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Heinrich Setz - Pilot Profile - Heinrich Setz

Heinrich Setz

Victories : 138
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 13th March 1943


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron CrossAwarded Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross
Knights
Cross		Oak Leaves

Heinrich Setz (12 March 1915 – 13 March 1943) was a German World War II Luftwaffe 138 victories Flying ace and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.

Heinrich Setz joined II./Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77) in July 1940 and claimed his first aerial victory over a Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft over Norway's west coast. In July 1941 he was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of the 4./JG 77 (4th squadron), which he led until November 1942. During Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, he claimed 41 aerial victories.

Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant) Setz was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak leaves on 23 June 1942 for 76 aerial victories. The award was presented at the Führerhauptquartier at Rastenburg on 28 and 29 June 1942.


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

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

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

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

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Heinrich Setz

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JG27


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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Jagdgeschwader 27 Afrika was a World War II Luftwaffe Geschwader. It was most famous for service in the North African Campaign, supporting the Deutsches Afrikakorps.

Commanders of IV./JG 27

Hauptmann Rudolf Sinner, June 1943
Oberleutnant Dietrich Boesler (acting), September 1943
Oberleutnant Alfred Burk (acting), October 1943
Hauptmann Joachim Kirschner, 18 October 1943
Hauptmann Otto Meyer, 1 February 1943
Hauptmann Hanns-Heinz Dudeck, July 1944
Hauptmann Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, 2 January 1945

JG77


Country : Germany
Founded : May 1939
'Ace of Hearts'

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Herz As (Ace of Hearts) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It served in all the German theaters of war, from Western Europe to the Eastern Front, and from the high north in Norway to the Mediterranean.

JG 77 was formed in May 1939 with I. and II. Gruppe. III./JG 77 was formed on 5 July 1940 in Trondheim from the II(J)./JG 186. I./ JG 77 was reorganized on 21 November 1940 into IV./JG 51 and a new I./JG 77 was established. In January 1942 I./JG 77 was transferred to I./JG 5 and a new I./JG 77 was created.

In April 1942 1. Staffel was transferred to Romania and designated the defence unit for the Ploie?ti oil fields at Mizil. (This staffel was redesignated 1./JG 4 in August 1942.)

Known Victory Claims - Heinrich Setz

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

09/09/1940Ltn. Heinrich Setz6JG 77SkuaNW Haugesund14.22Western Front
20/10/1940Ltn. Heinrich Setz6JG 77Blenheim60km W. Haugesund11.07Western Front
26/06/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77SB-2-14.25Eastern Front
05/07/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-17.1Eastern Front
13/07/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-10.15Eastern Front
15/07/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-15.35Eastern Front
21/07/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-19.16Eastern Front
21/07/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-19.18Eastern Front
08/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-13.4Eastern Front
10/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-11.37Eastern Front
14/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-15.2Eastern Front
21/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-153-11.43Eastern Front
27/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-9.3Eastern Front
30/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-8.5Eastern Front
31/08/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77-17.22Eastern Front
10/09/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-15.55Eastern Front
20/09/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-11Eastern Front
21/09/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-15.1Eastern Front
26/09/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-9.51Eastern Front
26/09/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-14.09Eastern Front
28/09/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-2--Eastern Front
01/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-2-6.15Eastern Front
09/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77R-10-16.18Eastern Front
15/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-8.25Eastern Front
15/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-11.39Eastern Front
15/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77SB-3-14.22Eastern Front
16/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-10.25Eastern Front
19/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Doppeldecker-15.27Eastern Front
23/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77SB-3-14.57Eastern Front
29/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-15-14.55Eastern Front
29/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77SB-3-15.2Eastern Front
31/10/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-14.1Eastern Front
02/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77R-10-8Eastern Front
02/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-11.32Eastern Front
03/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-11.32Eastern Front
17/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3-13.25Eastern Front
17/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-153-13.35Eastern Front
20/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77SB-3-12Eastern Front
20/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77SB-3-12.01Eastern Front
21/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-2-13.15Eastern Front
23/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-11.2Eastern Front
24/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-12.35Eastern Front
27/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16-9.5Eastern Front
27/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-3-11.48Eastern Front
27/11/1941Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-3-11.55Eastern Front
08/06/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-135 391: 2500m9.2Eastern Front
09/06/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77MiG-3--Eastern Front
09/06/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77I-16 Rata--Eastern Front
10/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-1--Eastern Front
10/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-1--Eastern Front
10/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-1--Eastern Front
11/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77--Eastern Front
12/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77--Eastern Front
21/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-3--Eastern Front
26/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-1--Eastern Front
26/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-1--Eastern Front
26/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-3--Eastern Front
26/07/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-3--Eastern Front
28/07/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-282 213: 10m7.41Eastern Front
28/07/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-383 882: 1500m7.46Eastern Front
28/07/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-792 343: 4000m15.12Eastern Front
28/07/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-792 353: 4000m15.16Eastern Front
03/08/1942Hptm. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-272 221: 50m18.5Eastern Front
06/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Airacobra83 871: 1000m18.14Eastern Front
06/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Airacobra83 792: 400m18.15Eastern Front
12/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-183 864: 10m11.05Eastern Front
12/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-383 79314.46Eastern Front
12/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-383 791: 1000m14.47Eastern Front
13/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-183 861: 4500m9.58Eastern Front
13/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-183 833: 2000m10.05Eastern Front
13/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-283 841: 200m11Eastern Front
21/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-192 78211.14Eastern Front
21/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-192 18218.07Eastern Front
23/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-782 841: 3500m11.12Eastern Front
23/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-782 853: 3000m11.14Eastern Front
23/08/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-792 774: 2500m11.17Eastern Front
05/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-282 153: 50m17.18Eastern Front
05/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-382 142: 1800m17.24Eastern Front
05/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-382 142: 1500m17.26Eastern Front
15/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-192 512: 1500m10.1Eastern Front
16/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Il-292 353: 200m6.4Eastern Front
16/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-192 372: 2000m9.45Eastern Front
16/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-192 344: 1000m9.5Eastern Front
16/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77DB-792 321: 2000m15.45Eastern Front
16/09/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77LaGG-392 424: tiefflug15.53Eastern Front
02/10/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-193 684: 2000m8.14Eastern Front
02/10/1942Oblt. Heinrich Setz4JG 77Jak-193 822: 1000m8.16Eastern Front
13/03/1943Hptm. Heinrich SetzStab I.JG 27SpitfireBelleville: 7500m WNW Grandvilliers15.1Western Front
13/03/1943Hptm. Heinrich SetzStab I.JG 27SpitfireFeuquières: 7000m SW Grandvilliers15.14Western Front
13/03/1943Hptm. Heinrich SetzStab I.JG 27Spitfire IX10km S. Gamaches: 6000m15.31Western Front

Known Claims : 90

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