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Helmut Lennartz No Photo Available
Victories : 8
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Helmut Lennartz
| Squadrons for : Helmut Lennartz | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Helmut Lennartz. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : Germany 'Richthofen' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG11 | JG11 Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : Germany 'Richthofen' Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG6 | JG6 Full profile not yet available. | |
Country : Germany 'Richthofen' 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 - Helmut Lennartz | |||||||
DATE | PILOT | UNIT | JG | CLAIMED | LOCATION | TIME | FRONT |
| 15/05/1943 | Uffz. Helmut Lennartz | 5 | JG 11 | B-17 | 10km N. Helgoland: 7000m | 10.57 | Western Front |
| 05/01/1944 | Uffz. Helmut Lennartz | 5 | JG 11 | P-38 | - | - | Western Front |
| 15/08/1944 | Fw. Helmut Lennartz | Epr. Kdo. 262 | B-17 | - | - | Western Front | |
| 07/10/1944 | Fw. Helmut Lennartz | 2 | Kdo. Nowotny | B-24 | Zutphen/Hall: 7000m | 13.05 | Western Front |
| 12/10/1944 | Fw. Helmut Lennartz | Stab III. | JG 6 * | P-51 | EN-EO: 7000m [Raum Beilen] | 11.15 | Western Front |
| 03/03/1945 | Ofw. Helmut Lennartz | III. | JG 7 | B-17 | zwischen Braunschweig-Magdeburg | 10.15± | Western Front |
| 19/03/1945 | Ofw. Helmut Lennartz | III. | JG 7 | B-17 | Raum Zwikau-Jena-Plauen | - | Western Front |
| 22/03/1945 | Ofw. Helmut Lennartz | III. | JG 7 | B-17 | Raum Cottbus-Bautzen-Dresden | 12.45± | Western Front |
| 10/04/1945 | Ofw. Helmut Lennartz | III. | JG 7 | P-51 | - | - | Western Front |
Known Claims : 9
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