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Otto Schultz - Pilot Profile - Otto Schultz

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Victories : 73
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 17th June 1942


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
Cross

Otto Schultz

Squadrons for : Otto Schultz
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Otto Schultz. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG51


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 - Otto Schultz

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

22/06/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51SB-2-9.32Eastern Front
22/06/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51SB-2-9.4Eastern Front
29/06/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-18-17.5Eastern Front
30/06/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51DB-3-17.3Eastern Front
30/06/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51DB-3-17.4Eastern Front
08/07/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51SB-2S. Walki19.2Eastern Front
10/07/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-16 Rata-9.5Eastern Front
11/07/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51DB-3-16.25Eastern Front
13/07/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51DB-3-10.07Eastern Front
26/07/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Pe-2-18.45Eastern Front
26/07/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Pe-2-18.5Eastern Front
09/08/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Pe-2-13.5Eastern Front
16/08/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-18-15.42Eastern Front
25/08/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51DB-3S. Gomel7.55Eastern Front
24/09/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51R-3-10.5Eastern Front
27/10/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-61-15.4Eastern Front
29/10/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-16 Rata25km NE Orel7.2Eastern Front
29/10/1941Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-16 Rata-12.4Eastern Front
08/06/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51I-180-3.5Eastern Front
23/06/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Pe-2-15.2Eastern Front
02/07/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Pe-225km NNW Dugino: 1200m18.07Eastern Front
06/07/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Jak-115km NNW Vsißna: 1000m19.35Eastern Front
09/07/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Jak-1-14.55Eastern Front
03/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51LaGG-347 524: 2500m4.53Eastern Front
04/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Il-247 823: tiefflug10.48Eastern Front
06/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Il-256 373: tiefflug18.57Eastern Front
09/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51LaGG-347 814: 1000m11.05Eastern Front
22/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Il-254 283: tiefflug14.5Eastern Front
22/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Il-254 253: tiefflug14.53Eastern Front
23/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Il-254 283: tiefflug7Eastern Front
25/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51LaGG-354 261: 400m8.25Eastern Front
25/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Pe-254 283: 2000m14.24Eastern Front
27/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51MiG-364 772: 1500m17.48Eastern Front
27/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51MiG-364 774: 200m17.45Eastern Front
27/08/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Il-263 131: tiefflug17.58Eastern Front
01/12/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Spitfire15km SW Mateur: tiefflug10.45Western Front
03/12/1942Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-381km S. Tunis: 1200m10.16Western Front
04/12/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Spitfire15km SW Mateur: 2500m15.4Western Front
04/12/1942Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Spitfire18km SW Mateur: 1500m15.47Western Front
28/12/1942Fw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-381km S. Pont du Fahs: 700m15.33Western Front
02/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-385km W. Pont du Fahs: 7000m12.27Western Front
10/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Marauder20km W. Gabes: 5400m11Western Front
10/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51SpitfireFl.Pl. Feriana: 2500m7.3Western Front
11/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-3840km NW Gabes: 200-300m16Western Front
15/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-3830km SW Gafra: tiefflug13.25Western Front
22/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-3815km W. Gabes: 600m12.2Western Front
30/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-3818km NW Gabes: 3000m10.3Western Front
30/01/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-3810km NW Kebili: 20m10.45Western Front
02/02/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Curtiss P-4003 Ost 95311: tiefflug14.3Western Front
08/02/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Mitchell60km NW Gabes: 4000m12.52Western Front
21/03/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51Spitfire35km ESE Gabes: 800m14.2Western Front
31/05/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-3870632: 200m13.05Western Front
24/06/1943Ofw. Otto Schultz4JG 51P-40E98214/04 Ost: 500m9.15Western Front
28/12/1943Ltn. Otto Schultz5JG 51B-175km S. Montegaldella: 3000m11.55Western Front
16/01/1944Ltn. Otto Schultz5JG 51A-2010km NE Civitavecchia: 3000m12.4Western Front
22/01/1944Ltn. Otto Schultz5JG 51P-4714 Ost S/JF 2: 800m [Tivoli/Rome]15.5Western Front
22/01/1944Ltn. Otto Schultz5JG 51P-3814 Ost S/KE 6: 5000m [S. Ostia]16.05Western Front
05/04/1944Ltn. Otto Schultz6JG 51B-2480km SW Ploesti: 7000m14.18Eastern Front
05/04/1944Ltn. Otto Schultz6JG 51B-2480km SW Ploesti: 7000m14.18Western Front
16/04/1944Ltn. Otto Schultz6JG 51B-24RK-2:11.3Western Front
06/06/1944Oblt. Otto Schultz6JG 51B-24UD 2-6: 4000m [Zagubitza]10.45Western Front
11/06/1944Oblt. Otto Schultz6JG 51B-24GF-76: 1000m [Bielovo/Bul]11.45Western Front
24/06/1944Oblt. Otto Schultz6JG 51B-2424 Ost S/GF 9: 5000m [Radomir]8.55Western Front
22/12/1944Oblt. Otto SchultzII.JG 51La-514 Ost N/ES-6.3: 1500m14.3Eastern Front

Known Claims : 64

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