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Hermann Segatz
Squadrons for : Hermann Segatz | ||
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Hermann Segatz. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : Germany 'Ace of Hearts' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG1 | JG1 German World War II fighter unit or wing which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning hunt and Geschwader, meaning wing. First formed in May 1939 in eastern Prussia, I./JG 1 was one of the original groups created by the Luftwaffe as part of its expansion plans. Between 1940 and 1942, JG 1 operated primarily over the Western Front and northern occupied Europe. During the initial days of the war, JG 1 faced little resistance, apart from occasional Royal Air Force (RAF) excursions. The unit was rarely engaged in large-scale confrontations during this time. From late 1942 onwards it was tasked with defense of the Reich duties. After D-Day, elements of JG 1 were moved to France and were tasked with air support to the army Wehrmacht, along with their air defense role. Operation Bodenplatte severely reduced the strength of JG 1. Towards the end of the war, the unit was disbanded and its remaining pilots and aircraft were re-organized. What remained of these groups surrendered to Allied forces at the end of the war. JG 1 was the first unit to attempt 'aerial bombing' techniques against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) heavy bomber formations. It was the only unit to be equipped with the Heinkel He 162 jet fighter. In 1944 the Oesau suffix was added to the unit's title, after its late Geschwaderkommodore Oberst Walter Oesau (127 kills), who was killed in action. Some 700 enemy aircraft were claimed shot down during the war. | |
Country : Germany 'Ace of Hearts' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG26 | JG26 Jagdgeschwader 26 Schlageter was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated mainly in Western Europe against Great Britain, France and the United States but also saw service against Russia. It was named after Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran and Freikorps member arrested and executed by the French for sabotage in 1923. Commanders of II. Gruppe JG 26 Hptm. Werner Palm, 1 May 1939 – 27 June 1939 Hptm Herwig Knüppel, 28 June 1939 – 19 May 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 20 May 1940 – 31 May 1940 Hptm. Erich Noack, 1 June 1940 – 24 July 1940 Hptm Karl Ebbighausen, 25 July 1940 – 16 August 1940 Hptm Erich Bode, 17 August 1940 – 3.10.40 Hptm Walter Adolph, 4 October 1940 – 18 September 1941 Hptm Joachim Müncheberg, 19 September 1941 – 21 July 1942 Hptm Conny Meyer, 22 July 1942 – 2 January 1943 Maj Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, 3 January 43 – 17 August 1943 Hptm Hans Naumann, 18 August 1943 – 8 September 1943 ObLt Johannes Seifert, 9 September 1943 – 25 November 1943 Maj Wilhelm Gäth, 26 November 1943 – 1 March 1944 Hptm Hans Naumann, 2 March 1944 – 28 June 1944 Hptm Emil Lang, 29 June 1944 – 3 September 1944 Hptm Georg-Peter Eder, 4 September 1944 – 8 October 1944 Maj Anton Hackl, 9 October 1944 – 29 January 45 ObLt Waldemar Radener, 30 January 1945 – 22 February 1945 Hptm Paul Schauder, 23 February 1945 – 1 May 1945 | |
Country : Germany 'Ace of Hearts' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG5 | JG5 Eismeer was a Luftwaffe fighter Wing that served during World War II. As the name Eismeer (Ice Sea) implies, it was created to operate in the far North of Europe, namely Norway, Scandinavia and northern parts of Finland, all nearest the Arctic Ocean. Just over two dozen fighter aircraft that once served with JG 5 during the war still survive in the 21st century, more than from any other combat wing of any of the Axis air forces of World War II. | |
Country : Germany Founded : August 1939 'Ace of Hearts' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG51 | JG51 Jagdgeschwader 51 Mölders was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II, named after the fighter ace Werner Mölders in 1942. JG 51's pilots won more Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes than any other Jagdgeschwader, and flew combat from 1939 in all major theatres of war. Flying Bf 109s and then FW 190s, the wing claimed over 8,000 air victories. Experten included 'Toni' Hafner, Heinz Bär, Richard Leppla, Karl-Gottfried Nordmann, Günther Schack and the legendary Mölders. Formed in August 1939, and commanded by 48-year-old World War I ace Onkel Theo Osterkamp, the early months of the war JG 51 was based in the West, fighting in the French campaign, and in the Battle of Britain. From late June to mid July JG 51 was the only fighter Geschwader engaged against the RAF constantly. During the whole battle JG 51 lost 68 pilots, the highest casualty rate of the Luftwaffe fighter units engaged. JG 51 was one of the two Geschewader that had four Gruppen. The other being JG 1. Four Bf 109 of JG 51 in France 1940Whilst based out of the Belgian airfield at Mardyik in late 1940, the German ace Josef Pips Priller was a Staffelkapitän with JG 51, flying Bf 109-E Yellow One. Josef Priller went on to score over 100 victories, the third highest scoring Luftwaffe day fighter ace on the Western Front, fighting solely against the Western Allies. Against the Western Allies JG 51 had claimed 345 aircraft destroyed by May 1941. JG 51 were therefore one of the Jagdwaffe's elite units, with 'top ten' aces at this time including Werner Mölders with 68 claims, Walter Oesau with 34 claims, and Hermann-Friedrich Joppien with 31. Major Werner Mölders became unit Geschwaderkommodore during July 1940 and led the unit into the invasion of Russia in June 1941. Barbarossa (1941) Claiming 69 kills on the first day of the offensive, by 30 June 1941 JG 51 became the first fighter Geschwader to claim 1,000 air victories (113 kills in 157 sorties were claimed for the day). On 24 June JG 51 claimed 57 bombers shot down for the day. Mölders became the first fighter pilot to reach 100 claims in August and in the same month JG 51's Oberfeldwebel Heinz Bär reached 60 claims and was decorated with the Oak Leaves. A total of 500 Soviet claims was reached on 12 July 1941, although 6 pilots had been lost by JG 51 in the intervening 3 weeks since the offensive had started. After Mölders' departure in September 1941 (and death later that year) the Geschwader adopted his name as a title of honor in early 1942. Jagdgeschwader 51 Mölders was to remain on the centre sector of the Russian front throughout the rest of 1941. However Oberstleutnant Friedrich Beckh ( one of the few fighter pilots to wear spectacles) proved an uncharismatic commander after Mölders, and it was not until Major Karl-Gottfried Nordmann took over in April 1942 that a worthy successor to Mölders was found. In the period 22 June - 5 December 1941 the unit destroyed 1,881 Soviet aircraft, in return for 84 losses in aerial combat and a single aircraft on the ground. Air support for the Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre was entrusted to General Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen's VIII. Fliegerkorps. In early January 1942, among the fighter units available to von Richthofen were II, III and IV/ JG 51. With the onset of the sub-zero conditions of the Russian winter, the majority of JG 51's available aircraft became grounded. The Russian winter counter offensive forced III./ JG 51 into flying numerous fighter-bomber operations in direct support of the infantry, and the gruppe filed few aerial 'kill' claims through January 1942. II./ JG 51 however, accounted for most of VIII. Fliegerkorps's aerial victories during the Soviet offensive. Particularly successful was the duo of Lt. Hans Strelow and Ofw. Wilhelm Mink, both of 5. JG 51. They claimed five MiG-3s of 16 IAP on 4 January (Mink claimed three) and 9 days later Mink claimed a Pe-2 and Strelow destroyed two R-Z biplanes for his 30th and 31st victories. On 4 February, Strelow increased his victories to 36 by shooting down four Russian aircraft. The 19 year-old Strelow claimed his 40th victory on 28 February and claimed 4 victories on both 6 March and 17 March. The next day he was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes and also shot down seven Soviet aircraft. He was awarded the Eichenlaub on 24 March, his claims total at 66. Normandy (1944) 7./JG 51, (with Bf 109G-6's) was attached to II./JG 1 in May 1944 from Brest-Litovsk, with pilots arriving at Störmede late in May and hurriedly converting to the FW-190. (It was later renamed 8./JG 1 on 15 August 1944 when the four-Staffeln Gruppe became standard) 7. Staffel was led by Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross winner) Hptm. Karl-Heinz Weber with 136 confirmed kills. Its two other experten were Lt. Friedrich Krakowitzer (23 kills) and Ofhr. Günther Heckmann with 12 kills. 7./JG 51 joined II. Gruppe with 15 pilots on strength at the end of May, and during the first two months of the Normandy campaign the staffel was decimated, with twelve pilots killed, one POW and one severely wounded. As the war turned against Germany JG 51 was forced to operate closer and closer to Germany, finally staging out of East Prussia. |
Known Victory Claims - Hermann Segatz | |||||||
DATE | PILOT | UNIT | JG | CLAIMED | LOCATION | TIME | FRONT |
07/07/1940 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 5 | JG 51 | Spitfire | SW Dover | 21.28 | Western Front |
05/08/1940 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 5 | JG 51 | Spitfire | N. Cap Gris Nez | 9.56 | Western Front |
11/08/1940 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 5 | JG 51 | Spitfire | Deal | 9.05 | Western Front |
30/10/1940 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 5 | JG 51 | Spitfire | Themesmündung | - | Western Front |
28/11/1940 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 5 | JG 51 | Spitfire | Deal | 16.29 | Western Front |
22/06/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | Martin (SB-2) | Brest Litovsk z. Biala-Podlaska: 4300m | 12.3 | Eastern Front |
22/06/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | Martin (SB-2) | Brest Litovsk z. Biala-Podlaska: 4300m | 12.3 | Eastern Front |
22/06/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | Martin (SB-2) | Brest Litovsk z. Biala-Podlaska: 4300m | 12.3 | Eastern Front |
24/06/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | SB-2 | - | 17.52 | Eastern Front |
25/06/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | SB-2 | - | 13.3 | Eastern Front |
30/06/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | SB-2 | - | 13.51 | Eastern Front |
05/07/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | I-18 | - | 18.4 | Eastern Front |
13/07/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 51 | SB-3 | - | 19 | Eastern Front |
14/08/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 4 | JG 26 | Spitfire | Audruicq | 15.45 | Western Front |
29/08/1941 | Ltn. Hermann Segatz | 4 | JG 26 | Spitfire | Nieuwpoort | 8.34 | Western Front |
21/10/1941 | Oblt. Hermann Segatz | 4 | JG 26 | Spitfire | Boulogne | 13.1 | Western Front |
05/08/1942 | Oblt. Hermann Segatz | 8 | JG 5 | Hurricane | 39 123: 2000m | 12.4 | Eastern Front |
10/08/1942 | Oblt. Hermann Segatz | 8 | JG 5 | Hurricane | 20 854: 800m | 18.43 | Eastern Front |
10/08/1942 | Oblt. Hermann Segatz | 8 | JG 5 | Hurricane | 20 854: 500m | 18.47 | Eastern Front |
08/09/1942 | Oblt. Hermann Segatz | 8 | JG 5 | Curtiss P-40 | 36 Ost 2922: 5000m | 11.34 | Eastern Front |
15/12/1942 | Oblt. Hermann Segatz | 8 | JG 5 | Jak-1 | 37 Ost/2085: 5500m | 10.56 | Eastern Front |
21/02/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-24 | 05 Ost S/GR-2 5km S. Damme | 14.5 | Western Front |
22/02/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-17 | 05 Ost S/KO E. Wesel: 6000m | 12.45 | Western Front |
22/02/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-17 | JN-7: 6000m [Raum Kleve] | 12.25 | Western Front |
25/02/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-17 | 05 Ost S/UT-2/5/8: S. Heilbronn | 13.2 | Western Front |
06/03/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-17 | 05 Ost S/FR-2: [E. Lingen] | 12.08 | Western Front |
06/03/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-17 | FR-3 to FS: 6000m [E. Diepholz] | 12.1 | Western Front |
08/03/1944 | Hptm. Hermann Segatz | Stab II. | JG 1 | B-24 | JH-4 Luben N. Luckau: 8000m | 14.2 | Western Front |
Known Claims : 28
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