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Stab I. Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 1
Focke Wulf Fw 190A5 Stab II./JG 1 Winkel Grün Woensdrecht Netherlands April 1943
Profile: Focke Wulf Fw 190 A5 Stab II./JG 1 Oesau, Winkel Grün - unknown pilot, Woensdrecht - Netherlands, April 1943
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A5 JG1 Graf
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A7 JG1 White 9 Alfred Grislawski Germany 1944
9./JG52 ground crew congratulate Hermann Graf May 1942 01
Photo 01: Ground personnel of 9./JG52 with the sign they produced to congratulate Lt. Hermann Graf on his 104th victory on 14 May 1942.9./JG52 ground crew congratulate Hermann Graf Sep 1942 02
Photo 02: On 26 September 1942, Hptm. Hermann Graf became the first pilot to reach 200 victories.
Pilots 3./JG52 pilot Hermann Graf 1941 01
Photo 01: On 1 August 1941, III./JG52 flew from Mizil in Rumania to Belaya-Tserkov in Russia, and at 04.40 hrs the next morning flew its first mission escorting Ju-87s.At this time, III./JG52 was the only Gruppe in the Geschwader equipped with the Bf-109F-4 and on its first day of operations two Bf-109F-4/Bs were seriously damaged after running out of fuel and making emergency landings. This photograph shows members of 9./JG52 in the East with Lt. Hermann Graf (fourth from the right), Utiz. Steinbatz (third from the right) and the Staffelkapitan, Oblt. Franz Hornig (centre), who was also acting Gruppen-kommandeur
Pilots 9./JG52 pilot Graf and Alfred Grislawski Crimea Russia July 1942 01
Photo 01: By the time Fw. Grislawski received the Ritterkreuz, Graf - seen here on the left - had received the Swords. Graf and Grislawski were firm friends and both survived the war, Graf with 212 victories and Grislawski with 132.
Pilots 9./JG52 pilot Alfred Grislawski Crimea, Russia July 1, 1942 01
Photo 01: For most of 1941 and early 1942, FW. A1fred Grislawski of 9./JG52 flew as wingman to Hermann Graf of 9./JG52. Grislawski claimed his first victory on 1 September 1941, but in the Crimea in late April 1942 increased his tally from 18 to 42 in four weeks. Here, Fw. Grislawski is seen being decorated with the Ritterkreuz, awarded on 1 July 1942.
Pilots 3./JG52 pilot Hermann Graf 1941 01
Photo 01: On 1 August 1941, III./JG52 flew from Mizil in Rumania to Belaya-Tserkov in Russia, and at 04.40 hrs the next morning flew its first mission escorting Ju-87s.At this time, III./JG52 was the only Gruppe in the Geschwader equipped with the Bf-109F-4 and on its first day of operations two Bf-109F-4/Bs were seriously damaged after running out of fuel and making emergency landings. This photograph shows members of 9./JG52 in the East with Lt. Hermann Graf (fourth from the right), Utiz. Steinbatz (third from the right) and the Staffelkapitan, Oblt. Franz Hornig (centre), who was also acting Gruppen-kommandeur
Pilots 9./JG52 pilot Hermann Graf Russia Sep 16, 1942 01
Photo 01: Hermann Graf shown here as a Major wearing the Diamonds awarded on 16 September 1942 when he was an Oberleutnant.
Pilots 9./JG52 pilot Hermann Graf Germany 1942 01-02
Photo 01-02: Graf is seen here in Germany (Photo 01) receiving congratulations and (Photo 02) signing the Golden Book of Flyers in which were entered the names and signatures of the Luftwaffe's top aces.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 of Hauptmann Fritz Losigkeit, Gruppenkommandeur of 1./JG1 1943
Depicted shortly after JG1's major reorganisation of 1 April 1943. This particular aircraft was clearly on charge prior to the units redesignatin. This deduction is supported not so much by the Gruppes 'devil in the clouds' badge on the cowling (which survived the transition from IV./Jg1 to I./Jg1), but from the round patch just visible aft of the fuselage balkenkreuz where the previous IV.
Gruppe circle symbol has been neatly over sprayed.
The cowling design
- Either all white black and white horizontal stripes or black and white checkers - was introduced by the new I./Jg1 as a device to facilitate rapid reassembly in the air after the gruppe had sythed its way through an American bomber formation.
The green spinner tip indicated a machine of the Gruppenstab and the yellow undercowling panel was carried over from earlier Channel fron bf109s.
The black and white zigzag pattern aft of the exhaust slots was one of many similar designs intended primarily to hide exhaist stains form the BMW radial.
The redboarded sheils beneath the windscreen, comprising silver fighter pilot's combat clasp wings superimposed on a black maltese cross, was the Geschwader emblem of the period.
Finally the row of eight tiny flags below the cockpits sill illistrated Losigkeits carrer to date From left to right, the first five depicted the nations he faught against (Spain, Where he was shot down captured during the civil war, Belgium, Netherlands, France and Great britain), The final three were contries in which he had been stationed (Japan - as an attache at the tokyo embassy - Norway and denmark)
In June 1943 Losigkeit was posted to the eastern front to assume command of III./JG51.
he later rose to the rank of Geschwaderkommodore, first of Jg51 itself and then, in the closing weeks of the war, of JG77.
Of his 68 confirmed victories about a dozen - including one four engined bomber - had been scored in the west.Focke-Wulf Fw 190A4 Stab I./JG1 Geschwader Adjutent Hans Ehlers WNr 581 Holland 1943
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A5 Stab I./JG1 (o+ Rolf Strohal Deelen Holland Apr 1943
Profile: Rolf Strohal came from Romania. In 1942 he served at 12. Staffel Jagdgeschwader 1. In April 1943, he was appointed to Technisches Offizier position by I. Gruppe JG 1. In August 1943, he was appointed a commander of 3. Stafel by the same squadron. In the autumn of that year, he was transferred to a training squadron Jagdgruppe West. On December 31st, 1943, he died serving at this squadron. It happened above the Southwest France while flying Fw 190A-4, Strohal collided with another aircraft of the same kind. He had 4 recognized shot downs – one Mosquito and three B-17s. In April 1943, Stab I./JG 1 aircraft had their Fw 190 engine covers painted with black and white horizontal bands. The engine cover also bears insignia of I./JG 1, there is a JG1 insignia painted underneath the cockpit. The camouflage is accompanied by RLM 74/75/76 colours that be complementing the yellow rudder and bottom part of the engine cover. The sides of the fuselage bear the marking of the plane used by technical officer.
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A7 Stab I./JG1 (o+ Technical Officer Dortmund Jan 1944
Focke-Wulf Oblt. Rolf STROHAL Stab I./JG1, Deelen, the Netherlands, April, 1943
Rolf Strohal was a German with Rumanian roots. He served with IV./JG1 during 1942, and in October of that year, was promoted to Technical Officer of the unit redesignated I./JG1. From the summer of 1943, Strohal led 3./JG1. He left JG1 in the fall of 1943 to join Jagdgruppe West. Black and white stripes were a quick identification device on the staff aircraft of I./JG1 in 1943. III./JG27 was a shakeup of the original early war I./JG1. JG1 was reformed again in 1941, and through 1942, operated against the RAF and USAAF from bases in the Netherlands and western Germany. Two groups (Gruppen) of the sister unit JG11 were created on the basis of of JG1 in 1943, and only II./JG1 survived the next reorganization without any significant change./JG1 and JG11 operated mainly over the Western Front, except towards the end of the war when both units fought against the Soviet VVS.
Oblt. Rolf Strohal, Stab I./JG 1, Deelen, Holandsko, duben 1943 Rolf Strohal byl Nìmec rumunského pùvodu, v roce 1942 slou8il u IV./JG 1. V øíjnu 1942 byl jmenován technickým dùstojníkem této jednotky, která byla pøejmenována na I./JG 1. V létì 1943 se stal velitelem 3./JG 1. Na podzim 1943 byl pøevelen k výcvikové Jagdgruppe West. Èerno-bílé pruhy na pøídi byly v roce 1943 oznaèením rychlé identifikace štábních letounù u I./JG 1. Pùvodní I./JG 1 z poèátku války byla reorganizována na III./JG 27. Nová JG 1 byla znovu zalo8ena v roce 1941, v roce 1942 operovala proti Britùm a Amerièanùm ze základen v Holandsku a západním Nìmecku. V roce 1943 vznikly z èástí JG 1 dvì Gruppe sesterské jednotky JG 11 a následnou reorganizací v JG 1 prošla beze zmìny pouze II./JG 1. Mimo závìru války, kdy byly JG 1 a JG 11 nasazeny proti sovìtskému letectvu, tyto dvì jednotky pùsobily hlavnì v západní Evropì.
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Focke-Wulf Fw 190A Stab JG1 <+ pilot Deterra and pilot Heinz Hanke W.Nr 0485 France Aug 1942 01
Photo 01: This Fw 190A-2, W.Nr. 0485, was the aircraft assigned to Lt. Deterra, the Gruppenadjutant of III./JG1. It was also flown on a number of occasions in August 1942 by Uffz. Heinz Hanke.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A JG1.3 pilot Heinz Hanke W.Nr 5701 France Feb 26, 1943 01
Photo 01: Uffz. Heinz Hanke of 9./.1G 1 accounted for his first victory shortly before noon on 26 February 1943 when he shot down a B-24 participating in a raid on Wilhelmshaven which crashed into the sea off Heligoland. Here, Hanke (far right) is standing by the rudder of his Fw 190A-4, WNr. 5701, as a colleague applies a victory bar to record the event. It is unclear why two US stars are being applied.
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A5 Stab JG1 Hans Philipp 'Minke + Pinke' Jever Sep 1943
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A7 Stab I./JG1 (o+ Wilhelm Krebs Dortmund Jan 1944
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A7 Stab I./JG1 (o+ Wilhelm Krebs Dortmund Jan 1944
Stab II. Geschwaderstab Jagdgeschwader 1
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A5 Stab II./JG1 <-+- WNr 410012 Holland 1943
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 Stab II./JG1 ≪+- Paul-Heinrich Dahne Mecklenburg Feb 1945
Hans Mohr personal emblemFocke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 Stab II./JG1 Techinical Officer Hans Mohr Holland March 1943
Stab Staffel IV. Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 1
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4 Stab IV./JG1 (+o flown by Eberhard von Burath WNr. 145555 crashed on take-off and may well have been sabotaged Deelen Holland March 11th 1943
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A2 JG1 <I+ flown by Leutnant Eberhard von Burath Stab I./JG1 Deelen/Holland April 1943
Focke Wulf Fw 190A2 Stab IV./JG1 <I+ Eberhard von Burath Deelen Netherlands February 1943
Profile: Focke Wulf 190 A2,IV./JG 1 Winkel + Strich, Olt. Eberhard von Burath, Deelen Netherlands February 1943
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Rolf Strohal
Units: 12/JG-1 (9/42), Stab I/JG-1 Tech. Offz. (4/43), Stfkpt 3/JG-1 (8/43)
Awards:EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Known Aircraft: Bf 109F in 12 Staffel, Fw 190A-4Y (0+ Fw 190A-5 B & W striped cowling in 1943
Remarks: One known victory, a Mosquito on 8 September, 1942. His 2nd (HSS), a B-17 NW of Texel on 13 June, 1943. His 3rd, a B-17 (HSS) on 12 August, 1943. His 4th, a B-17 (HSS) on 17 August, 1943.
Asisbiz database list of 4 aerial victories for Rolf Strohal
Date Pilot Name Unit Enemy A/C Type Height Time Location Tuesday, September 08, 1942 Rolf Strohal 12./JG1 Mosquito 9200m 19:03 Pl.Qu. 6228/05 Ost D3 Sunday, June 13, 1943 Rolf Strohal Stab I./JG1 B-17 Fortress Hss 800m 11:40 CJ-8 (NW Texel)* Thursday, August 12, 1943 Rolf Strohal 3./JG1 B-17 Fortress Hss Tuesday, August 17, 1943 Rolf Strohal 3./JG1 B-17 Fortress Hss 5800m 12:10 SR
Jan McGlaun Caves On 4/26/2013 8:58 PMI am the daughter of the Bombardier on the US B-17 Fortress that Rolf Strohal claims to have shot down on 13 June 1943 (70 years ago this June 2013) at 800m--location CJ-8 (NW Texel). I have recently corresponded with Andreas Zapf in Germany. He and I concluded that Olt. Rolf Strohal probably had been the pilot of the FW 190 which downed "Shackeroo" B-17 Flying Fortress over the North Sea off the coast of Holland. All 10 men in the crew of "Shackeroo" survived that day and were rescued by MTB 245, a British torpedo boat. My Dad is 94 years old and remembers that mission as if it happened yesterday. Dequindre McGlaun, Bombardier, 94th Bomb Group. 333rd Squadron, US Eighth Air Force; Pilot, Capt. Howard Kirk; Commanding Officer that day flying Co-pilot, Major Louis Thorup; Navigator, Arvid Dahl were the officers on "Shackeroo"--13 June 1943. As far as I know, My Dad is the only living survivor of 'Shackeroo' in 2013. He was awarded a Purple Heart for that mission.
Jagdgeschwader 1 book references used: +
- 'II.Gruppe Jagdgeschwader 1 (1942–1945)'. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
- Caldwell, Donald; Muller, Richard (2007). The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich. MBI Publishing. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-85367-712-0.
- Franks, Norman (1998). Royal Air Force Losses of the Second World War: Operational Losses: Aircraft and crews 1944–1945 (incorporating Air Defence Great Britain and 2nd TAF). III. Midland. ISBN 978-1-85780-093-7.
- Goebel, Greg (1 November 2007). 'The Heinkel He-162 Volksjaeger'. Retrieved 1 October 2008.
- Holm, Michael (1997–2003). 'Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau' Organization'. Retrieved 12 November 2008.
- Manrho, John; Putz, Ron (2004). Bodenplatte: The Luftwaffe's Last Hope, The Attack on Allied Airfields New Year's Day 1945. Hikoki. ISBN 978-1-902109-40-4.
- Mombeek, Eric (13 September 2003). Defenders of the Reich: Jagdgeschwder 1: 1944–1945 (Defenders of the Reich). III. Classic. ISBN 978-1-903223-03-1.
- Parker, Danny S. (1998). To Win The Winter Sky: The Air War Over the Ardennes, 1944–1945. Da Capo. ISBN 978-1-58097-006-8.
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- Prien, Jochen; Rodeike, Peter (1996b). Jagdgeschwader 1 und 11—Einsatz in der Reichsverteidigung von 1939 bis 1945: Teil 3, 1944–1945 [Jagdgeschwader 1 and 11—Operations in the Defense of the Reich from 1939 to 1945] (in German). III 1944–1945. Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-25-0.
- Reimer, Michael (5 December 2007). 'Jagdgeschwader 1 Oesau'. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- Schuelke, John (October 1995). 'A Fighter Group in Normandy'. Luftwaffe Verband Journal. IV (October 1995). Retrieved 1 October 2008.
- Shores, Christopher; Thomas, Chris (2006). 2nd Tactical Air Force: From the Rhine to Victory: January to May 1945. III. Classic. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-903223-60-4.
- Stedman, Robert; Chappell, Mike (2002). Luftwaffe Air & Ground Crew 1939–45. Oxford: Osprey. p. 48. ISBN 1-84176-404-3.
- Sundin, Claes; Bergström, Christer (2002). More Luftwaffe Fighter Aircraft in Profile. Schiffer. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7643-1559-6.
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- Weal, John (2006). Bf 109 Defence of the Reich Aces. Osprey. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-84176-879-3.
- Williamson, Gordon; Bujeiro, Ramiro (2004). Knight's Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1939–40: Knight's Cross and Oakleaves, 1939–40. Osprey. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-84176-641-6.
More Jagdgeschwader 1 book references: +
- Dierich, Wolfgang (1976). Die Vërbande der Luftwaffe 1935–1945 (in German). Stuttgart: Motorbuch.
- Foreman, John (1994). Over the Beaches: The Air War Over Normandy and Europe 1st–30th June 1944. Air Research. ISBN 1-871187-26-5.
- Franks, Norman (1998). Royal Air Force Losses of the Second World War. Volume 2. Operational Losses: Aircraft and crews 1942–1943. Midland Publishing Limited. ISBN 1-85780-075-3.
- Mauermann, Helmut (2005). Fliegerhorst Störmede. Eine Chronik in Wort und Bild. Lippetal, Brockhauser Str. 18: H. Mauermann. ISBN 3-00-015708-5.
- Messenger, Charles (1989). The Chronological Atlas of World War Two. Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-02-584391-5.
- Mombeek, Eric (2000–2007). 'Missing In Action JG 1'. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
- Prien, Jochen; Rodeike, Peter (1996a). Jagdgeschwader 1 und 11—Einsatz in der Reichsverteidigung von 1939 bis 1945—Teil 2—1944 [Jagdgeschwader 1 and 11—Operations in the Defense of the Reich from 1939 to 1945—Volume 2—1944] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-24-3.
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)
Web References: +
- Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
- Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
- 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
- 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/
- Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/
- Luftwaffe profiles http://luftwaffeprofiles.blogspot.com/p/fw-190-a8-profiles.html
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