III./S.G. 4 Victory Claims

This page lists all known aerial victory claims submitted by III./S.G. 4.


A Brief History of III./S.G. 4
III./S.G. 4 was formed from III./S.K.G. 10 on 1 November 1943. The unit moved from Italy to France in November 1943, and from then until Operation OVERLORD on 6 June 1944, III./S.G. 4 rested, re-fitted and trained in France. On D-Day the unit transferred to a forward airfield, and for a short time flew operations against the Allied bridgehead in Normandy. In mid-June the Gruppe moved to central France to briefly take part in anti-partisan operations. At the start of July it moved to the northern sector of the Eastern Front to join Luftflotte 1. At the end of October it withdrew to Germany, and in December 1944 took part in the Ardennes offensive, flying its first mission on the afternoon of 7 December. On 1 January 1945 it was one of the units to take part in Unternehmen Bodenplatte. In mid-January III./S.G. 4 moved to the Eastern Front to join Luftflotte 6, and it remained in that region until the end of the war.

Notes on Claimants
Heinz Mihlan was a former fighter pilot, who claimed six victories with the Stab II./J.G. 51 on the Eastern Front in 1941.

Gerhard Limberg had served with 10.(Jabo)/J.G. 2, before moving to III./S.K.G. 10 in Tunisia in February 1943.

Gerhard Weyert had claimed a victory while Kommandeur of II./Z.G. 1 on 17 February 1943.

III./S.G. 4 Victory List
Date Pilot: Tally Unit Type Location: Altitude Time Remarks Source
06.06.44 Hptm. Heinz Mihlan: 7 Stab III./S.G. 4 P-51 S. La Bazoge: 500 m [W. Mortain] 15:48 Film C. 2027/II
07.06.44 Uffz. Franz Schneider: 1 9./S.G. 4 Spitfire aüf See N. Luc-sur-Mer: 600 m 09:25 VNE: ASM Film C. 2027/II
07.06.44 Fw. Rupert Rose: 1 8./S.G. 4 Mustang E. Entrammes: 100 m [S.S.E. Laval] 21:35 Film C. 2027/II
08.06.44 Fw. Krüger: - 9./S.G. 4 P-47 w.b. [Normandy] 12:40 - 13:15 BA-MA RL 10/358
11.07.44 Fw. Franz Schneider: 2 9./S.G. 4 LaGG-3 66 389: 50 m 10:18 Anerk: ASM Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
16.07.44 Lt. Günter Just: - III./S.G. 4 LaGG-3 w.b. E. Welonen: - - BA-MA RL 10/470
18.07.44 Oblt. Herbert Eissele: - III./S.G. 4 LaGG-5 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
18.07.44 Fhj.-Fw. Georg Rischbieter: - III./S.G. 4 LaGG-5 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
24.07.44 Fhj.-Fw. Georg Rischbieter: 6 7./S.G. 4 LaGG-9 zw. Flivat u. Dünaberg: 50 m 14:10 Film C. 2035/II
01.08.44 Fw. Weist: 1 III./S.G. 4 Il-2 - - BA-MA RL 10/470
02.08.44 Ofw. Hans Schopper: 1 8./S.G. 4 LaGG-9 S. Birsui: 2,500 m 18:27 Film c. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
04.08.44 Fw. Franz Schneider: 3 9./S.G. 4 Il-2 78 54: 1,500 m 13:18 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
04.08.44 Fhj.-Uffz. Karl Lehmann: 1 9./S.G. 4 Il-2 78 56: 1,200 m 13:20 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
04.08.44 Fw. Gerhard Jäckel: 1 7./S.G. 4 LaGG-5 Wimtza: 10 m 13:30 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
04.08.44 Lt. Gerhard Limberg: - Stab III./S.G. 4 Il-2 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
04.08.44 Fw. Franz Schneider: - 9./S.G. 4 Il-2 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
05.08.44 N.N. III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
08.08.44 Uffz. Wilhelm Lienau: 1 III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 [Radoiliskis] 18:50 - BA-MA RL 10/470
08.08.44 Oblt. Heinrich Hesse: - III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 w.b. [Radoiliskis] 18:50 - BA-MA RL 10/470
11.08.44 Lt. Karl-Ludwig Klepke: 1 9./S.G. 4 LaGG-5 78 364: 200 m 19:33 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
11.08.44 N.N. 9./S.G. 4 LaGG-5 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
13.08.44 Gefr. Eggert: 1 8./S.G. 4 Yak-9 68 463: 15 m 16:25 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
13.08.44 Oblt. Heinrich Hesse: 1 Stab III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 68 463: 10 m 16:30 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
13.08.44 Uffz. Wenzel: III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 - ca. 16:30 BA-MA RL 10/470
14.08.44 Fw. Krüger: 1 9./S.G. 4 Yak-9 68 289: 1,200 m 09:56 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
14.08.44 N.N. III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
14.08.44 N.N. III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
15.08.44 Fw. Oswald Tschöp: 1 8./S.G. 4 LaGG-5 68 273: 1,400 m 15:28 Film C. 2035/II
18.08.44 Fw. Franz Schneider: 4 9./S.G. 4 Il-2 m.H. 57 355: 20 m 13:58 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
18.08.44 Oblt. Heinrich Hesse: 2 III./S.G. 4 Il-2 m.H. 57 459: 15 m 14:00 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
20.08.44 Lt. Karl-Ludwig Klepke: - III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
20.08.44 Lt. Karl-Ludwig Klepke: - III./S.G. 4 Yak-9 w.b. - - BA-MA RL 10/470
15.09.44 Lt. Günter Just: 1 7./S.G. 4 Il-2 47 316: 900 m 16:15 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
15.09.44 Uffz. Karl Zieske: 1 7./S.G. 4 Il-2 47 111: 800 m 16:18 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
20.09.44 Major Gerhard Weyert: 2 Stab III./S.G. 4 Il-2 68 161: 300 m 10:46 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
23.09.44 Major Gerhard Weyert: 3 Stab III./S.G. 4 Il-2 47 188: 300 m 10:11 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
23.09.44 Lt. Günter Just: 2 7./S.G. 4 Il-2 47 325: 50 m 10:15 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
23.09.44 Oblt. Herbert Eissele: 1 Stab III./S.G. 4 Il-2 m.H. 47 323: 30 m 13:35 Film C. 2035/II;
BA-MA RL 10/470
01.01.45 N.N. III./S.G. 4 P-47 w.b. [St. Trond] 08:50 - 09:25 BA-MA RL 10/359


Bibliography

Primary Sources
BA-MA RL 10/357, III./Schlachtgeschwader 4 Kriegstagebuch Nr. 3

BA-MA RL 10/358, Anlageband zum Kriegstagebuch Nr. 3

BA-MA RL 10/359, III./Schlachtgeschwader 4 Kriegstagebuch Nr. 5

BA-MA RL 10/470, III./Schlachtgeschwader 4 Kriegstagebuch Nr. 4

Secondary Sources
Andrew Arthy & Morten Jessen, The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North Africa, Classic Publications, Hersham, 2004.



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