Gerhard Hoffmann (pilot)

Gerhard Hoffmann (6 November 1919 – 17 April 1945) was a Luftwaffe flying ace of World War II credited with 130 shootdowns. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Gerhard Hoffmann
Nickname(s)	Fakken
Born	6 November 1919 Nieden, Eastern Prussia
Died	17 April 1945 (aged 25) near Breslau
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Rank	Leutnant (second lieutenant)
Unit	JG 52
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Career

Unteroffizier Hoffmann was transferred to the 4. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52—52nd Fighter Wing) in June 1942 on the Eastern Front. After claiming multiple aerial victories throughout April and May 1943 over the Kuban bridgehead he claimed his 42nd shootdown on 30 May 1943. He was wounded on 25 September 1943 but later claimed his 100th shootdown on 16 March 1944 over Crimea, making him the 65th Luftwaffe pilot to achieve the century mark.[1]

His victory tally stood at 125 when he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) on 14 May 1944. He was transferred to the Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe West at the end of April 1944 as a fighter pilot instructor and promoted to Leutnant. On 26 June 1944 his plane (Messerschmidt Bf 109) crashed not far from Nitra, Slovakia. He was on his way from Cracau to Malacky - Kuchyňa (Slovakia), but because of the bad weather conditions he had to change his planned route and to land in Nitra where he wanted to refuel his plane. After this crash was his plane destroyed but Hoffmann was only lightly injured. He was put in command of the 4./Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 1 (EJG 1). He claimed 4 aerial victories in March 1945 at the Oder front with this Staffel and was made Staffelkapitän of the 11./JG 52. He shuttled an aircraft to Breslau on 11 April 1945. On that flight, he crashed his plane and died in the accident. The reasons for this crash remain unknown.[2]

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to Obermaier, Hoffmann was credited with 130 aerial victories claimed in an unknown number of combat missions. He was also credited with the destruction of 128 vehicles of all types flying ground support missions.[2] According to Spick, his total of aerial victories was 125 all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.[3] Matthews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 130 aerial victory claims recorded on the Eastern Front.[4]

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 43661". The Luftwaffe grid map (Jägermeldenetz) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about 360 square miles (930 km²). These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 × 4 km in size.[5]

Chronicle of aerial victories
This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Hoffmann an ace-in-a-day, a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.   This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Barbas, Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Matthews and Foreman.
Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Unit	Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Unit
– Claims with II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[6] Eastern Front — June 1942 – 3 February 1943
1	26 October 1942	13:18	LaGG-3	PQ 43661[7]	4./JG 52	3	8 December 1942	11:53	P-40	PQ 49314[8] 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Bassargino	4./JG 52
2	8 December 1942	11:47	P-40	PQ 49383[8] 25 km (16 mi) south of Bassargino	4./JG 52	4	25 January 1943	14:15	La-5	PQ 18781[9]	4./JG 52
– Claims with II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[6] Eastern Front — 4 February – 31 December 1943
5	28 February 1943	08:55	R-5	PQ 34 Ost 86652[10] vicinity of Weressy	4./JG 52	24	5 June 1943	13:06	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 86761[11] vicinity of Fedorowskaja	4./JG 52
6	3 March 1943	15:05	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 86312[10] south Stepnanja	4./JG 52	25	8 June 1943	12:14	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 75494[11] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Gelendzhik	4./JG 52
7	5 March 1943	06:55	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 66643[10] east of Bakssy	4./JG 52	26	23 August 1943	10:48	Spitfire	PQ 34 Ost 75352[12] Black Sea, south of Anapa	4./JG 52
8	30 March 1943	15:10	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 76653[13] west of Petrovskaya	4./JG 52	27	26 August 1943	13:30	P-39	PQ 34 Ost 88274[12] 15 km (9.3 mi) west-southwest of Jalisawehino	4./JG 52
9	19 April 1943	11:07	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 85241[14] Black Sea, southwest of Oliginka	5./JG 52	28	28 August 1943	15:15	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 41644[12] 25 km (16 mi) west-northwest of Okhtyrka	4./JG 52
10	20 April 1943	15:49?[Note 1]	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 75453[14] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Novorossiysk	5./JG 52	29	28 August 1943	15:20	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 41633[12] 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Okhtyrka	4./JG 52
11	20 April 1943	15:58	LaGG-3	PQ 34 Ost 75462[14] vicinity of Kabardinka	5./JG 52	30	29 August 1943	06:48	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 60142[12] 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Kharkiv	4./JG 52
12	21 April 1943	10:54	P-40	PQ 34 Ost 75431[14] 3 km (1.9 mi) southeast of Novorossiysk	4./JG 52	31	5 September 1943	08:01	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 50212[12] 20 km (12 mi) south-southeast of Bohodukhiv	4./JG 52
13	21 April 1943	11:04	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 75423[14] southwest of Novorossiysk	4./JG 52	32	5 September 1943	14:32	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 60354[15] 15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Taranovka	4./JG 52
14	21 April 1943	11:12	Il-2	PQ 34 Ost 75463[14] southwest of Kabardinka	4./JG 52	33	6 September 1943	10:25	Il-2 m.H.[Note 2]	PQ 35 Ost 50464[15] 15 km (9.3 mi) southwest of Taranovka	4./JG 52
15	29 April 1943	08:44	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 85112[16] east of Krymsk	4./JG 52	34	7 September 1943	17:00	Pe-2	PQ 35 Ost 50241[15] 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Olshany	4./JG 52
16	3 May 1943	09:34	Yak-1	west of Mingrelskaja[16]	4./JG 52	35	8 September 1943	09:35	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 41724[15] 40 km (25 mi) south-southwest of Lebedyn	4./JG 52
17	8 May 1943	09:20	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 75234[17] vicinity of Krymsk	4./JG 52	36	8 September 1943	14:07	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 41724[15] 40 km (25 mi) south-southwest of Lebedyn	4./JG 52
18	15 May 1943	11:20	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 75264, south of Krymskaya[17] east of Nowo-Bakanskoja	4./JG 52	37	20 September 1943	17:24	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 12892[15] vicinity of Neshin	4./JG 52
19	25 May 1943	08:05	Spitfire	PQ 34 Ost 76642[17] northeast of Temryuk	4./JG 52	38	21 September 1943	12:12	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 11123[15] 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Kobyshtscha	4./JG 52
20	27 May 1943	13:19	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 76894[17] vicinity of Kijewakoye	4./JG 52	39	21 September 1943	12:16	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 11154[15] 20 km (12 mi) west-northwest of Kobyshtscha	4./JG 52
21	28 May 1943	05:58	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 76863[17] north of Kessjetowa	4./JG 52	40	21 September 1943	12:23	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 11183[15] 15 km (9.3 mi) west of Kobyshtscha	4./JG 52
22	31 May 1943	04:20	Yak-1	PQ 34 Ost 86772[11] south of Trojzkaja	4./JG 52	41	21 September 1943	12:27	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 11174[15] 30 km (19 mi) west of Kobyshtscha	4./JG 52
23	1 June 1943	07:17	Pe-2	PQ 34 Ost 86781[11] vicinity of Ssokolowskij	4./JG 52	42	25 September 1943	10:20	Yak-1	PQ 35 Ost 11793[15] 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Perejaslav-Chmelnicki	4./JG 52
– Claims with II. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[4] Eastern Front — 1 January – 31 December 1944
43	7 February 1944	07:05	P-39	vicinity of Kerch[18]	4./JG 52	85	16 April 1944	15:58	P-39	PQ 35454[19] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
44	10 February 1944	12:50	Yak-9	vicinity of Kolonka[18]	4./JG 52	86♠	17 April 1944	06:44	Yak-7	PQ 35284[19] 25 km (16 mi) north-northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
45	10 February 1944	13:00	Yak-9	vicinity of Kerch[18]	4./JG 52	87♠	17 April 1944	12:35	Il-2	vicinity of Dzhankoi[19] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
46	12 February 1944	08:52	Yak-7	PQ 66614[18] vicinity of Majak-Bakny	4./JG 52	88♠	17 April 1944	12:42	Il-2	PQ 35423[19] 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
47	12 February 1944	13:00	Yak-1	PQ 36234[18] 25 km (16 mi) near Perekop	4./JG 52	89♠	17 April 1944	13:05	Pe-2	PQ 35423[19] 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
48	12 February 1944	14:35	Yak-1	PQ 66812[18] vicinity of Taman	4./JG 52	90♠	17 April 1944	16:03	Yak-7	PQ 35283[19] 25 km (16 mi) north-northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
49	28 February 1944	14:10	LaGG-3	PQ 66591[20] vicinity of Kerch	4./JG 52	91♠	18 April 1944	09:51	P-39	PQ 35433[19] 25 km (16 mi) east-northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
50	2 March 1944	13:50	Yak-1	PQ 66641[20] east of Bulganak	4./JG 52	92♠	18 April 1944	09:53	P-39	west of Belobek[19] Black Sea, 35 km (22 mi) west-northwest of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
51	2 March 1944	14:01	Yak-1	PQ 66641[20] east of Bulganak	4./JG 52	93♠	18 April 1944	12:48	Il-2	PQ 35363[19] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
52	11 March 1944	08:40	Yak-7	PQ 37863[20] 30 km (19 mi) east of Perekop	4./JG 52	94♠	18 April 1944	13:01	Il-2	PQ 35362[19] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
53	11 March 1944	11:32	Yak-7	PQ 47784[20] 40 km (25 mi) north of Dzhankoi	4./JG 52	95♠	18 April 1944	16:25	Yak-7	vicinity of Belobek[19]	4./JG 52
54	11 March 1944	13:45	Yak-9	PQ 55524[20] Black Sea, 80 km (50 mi) east of Yalta	4./JG 52	96♠	18 April 1944	16:34	Il-2	vicinity of Belobek[19] vicinity of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
55	11 March 1944	14:00	Yak-9	PQ 65142[20] Black Sea, south of Kiptschak	4./JG 52	97	19 April 1944	12:37	Yak-7	vicinity of Balaklawa[19] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
56	17 March 1944	08:47	Yak-7	PQ 47742[21] 30 km (19 mi) south of Dornburg	4./JG 52	98	22 April 1944	08:35	Il-2	PQ 25533[19] 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Schatalowka	4./JG 52
57	1 April 1944	14:45	Yak-7	PQ 65152[22] Black Sea, south of Tschekur-Kojasch	4./JG 52	99	22 April 1944	08:38	Il-2	PQ 25533[19] 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Schatalowka	4./JG 52
58	1 April 1944	14:54	Yak-7	PQ 65211[22] Black Sea, southeast of Cape Takyl	4./JG 52	100	22 April 1944	08:43	Il-2	PQ 25361[19] 25 km (16 mi) southeast of Smolensk	4./JG 52
59	2 April 1944	09:45	P-39	PQ 66663[22] vicinity of Zaporozhye	4./JG 52	101	22 April 1944	13:48	Il-2	PQ 35344[19] Black Sea, 35 km (22 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
60	2 April 1944	13:02	La-5	vicinity of Kolonka[22] vicinity of Kolonka	4./JG 52	102	23 April 1944	08:50	Yak-7	PQ 35452[19] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
61	5 April 1944	17:05	Yak-1	PQ 47783[22] 40 km (25 mi) north of Dzhankoi	4./JG 52	103	24 April 1944	14:37	Il-2	north of Balaklawa[19] 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
62	7 April 1944	11:40	Yak-1	PQ 46122[22] vicinity of Tomaschewka	4./JG 52	104	25 April 1944	14:32	P-39	north of Balaklawa[19] 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
63♠	8 April 1944	10:50	Yak-1	PQ 47773[22] vicinity of Tachigary	4./JG 52	105	26 April 1944	14:25	Yak-7	PQ 35452[19] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
64♠	8 April 1944	10:55	Il-2	PQ 47771[22] south of Gromovka	4./JG 52	106	28 April 1944	13:32	Yak-7	vicinity of Dzhankoi[23] 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
65♠	8 April 1944	10:58	Il-2	PQ 47773[22] vicinity of Tachigary	4./JG 52	107	30 April 1944	16:05	Il-2	vicinity of Chersones[23] Black Sea, west-northwest of Chersones	4./JG 52
66♠	8 April 1944	13:38	Il-2	east of An-Najman[22]	4./JG 52	108	30 April 1944	16:18	Yak-7	PQ 3531[23] 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Retschiza	4./JG 52
67♠	8 April 1944	13:45	Il-2	PQ 47773[22] vicinity of Tachigary	4./JG 52	109	30 April 1944	16:28	Il-2	PQ 3538[23] 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Retschiza	4./JG 52
68♠	9 April 1944	09:08	Yak-1	PQ 37854[24] vicinity of Perekop	4./JG 52	110	4 May 1944	06:38	Il-2	vicinity of Chersones[23] Black Sea, west-northwest of Chersones	4./JG 52
69♠	9 April 1944	09:11	Il-2	PQ 37853[24] vicinity of Perekop	4./JG 52	111	4 May 1944	06:47	Il-2	PQ 35342[23] Black Sea, 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Eupatorja	4./JG 52
70♠	9 April 1944	14:08	Yak-7	PQ 46121[24] vicinity of Tomaschewka	4./JG 52	112	4 May 1944	13:14	Yak-7	vicinity of Balaklawa[23] 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
71♠	9 April 1944	17:42?[Note 3]	Yak-7	vicinity of An-Najman[24]	4./JG 52	113	5 May 1944	10:52	Il-2	vicinity of Akhis[23]	4./JG 52
72♠	9 April 1944	17:48	Yak-7	vicinity of An-Najman[24]	4./JG 52	114	5 May 1944	14:16	Il-2	vicinity of Belobek[23]	4./JG 52
73	10 April 1944	08:18	Yak-7	Tomaschewka[24]	4./JG 52	115	6 May 1944	13:58	Yak-7	PQ 35332[23] Black Sea, 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
74	10 April 1944	12:22	P-39	PQ 46124[24] vicinity of Tomaschewka	4./JG 52?[Note 4]	116♠	7 May 1944	07:21?[Note 5]	Il-2	PQ 35362[23] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
75	10 April 1944	18:03	Yak-7	PQ 47771[24] south of Gromovka	4./JG 52	117♠?[Note 6]	7 May 1944	07:28	Il-2	Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol[26]	4./JG 52
76	11 April 1944	06:12	Yak-7	PQ 46121[24] vicinity of Tomaschewka	4./JG 52	118♠	7 May 1944	11:08	Il-2	vicinity of Balaklava[23] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
77	11 April 1944	12:47	Yak-7	PQ 46144[24] vicinity of Nowo Ivanovka	4./JG 52	119♠	7 May 1944	11:34	Il-2	vicinity of Balaklava[23] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
78	13 April 1944	08:13	Il-2	PQ 35277[24] 20 km (12 mi) north of Sevastopol	4./JG 52	120♠	7 May 1944	13:35?[Note 7]	Il-2	PQ 35612[23] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
79	13 April 1944	08:21	Il-2	PQ 35423[24] 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52	121♠	7 May 1944	15:04	Yak-7	PQ 35612[23] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
80	14 April 1944	07:50	Yak-7	PQ 46774[24] vicinity of Sarabus	4./JG 52	122	8 May 1944	10:06	Il-2	vicinity of Balaklava[27] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
81	14 April 1944	07:53	Yak-7	PQ 46774[24] vicinity of Sarabus	4./JG 52	123	8 May 1944	17:33?[Note 8]	Yak-7	PQ 35363[27] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
82	14 April 1944	16:28	Yak-7	PQ 36864[19] 20 km (12 mi) northwest of Sarabus	4./JG 52	124	8 May 1944	17:35	Yak-7	PQ 35362[27] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
83	15 April 1944	17:38	Yak-7	PQ 35361[19] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52	125	9 May 1944	08:05	Il-2	vicinity of Balaklava[27] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
84	16 April 1944	15:35	Yak-7	PQ 35422[19] 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Sevastopol	4./JG 52	126	9 May 1944	16:05	Yak-7	vicinity of Balaklava[27] Black Sea, 10 km (6.2 mi) west of Sevastopol	4./JG 52
– Claims with Ergänzungs-Jagdgeschwader 52 –[26]
According to Matthews and Foreman, the 127th aerial victory was not documented.[26]
128	8 March 1945	12:06	Yak-3[26]		4./EJG 1	129	8 March 1945	12:15	Yak-3[26]		4./EJG 1
– Claims with III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 52 –[26]
128	10 April 1945	—	P-39[26]		11./JG 52

Awards

• German Cross in Gold on 12 December 1943 as Feldwebel in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 52[28]
• Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 28 February 1944 as Feldwebel and pilot[29]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 May 1944 as pilot and Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 52[30][Note 9]

Notes

1. According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 15:48.[6]
2. The "m.H." refers to an Ilyushin Il-2 with rear gunner (mit Heckschütze).
3. According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 17:48.[25]
4. According to Matthews and Foreman claimed with 6./Jagdgeschwder 52.[25]
5. According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 07:20.[26]
6. This claim is not listed by Barbas.[23]
7. According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 15:35.[26]
8. According to Matthews and Foreman claimed at 17:32.[26]
9. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52.[31]

References

Citations

1. Obermaier 1989, p. 243.
2. Obermaier 1989, p. 135.
3. Spick 1996, p. 231.
4. Matthews & Foreman 2015, pp. 533–535.
5. Planquadrat.
6. Matthews & Foreman 2015, p. 533.
7. Prien et al. 2006, p. 492.
8. Prien et al. 2006, p. 496.
9. Prien et al. 2006, p. 498.
10. Prien et al. 2012, p. 379.
11. Prien et al. 2012, p. 384.
12. Prien et al. 2012, p. 388.
13. Prien et al. 2012, p. 380.
14. Prien et al. 2012, p. 381.
15. Prien et al. 2012, p. 389.
16. Prien et al. 2012, p. 382.
17. Prien et al. 2012, p. 383.
18. Barbas 2005, p. 359.
19. Barbas 2005, p. 364.
20. Barbas 2005, p. 360.
21. Barbas 2005, p. 361.
22. Barbas 2005, p. 362.
23. Barbas 2005, p. 365.
24. Barbas 2005, p. 363.
25. Matthews & Foreman 2015, p. 534.
26. Matthews & Foreman 2015, p. 535.
27. Barbas 2005, p. 366.
28. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 190.
29. Patzwall 2008, p. 103.
30. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 231.
31. Scherzer 2007, p. 398.

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External links

• "Gerhard Hoffmann". World War 2 Awards.com. Retrieved 11 April 2012.