Staffel IV. Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 54

Focke-Wulf Fw 190D9 12./JG54 Red 1 Oberleutnant Hans Dortenmann Oldenberg Germany 1945

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Fw 190D-9 Yellow-1 Flown by Oberleutnant Hans Dortenmann, 3./JG 26, Klein-Kummerfeld/Germany, April 1945. On April 5, 1945, Fw 190 D-9-equipped IV./JG 26 was assigned to carry out a strafing mission against British troop movements opposed to theGerman defense line at Weser on the Western Front. During the approach flight, Oberleutnant Willi Heilmann, 15./JG 26's Staffelkapitan, suddenly disappeared. This incident has been covered in several versions. According to Heilmann's post-war memoirs, his departure was preceded by a ceremony in which he had discharged his Staffel to return to their homes. A few years later, Heilmann wrote that he had force-landed his damaged aircraft at the German-held airfield at Bissel. This is supported by historian Axel Urbanke, who states that Heilmann remained at Bissel, where he was captured by Canadian troops on April 13, 1945. Another version claims that duirng the mission on April 5, 1945, his fellow pilots saw him land his fully unscathed aircraft at Handorf Airdrome at Munster, which already was in British hands. The German pilots were fully convinced that he had deliberately deserted. According to this version, Oberleutnant Dortenmann later that day took off in his Fw 190 D-9, flew to Munster-Handorf, where he found Heilmann's parked aircraft, and set it ablaze in a furious gunnery run before returning to base. In any case, following Heilmann's disappearance, his 15./JG 26 was immediately disbanded, and its pilots were spread among the 13. and 14. Staffeln. Hans Dortenmann, 3./JG 26's Staffelkapitan who supposedly destroyed Heilmann's aircraft, was one of the most successful "Dora-9 pilots." He in fact flew the same aircraft individual (WNr 210003) from late 1944 until May 5, 1945, when he himself destroyed it on the ground at Flensburg-Weiche just as British troops were approaching the base. He achieved eighteen victories piloting this aircraft, reaching a total of thirty-eight.
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FW 190D-9 (W.Nr.210003) "red1" Oblt.Hans Dortenmann from 12./JG54 Oldenberg Airfield, October 1944.
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Hans Dortenmann

Hans Dortenmann was born on 11 December 1921 at Weingarten in the Wurttemberg region. He was serving in the army as an infantryman in April 1941 but transferred to the Luftwaffe and underwent flying training. Dortenmann was posted to JG 54 on the Eastern front on completion of his flying training. Leutnant Dortenmann was assigned to 2./JG 54. He gained his first victory on 6 February 1944, when he rammed a Russian La-5 fighter. Dortenmann's Fw 190 A-6 "Black 7" sustained damage to its left wing but he managed to fly back to Orscha-South airfield where he successfully belly-landed. He flew this day as wingmann to Ulrich Wohnert (86 victories, RK) who would confirm Dortenmann's first victory. On 10 June, 2./JG 54 was withdrawn from the Eastern front and relocated to Western front to join III./JG 54. Dortenmann had accumulated 14 (15) victories in the time he had operated over the Eastern front. On 20 June 1944, Dortenmann was appointed Staffelkapitan of 2./JG 54, which on 10 August became 12./JG 54.

Dortenmann was shot down near Paris on 26 June in Fw 190 A-8 "Red 1" but managed to bale out. Over the Invasion front, Dortenmann claimed six Allied fighters shot down. In mid-August, III./JG 54 was withdrawn to Germany to refit. In late September the Gruppe received its first Fw 190 D-9 fighters, becoming operational on 12 October when after only a few weeks of training, at the request of Major Walter Nowotny (258 victories, RK-Br, killed in action 8 November 1944), 9./JG 54 under Oberleutnant Wilhelm Heilmann (34 victories) went to Hesepe and 12./JG 54 under Leutnant Dortenmann went to Achmer to fly airfield protection for the Me 262 jet fighters of Kommando Nowotny, remaining there until 25 December. On 25 December, III./JG 54 was placed under the operation control of Major Karl Borris (43 victories, RK) of I./JG 26 for Operation Bodenplatte. On 29 December, Dortenmann shot down a RAF Spitfire in the Munster area on a day that III./JG 54 lost its Gruppenkommandeur Hauptmann Robert Weiss (121 victories, RK-EL) in addition to 12 other pilots in combat with Spitfires and Typhoons. Dortenmann was named acting Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 54 on 30 December and remained in this role until 11 February 1945.

On 1 January 1945, Dortenmann led III./JG 54 on Operation Bodenplatte against Brussels-Grimbergen airfield, from which 12 of its 17 pilots that flew the mission failed to return. 12./JG 54 was disbanded on 19 February 1945 with its pilots being distributed throughout the rest of III./JG 54 and Dortenmann taking command of 11./JG 54. On 25 February, III./JG 54 was absorbed into JG 26 with Dortenmann's 11./JG 54 becoming 14./JG 26. On 29 March 1945, Oberleutnant Dortenmann was appointed Staffelkapitan of 3./JG 26. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 20 April for 35 victories. During this period he flew 28 ground-attack missions claiming a transport glider, two aircraft, one tank car, seven trucks, three armoured infantry vehicles and an anti-aircraft position destroyed. Dortenmann flew his last combat mission of the war on 27 April and shot down a Russian Yak-3 over Berlin. Hans Dortenmann survived the war but died on 1 April 1973.

In 150 combat missions, Hans Dortenmann was credited with 38 victories. He gained 16 victories over the Eastern front and 22 over the Western front, including one four-engine bomber and six Mustangs. He recorded 18 victories with Fw 190 D-9 (W.Nr. 210 003) making him the most successful fighter pilot with this type.

Victories : 38
Awards : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (1944)
Ritterkreuz (20 April 1945)
Units : JG 54, JG 26
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/dortenmann.html

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