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Wilhelm Mayer - Pilot Profile - Wilhelm Mayer

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Victories : 27
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
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Wilhelm Mayer

Squadrons for : Wilhelm Mayer
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Wilhelm Mayer. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG26


Country : Germany
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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

Known Victory Claims - Wilhelm Mayer

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

31/07/1942Uffz. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26SpitfireKanalmitte15.2Western Front
27/08/1942Uffz. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26SpitfireSommemündung16Western Front
28/08/1942Uffz. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26SpitfireAmiens14.45Western Front
06/09/1942Uffz. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26B-17-18.45Western Front
14/03/1943Uffz. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26SpitfireW. Canche Estuary: 5000m17.57Western Front
04/04/1943Uffz. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26Spitfire25km NW Dieppe15Western Front
02/09/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26P-47Lille-Merville20.3Western Front
03/09/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26B-17Melun/Villaroche: 7000-8000m9.57Western Front
03/09/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26P-47bei Creil10Western Front
06/09/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer6JG 26B-17Chalons-sur-Marne: 7-8000m12.1Western Front
28/12/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26SpitfireBrailly: tiefflug [Brailly-Cornehotte]16.07Western Front
30/12/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26P-474km NW Soissons13.3Western Front
30/12/1943Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26B-177km E. Frévillers: 5500m15.4Western Front
14/01/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26B-2615km WNW Etaples: 3000m11.58Western Front
28/01/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26Spitfirebei Fl.Pl. Grevillers15.4Western Front
29/01/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26B-17-13.2Western Front
29/01/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26P-47Bertincourt 10km E. Bapaume12.4Western Front
30/01/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26P-47bei Geldern13.15Western Front
11/02/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26P-38Vitry-en-Artois: 1200m13.45Western Front
14/02/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26SpitfireÉtaples-Berck16.4Western Front
18/02/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26MosquitoNE Amiens bei St. Gratien: tiefflug12.05Western Front
22/02/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26P-47St. Trond15.45Western Front
24/02/1944Fw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26B-17Grattepanche 12km S. Amiens: 4000-5000m15.5Western Front
02/03/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer7JG 26B-17PD-9: 1.500m [Crécy-en-Ponthieu]13.3Western Front
18/08/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26P-51TE-1: 500m [Beauvais/Tillé]8.25Western Front
18/08/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26P-47TE-6: 1000m [Clermont]13.29Western Front
25/08/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26P-51RG-8: 1800m [5km SE St. Quentin]19.05Western Front
19/09/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26P-51JN 5: 2500m [N. Emmerich]18.02Western Front
19/09/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26P-51JN 5: 2500m [N. Emmerich]18.04Western Front
23/09/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26P-5105 Ost S/KN: 400m [Goch-Xanten]17.34Western Front
27/09/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26Spitfire05 Ost S/KO 6: 200m [Dorsten]17.22Western Front
07/10/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26SpitfireLM-25: 3800m: [Arnheim-Maas]16.3Western Front
07/10/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26SpitfireLM-25: 2500m: [Arnheim-Maas]16.38Western Front
16/10/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26AusterNN-78: 300m [SW Düren]14.1Western Front
19/11/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26SpitfireKO-3: 1800m [Hamminkeln]14.06Western Front
19/11/1944Ofw. Wilhelm Mayer5JG 26SpitfireKO-3: 1800m [Hamminkeln]14.08Western Front

Known Claims : 36

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