Air Wing – JG52

Jagdgeschwader 52 – Staffel 4./JG52, flying Bf-109s

Staffelkapitän

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Dead is Dead

Highest DiD Award

SCG_Sinerox Lt. Hans-Joachim Marseille #14

Offiziere

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Dead is Dead

Highest DiD Award

Adjutant SCG_Geronim0 Oblt. Walter Krupinski #6

Adjutant
SCG_Vieira Haptm. Hermann Graf #2

SCG_TeRReF  Obst. Otto Kittel

SCG_Wulfe  Maj. Wolfgang Meyer #15

SCG_Fenris_Wolf

Maj Heinrich Paul #1

SCG_Polo Hptm. Hans “Assi” Hahn #6

Rottenführer

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Dead is Dead

Highest DiD Award

SCG_Jordi Maj. Hans Dammers

SCG_vonMiller  Lt. Gunther Rall #R8

SCG_vonJarno  Olt. Johannes Wiese #R2

SCG_RudisLt. Theo Rudis #12

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Dead is Dead

Highest DiD Award

SCG_Vonalba Obfw. Adolf Galland #8

SCG_PeeGee Hptm. Heinz Sachsenberg #4

SCG_AdamZajak Fw. Harro Schulze-Boysen #14

SCG_Euto Fw. Oskar Eutmann #5

SCG_Motoadve Lt. Heinz Knoke #9

SCG_Nerfection Fw. Thorsten Ziegler #7

SCG_ErwinP Lt. Erwin Wilhelm Paulus #13

SCG_Heinz_Barr Obfw. Heinz Bar #19

SCG_Kitzrat Fw. Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert #3

SCG_Kuppis_Jäger Fw. Hannes Trautloft #11

SCG_Meka Obfw. Karl-Gottfried Nordmann #12

SCG_Poppa Fw. No name #15

SCG_Redcloud  Lt. Theodor Weissenberger #10

Mitglieder

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Dead is Dead

Highest DiD Award

SCG_Gustav_Hagel  Fw. No name #7

SCG_Hurs_Sokira  No name or rank

SCG_Marine  Fw. Ernst Leiter #R10

SCG_SmallBlock  No name or rank

Probaten

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Max_Hunt Feldwebel Probate

SCG_Erich Feldwebel Probate

Reservieren

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Dead is Dead

Highest DiD Award

SCG_Riksen  Haptm. Einhart Riksen

SCG_Joey Olt. Wilhelm Batz

SCG_Drfiter  Eric Hartmann

SCG_Kalux Lt. Walter Nowotny

SCG_Faerber Olt. Paul Faerber

SCG_Tiag Obfw. Günther Josten

SCG_Bear  Fw. no name or number

SCG_HappyMeal  No name or rank

SCG_Hobo Obfw. Helmut Bieck #R9

SCG_Sohn Fw. Karl Rachbendörk

SCG_Wtornado No rank or name

Jagdgeschwader 52 history

Note that this unit only operated with the Bf-109 throughout the war and was mostly stationed in the Eastern front, except at the beginning and late stages of the war. Later in 1944, the unit was re-designated 8./JG3 and transferred to the Western front. By convention, pilots associated with this unit will operate the following aircraft models for Dead is Dead events according to the following:

13 Sep 1939 – 27 Oct 1939

Unit was formed on the 13th of September in Böblingen, Germany. Initial operation with Bf-109s (Emil models).

28 Oct 1939 – 9 Jun 1941

Unit operated in several different locations in the Western front (France, Belgium, and Netherlands) with brief periods of rest in between. The unit continued to use the Bf-109 E models (E7 model from August 10th 1940 onwards).

10 Jun 1941 – 28 Jun 1941

Unit transferred to Suwalki in Poland and re-armed with the Bf-109 Friedrich model (Bf-109 F2).

29 Jun 1941 – 28 Jul 1942

Unit deployed in Molodelzno (Minsk) to begin operations in the Eastern front. Operated in several different bases throughout the campaign with the Bf-109 F models (F4 model from June 29th 1941 onwards).

30 Jul 1942 – 14 Aug 1944

Unit remained in the Eastern front and re-armed with the Bf-109 Gustav models (G2 model from July 30th 1942 to March 1st 1943/ G4 model from March 2nd 1943 to March 31st 1943/ G6 model from April 1st 1943 to August 14th 1944).

15 Aug 1944 – 10 Oct 1944

Unit was redesignated 8./JG3 and transferred to Ziegenhain in Germany where it also re-armed with the Bf-109 G14.

11 Oct 1944 – 8 May 1945

Unit operated in several different location in Germany as the 8./JG3 until the end of the war with Bf-109 Gustav and Kurfürst models (mix of G14-G10 and K4s from October 11th 1944 to May 8th 1945)