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Karl Kolb - Pilot Profile - Karl Kolb

Karl Kolb

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Victories : 7
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 28th February 1943

Karl Kolb

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

JG53


Country : Germany
Founded : 1937
'Ace of Hearts'

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JG53

Pik-As was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. It operated in Western Europe and in the Mediterranean. Jagdgeschwader 53 - or as it was better known, the Pik As (Ace of Spades) Geschwader - was one of the oldest German fighter units of World War II with its origins going back to 1937. JG53 flew the various models of Bf-109 throughout the second world war.

JG77


Country : Germany
Founded : May 1939
'Ace of Hearts'

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JG77

Herz As (Ace of Hearts) was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II. It served in all the German theaters of war, from Western Europe to the Eastern Front, and from the high north in Norway to the Mediterranean.

JG 77 was formed in May 1939 with I. and II. Gruppe. III./JG 77 was formed on 5 July 1940 in Trondheim from the II(J)./JG 186. I./ JG 77 was reorganized on 21 November 1940 into IV./JG 51 and a new I./JG 77 was established. In January 1942 I./JG 77 was transferred to I./JG 5 and a new I./JG 77 was created.

In April 1942 1. Staffel was transferred to Romania and designated the defence unit for the Ploie?ti oil fields at Mizil. (This staffel was redesignated 1./JG 4 in August 1942.)

Known Victory Claims - Karl Kolb

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

12/11/1938Uffz. Karl Kolb1J/88Rata--Spanish Civil War
04/09/1942Ofw. Karl Kolb1JG 53Jak-16km S. Stalingrad: 2300m10.34Eastern Front
07/09/1942Ofw. Karl Kolb1JG 53Il-26km N. Nadezhda: 100m15.52Eastern Front
11/09/1942Ofw. Karl Kolb1JG 53Pe-215km E. Kalatsch: 6200m9.15Eastern Front
14/01/1943Ltn. Karl Kolb4JG 77P-40E *--Western Front
20/01/1943Ltn. Karl Kolb4JG 77P-40E-11.4Western Front
13/03/1943Ltn. Karl Kolb4JG 77Curtiss P-40-14.55Western Front

Known Claims : 7

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