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Horst Hannig - Pilot Profile - Horst Hannig

Horst Hannig

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Victories : 98
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 15th May 1943


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

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.

Horst Hannig

Squadrons for : Horst Hannig
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JG2


Country : Germany
Founded : 1st May 1939
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG2		JG2

Jagdgeschwader 2 was formed from parts of Jagdgeschwader 131 Richthofen on 1 May 1939 in Döberitz and its first commander was Oberst Robert Ritter von Greim. At the outbreak of the war JG 2 was tasked with defence of the Reich and based in the Berlin area under Luftgaukommando III. Stab and II. Gruppe were equipped with the Bf 109E and were located at Döberitz with 10.(N) staffel flying the Bf 109D in Straussberg.

10.(N) Staffel was one of the first night fighter units formed in the Luftwaffe. Later this staffel was expanded into IV.(N) Gruppe. This Gruppe gained the Luftwaffe’s first night kill over the RAF Bomber Command on the night of 25/26 on April 1940 when Ofw Förster shot down a Handley Page Hampden.

The unit saw little combat until the Western offensive against France and the Low Countries from 10 May 1940 onwards. During the campaign against France, JG 2 was tasked with escorting raids and defending German airspace to the south of Heinz Guderian's Panzer forces which were encircling the French and the British Expeditionary Force further north. Leutnant Helmut Wick, who later became part of a trio of outstanding aces (including Adolf Galland from Jagdgeschwader 26 (JG 26) and Werner Mölders from Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51)) in the Battle of Britain, attained his first and the Geschwader's second kill on 22 November 1939, a French Curtiss Hawk Model 75. The first victory for the JG 2 was scored by Oberfeldwebel Kley (3. Staffel) at the same day.

JG 2 took part in the Battle of Britain, operating Bf 109Es over the South Coast of England and the English Channel from bases in Cherbourg and Normandy. Major Helmut Wick emerged as one of the Battle’s top Luftwaffe aces, claiming 31 kills for a personal total of 56, before being killed (MIA) in action versus Spitfires of No. 609 Squadron in November 1940. Wick was seen to bail out successfully but was not found by German Air/Sea Rescue attempts. The Spitfire who dispatched him was immediately shot down by Oberleutnant Rudolf Pflanz. Ofw. Schnell, Ofw. Machold and Olt. Hans Assi Hahn also claimed heavily during this period, with 16 kills each. Some 42 JG 2 pilots were killed or made POW during the battle.

JG54


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG54		JG54

I./JG 54 was initially formed as I./JG 70 near Nuremberg in July 1939, just two short months before hostilities broke out. As was to become tradition within Grunherzgeschwader, the Gruppe took the Nurember coat-of-arms (a veritcally divided shield with a black heraldic bird on the left, and red and white diagonal stripes on the right) to represent the region the unit came from.

On September 15, 1939, I./JG 70 was redesignated I./JG 54

The initial unit designation for II./JG 54 was I./JG 138. This unit was raised in 1938 after the Austrian annexation. Naturally many Austrian nationals were recruited when I./JG 138 was formed. The Aspern coat of arms (black lion's head surmounting a white cross on a red field) was taken by the Gruppe for its identity.

I./JG 138 was briefly designated I./JG 76 before finally becoming II./JG 54 on April 6, 1940.

The III./JG 54 has its roots in Prussia. Initially I./JG 21, the members were drawn from the Jesau region in Prussia. The modified Jesau coat-of-arms (a shield with a Jesau cross with three diving aircraft on a red background, with a white outline on the shield) was adopted as the Gruppe's own.

On July 15, 1939, I./JG 21 was redesignated III./JG 54. However, the bureaucratic nature of the young Luftwaffe was such that it was over a year before records would reflect the new designation. Consequently, III./JG 54 fought in Poland and France as I./JG 21.


Kommodoren of JG 54 :

Major Martin Mettig; 2 Feb 40 to 25 Aug 40.
Oberst Hannes Trautloft; 25 Aug 40 to 5 Jul 43.
Major Hubertus von Bonin; 6 Jul 43 to 15 Dec 43.
Oberstleutnant Anton Mader; 28 Jan 44 to Sep 44.
Oberst Dieter Hrabak; 1 Oct 44 to 8 May 45.

Known Victory Claims - Horst Hannig

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

22/06/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-2-17.27Eastern Front
27/06/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54DB-3-13.5Eastern Front
30/06/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-2-13.12Eastern Front
02/07/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-3-20.3Eastern Front
02/07/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-3-20.4Eastern Front
02/07/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-3-20.42Eastern Front
06/07/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-2-9.1Eastern Front
19/07/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-6.2Eastern Front
25/07/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54DB-3-7.57Eastern Front
12/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-16-12.55Eastern Front
12/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-17.15Eastern Front
13/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-16-8.17Eastern Front
14/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-2-9.25Eastern Front
18/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-12.15Eastern Front
18/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-12.35Eastern Front
19/08/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-16-7.1Eastern Front
05/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-15-15.2Eastern Front
11/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-13Eastern Front
11/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-13.15Eastern Front
12/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-15Eastern Front
14/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-17.09Eastern Front
16/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-16Eastern Front
17/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-9.25Eastern Front
19/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-7.2Eastern Front
23/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-7.35Eastern Front
23/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-10.03Eastern Front
26/09/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-16-10.5Eastern Front
02/10/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-9.3Eastern Front
05/10/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54I-18-16.2Eastern Front
14/10/1941Ltn. Horst Hannig6JG 54SB-3-15.31Eastern Front
07/07/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-1Lalutschje: 1500m10Eastern Front
24/07/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-2Lytukkovo: 500m11Eastern Front
27/07/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-1E. Pola: 1000m19.07Eastern Front
02/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Pe-2SW Krestzy: 2800m12.35Eastern Front
03/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-1NE Pola: 2000m10Eastern Front
09/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-156 152: 900m15.28Eastern Front
09/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-156 164: 700m10.1Eastern Front
10/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-147 421: 300m15.55Eastern Front
10/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-147 562: 1000m18.32Eastern Front
12/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-254 473: 20m18.5Eastern Front
14/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-155 88218.47Eastern Front
15/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-154 182: 1500m10.45Eastern Front
15/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-154 242: 100m11Eastern Front
21/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54I-18055 872: 2500m6.3Eastern Front
22/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-254 462: 20m6.03Eastern Front
22/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-254 424: 20m6.1Eastern Front
22/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-264 173: 200m14.55Eastern Front
22/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-354 251: 2200m18.05Eastern Front
23/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-164 262: 200m10.05Eastern Front
24/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-254 263: 200m12.45Eastern Front
25/08/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-1S. Subroff: 1200m18.2Eastern Front
01/09/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54MiG-310 243: 700m10.08Eastern Front
02/09/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-100 582: 2200m9.29Eastern Front
02/09/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-1ostrand Leningrad: 6000m18.2Eastern Front
17/09/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-128 120: 3000m16.33Eastern Front
28/09/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Jak-118 411: 500m10.05Eastern Front
06/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54MiG-338 714: 3500m12.55Eastern Front
12/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-338 783: 2000m15.5Eastern Front
14/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-219 333: 400m16.26Eastern Front
28/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-318 264: 2000m10Eastern Front
28/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-318 264: 2000m10.03Eastern Front
29/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-328 112: 20m10.45Eastern Front
30/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-318 262: 4500m8.35Eastern Front
31/10/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54Il-209 871: 30m16.4Eastern Front
05/11/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-312km N. Bahnhof Pola: 30m8Eastern Front
05/11/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-328 111: 2000m8.15Eastern Front
05/11/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-328 112: 3000m8.1Eastern Front
05/11/1942Ltn. Horst Hannig5JG 54LaGG-328 664: 3000m14.25Eastern Front
16/02/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2B-1750km NE Lannion: 4500m11.55Western Front
28/03/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2Spitfire60km NW Fécamp: 7000m13.26Western Front
04/04/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2Spitfire40km N. Cherbourg: 2500m10.05Western Front
13/04/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2Spitfire12km SW Caen: 5000m16.46Western Front
13/04/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2Spitfire10km NWCaen: 3000m16.48Western Front
15/04/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2Typhoon2½km NNW Goderville17Western Front
16/04/1943Ltn. Horst Hannig2JG 2Spitfire45km NNW St. Valéry: 6000m8.5Western Front

Known Claims : 75

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