IL-2 Sturmovik 'Cliff's of Dover' - COD game skins

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E1 8/.JG54 (B2+) Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 1/.JG54 White 1+ Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 7/.JG54 White 2+ Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 7/.JG54 White 2 Max Hellmuth Ostermann Holland 1940

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 7/.JG54 White 3+ Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 7/.JG54 White 5+ Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 7/.JG54 White 7+ Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 7/.JG54 White 8+ Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD game skin by asisbiz Bf 109E4 8/.JG54 Black 3 Erwin Leykauf France 1940

COD skins by Matthew Laird Acred. In the photo line-up you can only see No 5 so historically speaking 5 is confirmed but using the other photo's when the unit was else where and had a yellow nose I have taken the numbers and guessed it's nice to have extra's so you can fly using the finger four formatiion. As always have fun !!

COD game skin by ES Bf 109E3 9/.JG54 (Y5+~) Holland 1940

COD game skin by ES Bf 109E3 9/.JG54 (Y5+~) Holland 1940 NM

COD game skin by ES Bf 109E3 9/.JG54 (Y5+~) Holland 1940 SNM

ES Erik Schramm http://www.adlerhorst-hangar.com/

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V01

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V02

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V03

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V04

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V05

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V06

COD asisbiz Bf 109E1 8./JG54 B2 Heinrich Elbers WNr 3470 sd Sep 1940 V07

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 1./JG54 White 1 Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 1 Belgrade Zemun 1941 V01

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 2 Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 2 Belgrade Zemun 1941 V01

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 2 Max Hellmuth Ostermann Holland 1940

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 2 Max Hellmuth Ostermann Holland 1940 V01

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 2 Max Hellmuth Ostermann Holland 1940 V02

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 2 Max Hellmuth Ostermann Holland 1940 V03

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 3 Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 5 Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 5 Belgrade Zemun 1941 V01

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 5 Belgrade Zemun 1941 V02

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 7 Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 7./JG54 White 8 Belgrade Zemun 1941

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 8./JG54 Black 3 Erwin Leykauf France 1940

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 8./JG54 Black 3 Erwin Leykauf France 1940 V01

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 8./JG54 Black 3 Erwin Leykauf France 1940 V02

COD asisbiz Bf 109E4 8./JG54 Black 3 Erwin Leykauf France 1940 V03

COD ES Bf 109E3 9./JG54 Y5 Holland 1940

COD ES Bf 109E3 9./JG54 Y5 Holland 1940 NM

COD ES Bf 109E3 9./JG54 Y5 Holland 1940 SNM

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Luftwaffe pilot Hans-Ekkehard Bob

'Our morale in combat was unbroken.'

HANS-EKKEHARD BOB, 9./JG54

Our morale in combat was unbroken and when the weather permitted, we flew many sorties each day. Comparatively speaking, the English were in the better position in that they fought over their own territory and thus could save themselves in an emergency by baling out or carrying out a crash landing. In contrast, if we found ourselves in such circumstances, we had to count on being captured or risk landing our damaged aircraft in the Channel.

In a dogfight during August 1940, my radiator was shot-up, causing the engine cooling system to fail and I had to turn off the ignition to prevent an engine fire. The Me109 1 had a glide angle of 13:1 2. which meant that with the engine stopped we could glide 13 kilometres for each kilometre of altitude. This occurred at an altitude of 4,000 metres over Canterbury, some 80 km from the French coast, so I knew I would never be able to glide that far and had to think of something new. From 4,000 metres I would be able to glide only 52 km at the most, then I would go down into the English Channel. Suddenly it occurred to me to allow the engine to cool during the descent. This I did and the temperature dropped quickly, so I restarted the engine and climbed at full throttle as high as possible until the engine overheated again. I did this repeatedly, climbing up and gliding down, until I finally reached the French coast and carried out an emergency landing on the beach at Calais. My report of this experience was distributed to the units and the method adopted. It later received the nickname 'gebobt' after Bob, my surname.

Our missions over England continued, becoming progressively more difficult until, in the last part of 1940, attacks became impossible to carry out due to the severe weather conditions. The German fighter-pilots were still optimistic even though the daylight bomber operations had been cancelled. The British fighters did not even take off if there were no German bomber formations flying in the English skies. Thus we German fighters could fly around over southern England without contact with the enemy until we reached London. In order to lure the British fighters into the air, some of the Me109 squadrons were equipped with bomb racks. This was the birth of the fighter-bomber.

As the Staffelkapitiin of 9./JG54, I had to carry out a test flight with a 250 kg bomb under the fuselage. The take-off, from a meadow at Guines-South was quite risky since we fighter pilots had no idea how to handle bombs, how to hit the target, or how to operate the whole thing. In fact, the sortie was at first regarded as something suitable for a Himmelfahrtskommando, or suicide squad, but it proved worth the effort as the flight with the bomb was successful. Once in the air, I flew to a small spit of land extending from the English coast where I could release the bomb but exactly where it fell I could not determine as I really did not have the necessary experience. With time, however, and with improvisation - in order to dive at the correct angle, for example, we painted lines on the sides of the canopy - we achieved really good results. We then flew against England where our first targets were the airbase at Biggin Hill and Tilbury docks in London, where warships were being built.

During all of our operations the radio communications traffic of the British fighter pilots were being intercepted. On one occasion3, an interesting conversation took place between ground control and a British fighter formation when ground control said: 'Attack the German bomber formations! 'The English formation leader shouted back: 'There are no bomber formations here!' Ground control: 'But bombs have been dropped' Formation leader: 'I see only Me-109s but they can't drop bombs!' Word quickly got around, though, that the bombs were being dropped by the Me-109 units with the result that air combat was resumed.

1. German pilots of the period referred to the Messerschmitt 109 as the 'Me-109' instead of the technically correct 'Bf109'.
2. Rudolf Rothenfelder of JG2 has stated that the ratio between height and the glide distance was 12:1.
3. Probably 20 September 1940. See main text for further details.

Luftwaffe pilot Hans-Ekkehard Bob

Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob was born on 24 January 1917 at Freiburg/Breisgau. Bob joined the Luftwaffe on 1 December 1936 with the rank of Fahnenjunker. He spent his first year at the Luftskriegsschule Wildpark Werder undergoing six months of basic military training before commencing his flying training on 1 June 1937. At the beginning of 1938, he attended the Officer's Academy. ObeRGähnrich Bob was then transferred Jagdfliegergruppe 133 based at Wiesbaden. His first operational missions came during the occupation of the Sudetenland flying with an Arado Ar 68 biplane fighter equipped unit escorting bomber and transport aircraft. Following the successful conclusion of the operation, Bob was transferred to JG334, equipped with Bf 110 Zerstörer twin-engine fighters and based at Gablingen, where he also received promotion to the rank of Leutnant on 1 September 1938. In July 1939, Bob was transferred to the newly formed 3./JG21, based at Jesau. On 6 June 1940, 3./JG21 was redesignated 9./JG54. He flew his first combat missions of World War 2 in Poland and France as a Schwarmführer (leader of four aircraft). On 10 May 1940, Bob claimed his first victory, a Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter shot down near Tongeren in Belgium. By the end of the French campaign he had recorded four victories. On 1 August 1940, Bob was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant. He was appointed Staffelkapitän of 7./JG54 on 10 October 1940, replacing Oberleutnant Günther Scholz (34 victories, DK) who had left to lead III./JG54. However, his stay with this unit was short. On 28 November, Bob was appointed Staffelkapitän of 9./JG54, which he led until 1 August 1943. During the Battle of Britain, Bob's unit became one of the first fighter-bomber (Jabo) units. 9.Staffel mostly attacked shipping targets with 250kg bombs. By 11 November 1940, Bob had recorded 19 victories.

Oberleutnant Bob was awarded the Ritterkreuz by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring on 7 March 1941. On 21 March 1941, Bob undertook a flight in a Bü-131 (W.Nr. 4506) (BG+AB) training aircraft, which resulted in a ditching in Cherbourg harbour following engine failure. He survived unhurt. Staffelkapitän of 9./JG54 Oberleutnant Hans-Ekkehard Bob. ParndoRG, March 1941. The rudder of his Bf109E shows 19 victories.

Bob participated in the Balkan campaign, shooting down two Yugoslavian fighters: a Bf109 on 6 April 1941 for his 20th victory and an IK-2 on 9 April for his 21st victory. Following the conclusion of operations in the Balkans, JG54 was re-equipped with the new Bf 109F and relocated to airfields in East Prussia. On 22 June 1941, 9./JG54 flew their first missions of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. Bob recorded his first victory in Russia on 23 June, when he shot down a SB twin-engine bomber. However, his Bf 109 F-2 (W.Nr. 9207) 'Yellow 1' + ~ was hit by return fire from the bomber's gunner necessitating a forced landing deep inside enemy controlled territory near Radviliskis. He managed to make his way back to German lines two days later. He was shot down for a second time on 13 July and was again forced to make an emergency landing this time near Borodkino. On 20 August, Oberleutnant Bob was again forced to make an emergency landing 50km south of Dno, when his Bf109F-2 (W.Nr. 12696) (Y1+~) received hits in the radiator. During a freie Jagd over the Volkhov River on 30 October, Bob encountered a Russian I-16 fighter. In the subsequent engagement, his Bf109F-2 (Y1+~) took hits in the radiator. He made a belly-landing behind enemy lines and was fortunate to evade capture. By the end of 1941, Bob had 39 victories to his credit. On 29 September 1942, he recorded his 50th victory. The sojourn in Russia ended for 9./JG54 on 12 February 1943, when III.Gruppe and 4./JG54 were ordered by the General der Jagdflieger, Adolf Galland, to change positions with units of JG26 based on the Western front. This tactical operation was cancelled, but III./JG54 stayed in the West and was separated from its parent Geschwader for the remainder of the war.

On 17 April 1943, Hauptmann Bob claimed his 57th victory by ramming a USAAF B-17 four-engine bomber near Bremen. He was forced to bale-out of his stricken Bf109G-4 (W.Nr. 14935) (Y1+I). He suffered injuries in the incident. On 1 August 1943, Bob was promoted to the rank of Major and was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of IV./JG51 based on the Eastern front. He gained two further victories with this unit. Bob was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG3, based on the Normandy invasion front, on 9 May 1944. He also led the unit on Reichsverteidigung duties. In August 1944, Bob transferred to Erprobungskommando 262 where he received very rudimentary training on the Me-262 jet fighter. At the beginning of 1945, he became one of the small team of experienced flying officers assigned to the staff of Generalmajor Josef Kammhuber. He worked on the staff directly responsible for allocating newly built Me 262s to operational units before being ordered by Kammhuber to Silesia. Here he joined I. and II/EJG2, both these units being responsible for training of former bomber pilots on to single-engine fighters. Bob next became a member of JV44; the Me-262 equipped unit led by the now former General der Jagdflieger, Adolf Galland (104 victories, RK-Br). At the capitulation on 8 May 1945, Bob was in Koppl, a small village near Salzburg. From there he walked 1,700km in 6 weeks to Celle. After the war Bob initially took employment as a farm labourer before establishing a transport business. In 1956, he founded Bohrmaschinen und Geräte GmbH (BOMAG) in Celle, manufacturing drilling equipment, which does business in 87 countries. He continued flying, establishing the Celle Flying Club.

Hans-Ekkehard Bob flew approximately 700 combat missions and claimed 60 victories. He recorded 37 victories over the Eastern front.

Asisbiz Database of aerial victories for Hans-Ekkehard Bob

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	10.5.1940	10:33	Gladiator	3./JG21	Tongeren
2	24.5.1940	15:20	Dewoitine	3./JG21	Hénin-Lietard
3	25.5.1940	19:45	Morane 406	3./JG21	N Cambrai
4	26.5.1940	9:10	Curtiss	3./JG21	Cambrai
5	26.6.1940	18:10	Blenheim	9./JG54	60km W Rotterdam
6	12.8.1940	18:33	Spitfire	9./JG54	Canterbury
7	15.8.1940	19:27	Spitfire	9./JG54	Dover
8	16.8.1940	13:13	Spitfire	9./JG54	Calais
9	18.8.1940	14:40	Hurricane	9./JG54	Ramsgate
10	31.8.1940	11:40	Hurricane	9./JG54	Eastchurch
11	31.8.1940	11:42	Hurricane	9./JG54	Eastchurch
12	4.9.1940	10:10	Hurricane	9./JG54	Folkestone
13	9.9.1940	18:40	Spitfire	9./JG54	Tunbridge
14	30.9.1940	14:35	Spitfire	9./JG54	Tunbridge
15	9.10.1940	16:38	Spitfire	9./JG54	Chatham
16	9.10.1940	14:00	Spitfire	9./JG54	Ashford
17	20.10.1940	15:40	Spitfire	9./JG54	London
18	27.10.1940	10:30	Hurricane	9./JG54	Tunbridge
19	11.11.1940	13:17	Spitfire	9./JG54	Margate
20	6.4.1941	17:30	Bf 109	9./JG54	Belgrade / Possibly Bf 109 E of 32 Grupa, JKRV
21	7.4.1941	14:20	IK-2	9./JG54	Martinac / Possibly IK-2 of 107 Esk, 34 Grupa, JKRV
22	23.6.1941	11:50	SB-2	9./JG54	Kedainiai
23	30.6.1941	7:05	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
24	30.6.1941	7:09	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
25	30.6.1941	12:35	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
26	30.6.1941	15:10	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
27	6.7.1941	18:40	SB-3	9./JG54	Ostrov
28	6.7.1941	18:41	SB-3	9./JG54	Ostrov
29	6.7.1941	18:45	SB-3	9./JG54	Ostrov
30	15.7.1941	19:15	SB-3	9./JG54	Orly
31	24.7.1941	19:55	SB-2	9./JG54	Duo
32	10.9.1941	14:50	I-18	9./JG54	Dem'yansk
33	11.9.1941	9:45	I-18	9./JG54	Dem'yansk
34	15.9.1941	15:15	DB-3	9./JG54	Krasnoje-Selo
35	15.9.1941	15:25	DB-3	9./JG54	Krasnoje-Selo
36	21.9.1941	7:05	I-153	9./JG54	Krasnowardeist
37	7.10.1941	9:40	Il-2	9./JG54	Krasnoje-Bor
38	6.11.1941	10:37	E/a	9./JG54	Kolpino
39	1.12.1941	9:42	I-18	9./JG54	Mostovaja
40	25.4.1942	11:30	MiG-3	9./JG54	Leningrad
41	28.8.1942	11:30	Il-2	9./JG54	Kilosi
42	1.9.1942	9:26	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Kilosi
43	1.9.1942	12:10	Il-2	9./JG54	Rabotschi
44	2.9.1942	13:50	Il-2	9./JG54	Estonski
45	2.9.1942	14:00	Il-2	9./JG54	Gaitolowo
46	10.9.1942	17:04	Il-2	9./JG54	Tortolowo
47	15.9.1942	6:02	LaGG-3	9./JG54	10 113
48	15.9.1942	15:20	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Schlüsselburg
49	22.9.1942	5:35	MiG-3	9./JG54	Beresowka
50	29.9.1942	16:08	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Newa-Bogen
51	17.12.1942	10:51	Il-2	9./JG54	Ssytschewka
52	17.12.1942	11:23	Il-2	9./JG54	Ssytschewka
53	29.12.1943	9:52	Il-2	9./JG54	Kolpina
54	30.12.1943	9:55	Il-2	9./JG54	Velikije-Luki
55	30.12.1942	10:12	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Velikije-Luki
56	14.1.1943	11:37	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Velikije-Luki
57	17.4.1943	12:45	B-17	9./JG54	Oldenburg / Rammed
58	27.7.1943	20:20	Spitfire	9./JG54	W Haarlem
59	?	-	MiG-3	IV./JG51	Apostolovo
60	?	-	MiG-3	IV./JG51	Apostolovo

Victories : 60
Awards : Ehrenpokal (28 September 1940)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (24 December 1942)
Ritterkreuz (7 March 1941)
Units : JG54, JG51, JG3, EJG2, JV 44
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/bobh.html - Aces of the Luftwaffe - Hans-Ekkehard Bob

Asisbiz Database of 60 aerial victories for Hans-Ekkehard Bob

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
10-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Gladiator		10.33	Tongeren (as 9/JG54)
24-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Dewoitine		15.20	Henin-Lietard
25-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Morane 406	4000m	19.45	N Cambrai
26-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Hawk-75A		09.10	Cambrai
26-Jun-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab I./JG21	Blenheim	10m	18.10	60km W Rotterdam
12-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		18.33	Canterbury
13-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		13.13
15-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire	800m	19.27	SE Dover
16-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		13.13	Calais
18-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane	6500m	14.40	10km E Ramsgate
31-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane		11.40	Eastchurch
31-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane		11.42	Eastchurch
04-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane		10.10	Folkestone
09-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		18.40
30-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		14.35	Tonbridge
30-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire
09-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		14.00	Ashford
09-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		16.38	Chatham
20-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		15.40
27-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab III./JG54	Hurricane	5000m	10.30	10km E Tunbridge Wells
11-Nov-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		13.17	Margate
06-Apr-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Bf 109E		17.30	Petrowgrad
07-Apr-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	IK-2		14.20	Martinae
23-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-2		11.50
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		12.35
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		07.09
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		07.05
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		15.10
06-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		18.45
06-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		18.40
15-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		19.15
24-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-2		19.55
10-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-18		14.50
11-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-18		09.45
15-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	DB-3		15.15
15-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	DB-3		15.25
21-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-153		07.05
07-Oct-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik		09.40
06-Nov-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik		10.37
01-Dec-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-18		09.42
25-Apr-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	MiG-3		11.30
28-Aug-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	100m	11.30	10 191
01-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	2000m	09.26	10 191
01-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	200m	12.10	10 153
02-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	13.50	10 183
02-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	14.00	10 182
10-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	150m	17.04	10 183
15-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	1000m	06.02	10 113
15-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	5000m	15.20	10 113
22-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	MiG-3	2000m	05.35	10 354
29-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	500m	16.01	00 283
17-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	1500m	10.51	46 131
17-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	20m	11.23	47 791
29-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab III./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	09.52	07 583
30-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	500m	09.55	07 672
30-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	800m	10.12	07 334
14-Jan-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	2000m	11.37	07 671
27-Jul-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire	20m	20.25	20km W Zandvoort
26-Sep-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab IV./JG51	Yak-1	4000m	16.37	S Jantschekrak
27-Sep-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab IV./JG51	LaGG-5	2500m	13.32	ENE Tsisslovka

Luftwaffe pilot Erwin Leykauf

Erwin Leykauf was born on 22 January 1918 at Germersheim. After he learned to fly at the glider school in Hesselberg, Leykauf joined the Luftkriegsschule in Dresden, studying there during 1936-37. Afterwards, he went for additional flight training at the Luftkriegsschule at Berlin-Gatow. In 1938, of his own accord, Leykauf quit the Luftkriegsschule, which was tantamount to refusing war service in the Werhmacht, to begin studies in aerodynamics and aircraft engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Munich. At the outbreak of World War 2, Fahnenjunker Leykauf was mobilized and reported to III.sheim in Franconia. In May 1940, he was transfered to JG21. Leykauf made his first victory claim with 2./JG21 during his time based in France when he shot down Gloster Gladiator bi-plane fighter on 10 May. On 6 June, I./JG21 was redesignated III./JG54 and Leykauf was assigned to its 7th Staffel. He recorded four confirmed victories during the Battle of Britain.

After JG54 was rotated out of the Channel area for rest and refit, he flew a number of missions in support of the Balkan invasion during the spring of 1941. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, Leykauf shot down a Russian SB-2 twin-engine bomber on 6 July 1941. The rear gunner of the bomber continued shooting at Leykauf's Bf109F-2(W.Nr 6788) (B3+~) and hit the radiator. Leykauf peRGormed an emergency landing behind enemy lines near Ostrow. After many adventures, crossing swamps by day and walking by night, he managed to rejoin his unit. Later the aircraft was recovered by advancing German ground forces. In October 1941, Leykauf became the Adjutant to the Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG54, Hauptmann Reinhard 'Seppl' Seiler (109 victories, RK-EL). During this time Leykauf flew many low-level attacks over the Wolchow area.

On 30 March 1942, Leykauf, flying Bf109F-4 (W.Nr 7492) (B1+~), made another emergency landing, this time due to bad weather, near Krasnogwardeisk. When the Russians started resupplying their troops during the night in the early summer of 1942, using transport aircraft of various types, JG54 were active in intercepting these flights. On the night of 22-23 June 1942, Leykauf claimed 6 victories in 50 minutes bringing his score to 23. On 26 June 1942, Leykauf was awarded the Ehrenpokal. On 23 June 1942, Leutnant Leykauf received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold. On 29 September 1942, Leykauf was wounded when his Bf 109 G-2 (W.Nr 13613) was hit by anti-aircraft fire and he had to bail out behind the lines. He managed to return to JG54. In 12 February 1943, III./JG54, under the command of Gruppenkommandeur Major Reinhard Seiler and his Adjutant Oberleutnant Erwin Leykauf, transferred to Vendeville near Lille, and placed themselves under the tactical command of JG26. On 6 April 1943, Leykauf was appointed Staffelkapitän of the new 12./JG54. On 14 May 1943, during an alarmstart from Wevelghem airfield, a bomb exploded beneath his Bf109G-6(W.Nr 19632) (Blue11). The blast tossed Leykauf's aircraft onto a railroad track. Leykauf only suffered shock, but the aircraft was destroyed. Leykauf left 12./JG54 on 10 July 1943, when 11. and 12. Staffel, JG54 were renamed 11./ and 12./JG26.

On July 27, 1943, Leykauf arrived at III./JG54, based at Jesau, to command the new 11./JG54. On 23 August, he began converting to the Fw-190 fighter. On 25 August 1943, 11./JG54 moved to Siwerskaja on the Eastern front. Leykauf led IV./JG54, in an acting capacity, from 10 September 1943 pending the arrival of Hauptmann Rudolf 'Rudi' Sinner (39 victories, DK) as Kommandeur on 10 October 1943. IV./JG54 moved to Trakehnen on 21 September 1944, to serve on Reichsverteidigung duties. Under Gruppenkommandeur, Major Rudolf Klemm (42 victories, RK), Leykauf became the Adjutant of IV. Gruppe on 31 October 1944, before leaving to join II./JG3 at Alperstedt. Leykauf's stay at II./JG3 ended on 26 March 1945 with a transfer to JG7 at Brandenburg/Briest, where he received training on the Me-262 jet fighter. However, he did not fly any missions before the war ended. After the war, Leykauf studied pharmacy and settled in a small town in Westfalia. He continued his passion for gliding and was also an enthusiastic horserider. Leykauf continued his hobby of filming, which he started during the war. He made many films of the cultural regions of the world after the war.

Erwin Leykauf was credited with 33 victories. He recorded 27 victories over the Eastern front, including three Il-2 Sturmoviks.

Luftwaffe pilot list of 33 aerial victories for Erwin Leykauf

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	10.5.1940	10:33	Gladiator	2./JG21	Tongeren
2	12.8.1940	9:32	Spitfire	7./JG54	-
3	28.8.1940	17:21	Hurricane	7./JG54	Canterbury
4	30.8.1940	19:05	Spitfire	7./JG54	-
5	2.9.1940	17:30	Spitfire	7./JG54	Dover-Folkestone
6	7.4.1941	14:45	Hurricane	8./JG54	Rovine-Bosanski Aleksandrovac / Possibly Hurricane of 106 Esk, 33 Grupa, 4th Puk, JKRV
7	6.7.1941	19:52	DB-3	8./JG54	-
8	6.7.1941	19:54	DB-3	8./JG54	-
9	14.7.1941	19:35	DB-3	8./JG54	-
10	17.7.1941	11:30	RZ	8./JG54	-
11	2.9.1941	14:15	I-16	8./JG54	N Lissino
12	13.11.1941	11:45	I-18	8./JG54	-
13	18.11.1941	15:00	I-18	8./JG54	-
14	16.1.1942	15:53	I-26	8./JG54	-
15	16.1.1942	15:55	I-26	8./JG54	-
16	6.4.1942	7:25	R-Z	8./JG54	-
17	14.6.1942	23:45	R-5	8./JG54	E Mostki
18	22.6.1942	23:10	R-5	8./JG54	-
19	22.6.1942	23:15	R-5	8./JG54	-
20	22.6.1942	23:45	R-5	8./JG54	-
21	22.6.1942	23:50	R-5	8./JG54	-
22	22.6.1942	23:55	R-5	8./JG54	-
23	22.6.1942	24:00	R-5	8./JG54	-
24	26.6.1942	0:05	R-5	8./JG54	-
25	9.7.1942	18:20	LaGG-3	III./JG54	Terbury
26	7.8.1942	12:10	Pe-2	III./JG54	18 214
27	7.9.1942	11:50	Il-2	III./JG54	00 511
28	9.9.1942	11:25	Il-2	III./JG54	10 191
29	15.9.1943	12:05	Il-2	11./JG54	00 261
30	6.11.1943	12:18	La-5	11./JG54	97 881
31	8.2.1944	10:00	La-5	11./JG54	0935
32	17.3.1944	10:50	Boston	11./JG54	99 553
33	5.4.1944	17:55	Pe-2	11./JG54	68 262

Victories: 33
Awards : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (4 August 1942)
Units : JG21, JG54, JG3, JG7
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Asisbiz database list of 32 aerial victories for Erwin Leykauf

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
10-May-40	Erwin Leykauf	2./JG21	Gladiator		10.33	Tongeren (as 9/JG54)
12-Aug-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Spitfire		09.32
28-Aug-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Hurricane	6000m	17.21	Canterbury
30-Aug-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Spitfire		19.05
02-Sep-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Spitfire	5000m	17.30	Dover-Folkestone
07-Apr-41	Erwin Leykauf	2./JG21	Hurricane		14:45	Rovine-Bosanski Aleksandrovac / Possibly Hurricane of 106 Esk, 33 Grupa, 4th Puk, JKRV
07-Apr-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	Hurricane	6000m	14.45	-
06-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	DB-3		19.54
06-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	DB-3		19.52
14-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	DB-3		19.35
17-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	SB-3		11.30
13-Nov-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-18		11.45
18-Nov-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-18		15.00
16-Jan-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-26		15.53
16-Jan-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-26		15.55
06-Apr-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-Zet		07.25
14-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.45	E Mostki
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.45
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.50
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.55
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		24.00
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.15
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.10
26-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		00.05
09-Jul-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	LaGG-3	2000m	18.20	Terbury
07-Aug-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	Pe-2	6500m	12.10	18 214
07-Sep-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	500m	11.50	00 511
09-Sep-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	Low Level	11.25	10 191
15-Sep-43	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	1500m	12.05	00 261
06-Nov-43	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	La-5	2500m	12.18	97 881
08-Feb-44	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	La-5	200m	10.00	0935
17-Mar-44	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	A-20 Boston III	20m	10.50	99 553
05-Apr-44	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	Pe-2	8000m	17.55	68 262

Luftwaffe pilot Max-Hellmuth Ostermann

Max-Hellmuth Ostermann was born on 11 December 1917 at Hamburg. He joined the Luftwaffe as a Fahnenjunker in March 1937. At the outbreak of World War 2 Leutnant Ostermann was serving with I./ZG1 flying Bf-110 Zerstörer twin-engined fighters. He participated in the invasion of Poland in September 1939. In April 1940, Ostermann was transferred to JG21. Leutnant Ostermann was assigned to 1./JG21. On 20 May 1940, he achieved his first aerial victory during the French campaign when he shot down a French Morane 406 fighter near Péronne. He recorded a second victory during the French campaign. On 6 June, 1./JG21 was redesignated 7./JG54. During the Battle of Britain, Ostermann did well recording six victories. Ostermann participated in the invasion of the Balkans. On 6 April 1941, he claimed a Yugoslavian Bf 109E fighter shot down over Belgrade. Following the successful conclusion of the Balkans campaign, JG54 and Ostermann then saw much action against the Russians over the Leningrad front. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 4 September 1941 for 29 victories. In November 1941, Ostermann transferred to I./JG54.

By Spring 1942, he had shot down 40 Soviet aircraft. He recorded his 50th victory on 20 January 1942, his 60th on 1 February and 70th on 20 March. In February 1942, Oberleutnant Ostermann was appointed Staffelkapitän of 8./JG54. He was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 81) on 12 March. On 31 March, he claimed his 79th and 80th victories and his 89th and 90th on 29 April. Ostermann recorded his 97th victory on 10 May, but was shot down shortly afterward surviving unharmed. On 12 May he became the seventh pilot in World War 2 to achieve 100 victories, although he was shot down in Bf 109F-4 (W.Nr 13125) (Black 1) on that occasion suffering wounds in the process. He was awarded the Schwertern on 17 May.

Ostermann was afforded leave following the award and did not return to combat duty until August. On 9 August 1942, Ostermann, flying Bf 109G-2 (W.Nr. 10438) (Black 1), shot down a Russian Curtiss P-40 fighter for his 102nd, and last, victory, but shortly after was shot down and killed in a dogfight with Soviet fighter pilots in the vicinity of Amossovo.

Max-Hellmuth Ostermann shot down 102 enemy aircraft in over 300 combat missions. He recorded eight victories over the Western front.

Luftwaffe pilot List of 102 aerial victories for Max-Hellmuth Ostermann

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	20.5.1940	18:20	Morane 406	1./JG21	W Peronne
2	26.5.1940	9:06	Curtiss	1./JG21	Arras
3	12.8.1940	9:35	Spitfire	7./JG54
4	30.8.1940	19:05	Spitfire	7./JG54
5	5.9.1940	10:40	Hurricane	7./JG54
6	30.9.1940	14:37	Spitfire	7./JG54
7	8.10.1940	11:46	Spitfire	7./JG54
8	20.10.1940	15:38	Spitfire	7./JG54	SE London
9	6.4.1941	12:43	Bf-109E	7./JG54	Belgrade
-	7.4.1941	-	IK-2	7./JG54	Not confirmed
10	23.6.1941	11:51	SB-2	7./JG54	N Kaunas
11	23.6.1941	11:58	SB-2	7./JG54	N Kaunas
12	26.6.1941	18:32	DB-3	7./JG54
13	30.6.1941	12:10	DB-3	7./JG54
14	30.6.1941	12:11	DB-3	7./JG54
15	30.6.1941	12:15	DB-3	7./JG54
16	5.7.1941	20:04	SB-3	7./JG54	Ostrov area
17	5.7.1941	20:05	SB-3	7./JG54	Ostrov area
18	5.7.1941	20:08	SB-3	7./JG54	Ostrov area
19	6.7.1941	-	SB-3	7./JG54
20	6.7.1941	17:37	SB-3	7./JG54
21	28.7.1941	20:03	I-18	7./JG54
22	1.8.1941	19:06	DB-3	7./JG54	JG54`s 1000th victory
23	14.8.1941	17:01	I-153	7./JG54
24	14.8.1941	17:04	I-153	7./JG54
25	17.8.1941	11:37	I-16	7./JG54
26	18.8.1941	5:25	I-16	7./JG54
27	18.8.1941	11:02	I-16	7./JG54
28	21.8.1941	10:45	I-16	7./JG54
29	23.8.1941	8:03	I-16	7./JG54
30	3.9.1941	15:45	I-16	7./JG54
31	7.9.1941	14:25	I-18	7./JG54
32	7.9.1941	14:30	I-18	7./JG54
33	9.9.1941	17:25	I-18	7./JG54
34	10.9.1941	10:24	I-26	7./JG54
35	11.9.1941	7:51	SB-3	7./JG54	Staraya Russa
36	11.9.1941	14:51	I-15	7./JG54	Staraya Russa
37	17.9.1941	10:24	I-18	7./JG54	Krasnoye Selo / Possibly MiG-3 of 191 IAP/71IAK VVS flown by Yegor Novikov (14 victories)
38	25.10.1941	14:15	I-26	7./JG54
39	29.10.1941	13:50	I-26	7./JG54
40	13.11.1941	13:04	Il-2	3./JG54
41	16.11.1941	15:16	I-28	3./JG54
42	16.11.1941	15:20	I-28	3./JG54
43	19.11.1941	6:35	DC-3	3./JG54
44	30.11.1941	13:45	DC-3	3./JG54
45	1.1.1942	12:37	I-26	3./JG54
46	8.1.1942	13:42	I-26	3./JG54
47	8.1.1942	13:50	I-180	3./JG54
48	9.1.1942	15:15	I-26	3./JG54
49	11.1.1942	15:05	I-18	3./JG54
50	20.1.1942	14:22	I-26	3./JG54
51	23.1.1942	11:05	I-16	3./JG54
52	23.1.1942	11:27	Il-2	3./JG54
53	24.1.1942	13:07	I-16	3./JG54
54	25.1.1942	11:12	I-153	3./JG54
55	25.1.1942	11:26	I-153	3./JG54
56	25.1.1942	16:45	MBR-2	3./JG54
57	26.1.1942	13:21	Pe-2	3./JG54
58	28.1.1942	9:18	I-15	3./JG54
59	28.1.1942	15:01	I-18	3./JG54
60	1.2.1942	10:50	P-40	3./JG54
61	14.3.1942	17:05	I-26	8./JG54
62	16.3.1942	8:30	I-26	8./JG54
63	17.3.1942	10:06	I-18	8./JG54
64	17.3.1942	14:00	R-Z	8./JG54
65	17.3.1942	14:03	R-Z	8./JG54
66	18.3.1942	16:35	E/a	8./JG54	III./JG54's 500th victory
67	18.3.1942	17:00~	E/a	8./JG54
68	19.3.1942	11:15	P-40	8./JG54
69	19.3.1942	11:40	I-18	8./JG54
70	20.3.1942	12:31	I-18	8./JG54
71	20.3.1942	17:21	I-18	8./JG54
72	21.3.1942	11:40	I-18	8./JG54
73	22.3.1942	17:20	I-18	8./JG54
74	22.3.1942	17:35	I-18	8./JG54
75	28.3.1942	10:16	I-18	8./JG54
76	29.3.1942	9:28	I-16	8./JG54
77	29.3.1942	11:57	I-16	8./JG54
78	29.3.1942	12:05	I-16	8./JG54
79	31.3.1942	13:15	I-18	8./JG54
80	31.3.1942	13:33	I-18	8./JG54
81	1.4.1942	18:12	I-18	8./JG54
82	13.4.1942	12:30	MiG-3	8./JG54
83	23.4.1942	12:30	MiG-3	8./JG54
84	23.4.1942	16:02	MiG-3	8./JG54
85	24.4.1942	6:41	R-Z	8./JG54
86	25.4.1942	11:50	I-180	8./JG54
87	27.4.1942	6:15	P-40	8./JG54
88	27.4.1942	12:12	P-40	8./JG54
89	29.4.1942	16:22	MiG-3	8./JG54
90	29.4.1942	16:25	MiG-3	8./JG54
91	30.4.1942	13:41	P-40	8./JG54
92	30.4.1942	14:06	MiG-3	8./JG54
93	6.5.1942	18:12	I-180	8./JG54
94	6.5.1942	18:19	I-180	8./JG54
95	7.5.1942	5:58	P-40	8./JG54
96	9.5.1942	15:23	P-40	8./JG54
97	10.5.1942	8:25	I-180	8./JG54	10 481
98	12.5.1942	9:36	I-16	8./JG54	10 362
99	12.5.1942	9:41	P-40	8./JG54
100	12.5.1942	10:53	P-40	8./JG54
101	8.8.1942	18:58	P-40	8./JG54	29 561
102	9.8.1942	11:33	P-40	8./JG54	29 521

Victories : 102
Awards : Ritterkreuz (4 September 1941)
Eichenlaub (12 March 1942)
Schwertern (17 May 1942)
Units : ZG 1, JG54
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Luftwaffe pilot Asisbiz Database of 102 aerial victories for Max-Hellmuth Ostermann

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
20-May-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	1./JG21	Morane 406	2000m	18.20	West of Peronne
20-May-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	1./JG21	Morane 406	2000m	18.20	West of Peronne
26-May-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	1./JG21	P-40 Warhawk		09.06	Arras
12-Aug-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Spitfire		09.35
30-Aug-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Spitfire		19.05
05-Sep-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Hurricane		10.40
30-Sep-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Spitfire		14.37
08-Oct-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Spitfire		11.46
20-Oct-40	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Spitfire	7500m	15.38	SE London
06-Apr-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	Me 109		12.43
23-Jun-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-2		11.51
23-Jun-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-2		11.58
26-Jun-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	DB-3		18.32
30-Jun-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	DB-3		12.10
30-Jun-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	DB-3		12.15
30-Jun-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	DB-3		12.11
05-Jul-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-3		20.05
05-Jul-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-3		20.08
05-Jul-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-3		20.04
06-Jul-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-3
06-Jul-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-3		17.37
28-Jul-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-18		20.03
01-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	DB-3		19.06
14-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-153		17.01
14-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-153		17.04
17-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		11.37
18-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		11.02
18-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		05.25
21-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		10.45
23-Aug-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		08.03
03-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		15.45
07-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-18		14.25
07-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-18		14.30
09-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-18		17.25
10-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-26		10.24
11-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-15 Rata		14.51
11-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	SB-3		07.51
17-Sep-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-18		10.24
25-Oct-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-26		14.15
29-Oct-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	7./JG54	I-26		13.50
13-Nov-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik		13.04
16-Nov-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-28		15.16
16-Nov-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-28		15.20
19-Nov-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	C-47 Dakota		06.35
30-Nov-41	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	C-47 Dakota		13.45
01-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-26		12.37
08-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-26		13.42
08-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-180		13.50
09-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-26		15.15
11-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-18		15.05
20-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-26		14.22
23-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik		11.27
23-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-16 Rata		11.05
24-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-16 Rata		13.07
25-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	MBR-2		16.45
25-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-153		11.12
25-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-153		11.26
26-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	Pe-2		13.21
28-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-15		09.18
28-Jan-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	I-18		15.01
01-Feb-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	3./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		10.50
14-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-26		17.05
16-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-26		08.30
17-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	R-Zet		14.00
17-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	R-Zet		14.03
17-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		10.06
18-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	-		17.00
18-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	-		16.35
19-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Kittyhawk		11.15
19-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		11.40
20-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		12.31
20-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		17.21
21-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		11.40
22-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		17.20
22-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		17.35
28-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		10.16
29-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-16 Rata		11.57
29-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-16 Rata		12.05
29-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-16 Rata		09.28
31-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		13.33
31-Mar-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		13.15
01-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-18		18.12
13-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	MiG-3		12.30
23-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	MiG-3		12.30
23-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	MiG-3		16.02
24-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	R-Zet		06.41
25-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-180		11.50
27-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		06.15
27-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		12.12
29-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	MiG-3		16.25
29-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	MiG-3		16.22
30-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		13.41
30-Apr-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	MiG-3		14.06
06-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-180		18.12
06-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-180		18.19
07-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		05.58
09-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		15.23
10-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-180	1900m	08.25	10 481
12-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	I-16 Rata	800m	09.36	10 362
12-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		09.41
12-May-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Warhawk		10.53
08-Aug-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Kittyhawk	2800m	18.58	29 561
09-Aug-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	P-40 Kittyhawk	600m	11.33	29 521
09-Aug-42	Max-Hellmuth Ostermann	8./JG54	Dogfight		KiA	Dogfight Ammosovo

Luftwaffe pilot Günther Scholz

Units: 1./JG-21, Stfkpt 7./JG-54 (7/40), Act Kdr III./JG-54 (9/40), Stfkpt 7./JG-54 (6/41 S.U.), Kdr IV./JG-1 (5/42), Kdr I, II & III./JG-5

Awards: Spanish Cross, DK-G(9/8/42), EP, EK 1 & 2 (9/17/39), Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109D-1, Bf 109E-4 WNr 5585 '<<+' and Bf 109E-7 WNr 1177 w 7/JG-54, Bf 109F-4/Z (crash land 4/27/42), Bf 109G in III/JG-5(1/42-6/43)

Remarks: Veteran of Spain with one victory. Channel pilot. Stfkpt 1/JG-21 in July, 1939. One of the first fighter pilots to receive the EK 2, 17 September, 1939, along with Hans Ekkard Bob. His 1st victory, a Hawk-75A east of Löwen, 13 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Morane 406 W of Peronne on 20 May, 1940. His 5th a Spitfire W of Folkestone on 25 August, 1940. Replaced Hptm. Ultsch 6 September, 1940. In April of 1941, both Werk# 5585 'KB+LX' 'Wh ?' and 1177 'Wh ?' crashed near the Pancevo, (Loc?) Airfield, flown by Scholz. Pilot disposition and crash circumstances are unknown in either incident. He obviously survived and went on to command JG-5 as of July, 1944. Also served in Poland, France, Battle of Britain and the Soviet Union. His first known Soviet victory, a SB-2 on 23 June, 1941. A double victory on 7 July, 1941; both SB-3's. An I-153 on 19 September, 1941. An I-26 on 11 October, 1941. A Soviet Hurricane on 18 May, 1942, while serving as Kdr of III/JG-5. Another Hurricane at Murmansk on 14 July, 1942. A MiG-1 on 12 August, 1942. Another III/JG-5 victory, a P-40 W of Cape Korabelnyj on 18 August, 1943. Alternate spelling: Schölz.

Luftwaffe pilot Asisbiz Database of 28 aerial victories for Gunther Scholz

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
25-Aug-40	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	Spitfire	7500m	20.10	West of Folkestone
28-Aug-40	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	Hurricane		17.20
28-Aug-40	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG54	Spitfire		11.07
02-Sep-40	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	Spitfire	4200m	13.35	-
28-Sep-40	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG54	Spitfire		11.07	-
06-Apr-41	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG54	Blenheim I		14.15	Yugoslavia Unternehmen Marita
23-Jun-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	SB-2		11.50
30-Jun-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	DB-3		12.14
30-Jun-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	DB-3		12.10
30-Jun-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	DB-3		12.12
06-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	SB-3		10.00
06-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	SB-3		10.07
07-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	SB-3		15.40
07-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	SB-3		15.41
12-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	DB-3		16.00
14-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	I-16 Rata		03.30
21-Jul-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	SB-3		20.55
01-Aug-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	DB-3		19.05
19-Sep-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	I-153		14.00
04-Oct-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	I-18		08.35
11-Oct-41	Gunther Scholz	7./JG54	I-26		11.10
06-Feb-42	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG5	P-40 Warhawk	4000m	11.10	37 Ost/20 882
18-May-42	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG5	Hurricane		10.25
14-Jul-42	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG5	Hurricane	4500m	12.35	Murmansk
12-Aug-42	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG5	MiG-1	4000m	14.30	29 12
26-Jun-43	Gunther Scholz	5./JG26	P-47 Thunderbolt	2500m	19.00	20km N Neufchatel
26-Jun-43	Gunther Scholz	5./JG26	P-47 Thunderbolt		19.00	20km N. Neufchatel
18-Aug-43	Gunther Scholz	Stab III./JG5	P-40 Kittyhawk	1000m	16.24	West of Kap Korabelnyj

Luftwaffe pilot Arno Zimmermann

Units: 2./JG-21 (5/40 later redesig 8./JG-54), 7./JG-54 (9/40 Guines)

Awards: EK 2, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109E-1 WNr 3576 'White 13' (lost 10/27/40)

Remarks: POW 27^th October 1940 near Tonbridge after being caught by RAF Hurricanes of No. 605 Sq. His engine severely damaged, he belly landed on a beach near the Lydd water tower, Lydd, Kent. His one first known victory, a Spitfire in the Dover-Folkestone area on 2 September, 1940. He had made 34 raids on London.

Luftwaffe pilot Asisbiz Database of 1 aerial victories for Arno Zimmermann

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
02-Sep-40	Arno Zimmermann	7./JG54	Spitfire		13.45

Luftwaffe pilot Heinrich Elbers

Units: 8./JG-54 (Channel)

Awards: Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109E-1 WNr 3470 'Black 2' (lost 9/2/40)

Remarks: POW 2^nd September 1940 after being shot down by Hurricanes near the Thames Estuary near Hornchurch. He crash landed at Finns Farm, Kingsnorth near Ashford

Luftwaffe pilot Erwin Leykauf

Erwin Leykauf was born on 22 January 1918 at Germersheim. After he learned to fly at the glider school in Hesselberg, Leykauf joined the Luftkriegsschule in Dresden, studying there during 1936-37. Afterwards, he went for additional flight training at the Luftkriegsschule at Berlin-Gatow. In 1938, of his own accord, Leykauf quit the Luftkriegsschule, which was tantamount to refusing war service in the Werhmacht, to begin studies in aerodynamics and aircraft engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Munich. At the outbreak of World War 2, Fahnenjunker Leykauf was mobilized and reported to III.sheim in Franconia. In May 1940, he was transfered to JG21. Leykauf made his first victory claim with 2./JG21 during his time based in France when he shot down Gloster Gladiator bi-plane fighter on 10 May. On 6 June, I./JG21 was redesignated III./JG54 and Leykauf was assigned to its 7th Staffel. He recorded four confirmed victories during the Battle of Britain.

After JG54 was rotated out of the Channel area for rest and refit, he flew a number of missions in support of the Balkan invasion during the spring of 1941. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, Leykauf shot down a Russian SB-2 twin-engine bomber on 6 July 1941. The rear gunner of the bomber continued shooting at Leykauf's Bf109F-2(W.Nr 6788) (B3+~) and hit the radiator. Leykauf peRGormed an emergency landing behind enemy lines near Ostrow. After many adventures, crossing swamps by day and walking by night, he managed to rejoin his unit. Later the aircraft was recovered by advancing German ground forces. In October 1941, Leykauf became the Adjutant to the Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG54, Hauptmann Reinhard 'Seppl' Seiler (109 victories, RK-EL). During this time Leykauf flew many low-level attacks over the Wolchow area.

On 30 March 1942, Leykauf, flying Bf109F-4 (W.Nr 7492) (B1+~), made another emergency landing, this time due to bad weather, near Krasnogwardeisk. When the Russians started resupplying their troops during the night in the early summer of 1942, using transport aircraft of various types, JG54 were active in intercepting these flights. On the night of 22-23 June 1942, Leykauf claimed 6 victories in 50 minutes bringing his score to 23. On 26 June 1942, Leykauf was awarded the Ehrenpokal. On 23 June 1942, Leutnant Leykauf received the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold. On 29 September 1942, Leykauf was wounded when his Bf 109 G-2 (W.Nr 13613) was hit by anti-aircraft fire and he had to bail out behind the lines. He managed to return to JG54. In 12 February 1943, III./JG54, under the command of Gruppenkommandeur Major Reinhard Seiler and his Adjutant Oberleutnant Erwin Leykauf, transferred to Vendeville near Lille, and placed themselves under the tactical command of JG26. On 6 April 1943, Leykauf was appointed Staffelkapitän of the new 12./JG54. On 14 May 1943, during an alarmstart from Wevelghem airfield, a bomb exploded beneath his Bf109G-6(W.Nr 19632) (Blue11). The blast tossed Leykauf's aircraft onto a railroad track. Leykauf only suffered shock, but the aircraft was destroyed. Leykauf left 12./JG54 on 10 July 1943, when 11. and 12. Staffel, JG54 were renamed 11./ and 12./JG26.

On July 27, 1943, Leykauf arrived at III./JG54, based at Jesau, to command the new 11./JG54. On 23 August, he began converting to the Fw-190 fighter. On 25 August 1943, 11./JG54 moved to Siwerskaja on the Eastern front. Leykauf led IV./JG54, in an acting capacity, from 10 September 1943 pending the arrival of Hauptmann Rudolf 'Rudi' Sinner (39 victories, DK) as Kommandeur on 10 October 1943. IV./JG54 moved to Trakehnen on 21 September 1944, to serve on Reichsverteidigung duties. Under Gruppenkommandeur, Major Rudolf Klemm (42 victories, RK), Leykauf became the Adjutant of IV. Gruppe on 31 October 1944, before leaving to join II./JG3 at Alperstedt. Leykauf's stay at II./JG3 ended on 26 March 1945 with a transfer to JG7 at Brandenburg/Briest, where he received training on the Me-262 jet fighter. However, he did not fly any missions before the war ended. After the war, Leykauf studied pharmacy and settled in a small town in Westfalia. He continued his passion for gliding and was also an enthusiastic horserider. Leykauf continued his hobby of filming, which he started during the war. He made many films of the cultural regions of the world after the war.

Erwin Leykauf was credited with 33 victories. He recorded 27 victories over the Eastern front, including three Il-2 Sturmoviks.

Luftwaffe pilot list of 33 aerial victories for Erwin Leykauf

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	10.5.1940	10:33	Gladiator	2./JG21	Tongeren
2	12.8.1940	9:32	Spitfire	7./JG54	-
3	28.8.1940	17:21	Hurricane	7./JG54	Canterbury
4	30.8.1940	19:05	Spitfire	7./JG54	-
5	2.9.1940	17:30	Spitfire	7./JG54	Dover-Folkestone
6	7.4.1941	14:45	Hurricane	8./JG54	Rovine-Bosanski Aleksandrovac / Possibly Hurricane of 106 Esk, 33 Grupa, 4th Puk, JKRV
7	6.7.1941	19:52	DB-3	8./JG54	-
8	6.7.1941	19:54	DB-3	8./JG54	-
9	14.7.1941	19:35	DB-3	8./JG54	-
10	17.7.1941	11:30	RZ	8./JG54	-
11	2.9.1941	14:15	I-16	8./JG54	N Lissino
12	13.11.1941	11:45	I-18	8./JG54	-
13	18.11.1941	15:00	I-18	8./JG54	-
14	16.1.1942	15:53	I-26	8./JG54	-
15	16.1.1942	15:55	I-26	8./JG54	-
16	6.4.1942	7:25	R-Z	8./JG54	-
17	14.6.1942	23:45	R-5	8./JG54	E Mostki
18	22.6.1942	23:10	R-5	8./JG54	-
19	22.6.1942	23:15	R-5	8./JG54	-
20	22.6.1942	23:45	R-5	8./JG54	-
21	22.6.1942	23:50	R-5	8./JG54	-
22	22.6.1942	23:55	R-5	8./JG54	-
23	22.6.1942	24:00	R-5	8./JG54	-
24	26.6.1942	0:05	R-5	8./JG54	-
25	9.7.1942	18:20	LaGG-3	III./JG54	Terbury
26	7.8.1942	12:10	Pe-2	III./JG54	18 214
27	7.9.1942	11:50	Il-2	III./JG54	00 511
28	9.9.1942	11:25	Il-2	III./JG54	10 191
29	15.9.1943	12:05	Il-2	11./JG54	00 261
30	6.11.1943	12:18	La-5	11./JG54	97 881
31	8.2.1944	10:00	La-5	11./JG54	0935
32	17.3.1944	10:50	Boston	11./JG54	99 553
33	5.4.1944	17:55	Pe-2	11./JG54	68 262

Victories: 33
Awards : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (4 August 1942)
Units : JG21, JG54, JG3, JG7
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Asisbiz database list of 32 aerial victories for Erwin Leykauf

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
10-May-40	Erwin Leykauf	2./JG21	Gladiator		10.33	Tongeren (as 9/JG54)
12-Aug-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Spitfire		09.32
28-Aug-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Hurricane	6000m	17.21	Canterbury
30-Aug-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Spitfire		19.05
02-Sep-40	Erwin Leykauf	7./JG54	Spitfire	5000m	17.30	Dover-Folkestone
07-Apr-41	Erwin Leykauf	2./JG21	Hurricane		14:45	Rovine-Bosanski Aleksandrovac / Possibly Hurricane of 106 Esk, 33 Grupa, 4th Puk, JKRV
07-Apr-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	Hurricane	6000m	14.45	-
06-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	DB-3		19.54
06-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	DB-3		19.52
14-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	DB-3		19.35
17-Jul-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	SB-3		11.30
13-Nov-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-18		11.45
18-Nov-41	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-18		15.00
16-Jan-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-26		15.53
16-Jan-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	I-26		15.55
06-Apr-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-Zet		07.25
14-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.45	E Mostki
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.45
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.50
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.55
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		24.00
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.15
22-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		23.10
26-Jun-42	Erwin Leykauf	8./JG54	R-5		00.05
09-Jul-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	LaGG-3	2000m	18.20	Terbury
07-Aug-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	Pe-2	6500m	12.10	18 214
07-Sep-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	500m	11.50	00 511
09-Sep-42	Erwin Leykauf	Stab III./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	Low Level	11.25	10 191
15-Sep-43	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	1500m	12.05	00 261
06-Nov-43	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	La-5	2500m	12.18	97 881
08-Feb-44	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	La-5	200m	10.00	0935
17-Mar-44	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	A-20 Boston III	20m	10.50	99 553
05-Apr-44	Erwin Leykauf	11./JG54	Pe-2	8000m	17.55	68 262

Luftwaffe pilot Richard-Ewald Baumgarten

Units: 2./JG-21 (5/40), III./JG-52 (10/41 Crimea)

Awards: EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109E

Remarks: KIA 20^th November 1941, colliding with an I-16 during aerial combat near Vlastovka, his 5th victory. One known victory, his 1st, a Morane 406 at Cambrai, 21 May, 1940. A 2nd, a Soviet R-10 Reconnaissance Bomber on 9 October, 1941 near Rostov-on-Don. A 3rd, an I-16 Rata near Rostov on 2 November, 1941. A 4th an I-16 on 16 November, 1941. (Sacic & Ciglic-Osprey).

Luftwaffe pilot Asisbiz database list of 1 aerial victories for Richard-Ewald Baumgarten

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
Tuesday, May 21, 1940	Richard-Ewald Baumgarten	2./JG21	Morane 406		18:15	Cambrai
9 October, 1941	Richard-Ewald Baumgarten	III./JG-52	R-10 Reconnaissance Bomber			Rostov-on-Don
2 November, 1941	Richard-Ewald Baumgarten	III./JG-52	I-16 Rata			Rostov-on-Don
16 November, 1941	Richard-Ewald Baumgarten	III./JG-52	I-16 Rata			Rostov-on-Don
20 November, 1941	Richard-Ewald Baumgarten	III./JG-52	I-16 Rata			Vlastovka colliding with an I-16 during aerial combat KIA

Luftwaffe pilot Hans-Ekkehard Bob

'Our morale in combat was unbroken.'

HANS-EKKEHARD BOB, JG54.9

Our morale in combat was unbroken and when the weather permitted, we flew many sorties each day. Comparatively speaking, the English were in the better position in that they fought over their own territory and thus could save themselves in an emergency by baling out or carrying out a crash landing. In contrast, if we found ourselves in such circumstances, we had to count on being captured or risk landing our damaged aircraft in the Channel.

In a dogfight during August 1940, my radiator was shot-up, causing the engine cooling system to fail and I had to turn off the ignition to prevent an engine fire. The Me109 1 had a glide angle of 13:1 2. which meant that with the engine stopped we could glide 13 kilometres for each kilometre of altitude. This occurred at an altitude of 4,000 metres over Canterbury, some 80 km from the French coast, so I knew I would never be able to glide that far and had to think of something new. From 4,000 metres I would be able to glide only 52 km at the most, then I would go down into the English Channel. Suddenly it occurred to me to allow the engine to cool during the descent. This I did and the temperature dropped quickly, so I restarted the engine and climbed at full throttle as high as possible until the engine overheated again. I did this repeatedly, climbing up and gliding down, until I finally reached the French coast and carried out an emergency landing on the beach at Calais. My report of this experience was distributed to the units and the method adopted. It later received the nickname 'gebobt' after Bob, my surname.

Our missions over England continued, becoming progressively more difficult until, in the last part of 1940, attacks became impossible to carry out due to the severe weather conditions. The German fighter-pilots were still optimistic even though the daylight bomber operations had been cancelled. The British fighters did not even take off if there were no German bomber formations flying in the English skies. Thus we German fighters could fly around over southern England without contact with the enemy until we reached London. In order to lure the British fighters into the air, some of the Me109 squadrons were equipped with bomb racks. This was the birth of the fighter-bomber.

As the Staffelkapitiin of 9./JG54, I had to carry out a test flight with a 250 kg bomb under the fuselage. The take-off, from a meadow at Guines-South was quite risky since we fighter pilots had no idea how to handle bombs, how to hit the target, or how to operate the whole thing. In fact, the sortie was at first regarded as something suitable for a Himmelfahrtskommando, or suicide squad, but it proved worth the effort as the flight with the bomb was successful. Once in the air, I flew to a small spit of land extending from the English coast where I could release the bomb but exactly where it fell I could not determine as I really did not have the necessary experience. With time, however, and with improvisation - in order to dive at the correct angle, for example, we painted lines on the sides of the canopy - we achieved really good results. We then flew against England where our first targets were the airbase at Biggin Hill and Tilbury docks in London, where warships were being built.

During all of our operations the radio communications traffic of the British fighter pilots were being intercepted. On one occasion3, an interesting conversation took place between ground control and a British fighter formation when ground control said: 'Attack the German bomber formations! 'The English formation leader shouted back: 'There are no bomber formations here!' Ground control: 'But bombs have been dropped' Formation leader: 'I see only Me-109s but they can't drop bombs!' Word quickly got around, though, that the bombs were being dropped by the Me-109 units with the result that air combat was resumed.

1. German pilots of the period referred to the Messerschmitt 109 as the 'Me-109' instead of the technically correct 'Bf109'.
2. Rudolf Rothenfelder of JG2 has stated that the ratio between height and the glide distance was 12:1.
3. Probably 20 September 1940. See main text for further details.

Luftwaffe pilot Hans-Ekkehard Bob

Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob was born on 24 January 1917 at Freiburg/Breisgau. Bob joined the Luftwaffe on 1 December 1936 with the rank of Fahnenjunker. He spent his first year at the Luftskriegsschule Wildpark Werder undergoing six months of basic military training before commencing his flying training on 1 June 1937. At the beginning of 1938, he attended the Officer's Academy. ObeRGähnrich Bob was then transferred Jagdfliegergruppe 133 based at Wiesbaden. His first operational missions came during the occupation of the Sudetenland flying with an Arado Ar 68 biplane fighter equipped unit escorting bomber and transport aircraft. Following the successful conclusion of the operation, Bob was transferred to JG334, equipped with Bf 110 Zerstörer twin-engine fighters and based at Gablingen, where he also received promotion to the rank of Leutnant on 1 September 1938. In July 1939, Bob was transferred to the newly formed 3./JG21, based at Jesau. On 6 June 1940, 3./JG21 was redesignated 9./JG54. He flew his first combat missions of World War 2 in Poland and France as a Schwarmführer (leader of four aircraft). On 10 May 1940, Bob claimed his first victory, a Gloster Gladiator biplane fighter shot down near Tongeren in Belgium. By the end of the French campaign he had recorded four victories. On 1 August 1940, Bob was promoted to the rank of Oberleutnant. He was appointed Staffelkapitän of 7./JG54 on 10 October 1940, replacing Oberleutnant Günther Scholz (34 victories, DK) who had left to lead III./JG54. However, his stay with this unit was short. On 28 November, Bob was appointed Staffelkapitän of 9./JG54, which he led until 1 August 1943. During the Battle of Britain, Bob's unit became one of the first fighter-bomber (Jabo) units. 9.Staffel mostly attacked shipping targets with 250kg bombs. By 11 November 1940, Bob had recorded 19 victories.

Oberleutnant Bob was awarded the Ritterkreuz by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring on 7 March 1941. On 21 March 1941, Bob undertook a flight in a Bü-131 (W.Nr. 4506) (BG+AB) training aircraft, which resulted in a ditching in Cherbourg harbour following engine failure. He survived unhurt. Staffelkapitän of 9./JG54 Oberleutnant Hans-Ekkehard Bob. ParndoRG, March 1941. The rudder of his Bf109E shows 19 victories.

Bob participated in the Balkan campaign, shooting down two Yugoslavian fighters: a Bf109 on 6 April 1941 for his 20th victory and an IK-2 on 9 April for his 21st victory. Following the conclusion of operations in the Balkans, JG54 was re-equipped with the new Bf 109F and relocated to airfields in East Prussia. On 22 June 1941, 9./JG54 flew their first missions of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia. Bob recorded his first victory in Russia on 23 June, when he shot down a SB twin-engine bomber. However, his Bf 109 F-2 (W.Nr. 9207) 'Yellow 1' + ~ was hit by return fire from the bomber's gunner necessitating a forced landing deep inside enemy controlled territory near Radviliskis. He managed to make his way back to German lines two days later. He was shot down for a second time on 13 July and was again forced to make an emergency landing this time near Borodkino. On 20 August, Oberleutnant Bob was again forced to make an emergency landing 50km south of Dno, when his Bf109F-2 (W.Nr. 12696) (Y1+~) received hits in the radiator. During a freie Jagd over the Volkhov River on 30 October, Bob encountered a Russian I-16 fighter. In the subsequent engagement, his Bf109F-2 (Y1+~) took hits in the radiator. He made a belly-landing behind enemy lines and was fortunate to evade capture. By the end of 1941, Bob had 39 victories to his credit. On 29 September 1942, he recorded his 50th victory. The sojourn in Russia ended for 9./JG54 on 12 February 1943, when III.Gruppe and 4./JG54 were ordered by the General der Jagdflieger, Adolf Galland, to change positions with units of JG26 based on the Western front. This tactical operation was cancelled, but III./JG54 stayed in the West and was separated from its parent Geschwader for the remainder of the war.

On 17 April 1943, Hauptmann Bob claimed his 57th victory by ramming a USAAF B-17 four-engine bomber near Bremen. He was forced to bale-out of his stricken Bf109G-4 (W.Nr. 14935) (Y1+I). He suffered injuries in the incident. On 1 August 1943, Bob was promoted to the rank of Major and was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of IV./JG51 based on the Eastern front. He gained two further victories with this unit. Bob was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG3, based on the Normandy invasion front, on 9 May 1944. He also led the unit on Reichsverteidigung duties. In August 1944, Bob transferred to Erprobungskommando 262 where he received very rudimentary training on the Me-262 jet fighter. At the beginning of 1945, he became one of the small team of experienced flying officers assigned to the staff of Generalmajor Josef Kammhuber. He worked on the staff directly responsible for allocating newly built Me 262s to operational units before being ordered by Kammhuber to Silesia. Here he joined I. and II/EJG2, both these units being responsible for training of former bomber pilots on to single-engine fighters. Bob next became a member of JV44; the Me-262 equipped unit led by the now former General der Jagdflieger, Adolf Galland (104 victories, RK-Br). At the capitulation on 8 May 1945, Bob was in Koppl, a small village near Salzburg. From there he walked 1,700km in 6 weeks to Celle. After the war Bob initially took employment as a farm labourer before establishing a transport business. In 1956, he founded Bohrmaschinen und Geräte GmbH (BOMAG) in Celle, manufacturing drilling equipment, which does business in 87 countries. He continued flying, establishing the Celle Flying Club.

Hans-Ekkehard Bob flew approximately 700 combat missions and claimed 60 victories. He recorded 37 victories over the Eastern front.

Asisbiz Database of aerial victories for Hans-Ekkehard Bob

No	Date	Time	A/c Type	Unit	Location / Comments
1	10.5.1940	10:33	Gladiator	3./JG21	Tongeren
2	24.5.1940	15:20	Dewoitine	3./JG21	Hénin-Lietard
3	25.5.1940	19:45	Morane 406	3./JG21	N Cambrai
4	26.5.1940	9:10	Curtiss	3./JG21	Cambrai
5	26.6.1940	18:10	Blenheim	9./JG54	60km W Rotterdam
6	12.8.1940	18:33	Spitfire	9./JG54	Canterbury
7	15.8.1940	19:27	Spitfire	9./JG54	Dover
8	16.8.1940	13:13	Spitfire	9./JG54	Calais
9	18.8.1940	14:40	Hurricane	9./JG54	Ramsgate
10	31.8.1940	11:40	Hurricane	9./JG54	Eastchurch
11	31.8.1940	11:42	Hurricane	9./JG54	Eastchurch
12	4.9.1940	10:10	Hurricane	9./JG54	Folkestone
13	9.9.1940	18:40	Spitfire	9./JG54	Tunbridge
14	30.9.1940	14:35	Spitfire	9./JG54	Tunbridge
15	9.10.1940	16:38	Spitfire	9./JG54	Chatham
16	9.10.1940	14:00	Spitfire	9./JG54	Ashford
17	20.10.1940	15:40	Spitfire	9./JG54	London
18	27.10.1940	10:30	Hurricane	9./JG54	Tunbridge
19	11.11.1940	13:17	Spitfire	9./JG54	Margate
20	6.4.1941	17:30	Bf 109	9./JG54	Belgrade / Possibly Bf 109 E of 32 Grupa, JKRV
21	7.4.1941	14:20	IK-2	9./JG54	Martinac / Possibly IK-2 of 107 Esk, 34 Grupa, JKRV
22	23.6.1941	11:50	SB-2	9./JG54	Kedainiai
23	30.6.1941	7:05	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
24	30.6.1941	7:09	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
25	30.6.1941	12:35	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
26	30.6.1941	15:10	SB-3	9./JG54	Daugavpils
27	6.7.1941	18:40	SB-3	9./JG54	Ostrov
28	6.7.1941	18:41	SB-3	9./JG54	Ostrov
29	6.7.1941	18:45	SB-3	9./JG54	Ostrov
30	15.7.1941	19:15	SB-3	9./JG54	Orly
31	24.7.1941	19:55	SB-2	9./JG54	Duo
32	10.9.1941	14:50	I-18	9./JG54	Dem'yansk
33	11.9.1941	9:45	I-18	9./JG54	Dem'yansk
34	15.9.1941	15:15	DB-3	9./JG54	Krasnoje-Selo
35	15.9.1941	15:25	DB-3	9./JG54	Krasnoje-Selo
36	21.9.1941	7:05	I-153	9./JG54	Krasnowardeist
37	7.10.1941	9:40	Il-2	9./JG54	Krasnoje-Bor
38	6.11.1941	10:37	E/a	9./JG54	Kolpino
39	1.12.1941	9:42	I-18	9./JG54	Mostovaja
40	25.4.1942	11:30	MiG-3	9./JG54	Leningrad
41	28.8.1942	11:30	Il-2	9./JG54	Kilosi
42	1.9.1942	9:26	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Kilosi
43	1.9.1942	12:10	Il-2	9./JG54	Rabotschi
44	2.9.1942	13:50	Il-2	9./JG54	Estonski
45	2.9.1942	14:00	Il-2	9./JG54	Gaitolowo
46	10.9.1942	17:04	Il-2	9./JG54	Tortolowo
47	15.9.1942	6:02	LaGG-3	9./JG54	10 113
48	15.9.1942	15:20	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Schlüsselburg
49	22.9.1942	5:35	MiG-3	9./JG54	Beresowka
50	29.9.1942	16:08	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Newa-Bogen
51	17.12.1942	10:51	Il-2	9./JG54	Ssytschewka
52	17.12.1942	11:23	Il-2	9./JG54	Ssytschewka
53	29.12.1943	9:52	Il-2	9./JG54	Kolpina
54	30.12.1943	9:55	Il-2	9./JG54	Velikije-Luki
55	30.12.1942	10:12	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Velikije-Luki
56	14.1.1943	11:37	LaGG-3	9./JG54	Velikije-Luki
57	17.4.1943	12:45	B-17	9./JG54	Oldenburg / Rammed
58	27.7.1943	20:20	Spitfire	9./JG54	W Haarlem
59	?	-	MiG-3	IV./JG51	Apostolovo
60	?	-	MiG-3	IV./JG51	Apostolovo

Victories : 60
Awards : Ehrenpokal (28 September 1940)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (24 December 1942)
Ritterkreuz (7 March 1941)
Units : JG54, JG51, JG3, EJG2, JV 44
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/bobh.html - Aces of the Luftwaffe - Hans-Ekkehard Bob

Asisbiz Database of 60 aerial victories for Hans-Ekkehard Bob

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
10-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Gladiator		10.33	Tongeren (as 9/JG54)
24-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Dewoitine		15.20	Henin-Lietard
25-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Morane 406	4000m	19.45	N Cambrai
26-May-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	3./JG21	Hawk-75A		09.10	Cambrai
26-Jun-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab I./JG21	Blenheim	10m	18.10	60km W Rotterdam
12-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		18.33	Canterbury
13-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		13.13
15-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire	800m	19.27	SE Dover
16-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		13.13	Calais
18-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane	6500m	14.40	10km E Ramsgate
31-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane		11.40	Eastchurch
31-Aug-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane		11.42	Eastchurch
04-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Hurricane		10.10	Folkestone
09-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		18.40
30-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		14.35	Tonbridge
30-Sep-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire
09-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		14.00	Ashford
09-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		16.38	Chatham
20-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	7./JG54	Spitfire		15.40
27-Oct-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab III./JG54	Hurricane	5000m	10.30	10km E Tunbridge Wells
11-Nov-40	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire		13.17	Margate
06-Apr-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Bf 109E		17.30	Petrowgrad
07-Apr-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	IK-2		14.20	Martinae
23-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-2		11.50
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		12.35
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		07.09
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		07.05
30-Jun-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		15.10
06-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		18.45
06-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		18.40
15-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-3		19.15
24-Jul-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	SB-2		19.55
10-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-18		14.50
11-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-18		09.45
15-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	DB-3		15.15
15-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	DB-3		15.25
21-Sep-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-153		07.05
07-Oct-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik		09.40
06-Nov-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik		10.37
01-Dec-41	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	I-18		09.42
25-Apr-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	MiG-3		11.30
28-Aug-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	100m	11.30	10 191
01-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	2000m	09.26	10 191
01-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	200m	12.10	10 153
02-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	13.50	10 183
02-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	14.00	10 182
10-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	150m	17.04	10 183
15-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	1000m	06.02	10 113
15-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	5000m	15.20	10 113
22-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	MiG-3	2000m	05.35	10 354
29-Sep-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	500m	16.01	00 283
17-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	1500m	10.51	46 131
17-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	20m	11.23	47 791
29-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab III./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	09.52	07 583
30-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	500m	09.55	07 672
30-Dec-42	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	800m	10.12	07 334
14-Jan-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	LaGG-3	2000m	11.37	07 671
27-Jul-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	9./JG54	Spitfire	20m	20.25	20km W Zandvoort
26-Sep-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab IV./JG51	Yak-1	4000m	16.37	S Jantschekrak
27-Sep-43	Hans-Ekkehard Bob	Stab IV./JG51	LaGG-5	2500m	13.32	ENE Tsisslovka

Luftwaffe pilot Josef Eberle

Units: 9./JG-54 (Channel)

Awards: Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109E-4 'Yellow 13' (50%), Bf 109E-4 WNr 1573 'Yellow 3' (lost 10/9/40)

Remarks: KIA 9 October, 1940 in aerial combat with a Spitfire of RAF No.41 Sq., flown by P/O Walker, in 'Yellow 3' over Rochester/Canterbury. Ditched at sea, 10 miles off Dover; washed ashore 10/26/40 near Harwich, Essex; buried Cannock Chase, Block 1, Gr 218 (M.Croft). On 12 August, 1940, he was wounded and sustained 50% damage to 'Yellow 13' over the English Channel and successfully belly landed in France, despite his wounds.

Luftwaffe pilot Anton Schön

Units: Stab I./JG-21 ('39), 8./JG-54 (Channel)

Awards: EK 2 (9/17/39), Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109D-1 (lost), Bf 109E's, one 60% damaged, Bf 109E-4 WNr 1538 (lost 9/27/40)

Remarks: KIA 27 September, 1940 over Tilbury-Kent when he hit a fence while trying to put his crippled 109E fighter down at Broughton, near Faversham. Buried Cannock Chase, Block 1, Gr 177 (M.Croft). Prior, he survived a Mid-air collision on 15 November, 1939 over Lingen/Ems. On 12 August, 1940 he was wounded over the Guines-South airfield, the AC sustaining 60% damage. It was on this same date that he recorded his first victory, a Spitfire at Ramsgate. One of the first fighter pilots to receive the EK 2, along with Hans Ekkard Bob. Alternate spelling: Schon.

Luftwaffe pilot Asisbiz database list of 1 aerial victories for Anton Schön

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
12 August 1940	Anton Schön	8./JG54	Spitfire		18:45	Ramsgate

Luftwaffe pilot Waldemar 'Hein' Wübke

Units: 9./JG-54 (9/40 & '41), Stfkpt 7./JG-54, Kdr II./JG-101 (10/44), Platzschutzstaffel JV-44 (4/45 Ainring)

Awards: DK-G(10/20/42), EP, EK 1 & 2, Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp

Known Aircraft: Bf 109E 'Yel 11' in 9, Bf 109E-4 'Yellow 5' (early '41), Bf 109F-2 WNr 9611 'Yellow 13' (Lost-Tech Fault 12/18/41), Bf 109G-2 WNr 10439 'White 1' (WIA-MiG-3 9/9/42), Bf 109G-6/Y WNr20097 'White 2' (lost-combat), Fw 190D-9 WNr 600424 'Red 1'

Remarks: Wübke was shot down six times while with JG-54. Most times his AC were salvagable. His last was on 27 July, 1943 in Werk# 20097 'White 2' just east of the Schiphol, Holland Airfield. He had been wounded two times while serving with JG-54. His first known Channel victory, a Blenheim on 9 September, 1940. His 2nd, a Blenheim on 11 September, 1940, no location. His 3rd, a Spitfire in the Rochester area on 5 October, 1940. A 4th a Blenheim in the Ashford/Chatham area on 9 October, 1940. A 5th a Blenheim 10 km NW of Den Helder on 27 October, 1940. Fw 190D-9's of JV-44 provided protection for Me 262's. His D-9 was 'Red 3'. Scored one victory in his nightshirt during the Leningrad Operations. His 1st known Soviet victories, a SB-2 and two SB-3's, on 22 June, 1941. An SB-2 on 11 July, 1941. An R-5 on 14 June, 1942. A LaGG-3 on 9 September, 1942. An Il-2 on 4 January, 1943. An Il-2 on 5 January, 1943. Magnus, 15 victories. Bowers/Lednicer, 15 victories. Bolten 16 victories.

Luftwaffe pilot Asisbiz database list of 15 aerial victories for Waldemar 'Hein' Wübke

Date	Pilot Name	Unit	Enemy A/C Type	Height	Time	Location
Monday, September 09, 1940	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	Blenheim		18:24	Battle of Britain
Wednesday, September 11, 1940	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	Blenheim		11:10	Battle of Britain
Saturday, October 05, 1940	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	Spitfire		16:40	Battle of Britain
Wednesday, October 09, 1940	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	Hampden		16:40	Battle of Britain
Sunday, October 27, 1940	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	Blenheim		10:35	10km NW Den Helder
Thursday, November 07, 1940	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	Blenheim		10:30	West of Den Helder
Sunday, June 22, 1941	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	SB-2		17:27	Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Sunday, June 22, 1941	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	SB-3		06:43	Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Sunday, June 22, 1941	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	SB-3		06:40	Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Monday, June 23, 1941	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	SB-2		11:50	Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Friday, July 11, 1941	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	SB-2		03:40	Ostfront (Eastern Front)
Sunday, June 14, 1942	Waldemar Wubke	9./JG54	R-5	800m	23:30	10 894
Wednesday, September 09, 1942	Waldemar Wubke	7./JG54	LaGG-3	500m	11:30	10 144
Monday, January 04, 1943	Waldemar Wubke	7./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	300m	14:15	07 761 (based Smolensk)
Tuesday, January 05, 1943	Waldemar Wubke	7./JG54	Il-2 Sturmovik	200m	09:10	97 834

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• Cross, Roy and Gerald Scarborough. Messerschmitt Bf 109, Versions B-E. London: Patrick Stevens, 1976. ISBN 0-85059-106-6.
• Dimensione Cielo: Caccia Assalto 3, Aerei Italiani nella 2a Guerra Mondiale (in Italian). Roma: Edizioni Bizzarri, 1972.
• Ebert, Hans A., Johann B. Kaiser and Klaus Peters. Willy Messerschmitt: Pioneer of Aviation (The History of German Aviation Design). Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 2000. ISBN 0-7643-0727-4.
• Feist, Uwe. The Fighting Me 109. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1993, ISBN 1-85409-209-X.
• Fernández-Sommerau, Marco. Messerschmitt Bf 109 Recognition Manual. Hersham, Surrey, UK: Classic Publications, 2004. ISBN 1-903223-27-X.
• Glancey, Jonathan. Spitfire: The Illustrated Biography. London: Atlantic Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-84354-528-6.
• Green, William. Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Augsburg Eagle; A Documentary History. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishing Group Ltd., 1980. ISBN 0-7106-0005-4.
• Griehl, Manfred. Das geheime Typenbuch der deutschen Luftwaffe: Geheime Kommandosache 8531/44 gKdos. Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 2004. ISBN 978-3-7909-0775-9.
• Griehl, Manfred.Flugzeug Profile. No. 5 – Messerschmitt Bf 109G/K.Rheinfelden, Germany: BPV Medien Vertrieb GmbH & Co KG, 1987.
• Hitchcock, Thomas H. Messerschmitt 'O-Nine' Gallery. Chicago: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1973. ISBN 978-0-914144-00-7.
• Hitchcock, Thomas H. Monogram Close-Up Number 9:Bf 109F.Sturbridge, Mass: Monogram Aviation Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-914144-20-0
• Hooton, Edward R. Blitzkrieg in the West, 1939 -1940 (Luftwaffe at War: 2). Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-272-6.
• Kobel, Franz and Jakob Maria Mathmann. Bf 109. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0-88740-919-9.
• Mankau, Heinz and Peter Petrick. Messerschmitt Bf 110, Me 210, Me 410. Raumfahrt, Germany: Aviatic Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-925505-62-8.
• Marshall, Francis L. Messerschmitt Bf 109T "Die Jäger der Graf Zeppelin". Gilching, Germany: Marshall-Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-00-008220-4.
• Marshall, Francis L. Sea Eagles – The Messerschmitt Bf 109T. Walton on Thames, Surrey, UK: Air Research Publications, 1994. ISBN 1-871187-23-0.
• Mason, Francis K. Messerschmitt Bf 109B, C, D, E in Luftwaffe & Foreign service. London, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1973. ISBN 0-85045-152-3.
• Massimello, Giovanni and Giorgio Apostolo. Italian Aces of World War Two. Oxford/New York, Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 978-1-84176-078-0.
• Mermet, Jean-Claude. Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-1 through K-4. Engines and Fittings. Marnaz, France: Jean Claude Mermet SA, 1999.
• Messerschmitt AG. Messerschmitt Bf 109G; technisch Kompendium, Handbücher, Ersatztelliste, Bewaffnung Bedienungsvorschrift/Fl, Bordfunkanlage, Lehrbildreihe; 1942/1944. [Elektronische Resource] (Reprint) Ludwigsburg, Germany: Luftfahrt-Archiv, 2006. ISBN 3-939847-13-5.
• Messerschmitt AG. Messerschmitt Bf 109K; technisch Kompendium, Handbüch, Ersatztelliste, Rep.-Answeisung, Bewaffnung Bedienungsvorschrift; 1943–1944. [Elektronische Resource] (Reprint). Ludwigsburg, Germany: Luftfahrt-Archiv, 2006. ISBN 3-939847-14-3.
• Morgan, Eric B and Edward Shacklady. Spitfire: The History. Stamford: Key Books Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-946219-48-6.
• Neulen, Hans Werner. In the Skies of Europe. Ramsbury, Marlborough, UK: The Crowood Press, 2000. ISBN 1-86126-799-1.
• Nowarra, Heinz. Die Deutsche Luftrustung 1933–1945, Band 3: Flugzeugtypen Henschel – Messerschmitt. Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graefe, 1993. ISBN 3-7637-5467-9.
• Osché, Philippe (translated by Patrick Laureau). The Messerschmitt Bf 109 in Swiss Service. Boulogne sur Mer, France: Lela Presse, 1996. ISBN 2-914017-31-6.
• Poruba, T and A Janda. Messerschmitt Bf 109K. Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: JaPo, 1997.
• Prien, Jochen and Peter Rodeike. Messerschmitt Bf 109 F, G & K Series – An Illustrated Study. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1995. ISBN 0-88740-424-3.
• Price, Alfred. Spitfire Mk. I/II Aces (Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces). London: Osprey, 1996. ISBN 84-8372-207-0.
• Punka, György. "A Messzer": Bf 109s in the Royal Hungarian "Honvéd" Air Force. Budapest, Hungary: OMIKK, 1995. ISBN 963-593-208-1.
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• Rimmell, Ray. ME 109: Messerschmitt Bf 109E. Chipping Ongar, Essex, UK: Linewrights Ltd., 1986. ISBN 0-946958-18-1.
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• Savic, D. and B. Ciglic. Croatian Aces of World War II (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 49). Oxford, UK: Oxford, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-435-3.
• Scutts, Jerry. Bf 109 Aces of North Africa and the Mediterranean. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-85532-448-2, ISBN 978-1-85532-448-0.
• Shores, C., B. Cull and N. Malizia. Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece & Crete – 1940–41. London: Grub Street, 1987. ISBN 0-948817-07-0.
• Starr, Chris. "Developing Power: Daimler-Benz and the Messerschmitt Bf 109." Aeroplane magazine, Volume 33, No. 5, Issue No 385, May 2005. London: IPC Media Ltd.
• Stenman, Kari and Kalevi Keskinen. Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 23). London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-783-X.
• Taylor, John W.R. "Messerschmitt Bf 109." Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the present. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-425-03633-2.
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• Valtonen, Hannu. Messerschmitt Bf 109 ja saksan sotatalous (Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the German war economy). Helsinki, Finland: Keski-Suomen Ilmailumuseo (Central Finnish Aviation Museum), 1999. ISBN 978-951-95688-7-4.
• Vogt, Harald. Messerschmitt Bf 109 G/K Rüstsatze. Flugzeug Profile 21. Illertissen, Flugzeug Publikations GmbH.
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• Weal, John. Bf 109 Aces of the Russian Front. Oxford: Osprey, 2001. ISBN 978-1-84176-084-1.
• Weal, John. BF 109D/E Aces 1939–41. Oxford: Osprey, 1996. ISBN 978-1-85532-487-9.
• Weal, John. Bf 109F/G/K Aces of the Western Front. Oxford: Osprey, 2000. ISBN 978-1-85532-905-8.
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    Messerschmitt Bf 109 operational history Bibliography: +

• Beale, Nick, Ferdinando D'Amico and Gabriele Valentini. Air War Italy: Axis Air Forces from Liberation of Rome to the Surrender. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife, 1996. ISBN 1-85310-252-0.
• Bergström, Christer. Barbarossa – The Air Battle: July–December 1941. London: Chevron/Ian Allan, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-270-2.
• Bergström, Christer and Martin Pegg. Jagdwaffe:The War in Russia, January–October 1942. Luftwaffe Colours, Volume 3 Section 4. London: Classic Colours Publications, 2003. ISBN 1-903223-23-7.
• Feist, Uwe. The Fighting Me 109. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1993. ISBN 1-85409-209-X.
• Green, William. Messerschmitt Bf 109: The Augsburg Eagle; A Documentary History. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishing Group Ltd., 1980. ISBN 0-7106-0005-4.
• Hooton, Edward R. Blitzkrieg in the West, 1939 -1940 (Luftwaffe at War: 2). Hersham, Surrey, UK: Midland Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-272-6.
• Jackson, Robert. Aircraft of World War II: Development – Weaponry – Specifications. Enderby, Leicester, UK, Amber Books, 2003. ISBN 1-85605-751-8.
• Mankau, Heinz and Peter Petrick. Messerschmitt Bf 110, Me 210, Me 410. Raumfahrt, Germany: Aviatic Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-925505-62-8.
• Mason, Francis K. Messerschmitt Bf 109B, C, D, E in Luftwaffe & Foreign service. London, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1973. ISBN 0-85045-152-3.
• Massimello, Giovanni and Giorgio Apostolo. Italian Aces of World War Two. Oxford/New York, Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 978-1-84176-078-0.
• Morgan, Eric B. and Edward Shacklady. Spitfire: The History. Stamford, UK: Key Books Ltd, 2000. ISBN 0-946219-48-6.
• Neulen, Hans Werner. In the skies of Europe – Air Forces allied to the Luftwaffe 1939–1945. Ramsbury, Marlborough, THE CROWOOD PRESS, 2000. ISBN 1-86126-799-1
• Price, Alfred. Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939–41 (Aircraft of the Aces 12). London: Osprey Books, 1996, ISBN 1-85532-627-2.
• Punka, György. "A Messzer": Bf 109s in the Royal Hungarian "Honvéd" Air Force. Budapest, Hungary: OMIKK, 1995. ISBN 963-593-208-1.
• Savic, D. and B. Ciglic. Croatian Aces of World War II (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 49). Oxford, UK: Oxford, 2002. ISBN 1-84176-435-3.
• Stenman, Kari and Kalevi Keskinen. Finnish Aces of World War 2 (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 23). London: Osprey Publishing Limited, 1998. ISBN 1-85532-783-X.

    Some of the most widely used Book References:

• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase One: July-August 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 1) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Eddie J Creek (Author)
• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Two: August-September 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 2) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Three: September-October 1940 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 3) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)
• Jagdwaffe: Battle of Britain: Phase Four: November 1940-June 1941 (Luftwaffe Colours: Volume Two, Section 4) Paperback Eric Mombeek (Author), David Wadman (Author), Martin Pegg (Author)

    Magazines: +

• Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
• Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
• EDUARD - https://www.eduard.com/
• EDUARD - Are in my opinion are what modelers are looking for loads of pictures and diagrams and have become a leading historical information source. *****
• FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
• Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
• Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
• Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
• Luftwaffe IM Focus (German) - https://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/
• Embleme der Luftwaffe Band-1 (German) - https://www.luftfahrtverlag-start.de/
• Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
• Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
• Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
• model airplane international magazine - https://adhpublishing.com/shop/store/magazine-backissues/model-airplane-international-backissues/
• Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

• eBay - https://picclick.de/ or https://www.ebay.com
• Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com
• Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
• Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants#cite_ref-100
• Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history
• Flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/farinihouseoflove/2209839419/in/photostream