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Paul Pausinger - Pilot Profile - Paul Pausinger

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Victories : 24
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Latest Axis Aviation Artwork !
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.

Paul Pausinger

Squadrons for : Paul Pausinger
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Paul Pausinger. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG21


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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JG53


Country : Germany
Founded : 1937
'Ace of Hearts'

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Pik-As was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated in Western Europe and in the Mediterranean. Jagdgeschwader 53 - or as it was better known, the Pik As (Ace of Spades) Geschwader - was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins going back to 1937. JG53 flew the various models of Bf-109 throughout the second world war.

JG54


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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I./JG 54 was initially formed as I./JG 70 near Nuremberg in July 1939, just two short months before hostilities broke out. As was to become tradition within Grunherzgeschwader, the Gruppe took the Nurember coat-of-arms (a veritcally divided shield with a black heraldic bird on the left, and red and white diagonal stripes on the right) to represent the region the unit came from.

On September 15, 1939, I./JG 70 was redesignated I./JG 54

The initial unit designation for II./JG 54 was I./JG 138. This unit was raised in 1938 after the Austrian annexation. Naturally many Austrian nationals were recruited when I./JG 138 was formed. The Aspern coat of arms (black lion's head surmounting a white cross on a red field) was taken by the Gruppe for its identity.

I./JG 138 was briefly designated I./JG 76 before finally becoming II./JG 54 on April 6, 1940.

The III./JG 54 has its roots in Prussia. Initially I./JG 21, the members were drawn from the Jesau region in Prussia. The modified Jesau coat-of-arms (a shield with a Jesau cross with three diving aircraft on a red background, with a white outline on the shield) was adopted as the Gruppe's own.

On July 15, 1939, I./JG 21 was redesignated III./JG 54. However, the bureaucratic nature of the young Luftwaffe was such that it was over a year before records would reflect the new designation. Consequently, III./JG 54 fought in Poland and France as I./JG 21.


Kommodoren of JG 54 :

Major Martin Mettig; 2 Feb 40 to 25 Aug 40.
Oberst Hannes Trautloft; 25 Aug 40 to 5 Jul 43.
Major Hubertus von Bonin; 6 Jul 43 to 15 Dec 43.
Oberstleutnant Anton Mader; 28 Jan 44 to Sep 44.
Oberst Dieter Hrabak; 1 Oct 44 to 8 May 45.

Known Victory Claims - Paul Pausinger

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

26/05/1940Fw. Paul Pausinger3JG 21CurtissArras9.05Western Front
26/06/1940Fw. Paul Pausinger2JG 21Blenheim20km W. Haarlem: 2500m8.1Western Front
04/09/1940Fw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54Spitfire-14.05Western Front
05/09/1940Fw. Paul Pausinger9JG 54Spitfire-11.15Western Front
30/06/1941Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54DB-3Dünaburg15.12Eastern Front
04/07/1941Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54DB-3-18.55Eastern Front
06/07/1941Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54Pe-2-19.25Eastern Front
13/11/1941Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54I-18-14.46Eastern Front
16/11/1941Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54I-16-12.2Eastern Front
28/03/1942Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54P-40-16.4Eastern Front
09/05/1942Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54Curtiss P-40-11.03Eastern Front
22/06/1942Ofw. Paul Pausinger8JG 54MiG-3-15.1Eastern Front
05/02/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger4JG 54Jak-181 741: 50m12.1Eastern Front
24/02/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger4JG 54Jak-110 263: 400m13.5Eastern Front
13/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54LaGG-563 232: 200m4.37Eastern Front
13/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54Jak-763 231: 2300m5.2Eastern Front
13/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54Il-263 265: 400m9.1Eastern Front
13/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54LaGG-364 896: 500m12.19Eastern Front
13/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54Boston III63 294: 1000m12.54Eastern Front
17/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54Jak-154 611: 50m7.05Eastern Front
29/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54Airacobra10 242: 3000m14.5Eastern Front
30/07/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54Pe-200 433: 2500m17.43Eastern Front
03/08/1943Ofw. Paul Pausinger12JG 54LaGG-310 193: 1000m9.35Eastern Front
20/04/1944Ofw. Paul Pausinger1JG 53B-24PG-3: 6000m [Gulf of Venice]12.49Western Front

Known Claims : 24

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