Английская Википедия:Eduard Isken

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Eduard Isken (15 April 1918 – 7 January 1997) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. During his career Eduard Isken was credited with 56 aerial victories.

Career

Isken was born on 15 April 1918 in Hagendingen, at the time in the district of Metz in the Bezirk Lothringen (German Lorraine) of the German Empire. Today Hagendingen is Hagondange in north-eastern France.Шаблон:Sfn Isken was posted to the III. Gruppe (3rd group) of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing) in mid-1940 where he was assigned to the 7. Staffel (7th squadron).Шаблон:Sfn The Staffel had been newly formed on 9 August 1940 and was placed under the command of Oberleutnant Wolfdieter Huy.Шаблон:Sfn On 7 September, III. Gruppe moved to an airfield at Neuruppin. Initially, the Gruppe was equipped with both Messerschmitt Bf 109 E aircraft as well as captured French Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighters. The Gruppe flew the P-36 until 29 October.Шаблон:Sfn

On 6 November 1941, Isken's Bf 109 F-4 was hit in oil cooler by anti-aircraft artillery resulting in a forced landing near Belobek.Шаблон:Sfn On 15 January 1942, he made an emergency landing in his Bf 109 F-4 (Werknummer 7138—factory number) at Grammatikowo located near Sovietskyi and was injured in the process.Шаблон:Sfn

Mediterranean Theater

On 23 October 1942, the British Eighth Army launched the Second Battle of El Alamein. Preceding this attack, the Luftwaffe had already planned to replace Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27—27th Fighter Wing), which had been fighting in North African theater, with JG 77.Шаблон:Sfn In preparation for this rotation, III. Gruppe of JG 77 was moved to Munich on 19 October where it was equipped with the Bf 109 G-2/trop. On 23 and 24 October, the Gruppe moved to Bari in southern Italy.Шаблон:Sfn The Gruppe then relocated to Tobruk Airfield on 26 October.Шаблон:Sfn The following day, the Gruppe moved to an airfield at Tanyet-Harun.Шаблон:Sfn

On 11 December, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) 66th Fighter Squadron attacked an Axis forces encampment and intercepted by Luftwaffe Bf 109 fighters and Italian Macchi fighters. In the afternoon, III. Gruppe engaged in combat with Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighters from the Royal Air Force (RAF) No. 112 Squadron. That day, the RAF and USAAF lost or had damaged four P-40 fighters, one of which may have been credited to Isken.Шаблон:Sfn

On 12 August 1944, the USAAF XII Tactical Air Command, supported by elements of the RAF, attacked German radar installations in the area of the French Riviera. Defending against this attack, Isken and Obergefreiter Horst Rippert may have shot down the Supermarine Spitfire fighter MJ442 from the No. 232 Squadron piloted by Lieutenat Geoffrey W. Dibb.Шаблон:Sfn

On 14 January 1945, Isken was presented the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Шаблон:Lang) at the airfield in Nellingen.Шаблон:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Isken was credited with 56 aerial victories.Шаблон:Sfn Obermaier also lists him with 56 aerial victories, 16 on the Eastern Front and 40 on Western Front, including 17 four-engined heavy bombers, claimed in 946 combat missions.Шаблон:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for more than 44 aerial victory claims, plus two further unconfirmed claims. This number includes more than 19 on the Western Front, including two four-engined heavy bombers, and 25 on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 9876". 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

Шаблон:Legend Шаблон:Legend

Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– 7. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
1 25 July 1941 19:40 I-153Шаблон:Sfn 8?Шаблон:Refn 26 September 1941 Шаблон:Center MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn
2 25 July 1941 19:44 I-153 PQ 9876Шаблон:Sfn 9?[Note 1] 26 September 1941 Шаблон:Center MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn
3 29 August 1941 07:03 DB-3 PQ 3756Шаблон:Sfn 10 30 September 1941 10:25 MiG-3 PQ 4619Шаблон:Sfn
4 4 September 1941 05:55 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn 11 30 September 1941 10:35 R-ZШаблон:Sfn?Шаблон:Refn
5 4 September 1941 16:55 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn 12 5 October 1941 08:10 I-61 (MiG-3)Шаблон:Sfn
6 20 September 1941 07:45 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn 13 15 October 1941 09:35 I-61 (MiG-3)Шаблон:Sfn
7 23 September 1941 17:35 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn 14 6 November 1941 07:20 LaGG-3 PQ 3541Шаблон:Sfn
– 7. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 15 January 1942
15 4 January 1942 10:35 I-153Шаблон:Sfn 17 6 January 1942 12:35 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn
16?[Note 1] 5 January 1942 11:35 I-153 PQ 5678Шаблон:Sfn
– 7. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 1 May – June 1942
18 12 May 1942 17:03 I-16 PQ 6025Шаблон:Sfn 21 5 June 1942 04:15 MiG-1Шаблон:Sfn
19 18 May 1942 05:20 I-180 (Yak-7)Шаблон:Sfn 22 6 June 1942 12:58 Il-2 PQ 3544Шаблон:Sfn
20 19 May 1942 15:25 U-2Шаблон:Sfn 23 18 June 1942 15:17 LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — July 1942
24 5 July 1942 17:20 Yak-1 PQ 66873Шаблон:Sfn ?Шаблон:Refn 23 July 1942 13:45 Yak-1
?[Note 2] 5 July 1942 17:22 Yak-1 ?[Note 2] 24 July 1942 14:40 R-Z
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, North Africa — 26 October – 31 December 1942
25 4 November 1942 06:00 Hurricane Sanyet Quotaifiya airfieldШаблон:Sfn 27?[Note 1] 11 December 1942 Шаблон:Center P-40Шаблон:Sfn
26 4 November 1942 06:01 Hurricane Шаблон:Convert north of Sanyet QuotaifiyaШаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, North Africa — 1 January – May 1943
30 31 January 1943 12:44 P-38 PQ 03 Ost 94164, west of El HamaШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Center 19 April 1943 Шаблон:Center SpitfireШаблон:Sfn
31 3 February 1943 16:47 P-40 PQ 03 Ost 86874, ThelepteШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Center 25 April 1943 Шаблон:Center P-40Шаблон:Sfn
32 4 April 1943 13:55 Spitfire PQ 13 Ost 06752, Bou ThadiШаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, Italy — June – 25 October 1943
33 24 June 1943 09:55 P-38 PQ 04 Ost 81731, west of TresnuraghesШаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert southeast of Lecce
34 24 June 1943 10:02 P-38 PQ 04 Ost 8175, northwest of OristanoШаблон:Sfn
vicinity of Lecce
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgruppe 200 –Шаблон:Sfn
Defense against the Invasion in Southern France — 6 June – 31 August 1944
35 15 June 1944 12:00 P-38 PQ 04 Ost S/DK-5/4, OrangeШаблон:Sfn 41 11 August 1944 18:12 P-47 PQ 04 Ost S/DL-5Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert southwest of Cassis
36 12 July 1944 10:48 B-24 PQ 04 Ost S/CM-3Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert south of Toulon
42 12 August 1944 10:30 Spitfire PQ 04 Ost S/DN-1/2Шаблон:Sfn
northeast of Hyères
37 14 July 1944 09:17 B-17 PQ 04 Ost S/5678Шаблон:Sfn
Valence
43 12 August 1944 18:28 P-47 PQ 04 Ost S/BM-7Шаблон:Sfn
north of Saint-Maximin
38?[Note 1] 7 August 1944 Шаблон:Center B-25 PQ 04 Ost S/AKШаблон:Sfn 44 14 August 1944 10:23 P-51 PQ 04 Ost S/CM-6/8Шаблон:Sfn
north of Saint-Maximin
39?[Note 1] 8 August 1944 Шаблон:Center P-47 PQ 04 Ost S/BJ-2Шаблон:Sfn 45?[Note 1] 15 August 1944 07:31 P-38 PQ 04 Ost S/BN-4, north of ToulonШаблон:Sfn
40?[Note 1] 8 August 1944 Шаблон:Center P-47 PQ 04 Ost S/BJ/CJШаблон:Sfn
– 13. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –Шаблон:Sfn
Defense of the Reich and on the Western Front — 21 July – 31 December 1944
46 29 October 1944 11:45 P-51 PQ 05 Ost US-7Шаблон:Sfn
northeast of Karlsruhe
According to Prien, Balke, Stemmer and Bock, pilots of IV. Gruppe of JG 53 claimed three Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters shot down near Donaueschingen on 22 December 1944. Two of these P-47 fighters may be the two missing aerial victories claimed by Isken.Шаблон:Sfn These claims are not documented by Mathews and Foreman.Шаблон:Sfn
49 24 December 1944 13:00 B-26Шаблон:Sfn
– 13. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –Шаблон:Sfn
Operation Bodenplatte — 1 January 1945
50 1 January 1945 Шаблон:Center AusterШаблон:Sfn
– 13. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 53 –
Claims without a location and date in 1945
According to Prien, Isken claimed five aerial victories in March 1945, among them two Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighters on one day. In April 1945, Isken claimed his 56th aerial victory over a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.Шаблон:Sfn These claims are not documented by Mathews and Foreman.Шаблон:Sfn

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