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Anton Benning |
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Name : Anton Benning Died : 29th September 2013 Air Victories : 28.00 Awards : Knights Cross |
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Date | Rank | Squadron | Claimed | Location | Time | Aircraft Flown | Notes |
22/09/1943 | Fw. | 15-20km SE Bremen: 3400m | 22.29 | ||||
22/09/1943 | Fw. | NE Verden: 5000m [NE Bremen] | 22.35 | ||||
16/12/1943 | Ofw. | - | 19.48 | ||||
24/03/1944 | Ofw. | Berlin: 6000m | 22.4 | ||||
10/05/1944 | Ofw. | FO-12: bei Sopron [Olenburg] | 11.38 | ||||
10/05/1944 | Ofw. | EP-1: [Nicklesdorf SW Brück] | 11.26 | ||||
29/05/1944 | Ofw. | DM-45: 6000m [SE Sankt-Pölten] | 9.54 | ||||
09/06/1944 | Ofw. | CE: 6500m [Raum S. Landshut] | 10.09 | ||||
09/06/1944 | Ofw. | DE: 6500m [Wasserburg] | 10.04 | ||||
13/06/1944 | Ofw. | BC 7: 7200m [NE Augsburg] | 10.15 | ||||
26/06/1944 | Ofw. | 14 Ost N/GO: 6800m [Köszeg] | 10.4 | ||||
26/11/1944 | Ofw. | GA [15 Süd]: 5000m | 12.45 | ||||
26/11/1944 | Ofw. | SW Hannover: 7500m | 12.42 | ||||
05/12/1944 | Ofw. | S. Eberswalde: 6500m | 10.49 | ||||
| Squadrons for : Anton Benning | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Anton Benning. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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JG300 Country : Germany Founded : 26th June 1943 Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG300 | JG300 Jagdgeschwader 300 (JG 300) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG 300 was formed on June 26, 1943 in Deelen as Stab/Versuchskommando Herrmann, from July 18, 1943 as Stab/JG Herrmann, and then finally redesignated on August 20, 1943 to Stab/JG 300. Its first Geschwaderkommodore was Oberstleutnant Hajo Herrmann. | |
JG301 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG301 | JG301 Full profile not yet available. | |
JG302 Country : Germany Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG302 | JG302 Jagdgeschwader 302 (JG 302) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG 302 was formed on 1 November 1943 in Stade with a theoretical establishment of Stab and three Gruppen (groups) known as a "Wilde Sau" (wild boar) single-seat night fighter unit. After re-equipping with the Focke-Wulf 190 A-8, I./JG 302 was redesignated III./JG 301 on 30 September. JG 302 made a known total of at least 348 air victory claims On 16 April 18 Bf 109G-6s of I gruppe intercepted USAAF bombers over Plattensee. Some six bombers, two P-51s and a P-38 were claimed for three JG 302 fighters downed. On 2 July I./ JG 302, led by Hptm. Richard Lewens, attacked 603 B-24 Liberators of the 15th Air Force, attacking targets near Budapest; they were escorted by 270 fighters. Combats ranged from Budapest into Southern Slovakia. I./ JG 302 claimed 19 B-24s and two P-51s, but lost 12 Bf 109s and 10 crewmen killed in the battle. Unteroffizier Willi Reschke was JG 302's most prolific ace, scoring 14 of his eventual 26 combat claims with JG 302. He achieved his first success when he shot down two B-24s over Budapest on 2 July. Reschke rammed a B-24 on 7 July when his guns malfunctioned, successfully baling out of his stricken fighter. On 8 July 1944 I./JG 302 took off from Götzendorf under Hpt. Heinrich Würzer to intercept 15th Air Force heavy bombers over Bratislava and Vienna. The unit claimed nine B-24s and three B-17s, with I./ JG 302 losing one pilot killed and four wounded. On this day Hpt. Wurzer shot down two B-24s. However, he was wounded in the right arm during this combat and had to make an emergency landing with his Bf 109 G-6 near the Götzendorft airfield. On 25 July 1944 420 B-17s and B-24s bombed the tank factories in Linz while other bombers hit the Villach marshalling yards. Nearly 200 Luftwaffe fighters opposed the attacks, drawn from II./ JG 27, Stab, I. and II./JG 300 and I./ JG 302. 16 bombers were downed, while the USAAF bombers and escort fighters claimed over 60 fighters shot down. I./ JG 302 lost four killed, two wounded, and 12 planes lost for six bombers claimed destroyed. On 24 August, Reschke claimed a further B-24 but shortly afterwards, during an attack on a second, his aircraft was hit by return fire, and he baled out when P-51 fighters attacked his Bf 109. Hpt. Wurzer was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 302 on 28 August 1944. In September I./JG 302 was reformed as III./JG 301 and re-equipped with the Fw 190 A-8. A new commander, Ritterkreuz holder Hpt. Wilhelm Fulda (one victory), was appointed to lead the unit. | |
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