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 |
Awards
- Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 20 October 1941 as Oberfeldwebel in a JagdgeschwaderШаблон:Sfn
- German Cross in Gold on 22 May 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 11./Jagdgeschwader 51Шаблон:Sfn
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 October 1944 as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of the 9./Jagdgeschwader 53Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn
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