Английская Википедия:Franz Barten

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Franz Barten (26 January 1912 – 4 August 1944) was a World War II fighter ace from Germany. He was born on 26 January 1912 at Saarbrücken. Barten was credited with having shot down a total of 52 Allied aircraft.

On 4 August 1944, Barten was shot down in a Messerschmitt Bf 109 in aerial combat with P-47 Thunderbolt belonging to the United States Army Air Forces near Reinsehlen. He bailed out of his aircraft, but was shot while hanging in his parachute.

Career

Barten was born on 26 January 1912 in Saarbrücken. Following flight training,Шаблон:Refn he was transferred to the 2. Staffel (2nd squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing) on 1 July 1939.Шаблон:Sfn At the time, the Staffel was commanded by Oberleutnant Hannes Trautloft and subordinated to I. Gruppe (1st group) of JG 77 which was based at Breslau-Schöngarten.Шаблон:Sfn

World War II

World War II in Europe had begun on Friday 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland. In preparation for the invasion in end-August 1939, I. Gruppe of JG 77, to which the 2. Staffel was subordinated, had been moved from Breslau-Schöngarten to an airfield at Juliusburg, present-day Dobroszyce. The Gruppe operated over the left flank of Army Group South, supporting the 8th Army advance into Poland. Its main task was flying combat air patrols but had relatively little enemy contact.Шаблон:Sfn

On 25 August 1940, I. Gruppe of JG 77 relocated from Wyk auf Föhr to Marquise located near the English Channel to fight in the Battle of Britain.Шаблон:Sfn Barten claimed his first aerial victory on 14 September. That day, I. Gruppe flew a combat air patrol in the area of Tonbridge. On this mission, the Gruppe claimed five aerial victories, including a Hawker Hurricane by Barten, for the loss of two of their own.Шаблон:Sfn On 17 October, I. Gruppe flew a mission over southeastern England and to London. That day, Barten claimed two Hurricanes shot down.Шаблон:Sfn

On 13 July 1943, Barten was transferred and appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of the 9. Staffel (9th squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 53 (JG 53—53rd Fighter Wing). He succeeded Oberleutnant Hans Röhrig who was killed in action that day.Шаблон:Sfn

Defense of the Reich and death

On 28 June 1944, III. Gruppe arrived by train in Bad Lippspringe and initially subordinated to the 3. Jagd-Division (3rd Fighter Division) where they would be based for flying missions in Defense of the Reich.Шаблон:Sfn There, the Gruppe was assigned a number of inexperienced pilots directly coming from the Ergänungsgruppe, the supplementary training unit of JG 53. Over the next weeks, Barten and other experienced pilots further trained and prepared these pilots for their first combat missions.Шаблон:Sfn The Gruppe received a full complement of Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 aircraft, most of them equipped with the 20 mm MG 151/20 underwing gun pod. The Gruppenkommandeur Franz Götz ordered these gun pods removed as the additional weight had an adverse effect on the handling qualities, reducing the Bf 109s performance in fighter-versus-fighter combat.Шаблон:Sfn The Gruppe flew its first operational mission on 28 July. That day, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) Eighth Air Force targeted German fuel production in central Germany.Шаблон:Sfn

On 4 August 1944, Barten was shot down in aerial combat with USAAF Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters near the Luftwaffe airfield at Reinsehlen. He bailed out of his Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 441575—factory number) but was then killed. According to records of the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt), a German government agency which maintained records of who were killed in action, Barten fell to his death because his parachute failed to fully deploy after a low altitude bail-out.Шаблон:Sfn According to Weal, he was shot in his parachute by P-47 fighters. Posthumously, Barten was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Шаблон:Lang) on 24 October 1944 and also promoted to Hauptmann (captain).Шаблон:Sfn He was succeeded by Oberleutnant Martin von Vacano as commander of 9. Staffel.Шаблон:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to Obermaier, Barten was credited with 52 aerial victories, 39 of which on the Eastern Front, achieved in 895 combat missions.Шаблон:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 52 aerial victory claims. This number includes four claims during the Battle of Britain, 39 on the Eastern Front, and nine in the Mediterranean Theater including three heavy bombers.Шаблон:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 47612". The Luftwaffe grid map (Шаблон:Lang) covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about Шаблон:Convert. These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area Шаблон:Convert in size.Шаблон:Sfn

Chronicle of aerial victories

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Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Action at the Channel and over England — 25 August – 21 November 1940
1 14 September 1940 17:00 HurricaneШаблон:Sfn 3 17 October 40 18:05 Spitfire Tunbridge WellsШаблон:Sfn
2 17 October 1940 17:56 Hurricane south of Tunbridge WellsШаблон:Sfn
– 11. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn
Action at the Channel and over England — 21 November 1940 – 7 June 1941
4 15 April 1941 08:55 Spitfire southeast of BoulogneШаблон:Sfn
– 11. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
5 22 June 1941 16:10 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn 15 7 September 1941 17:12 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn
6 24 June 1941 09:38 SB-3Шаблон:Sfn 16 8 September 1941 05:30 I-18 (MiG-1)Шаблон:Sfn
7 29 June 1941 18:38 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn 17 9 September 1941 12:55 R-3Шаблон:Sfn
8 4 July 41 14:50 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn 18 9 September 1941 13:00 R-3Шаблон:Sfn
9 11 July 1941 07:40 ZKB-19Шаблон:Sfn?Шаблон:Refn 19 10 September 1941 11:56 R-3Шаблон:Sfn
10 13 July 1941 12:24 Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn 20 6 October 1941 16:55 I-18 (MiG-1)Шаблон:Sfn
11 15 July 1941 09:45 I-16Шаблон:Sfn 21 23 October 1941 15:20 Yak-1Шаблон:Sfn?Шаблон:Refn
12 15 July 1941 16:20 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn 22 27 October 1941 14:20 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn
13 9 August 1941 12:05 Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn 23 12 November 1941 08:10 SB-3Шаблон:Sfn
14 27 August 1941 16:50 Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn 24 12 November 1941 08:11 SB-3Шаблон:Sfn
– 11. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 30 April 1942
25 4 February 42 12:55 I-18 (MiG-1)Шаблон:Sfn 30 21 March 42 07:40 Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn
26 13 February 42 12:45 I-18 (MiG-1)Шаблон:Sfn 31 1 April 42 10:55 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn
27 18 February 42 12:47 I-18 (MiG-1)Шаблон:Sfn 32 6 April 42 07:20 Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn
28 19 February 42 14:00 I-61 (MiG-3)Шаблон:Sfn 33 6 April 42 14:35 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn
29 18 March 42 14:12 I-18 (MiG-1)Шаблон:Sfn
– 11. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 1 May – August 1942
34 30 May 42 05:40 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn 38 3 August 42 06:50 Il-2 PQ 47612Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert northeast of Rzhev
35 13 July 42 09:35 LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn 39 4 August 42 12:14 Il-2 PQ 36291Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert west of Konaja
36 2 August 42 11:55 LaGG-3 PQ 47551Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Rzhev
40 5 August 42 06:10 LaGG-3 PQ 47662Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert south of Staritsa
37 2 August 42 17:45 LaGG-3 PQ 47522Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Rzhev
41 5 August 42 06:20 Il-2 PQ 47852Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert southeast of Zubtsov
– 11. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 51 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — April 1943
42 8 April 43 15:40 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 45521Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert northeast of Utrikowo
43 8 April 43 15:42 Il-2 PQ 35 Ost 45342Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert north of Spas-Demensk
– 7. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater — July 1943
44 12 July 43 18:28 Spitfire Шаблон:Convert southeast of RamaccaШаблон:Sfn
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater — 13 July – 31 December 1943
45 19 August 43 12:33 B-17 east of SalernoШаблон:Sfn 48 3 September 43 13:53 B-24 Шаблон:Convert west of Villa LiternoШаблон:Sfn
46 20 August 43 12:32?Шаблон:Refn P-38 Шаблон:Convert east of Castel VolturnoШаблон:Sfn 49 1 December 43 12:48 P-38 Шаблон:Convert south of La SpeziaШаблон:Sfn
47 28 August 43 15:48?Шаблон:Refn P-38 Шаблон:Convert southeast of FondiШаблон:Sfn 50 28 December 43 11:45 B-24 Шаблон:Convert south-southwest of PaduaШаблон:Sfn
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater — 1 January – 27 June 1944
51 6 February 44 16:37 Spitfire Шаблон:Convert north of NettunoШаблон:Sfn 52 14 April 44 10:24 P-47 PQ 14 Ost S/FD-5Шаблон:Sfn
south of Elba

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