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Werner Gerth - Pilot Profile - Werner Gerth

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Victories : 30
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
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In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Werner Gerth

Squadrons for : Werner Gerth
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Werner Gerth. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG3


Country : Germany
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Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) Udet was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet in 1942.

Commanders of IV./JG 3

Major Franz Beyer, 1. June 1943
Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 February 1944
Major Friedrich-Karl Müller, 26 February 1944
Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 April 1944
Major Wilhelm Moritz, 18 April 1944
Hauptmann Hubert-York Weydenhammer, 5 December 1944
Major Erwin Bacsila, 5 January 1945
Oberleutnant Oskar Romm, 17 February 1945
Hauptmann Gerhard Koall, 25 April 1945
Hauptmann Günther Schack, 1 Mai 1945

Known Victory Claims - Werner Gerth

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

22/02/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmstaffel 1B-17Bielefeld: 6500m13.4Western Front
06/03/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-17NW Hannover: 5800m14.05Western Front
06/03/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-17SW Brandenburg: 5500m14.08Western Front
11/04/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-24HA Haldersleben: 6000m11.15Western Front
11/04/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-24HA: 6000m [Salzgitter]11.18Western Front
13/04/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-17SS: 6500m [Raum NE Mannheim]13.55Western Front
29/04/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-17FB-FC: 7000m [Raum NE Gifhorn]11.07Western Front
29/04/1944Ltn. Werner GerthSturmst. 1B-17GC-2: 7000m [Miesterhorst]11.07Western Front
13/05/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17AF: 5300m [Jördenstorf-Demmin]14.2Western Front
19/05/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17TC-7 [Mecklanberger Bucht]15.18Western Front
19/05/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17SC-6 [Fehmarn Belt]15.07Western Front
24/05/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3P-51--Western Front
07/07/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-24Raum Oschersleben Kr. Sachsen: 6500m9.42Western Front
07/07/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-24Raum Oschersleben Kr. Sachsen: 6500m9.43Western Front
18/07/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17SE Kempten: 7000m10.5Western Front
18/07/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17SE Kempten: 7600m10.52Western Front
19/07/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17Raum Kempten: 6000m9.5Western Front
30/07/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17HP-5: 6500m [Kamond SW Pápa]11Western Front
03/08/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-24GB: 5800m [Lechtaler Alpen]11.43Western Front
09/08/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17--Western Front
09/08/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17--Western Front
15/08/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth11JG 3B-17QO: 6000m [Raum Daun-Kyllberg]11.45Western Front
11/09/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth14JG 3B-17KD-LD: 7800m [Hettstedt-Querfurt]12.08Western Front
11/09/1944Ltn. Werner Gerth14JG 3P-51KC: 1000m [Quedlingburg]12.15Western Front
07/10/1944Oblt. Werner Gerth14JG 3B-17LC-MD: 8000m [Artern-Naumburg]12.07Western Front
02/11/1944Oblt. Werner Gerth14JG 3B-17KD: 7500m [NW Halle]12.47Western Front

Known Claims : 26

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