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Erwin Sawallisch - Pilot Profile - Erwin Sawallisch

Erwin Sawallisch

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Victories : 38
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 19th August 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.

Erwin Sawallisch

Squadrons for : Erwin Sawallisch
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Erwin Sawallisch. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG27


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG27		JG27

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'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG77		JG77

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 - Erwin Sawallisch

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

13/11/1936Uffz. Erwin SawallischJ/88Curtiss--Spanish Civil War
12/12/1936Uffz. Erwin Sawallisch4J/88SB-2--Spanish Civil War
04/01/1937Uffz. Erwin Sawallisch4J/88Curtiss--Spanish Civil War
30/10/1939Fw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 77BlenheimNE Helgoland15.23Western Front
14/12/1939Fw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 77WellingtonN. Wangerooge15.28Western Front
14/12/1939Fw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 77WellingtonN. Wangerooge15.3Western Front
30/04/1940Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 77WellingtonSW Stavanger20.5Western Front
13/06/1940Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 77SkuaTrondheim2.1Western Front
08/09/1940Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 77HudsonBergen19.45Western Front
15/07/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 77MiG-3--Eastern Front
25/08/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27I-153E. Ljuban10.5Eastern Front
11/09/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27Pe-2Wolchowskaja Pristanj17.38Eastern Front
21/09/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27I-153Leningrad9.52Eastern Front
21/09/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27I-153Leningrad9.55Eastern Front
04/10/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27I-18Michjejewa10.45Eastern Front
04/10/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27DB-3Michjejewa13.55Eastern Front
04/10/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27DB-3Michjejewa13.56Eastern Front
04/10/1941Ofw. Erwin SawallischStabJG 27SB-2Spass14.08Eastern Front
03/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27SpitfireNNW El-Hammam18.15Western Front
04/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27Curtiss P-40SE El-Alamein8.08Western Front
04/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27SpitfireNW El-Hammam13.28Western Front
07/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneE. Alam-el-Kadim9.12Western Front
07/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneSE Alam-el-Kadim9.15Western Front
10/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27Curtiss P-40N. El-Muhafid8.31Western Front
10/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27Curtiss P-40NW El-Muhafid8.34Western Front
11/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneNW El-Hammam10.1Western Front
11/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneE. El-Hammam10.13Western Front
12/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneSE El-Alamein6.42Western Front
12/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneW. Alam-el-Kadim6.48Western Front
12/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneN. Alam-el-Kadim6.51Western Front
12/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27Curtiss P-40SW Alam-el-Halfa7Western Front
14/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27Curtiss P-40S. Ras-el-Maquiran: 20m [NW El-Alamein]6.3Western Front
14/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27Curtiss P-402km N. Fuka: 2000m [ENE Fuka]6.15Western Front
16/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneW. Alam-el-Halfa8.26Western Front
16/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneSW El-Hammam8.32Western Front
16/08/1942Ofw. Erwin Sawallisch4JG 27HurricaneSSW El-Hammam8.39Western Front

Known Claims : 36

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