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August Lubking - Pilot Profile - August Lubking

August Lubking

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Victories : 28
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis

August Lubking

Squadrons for : August Lubking
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by August Lubking. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG5


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG5		JG5

Eismeer was a Luftwaffe fighter Wing that served during World War II. As the name Eismeer (Ice Sea) implies, it was created to operate in the far North of Europe, namely Norway, Scandinavia and northern parts of Finland, all nearest the Arctic Ocean. Just over two dozen fighter aircraft that once served with JG 5 during the war still survive in the 21st century, more than from any other combat wing of any of the Axis air forces of World War II.

JG7


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG7		JG7

Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II and the first operational jet fighter wing in the world.

It was created late in 1944 and served until the end of the war in May 1945, and it operated the Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter exclusively.

JG 7 was formed under the command of Oberst Johannes Steinhoff, with Kommando Nowotny (the initial Me 262 test wing ) renumbered III./JG 7. Under the command of Major Erich Hohagen III./JG 7 was the only element of JG 7 ready to operate against the Allies. Throughout its existence JG 7 suffered from an irregular supply of new aircraft, fuel and spares. With such a radically new aircraft, training accidents were also common, with 10 Me 262s being lost in six weeks.

The technical troubles and material shortages meant initial tentative sorties were only in flight strength, usually no more than 4 or 6 aircraft. Flying from Brandenburg-Briest, Oranienburg and Parchim, the Geschwader flew intermittently against the huge USAAF bomber streams.

By the end of February 1945 JG 7 had claimed around 45 four-engine bombers and 15 fighters, but at this stage of war this success rate had no affect whatsoever on the Allied air offensive. During March JG 7 finally began to deliver larger scale attacks against the heavy bomber streams. 3 March saw 29 sorties for 8 kills claimed (one jet was lost). On 18 March III./JG 7 finally managed their biggest attack numerically thus far, some 37 Me 262s engaging a force of 1,200 American bombers and 600 fighters. This action also marked the first use of the new R4M rockets. 12 bombers and 1 fighter were claimed for the loss of 3 Me 262s.

The total numbers of aircraft shot down by JG 7 is difficult to quantify due to the loss of Luftwaffe records, but at least 136 aircraft were claimed, and research indicates as many as 420 Allied aircraft may have been claimed shot down.

Known Victory Claims - August Lubking

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

26/02/1943Uffz. August Lübking9JG 5MBR-230 321: 100m8.45Eastern Front
26/02/1943Uffz. August Lübking9JG 5MBR-230 323: 50m8.5Eastern Front
22/05/1943Uffz. August Lübking9JG 5Kittyhawk37 Ost/20 444: 1200m19.46Eastern Front
05/06/1943Uffz. August Lübking9JG 5Hurricane37 Ost/20/3/5/2: 500m5.12Eastern Front
25/05/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5BostonE. Omgang: 800m21.33Eastern Front
25/05/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40N. Berlevaag: 800m21.36Eastern Front
26/05/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40nordrand Vardö: tiefflug4.02Eastern Front
26/05/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Il-2S. Vardö: tiefflug5.05Eastern Front
12/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5AiracobraNW Murmansk: tiefflug10.42Eastern Front
15/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Il-2W. Petsamo-Bucht2.34Eastern Front
15/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Jak-9W. Petsamo-Bucht2.46Eastern Front
17/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Il-2E. Kiberg: tiefflug7.53Eastern Front
17/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40SE Kiberg: 800m7.55Eastern Front
17/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40SE Kiberg: 500m7.58Eastern Front
17/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Il-2SW Kong Oskar: tiefflug21.18Eastern Front
17/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40S. Kong Oskar: tiefflug21.19Eastern Front
27/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Jak-9NNE Kirkenes: 2000m16.47Eastern Front
27/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Airacobra37 Ost/SB-45.c16.5Eastern Front
28/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Jak-9SE Kirkenes: 4000m0.04Eastern Front
28/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Jak-9SE Kirkenes: 4500m0.06Eastern Front
28/06/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40S. Kong Oskar: 1500m0.11Eastern Front
04/07/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Airacobra37 Ost/RC-4.5.g: 500m19.12Eastern Front
21/07/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40W. Hamningberg: 200m6Eastern Front
21/07/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Curtiss P-40E. Hamningberg: 300m6.08Eastern Front
22/07/1944Ofw. August LübkingStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-40NE Qalan: 1200m12.18Eastern Front
22/07/1944Ofw. August LübkingStab III.JG 5AiracobraNE Qalan: 800m12.22Eastern Front
22/07/1944Ofw. August LübkingStab III.JG 5Curtiss P-40W. Myenska: 600m12.37Eastern Front
28/07/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5AiracobraW. Stjal-jandar: 2400m12.58Eastern Front
28/07/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5AiracobraW. Stjal-jandar: 2400m15.04Eastern Front
17/08/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Airacobra37 Ost/RB-4: 4000m9.52Eastern Front
17/08/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Airacobra37 Ost/RB-5: 4000m9.58Eastern Front
07/09/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5Pe-236 Ost/HB-13.c: tiefflug9.21Eastern Front
07/09/1944Ofw. August Lübking9JG 5LaGG-336 Ost/KC-12.d: 800m17.15Eastern Front
03/12/1944Ofw. August LübkingStab III.JG 7B-17DH-6: 8500m11.41Western Front
18/03/1945Ofw. August LübkingIII.JG 7B-17Raum Nauen-Rathenow-Brandenburg-Potsdam11.14Western Front
22/03/1945Ofw. August LübkingIII.JG 7B-17N. Leipzig-Western Front

Known Claims : 36

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