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Reinhold Schmetzer - Pilot Profile - Reinhold Schmetzer

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Victories : 35
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


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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.

Reinhold Schmetzer

Squadrons for : Reinhold Schmetzer
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Reinhold Schmetzer. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG4


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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JG77


Country : Germany
Founded : May 1939
'Ace of Hearts'

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Herz As (Ace of Hearts) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It served in all the German theaters of war, from Western Europe to the Eastern Front, and from the high north in Norway to the Mediterranean.

JG 77 was formed in May 1939 with I. and II. Gruppe. III./JG 77 was formed on 5 July 1940 in Trondheim from the II(J)./JG 186. I./ JG 77 was reorganized on 21 November 1940 into IV./JG 51 and a new I./JG 77 was established. In January 1942 I./JG 77 was transferred to I./JG 5 and a new I./JG 77 was created.

In April 1942 1. Staffel was transferred to Romania and designated the defence unit for the Ploie?ti oil fields at Mizil. (This staffel was redesignated 1./JG 4 in August 1942.)

Known Victory Claims - Reinhold Schmetzer

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

05/05/1940Uffz. Reinhold Schmetzer5JGr. 186Blenheim60km N. Terschelling17.2Western Front
29/05/1940Uffz. Reinhold Schmetzer5JGr. 186Spitfire20km N. Dünkirchen: 5300m20.2Western Front
19/04/1941Fw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77Blenheim--Western Front
19/04/1941Fw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77Blenheim--Western Front
22/06/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-16-19.01Eastern Front
26/06/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77DB-3-10.45Eastern Front
26/06/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77DB-3-10.48Eastern Front
26/06/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77DB-3-10.54Eastern Front
26/06/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77DB-3-10.56Eastern Front
26/06/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77ZKB-19-14.51Eastern Front
04/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77SB-3-16.08Eastern Front
04/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77SB-3-16.11Eastern Front
05/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77ZKB-19-12.04Eastern Front
05/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77ZKB-19-12.09Eastern Front
10/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-153-11.1Eastern Front
10/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-153Pl.Qu. 883411.13Eastern Front
10/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77MiG-3Pl.Qu. 883511.18Eastern Front
10/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-16Pl.Qu. 971/N. Tighina17.45Eastern Front
20/07/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77MiG-3--Eastern Front
01/08/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-153-6.28Eastern Front
01/08/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-153-6.3Eastern Front
01/08/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-153-6.39Eastern Front
05/10/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77MiG-3-11.47Eastern Front
15/10/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77MiG-3-9.3Eastern Front
15/10/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77MiG-3-9.34Eastern Front
23/10/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-15--Eastern Front
27/10/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-1610km E. Aibar10.1Eastern Front
12/11/1941Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77I-16-10.16Eastern Front
05/01/1942Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer8JG 77--Eastern Front
11/05/1942Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer9JG 77I-61-18.2Eastern Front
12/05/1942Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer9JG 77I-6171 76: 1800m12.05Eastern Front
13/05/1942Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer9JG 77I-61-14.12Eastern Front
13/05/1942Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer9JG 77I-61-14.15Eastern Front
01/08/1943Ofw. Reinhold Schmetzer2JG 4B-24Ploesti Raum14.30±Western Front
28/12/1943Ltn. Reinhold Schmetzer2JG 4B-24OD-5: 7700m [Vicenza Raum]12.08Western Front

Known Claims : 35

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