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Items Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck (deceased) |
  | In Defence of the Homeland by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £480.00 | Me109s take off in their continued defence against Allied bombers. ...... | |
  | First Victory by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £400.00 | Hans-Ekkehard Bob in his Bf109E of 3./JG21 shoots down a Gloster Gladiator on the morning of 10th May 1940, for his first victory. The Gladiator was one of three shot down in this skirmish, with Erwin Leykauf and Georg Schneider also claiming one e...... | |
  | Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Bf109F by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £400.00 | B0347P. Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Bf109F by Ivan Berryman. ...... | |
  | Bf109G of Hans-Ekkehard Bob by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £380.00 | ...... | |
  | Focke Wulf Supremacy by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £440.00 | ...... |
  | Erich Hartmann by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £450.00 | With 352 victories to his credit, Erich Hartmann is recognised as the greatest fighter pilot of all time, depicted here as his Messerschmitt Bf.109G prepares for another sortie. ...... | |
  | Walter Schuck by Brian Bateman. (P) Price : £250.00 | Walter Schuck of JG5 returns after a successful sortie. Schuck finished the war with 206 victories. ...... | |
  | Wounded Swallow by Ivan Berryman. Price : £80.00 | Walter Schuck was already credited with 198 victories before he converted to the revolutionary Me.262 Schwalbe (Swallow), an aircraft which he quickly mastered, scoring a further 8 kills in quick succession. On the 10th of April 1945, however, Schu...... | |
| | Wounded Swallow by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £80.00 | Walter Schuck was already credited with 198 victories before he converted to the revolutionary Me.262 Schwalbe (Swallow), an aircraft which he quickly mastered, scoring a further 8 kills in quick succession. On the 10th of April 1945, however, Schu...... | |
| | Wounded Swallow by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £350.00 | Walter Schuck was already credited with 198 victories before he converted to the revolutionary Me.262 Schwalbe (Swallow), an aircraft which he quickly mastered, scoring a further 8 kills in quick succession. On the 10th of April 1945, however, Schu...... |
| | Wounded Swallow by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT | Walter Schuck was already credited with 198 victories before he converted to the revolutionary Me.262 Schwalbe (Swallow), an aircraft which he quickly mastered, scoring a further 8 kills in quick succession. On the 10th of April 1945, however, Schu...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Clipped Signature - Walter Schuck. Price : £50.00 | Initially flew with JG3 then JG5 from 1942, scoring 198 victories including 12 within 24 hours. He scored a further 8 victories flying the Me262 jet with JG7 and was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. He died in 2015. ...... | |
  | Jet Attack by David Pentland. (C) Price : £100.00 | Oberleutenant Schalls ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few ...... | |
| | Jet Attack by David Pentland. (D) Price : £320.00 | Oberleutenant Schalls Me262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few b...... | |
| | Jet Attack by David Pentland. (F) Price : £125.00 | Oberleutenant Schalls ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few ...... |
  | Defenders of the Reich by Graeme Lothian. (C) Price : £105.00 | Major Rudolf Rudi Sinner of STAB.III/JG7 attacking B-17s of 91st Bomb Group during March 1945. Attacking in a Kette of three aircraft from behind and below targeting the tailenders and rising over the B-17s. Avoiding any debris and evading the incom...... | |
  | Adolf Galland / Messerschmitt Bf109 E-4 by Ivan Berryman. (APD) Price : £195.00 | Germanys primary fighter during World War II, the Daimler-Benz DB601A powered BF109E-4 was much loved by its pilots, combining good speed and manoeuverability with a powerful armament, namely two 7.9mm MG17 machine guns in the top decking, two wing ...... | |
| | Adolf Galland / Messerschmitt Bf109 E-4 by Ivan Berryman. (H) Price : £160.00 | Germanys primary fighter during World War II, the Daimler-Benz DB601A powered BF109E-4 was much loved by its pilots, combining good speed and manoeuverability with a powerful armament, namely two 7.9mm MG17 machine guns in the top decking, two wing ...... | |
  | Voyage into Destiny by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | Leaving the port of Gdynia on May 18th 1941, two large German warships stealthily zig-zagged their way up the coast of Norway at the outset of what was to become one pf the shortest, most fiercely fought naval contests of the Second World War. Operat...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Arctic Hunters by Richard Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | Occupied by the Germans, by 1942 Norway had become vital to Hitlers war in the East. With the Russians threatening to over-run Finland and attack Norway, the pilots of JG5 were tasked to support German ground forces, and to escort the incessant Luf...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Arctic Hunters by Richard Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | Occupied by the Germans, by 1942 Norway had become vital to Hitlers war in the East. With the Russians threatening to over-run Finland and attack Norway, the pilots of JG5 were tasked to support German ground forces, and to escort the incessant Luf...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Arctic Hunters by Richard Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Occupied by the Germans, by 1942 Norway had become vital to Hitlers war in the East. With the Russians threatening to over-run Finland and attack Norway, the pilots of JG5 were tasked to support German ground forces, and to escort the incessant Luf...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Arctic Hunters by Richard Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | Occupied by the Germans, by 1942 Norway had become vital to Hitlers war in the East. With the Russians threatening to over-run Finland and attack Norway, the pilots of JG5 were tasked to support German ground forces, and to escort the incessant Luf...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Hannes Trautloft by Graeme Lothian. (APC) Price : £170.00 | Hannes Truatloft is shown here leading Fw190s of JG54 over the Russian Front. Hannes Trautloft is one of the Luftwaffes great fighter leaders, scoring his first air victory in the Spanish Civil War in August 1936. Returning to Germany in 1937 he joi...... | |
| | Hannes Trautloft by Graeme Lothian. (B) Price : £80.00 | Hannes Truatloft is shown here leading Fw190s of JG54 over the Russian Front. Hannes Trautloft is one of the Luftwaffes great fighter leaders, scoring his first air victory in the Spanish Civil War in August 1936. Returning to Germany in 1937 he jo...... |
  | Adolf Galland by Graeme Lothian. (APC) Price : £170.00 | Adolf Galland fought in the great Battles of Poland, France and Britain, leading the famous JG26 Abbeville Boys. He flew in combat against the RAFs best including Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford Tuck and Johnnie Johnson. In 1941, at the age of 29, he wa...... | |
| | Adolf Galland by Graeme Lothian. (B) Price : £80.00 | Adolf Galland fought in the great Battles of Poland, France and Britain, leading the famous JG26 Abbeville Boys. He flew in combat against the RAFs best including Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford Tuck and Johnnie Johnson. In 1941, at the age of 29, he wa...... | |
  | Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. Price : £215.00 | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | |
| | Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £295.00 | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... |
| | Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (E) SOLD OUT | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Tribute to Erich Hartmann by Graeme Lothian. (APC) Price : £200.00 | DHM1761APC. Tribute to Erich Hartmann by Graeme Lothian. ...... | |
| | Tribute to Erich Hartmann by Graeme Lothian. (B) Price : £70.00 | DHM1761B. Tribute to Erich Hartmann by Graeme Lothian. ...... |
  | Tribute to Johannes Steinhoff by Graeme Lothian. (APB) Price : £90.00 | DHM1762APB. Tribute to Johannes Steinhoff by Graeme Lothian. ...... | |
| | Tribute to Johannes Steinhoff by Graeme Lothian. (B) Price : £60.00 | DHM1762B. Tribute to Johannes Steinhoff by Graeme Lothian. ...... | |
| | Tribute to Johannes Steinhoff by Graeme Lothian. (C) Price : £300.00 | DHM1762C. Tribute to Johannes Steinhoff by Graeme Lothian. ...... | |
  | Tribute to Hermann Graf by Graeme Lothian. (B) Price : £75.00 | Bf109G-2 Yellow 11 of Oberleutnant Hermann Graf, Staffelkapitan 9./JG52, Pitomnik, September 1942. Graf scored his 150th kill in this aircraft in September 1942. He was awarded the Knights Cross after 42 victories, the Oak Leaves after 104 victori...... | |
  | Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | September 1940: The Battle of Britain reaches a crescendo as Me109s of the 1./JG52, their bright yellow noses glinting in the sun, gather speed and altitude as they form up after take-off from their base at Coquelles, near Calais. Led by Hauptmann W...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Dawn Eagles Rising by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | September 1940: The Battle of Britain reaches a crescendo as Me109s of the 1./JG52, their bright yellow noses glinting in the sun, gather speed and altitude as they form up after take-off from their base at Coquelles, near Calais. Led by Hauptmann W...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
 | Feeling the Wolves Bite by Brian Bateman. Price : £90.00 | The twelfth of May, 1944. The German countryside is blooming with the coming of spring. Germanys struggle is coming to a crescendo as the Allies continue their assault on the Third Reich. Just above the deceptive peace of the countryside, Gruppenko...... | |
  | Top Cover by Gerald Coulson (C) Price : £410.00 | Big Brothers and Little Friends : the enduring bond between the bomber crews and fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth Air Force in their prolonged and hotly contested air war against Hitlers Nazi Germany, 1942-1945. ...... | |
| | Top Cover by Gerald Coulson (D) SOLD OUT | Big Brothers and Little Friends : the enduring bond between the bomber crews and fighter pilots of the USAAF Eighth Air Force in their prolonged and hotly contested air war against Hitlers Nazi Germany, 1942-1945. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Knight's Move by Robert Taylor (D) SOLD OUT | The awesome battleship Tirpitz under the command of Admiral Schniewind, in company with battleships Scheer and Hipper, setting sail during Operation Rosselsprung, destined for the open sea and the North Atlantic convoy traffic. Messerschmitt Me109s ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Alpine Thunder by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £200.00 | By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria. With American advance units nearing the outskirts of Munich, on 28th A...... | |
| | Alpine Thunder by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £280.00 | By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria. With American advance units nearing the outskirts of Munich, on 28th A...... | |
| | Alpine Thunder by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £260.00 | By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria. With American advance units nearing the outskirts of Munich, on 28th A...... | |
| | Alpine Thunder by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £180.00 | By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria. With American advance units nearing the outskirts of Munich, on 28th A...... | |
  | Horrido! by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | Of the many outstanding Luftwaffe fighter Wings of World War II, JG52 became the most successful. Many of the most famous Aces flew with this legendary wing, including one-time Squadron Commander Adolf Galland. JG-52 was home to the only fighter A...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Horrido! by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | Of the many outstanding Luftwaffe fighter Wings of World War II, JG52 became the most successful. Many of the most famous Aces flew with this legendary wing, including one-time Squadron Commander Adolf Galland. JG-52 was home to the only fighter A...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Horrido! by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Of the many outstanding Luftwaffe fighter Wings of World War II, JG52 became the most successful. Many of the most famous Aces flew with this legendary wing, including one-time Squadron Commander Adolf Galland. JG-52 was home to the only fighter A...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Horrido! by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | Of the many outstanding Luftwaffe fighter Wings of World War II, JG52 became the most successful. Many of the most famous Aces flew with this legendary wing, including one-time Squadron Commander Adolf Galland. JG-52 was home to the only fighter A...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Alpine Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian. (APE) Price : £115.00 | DHM2707APE. Alpine Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian. ...... | |
| | Alpine Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian. (H) Price : £100.00 | DHM2707H. Alpine Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian. ...... |
  | Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £395.00 | On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring th...... | |
| | Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £295.00 | On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring the...... | |
| | Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor. (C) Price : £465.00 | On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring th...... | |
| | Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring th...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor. (E) SOLD OUT | On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring the...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | The Long Short Days by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | It was known as the Jagdverbande, the fighter arm of the Luftwaffe, and by June 1940 it boasted some of the world's greatest fighter pilots. With tactics honed to perfection, these battle-seasoned veterans dominated the skies of Europe. But as...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | On the morning of 15th October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann Gunther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £430.00 | On the morning of 15th October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann Gunther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory....... | |
| | Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | On the morning of 15th October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann Gunther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. (RM) SOLD OUT | On the morning of 15th October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann Gunther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Knight of the Reich by Robert Taylor. (RMB) SOLD OUT | On the morning of 15th October 1943, as Bf109G's from III./JG52 dive into attack a group of Russian fighters high over Zaporozhye in south-east Ukraine, their Kommandeur Hauptmann Gunther Rall pounces on a Soviet La-5 to claim his 222nd victory....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Hunters at Dawn by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Those Aces with over 100 victories were exceptional. To reach 200 victories was a spectacular achievement. Yet two men went even further and accomplished a feat that will never be repeated - both of them shot down more than 300 enemy aircraft whic...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Walter Wolfrum by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £620.00 | Walter Wolfrum, a Knight's Cross winning German WW2 Ace with 137 victories, in his Bf109G. ...... | |
  | Gunther Rall by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £620.00 | With 275 victories credited, Gunther Rall is the third highest scoring Ace in history He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. ...... | |
  | The Frozen North, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. (P) Price : £390.00 | Walter Schuck and fellow pilot of JG5 Eismeer in front of a Me109F covered in tarpaulins as some protection against the weather in this most isolated and inhospitable theatre of the war. Schuck served with this unit from December 1942 to April 1945...... |
  | The New Unit, Kaltenkirchen, Germany 1945 by David Pentland. (P) Price : £650.00 | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. ...... | |
  | Squadron Leader Schuck, Germany, Spring 1945 by David Pentland. Price : £75.00 | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. ...... | |
| | Squadron Leader Schuck, Germany, Spring 1945 by David Pentland. (AP) Price : £90.00 | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. ...... | |
| | Squadron Leader Schuck, Germany, Spring 1945 by David Pentland. (B) Price : £420.00 | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. ...... | |
  | Squadron Leader Schuck, Germany, Spring 1945 by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Eagle in the Snow, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. (P) Price : £600.00 | Walter Schuck of JG5 Eismeer prepares to take off on patrol in his Me109F. Schuck served with this unit from December 1942 to April 1945, and in that time claimed 198 victories. ...... | |
  | Unhappy New Year by David Pentland. (P) Price : £460.00 | B78 Eindhoven, Holland, 1st January 1945. Major Heinz Bar, Kommodore of Jagdgeswader 3, bounces a flight of 438 Squadron RCAF Typhoons attempting to take off from Eindhoven airfield. His attack was merely the start of a massed attack by the entire...... | |
  | Breaking the Ring by David Pentland. (P) SOLD OUT | Cape Malyj-Korabelnye, Russia, 18th August 1943. While escorting Fw190s to attack Soviet shipping, ObLt. Schuck's flight of Me109G2s from 8./JG5 attacked the four Soviet Hurricanes of 78 IAP/VVS which were on patrol over the boats. The Soviet f...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | The New Steed by David Pentland. (P) Price : £380.00 | Neumunster, Germany, 24th March 1945. Four days after his first flight in an Me262, ObLt. Walter Schuck and his wingman engaged an F5 Lightning escorted by two P51 Mustangs. His wingman downed the F5, and in the subsequent chase Schuck claimed the 2...... | |
  | Deadly Pass by David Pentland. Price : £95.00 | Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass. ...... |
| | Deadly Pass by David Pentland. (AP) Price : £110.00 | Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass....... | |
| | Deadly Pass by David Pentland. (B) Price : £330.00 | Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass....... | |
  | Deadly Pass by David Pentland. (P) Price : £400.00 | Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass. ...... | |
  | Stormbirds over the Reich by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | Me262s of JV 44 make a high speed rocket attack on a formation of B-26 Marauders....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Hunter of the Arctic Sea by Timothy OBrien. (B) Price : £80.00 | Walter Schuck's 104th Victory, 17th June 1944. Schuck was posted to 7 Staffel, JG 5 in April 1942, flying on the Arctic Front. He claimed his first victory on 15th May 1942, a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3. On 5th June he shot down four Russian fighte...... |
| Oberleutnant Walter Schuck Squadron details |
JG3 Country : Germany | JG3 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 |
JG5 Country : Germany | 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 | 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. |
| Oberleutnant Walter Schuck Aircraft details |
 Me109 Manufacturer : Messerschmitt Built : 33984 | Me109 Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s. |
Me262 Manufacturer : Messerschmitt Built : 1400 | Me262 The Messerschmitt Me-262 Swallow, a masterpiece of engineering, was the first operational mass-produced jet to see service. Prototype testing of the airframe commenced in 1941 utilizing a piston engine. General Adolf Galland, who was in charge of the German Fighter Forces at that time, pressured both Goring and Hitler to accelerate the Me-262, and stress its use as a fighter to defend Germany from Allied bombers. Hitler, however, envisioned the 262 as the aircraft which might allow him to inflict punishment on Britain. About 1400 Swallows were produced, but fortunately for the Allies, only about 300 saw combat duty. While the original plans for the 262 presumed the use of BMW jet engines, production Swallows were ultimately equipped with Jumo 004B turbojet engines. The wing design of the 262 necessitated the unique triangular hull section of the fuselage, giving the aircraft a shark-like appearance. With an 18 degree swept wing, the 262 was capable of Mach .86. The 262 was totally ineffective in a turning duel with Allied fighters, and was also vulnerable to attack during take off and landings. The landing gear was also suspect, and many 262s were destroyed or damaged due to landing gear failure. Despite its sleek jet-age appearance, the 262 was roughly manufactured, because Germany had lost access to its normal aircraft assembly plants. In spite of these drawbacks the 262 was effective. For example, on April 7, 1945 a force of sixty 262s took on a large force of Allied bombers with escort fighters. Armed with their four nose-mounted cannons, and underwing rockets the Swallows succeeded in downing or damaging 25 Allied B-17s on that single mission. While it is unlikely that the outcome of the War could have been altered by an earlier introduction or greater production totals for this aircraft, it is clear to many historians that the duration of the War might have been drastically lengthened if the Me-262 had not been too little too late. |
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