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JG3
Founded :
Country : Germany
Fate :
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
JG3
JG3 Artwork Collection |
  Clipped Signature - Hans-Ekkehard Bob. |   Clipped Signature - Walter Loos. |   Combat Over Normandy by Graeme Lothian. |
  Fear Nothing by Anthony Saunders. |   Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. |   Dragons of Colombert by Nicolas Trudgian |
  The Battle for Britain by Robert Taylor. |   Ramraiders by Robert Tomlin. |   Ramraiders by Richard Taylor. |
  Morning Chorus by Gerald Coulson. |   Dora-Nine by Ivan Berryman. (PC) |   Unhappy New Year by David Pentland. |
| Aces for : JG3 | ||
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name. | ||
| Name | Victories | Info |
| Heinz Bar | 220.00 | The signature of Heinz Bar features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Walter Schuck | 206.00 | The signature of Walter Schuck features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Joachim Kirschner | 188.00 | |
| Kurt Hans Friedrich Brandle | 180.00 | |
| Gunther Schack | 174.00 | The signature of Gunther Schack features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke | 162.00 | |
| Gerhard Thyben | 157.00 | The signature of Gerhard Thyben features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Gordon Gollob | 150.00 | |
| Friedrich-Karl Muller | 140.00 | |
| Hans Waldmann | 134.00 | |
| Walter Oesau | 133.00 | |
| Wilhelm Lemke | 131.00 | |
| Walter Dahl | 128.00 | |
| Franz Dorr | 128.00 | |
| Wolf Ettel | 124.00 | |
| Werner Schroer | 114.00 | |
| Gunther Lutzow | 110.00 | |
| Emil Bitsch | 108.00 | |
| Viktor Bauer | 106.00 | |
| Werner Lucas | 106.00 | |
| Hans Schleef | 98.00 | |
| Helmut Mertens | 97.00 | |
| Hermann Schleinhege | 96.00 | The signature of Hermann Schleinhege features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Leopold Poldi Muenster | 95.00 | |
| Oskar Romm | 92.00 | |
| Eberhard von Boremski | 90.00 | |
| Georg Schentke | 90.00 | |
| Heinz Kemethmuller | 89.00 | |
| Walter Ohlrogge | 83.00 | |
| Otto Wessling | 83.00 | |
| Hans Grunberg | 82.00 | |
| Horst Haase | 82.00 | |
| Franz Beyer | 81.00 | |
| Wolfgang Ewald | 79.00 | |
| Gustav Frielinghaus | 74.00 | |
| Hans Fuss | 71.00 | |
| Alfred Heckmann | 71.00 | |
| Helmut Ruffler | 70.00 | The signature of Helmut Ruffler features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Franz Schwaiger | 67.00 | |
| Reinhold Hoffmann | 66.00 | |
| Franz Cech | 65.00 | |
| Franz Ruhl | 64.00 | |
| Hans-Ekkehard Bob | 60.00 | The signature of Hans-Ekkehard Bob features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Georg Michalek | 59.00 | |
| Siegfried Engfer | 58.00 | |
| Walter Brandt | 57.00 | |
| Kurt Ebener | 57.00 | |
| Wilhelm Balthasar | 54.00 | |
| Hans Ehlers | 52.00 | |
| Ludwig Hafner | 52.00 | |
| Klaus Quaet-Faslem | 49.00 | |
| Hans Reiff | 48.00 | |
| Oskar Zimmermann | 48.00 | |
| Herbert Kutscha | 47.00 | |
| Alfred Surau | 46.00 | |
| Hans Frese | 44.00 | |
| Jurgen Horschelmann | 44.00 | |
| Wilhelm Moritz | 44.00 | |
| Paul Stolte | 43.00 | |
| Rudolf Saborowski | 42.00 | |
| Robert Olejnik | 41.00 | |
| Dietrich Schmidt | 39.00 | |
| Walter Loos | 38.00 | The signature of Walter Loos features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Detlev Rohwer | 38.00 | |
| Kurt Sochatzy | 38.00 | |
| Klaus Neumann | 37.00 | |
| Hans Weik | 36.00 | The signature of Hans Weik features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Karl-Heinz Greisert | 36.00 | |
| Heinrich Graf von Einsiedel | 35.00 | |
| Hans von Hahn | 34.00 | |
| Erwin Leykauf | 33.00 | The signature of Erwin Leykauf features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Hans Stechmann | 33.00 | |
| Werner Gerth | 30.00 | |
| Karl-Heinz Langer | 30.00 | |
| Erich Woitke | 29.00 | |
| Eberhard Bock | 29.00 | |
| Horst Petzschler | 27.00 | |
| Helmut Meckel | 25.00 | |
| Ekkehard Tichy | 25.00 | |
| Heinrich Sannemann | 23.00 | |
| Willi Unger | 22.00 | |
| Franz von Werra | 21.00 | |
| Lothar Keller | 20.00 | |
| Karl-Heinz Krahl | 19.00 | |
| Winfried Schmidt | 19.00 | |
| Oskar Bosch | 18.00 | |
| Kurt Gräf | 18.00 | |
| Siegfried Muller | 17.00 | The signature of Siegfried Muller features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
| Herbert Springer | 16.00 | |
| Karl Faust | 15.00 | |
| Hans Ohly | 15.00 | |
| Wilhelm Gath | 14.00 | |
| Gotthard Glaubig | 12.00 | |
| Willy Stange | 12.00 | |
| Hans Klein | 10.00 | |
| Karl Pfeiffer | 10.00 | |
| Werner Schumacher | 10.00 | |
| Josef Bauer | 9.00 | |
| Karl Haberland | 9.00 | |
| Erich von Selle | 9.00 | |
| Werner Wenzel | 8.00 | |
| Josef Keil | 7.00 | |
| Helmut Tiedmann | 7.00 | |
| Gerhard Sprenger | 6.00 | |
| Heinz Schnabel | 6.00 | |
| Leonhard Göttmann | 5.00 | |
| Eugen Troha | 5.00 | |
| Friedrich-Franz von Cramon | 5.00 | |
| Hans-Herbert Landry | 5.00 | |
| JG3 Aircraft details |
 Fw190 Manufacturer : Fokke-Wulf | Fw190 The Focke-Wulf 190 development project began in 1937. Conceived as a hedge against total dependence on the Messerchmitt 109, the 190 was designed by Kurt Tank utilizing a radial engine. This was against generally accepted design criteria in Germany, and many historians believe that the decision to produce a radial engine fighter was largely due to the limited manufacturing capacity for in-line, water-cooled engines which were widely used on all other Luftwaffe aircraft. Despite these concerns, Tanks design was brilliant, and the 190 would become one of the top fighter aircraft of WWII. The first prototype flew in mid-1939. The aircraft had excellent flying characteristics, a wonderful rate of acceleration, and was heavily armed. By late 1940 the new fighter was ordered into production. Nicknamed the butcher bird, by Luftwaffe pilots, early 190s were quite successful in the bomber interceptor role, but at this stage of the war many Allied bombing raids lacked fighter escort. As the war dragged on, Allied bombers were increasingly accompanied by fighters, including the very effective P-51 Mustang. The Allies learned from experience that the 190s performance fell off sharply at altitudes above 20,000 feet. As a result, most Allied bombing missions were shifted to higher altitudes when fighter opposition was likely. Kurt Tank had recognized this shortcoming and began working on a high-altitude version of the 190 utilizing an in-line, water-cooled engine. Utilizing a Jumo 12-cylinder engine rated at 1770-HP, and capable of 2,240-HP for short bursts with its methanol injection system, the 190D, or Long Nose or Dora as it was called, had a top speed of 426-MPH at 22,000 feet. Armament was improved with two fuselage and two wing mounted 20mm cannon. To accommodate the changes in power plants the Dora had a longer, more streamlined fuselage, with 24 inches added to the nose, and an additional 19 inches added aft of the cockpit to compensate for the altered center of gravity. By mid 1944 the Dora began to reach fighter squadrons in quantity. Although the aircraft had all the right attributes to serve admirably in the high altitude interceptor role, it was not generally focused on such missions. Instead many 190Ds were assigned to protect airfields where Me-262 jet fighters were based. This was due to the latter aircrafts extreme vulnerability to Allied attack during takeoff and landing. The 190Ds also played a major role in Operation Bodenplatte, the New Years Day raid in 1945 which destroyed approximately 500 Allied aircraft on the ground. The High Command was impressed with the 190Ds record on this raid, and ordered most future production of the Doras to be equipped as fighter-bombers. In retrospect this was a strategic error, and this capable aircraft was not fully utilized in the role for which it was intended. |
 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. |
| JG3 Pilot and aircrew signature details |
 Heinz Bar Our estimated value of this signature : £50 Died : 1957 | Heinz Bar Lieutenant Colonel Oskar-Heinz Heinrich 'Pritzl' Bär born 25 May 1913 was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. He flew over a thousand combat missions, and fought in all major German theatres of the war, including the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean fronts. On 18 occasions he survived being shot down, and he was credited with 220 aerial victories. Heinz Bär, a Saxon with a strong accent, joined the Reichswehr in 1934 and transferred to the Luftwaffe in 1935. Serving first as a mechanic, then as a pilot on transport aircraft, he was informally trained as a fighter pilot. He claimed his first aerial victory in September 1939 on the French border. By the end of the Battle of Britain, his tally of victories had increased to 17. Transferred to the Eastern front to participate in Operation Barbarossa, he quickly accumulated further victories, a feat that earned him the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for 90 aerial victories in February 1942. During the remainder of World War II, Heinz Bär was credited with 130 other aerial victories, including 16 while flying one of the first jet fighters, the Me 262, an achievement which would normally have earned him the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds However, Hermann Göring's personal dislike of Bär, coupled with Bär's insubordinate character and lack of military discipline, deprived him of this award. After World War II, Bär continued his career as an aviator and was killed in a flying accident on 28 April 1957 near Braunschweig. |
  Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob Our estimated value of this signature : £50 Died : 2013 | Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob After success in the Battle of Britain, Hans-Ekkehard Bob took over leadership of 9./JG54 in 1940. The following year he was awarded the Knights Cross. Transferring to the Eastern Front his victories rose steadily to 50 by September 1942. His Group later transferred back to the West for a short period, where in April 1943, he rammed a B-17 Fortress. Returning to the Eastern Front as Kommander of IV./JG3, he ended the war as Adjutant of Gallands JV44 in the West. In his 700 missions he scored 60 victories. |
  Feldwebel Oscar Boesch Our estimated value of this signature : £45 Died : 2004 | Feldwebel Oscar Boesch Already a pilot of gliders, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1943 and after training was eventually posted to JG3. He volunteered for the Sturmstaffel 1 unit, a specialist anti-bomber unit flying modified Fw190s with better armour. After just a few days, his unit was merged into a unit of JG3. He scored his first victory on 29th April 1944 claiming a Flying Fortress, immediately followed by another of the bombers targetting Berlin. By November he had claimed another five bombers. The rest of his 18 victories were scored against Russian aircraft, except for an RAF Spitfire on 1st January 1945. In the final days of the war he survived a mid-air collision with a Russian fighter. He died in May 2004. |
 Generalmajor Josef Haibock Our estimated value of this signature : £40 | Generalmajor Josef Haibock Flew Me109s & Fw190s in the West & East with JG26, JG52 & JG3 scoring 77 victories. |
  Oberleutnant Erwin Leykauf Our estimated value of this signature : £45 | Oberleutnant Erwin Leykauf Born in January 1918, Erwin Leykauf learned to fly at glider school and Luftkriegschule, before being called up to fly at the beginning of the war. He flew with JG21 at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, which soon became JG54 where he scored his first 7 victories. Transferring to the Balkans and later the Eastern Front he was forced into an emergency landing behind enemy lines during Operation Barbarossa, eventually making his way back to rejoin his unit. On the night of 22nd - 23rd June 1942, he claimed 6 victories in less than one hour. In August 1943, Leykauf began converting with JG54 to the Fw190 fighter. At the end of the war he was with JG7, flying the Me262, although he did not get a chance to fly any missions on the jet fighter. Erwin was awarded the Iron Cross I and II and his victories had climbed to 33. |
  Captain Gunther Schack Our estimated value of this signature : £45 Died : 2003 | Captain Gunther Schack Major Günther Schack was born in Bartenstein, a small town in Eastern Prussia, on 12 November 1917 as the son of Dr. Willy Schack and his wife, Dorothea (maiden name: Nietzki). He studied at the University of Stuttgart and at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule. In 1937, when he first tried to join the Luftwaffe, he was categorised as wehruntauglich (unsuited for military service) because of a sports injury earlier in his life. Günther Schack resubmitted an application as a volunteer and was accepted into the Luftwaffe on 2 September 1939. After being trained as a fighter pilot, Schack was posted to 7th Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51. Schack claimed first aerial victory in combat on 23 July 1941 on the Eastern front. Meanwhile, he had been promoted to the rank of Unteroffizier. After his 48th aerial victory, he was ordered back to Germany to serve as a flight instructor and was promoted to Leutnant on 1 January 1943. In mid 1943 he returned back to the Eastern front, now serving in the 9th Staffel of JG 51. He claimed his century mark in aerial combat on 3 September 1943. On 8 December 1943 he was made Staffelkapitän of 9./JG 51. Leutnant Günther Schack was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 April 1944 for 133 aerial victories.[2] Schack was then promoted to Hauptmann on 1 July 1944. In December 1944, now a Gruppenkommandeur, in charge of I./JG 51. After this Gruppe was disbanded on 1 May 1945 he briefly was named commander of the 4th Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 3. By the end of the war, he had scored 174 victories in 780 aerial combats, and was shot down 15 times. Günther Schack died 14 June 2003 in Schmidt near Nideggen he was a German World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1939 until the end of World War II in 1945. He claimed 174 enemy aircraft shot down, all of them on the Russian front. He survived being shot down 15 times during his 780 combat missions. After the war he lived secluded in the Eifel Mountains, and devoted himself to philosophical research. |
 Leutnant Hermann Schleinhage Our estimated value of this signature : £45 Died : 2014 | Leutnant Hermann Schleinhage Born in 1916 Hermann Schleinhage joined I./JG3 as an Unteroffizier in 1941 before being posted to join II./JG54 Green Hearts in May 1942. He then flew continuously with JG54 through to the end of the war, by which time he was Staffelkapitan of 8./JG54. Flying a total of 484 combat missions, by the end of the war Hermann Schleinhage had reached a total of 98 victories, including 38 Soviet Il-2 Shturmoviks. In February 1945 he was awarded the Knights Cross. |
  Oberleutnant Walter Schuck Our estimated value of this signature : £70 Died : 2015 | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck Initially with JG3, Walter Schuck was posted north to 7./JG5 in April 1942. On 15 June 1944 he chalked up his 100th victory during a day when he shot down 6 aircraft. Two days later he had his most successful day, achieving 12 victories in twenty-four hours, a feat never surpassed in JG5. On 1 August, he assumed command of 10./JG5. Walter Schuck transferred to fly the Me262 as Staffelkapitan of 3./JG7, and achieved 8 further victories flying the new jet. His final tally was 206 air victories. He was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves. Walter Schuck died on 27th March 2015. |
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