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Georg-Peter Eder - Pilot Profile - Georg-Peter Eder

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Victories : 78
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 11th March 1986


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron CrossAwarded Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross
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Georg-Peter Eder

Squadrons for : Georg-Peter Eder
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Georg-Peter Eder. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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EJG2


Country : Germany
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JG1


Country : Germany
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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.

JG11


Country : Germany
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JG2


Country : Germany
Founded : 1st May 1939
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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.

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

JG51


Country : Germany
Founded : August 1939
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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.

JG7


Country : Germany
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JG7

Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II and the first operational jet fighter wing in the world.

It was created late in 1944 and served until the end of the war in May 1945, and it operated the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter exclusively.

JG 7 was formed under the command of Oberst Johannes Steinhoff, with Kommando Nowotny (the initial Me 262 test wing ) renumbered III./JG 7. Under the command of Major Erich Hohagen III./JG 7 was the only element of JG 7 ready to operate against the Allies. Throughout its existence JG 7 suffered from an irregular supply of new aircraft, fuel and spares. With such a radically new aircraft, training accidents were also common, with 10 Me 262s being lost in six weeks.

The technical troubles and material shortages meant initial tentative sorties were only in flight strength, usually no more than 4 or 6 aircraft. Flying from Brandenburg-Briest, Oranienburg and Parchim, the Geschwader flew intermittently against the huge USAAF bomber streams.

By the end of February 1945 JG 7 had claimed around 45 four-engine bombers and 15 fighters, but at this stage of war this success rate had no affect whatsoever on the Allied air offensive. During March JG 7 finally began to deliver larger scale attacks against the heavy bomber streams. 3 March saw 29 sorties for 8 kills claimed (one jet was lost). On 18 March III./JG 7 finally managed their biggest attack numerically thus far, some 37 Me 262s engaging a force of 1,200 American bombers and 600 fighters. This action also marked the first use of the new R4M rockets. 12 bombers and 1 fighter were claimed for the loss of 3 Me 262s.

The total numbers of aircraft shot down by JG 7 is difficult to quantify due to the loss of Luftwaffe records, but at least 136 aircraft were claimed, and research indicates as many as 420 Allied aircraft may have been claimed shot down.

Known Victory Claims - Georg-Peter Eder

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

22/06/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51I-16 Rata-9.23Eastern Front
22/06/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51SB-2-9.35Eastern Front
30/06/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51DB-3-17.31Eastern Front
12/07/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51Pe-2-7.45Eastern Front
13/07/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51DB-3-10.07Eastern Front
13/07/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51I-16 Rata-10.23Eastern Front
14/07/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51DB-3-11.15Eastern Front
26/07/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51Pe-2-18.43Eastern Front
31/07/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51I-16 Rata-8.35Eastern Front
09/08/1941Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder4JG 51I-18-16.5Eastern Front
03/01/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder7JG 2B-1714 West N/3884: 5500m11.35Western Front
23/01/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder7JG 2B-1714 West N/3978: 6000m13.55Western Front
13/02/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder7JG 2Spitfire1127 / 05 NW Boulogne: 1800m9.57Western Front
08/03/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2SpitfireLe Petit-Quevilly: 6000m14.02Western Front
12/03/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2Spitfire IX0174/ 05 Ost: 7000m13.05Western Front
28/03/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter EderStabJG 2B-171887/ 05 Ost: 6500m13.05Western Front
13/05/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2P-471139 / 05 Ost: 3000m16.35Western Front
29/05/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-173075/15 West: 5000m17.46Western Front
26/06/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2Spitfire0175/05 Ost: 5000m18.02Western Front
29/06/1943Ltn. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-170168/05 Ost: 7000m20.39Western Front
04/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-170951/05 Ost: 7000m12.32Western Front
10/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2Spitfire0015/05 Ost: 7000m8.28Western Front
10/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-170186/05 Ost: 7000m8.32Western Front
14/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-171077/ 05 Ost: 8000m7.52Western Front
14/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-171-2km W. Goussainville: 8000m [Dreux]8.15Western Front
16/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2Spitfire IX1172/05 Ost: 9000m20.25Western Front
30/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2B-173211/05 Ost: 6000m11Western Front
30/07/1943Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder12JG 2P-473225/05 Ost: 6000m10.5Western Front
08/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-2405 Ost S/EF-EB: 7000m [SW Salzwedel]13.51Western Front
09/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-2415 Ost N/SB: 7000m [Kieler Bucht]10.58Western Front
09/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1P-47SA-SB: 7000m [Kieler Bucht]11.1Western Front
11/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-171km S. Fallersleben: 6000m11Western Front
13/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-1705 Ost S/RS: 6500m [Darmstadt]13.57Western Front
22/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1P-4705 Ost S/JQ-8: 5000m [N. Hamm]18.56Western Front
24/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-17AQ-BR: 6200m [Haguenau-Bühl]12.47Western Front
29/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-1705 Ost S/GB-7: 7500m [E. Braunschweig]10.58Western Front
29/04/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1P-4705 Ost S/HB-1: 300m [SE Braunschweig]11.05Western Front
08/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 1B-24FS-FT-GT: 6000m [SW Verden]9.38Western Front
12/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter EderStab II.JG 1B-2405 Ost S/PO-PN: 6500m [Raum Eifel]12.18Western Front
19/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter EderStab II.JG 1B-2405 Ost S/FQ-FR [Raum Quackenbrück]12.45Western Front
19/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter EderStab II.JG 1P-47FT-GT [Raum Nienburg]12.55Western Front
19/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter EderStab II.JG 1P-47FT-GT [Raum Nienburg]12.55Western Front
22/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter EderStab II.JG 11P-38Kieler Bücht: 7000m13.1Western Front
29/05/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter EderStab II.JG 1B-17Görlitz: 7500m12.35Western Front
15/08/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 26P-47AD-BD: 2000m [Houdan-Rambouillet]12.38Western Front
15/08/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 26P-47AD-BD: 3000m [Houdan-Rambouillet]12.4Western Front
17/08/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 26Spitfire IXBC-6/BD-4: 50-80m [Nogent-le-Roi]11.53Western Front
17/08/1944Oblt. Georg-Peter Eder6JG 26Spitfire IXBC-6/BD-4: 80-100m [Nogent-le-Roi]11.53Western Front
06/10/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderKdo. NowotnyP-38--Western Front
09/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderKdo. NowotnyP-51--Western Front
09/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderKdo. NowotnyP-51--Western Front
11/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderIII.EJG 2P-51--Western Front
11/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
11/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
21/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
21/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
21/11/1944Hptm. Georg-Peter EderIII.EJG 2B-17--Western Front
01/01/1945Hptm. Georg-Peter Eder9JG 7B-17--Western Front
01/01/1945Hptm. Georg-Peter Eder9JG 7B-17--Western Front
14/01/1945Hptm. Georg-Peter Eder9JG 7B-17--Western Front
17/01/1945Hptm. Georg-Peter Eder9JG 7B-17--Western Front
09/02/1945Hptm. Georg-Peter Eder9JG 7B-17--Western Front
17/04/1945Hptm. Georg-Peter Eder9JG 7B-17S. Berlin-Western Front

Known Claims : 63

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