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Walter Loos

Victories : 38
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
Cross

Walter Loos was one of the last German Experten. He came as a newly trained pilot to the III./JG3 in January 1944, and was one of the few new pilots of 1944 who survived the war. He claimed his first aerial victory during a fierce aerial battle when the 8th US Air Force attacked Berlin on 6th March 1944. While with the Sturmgruppe IV./JG3, he downed several four-engine bombers and was hand picked by Walther Dahl for Geschwaderstab /JG300. Loos made a great success as a Sturmflieger, but was himself shot down nine times in only a few months. Sta/JG301 was equipped with the Ta152, the most modern propeller fighter, in order to protect the bases of the jet fighters from spring 1945. It was natural to include Loos in this unit. On 24th April 1945, Loos encountered a formation of Soviet fighters over Berlin and managed to down two of them. In spite of flying only 66 missions, he was credited with 38 confirmed victories, including 30 four-engine bombers, plus 8 unconfirmed victories. Six days later on 30th April, JG301 took off for their last battle of the war. Russian fighters attacked the formation and Loos shot down one Yak-9 – one of the last two victories claimed by JG301. That was his 38th victory. While 38 victories for WW2 German fighter pilots was not a huge number, when one considers that over 100 aces achieved over 100 victories, it is outstanding when one considers that Loos achieved his 38 victories in only 66 missions. Few pilots in history have achieved that ratio of kills to sorties.

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In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Walter Loos

Squadrons for : Walter Loos
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Walter Loos. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG3


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

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Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) Udet was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet in 1942.

Commanders of IV./JG 3

Major Franz Beyer, 1. June 1943
Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 February 1944
Major Friedrich-Karl Müller, 26 February 1944
Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 April 1944
Major Wilhelm Moritz, 18 April 1944
Hauptmann Hubert-York Weydenhammer, 5 December 1944
Major Erwin Bacsila, 5 January 1945
Oberleutnant Oskar Romm, 17 February 1945
Hauptmann Gerhard Koall, 25 April 1945
Hauptmann Günther Schack, 1 Mai 1945

JG300


Country : Germany
Founded : 26th June 1943
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG300		JG300

Jagdgeschwader 300 (JG 300) was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. JG 300 was formed on June 26, 1943 in Deelen as Stab/Versuchskommando Herrmann, from July 18, 1943 as Stab/JG Herrmann, and then finally redesignated on August 20, 1943 to Stab/JG 300. Its first Geschwaderkommodore was Oberstleutnant Hajo Herrmann.

JG301


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG301		JG301

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Aircraft for : Walter Loos
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Ta152


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Manufacturer : Focke-Wulf

Ta152

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Known Victory Claims - Walter Loos

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

06/03/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-17-12.55Western Front
08/03/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-17-13.31Western Front
08/03/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-17-13.28Western Front
08/04/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-24 HSS-14.15Western Front
09/04/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-24 HSS-12.1Western Front
11/04/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-17GC-3: 5000m [SE Gardelegen]11.1Western Front
11/04/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-17GC: 5500m [Magdeburg]11.15Western Front
22/04/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-24NQ-OQ: 6300m [Westerwald SE Bonn]19.46Western Front
29/04/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-17HD-3 Burg: 7500m11.2Western Front
08/05/1944Uffz. Walter Loos11JG 3B-24FA-1: [S. Sülze-Südheide]10.07Western Front
28/05/1944Uffz. Walter Loos4JG 3B-17GE-HE: 7500m [NE Magdeburg]14.2Western Front
29/05/1944Uffz. Walter Loos4JG 3B-24BI-BK: 6500m12.25Western Front
30/05/1944Uffz. Walter Loos4JG 3B-24-11.15Western Front
07/07/1944Fw. Walter LoosStabJG 300B-24N. Quedlinbürg Kr. Sachsen: 5600m9.45Western Front
15/08/1944Fw. Walter Loos6JG 300B-17PP-PO-QO: 6500m [Raum Koblenz]11.47Western Front
23/08/1944Ofw. Walter LoosStabJG 300P-51FL-FM: 7000m [Mürzzuschlag]12.15Western Front
29/08/1944Fw. Walter LoosStabJG 300B-1715 Ost S/UQ-UR: 7500m [Brünn]10.46Western Front
24/04/1945Ofw. Walter LoosStabJG 301Jak-9Berlin-Western Front
24/04/1945Ofw. Walter LoosStabJG 301Jak-9Berlin-Western Front
25/04/1945Ofw. Walter LoosStabJG 301Jak-9Berlin-Western Front
30/04/1945Ofw. Walter LoosStabJG 301Jak-9Berlin-Western Front

Known Claims : 21

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