Английская Википедия:Emil Omert

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Emil Omert (15 January 1918 – 24 April 1944) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Omert claimed 70 aerial victories in over 700 missions, including 125 fighter-bomber and ground attack mission. He also claimed 25 aircraft destroyed on the ground. Emil Omert was awarded the Knight's Cross on 19 March 1942 for 50 victories. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Career

Omert was born on 15 January 1918 in Ginolfs, present-day part of Oberelsbach, at the time in the Kingdom of Bavaria within the German Empire. Following flight training,Шаблон:Refn he was posted to the II. Gruppe (2nd group) of Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3—3rd Fighter Wing) on 1 February 1940. He was then transferred to the 4. Staffel (4th squadron) of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2—2nd Fighter Wing) before he was again transferred to 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77—77th Fighter Wing) in late 1940.Шаблон:Sfn

Eastern Front

In preparation for Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, III. Gruppe was moved to Bucharest and was located in the sector of Heeresgruppe Süd (Army Group South). III. Gruppe arrived in Bucharest on 16 June.Шаблон:Sfn Four days later, III. Gruppe moved to Roman.Шаблон:Sfn

By end-1941, Omert had increased his total number of aerial victories to 39 claims.Шаблон:Sfn On 10 February 1942, Omert was appointed Staffelkapitän of 8. Staffel of JG 77, replacing Leutnant Wilhelm Schopper in this capacity.Шаблон:Sfn

Mediterranean Theater and Romania

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 31 January 1943, Omert claimed two Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters near Kebili and El Hamma.Шаблон:Sfn On 4 April, Omert claimed a Supermarine Spitfire fighter shot down Шаблон:Convert northwest of Skhira.Шаблон:Sfn On 13 July, Omert was shot down and wounded in his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 18447—factory number) in aerial combat with Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters resulting in an emergency landing north-northeast of Enna.Шаблон:Sfn During his convalescence, he was temporarily replaced by Oberleutnant Helmut Hänsel.Шаблон:Sfn

When on 10 March 1944, Major Kurt Ubben, the commander of III. Gruppe of JG 77 was transferred, Omert was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of III. Gruppe. At the time, Omert at the time was still with II. Gruppe of JG 77 and in consequence, III. Gruppe was briefly led by Hauptmann Karl Bresoschek.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Omert was killed in action on 24 April 1944 after attacking USAAF four engine bombers over Finta Mare, Romania. He bailed out of his Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 160826) and was then shot and killed by marauding US fighter aircraft while hanging in his parachute.Шаблон:Sfn Command of III. Gruppe was then again given to Bresoschek, and later to Oberleutnant Erhard Niese, before Major Armin Köhler took command on 1 August 1944.Шаблон:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Omert was credited with 70 aerial victories.Шаблон:Sfn Spick also lists him with 70 aerial victories, 50 on the Eastern Front, 3 in the Mediterranean theater and 17 on the Western Front, claimed in approximately 700 combat missions.Шаблон:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 55 aerial victory claims, plus ten further unconfirmed claims. This number includes 42 claims on the Eastern Front and 13 on the Western Front, including two four-engined bombers.Шаблон:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 3744". 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
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Balkans and Crete — 1 April – 1 June 1941
1 6 April 1941 12:40 IK-2 BelgradeШаблон:Sfn
northwest of Prnjavor
2 26 May 1941 15:50 Blenheim Maleme
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – September 1941
3 24 June 1941 Шаблон:Center?Шаблон:Refn SB-2?Шаблон:Sfn[Note 1] 14 29 August 1941 07:24 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn
4 24 June 1941 18:42 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn ?Шаблон:Refn 1 September 1941 16:02 I-16
5 24 June 1941 18:50 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn 15 2 September 1941 08:55 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn
6 26 June 1941 Шаблон:Center?Шаблон:Refn ZKB-19?Шаблон:Sfn[Note 2] 16 6 September 1941 09:20 I-16Шаблон:Sfn
7 26 June 1941 10:50 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn 17 6 September 1941 09:30 I-16Шаблон:Sfn
8 26 June 1941 10:56 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn 18 8 September 1941 07:30 I-16 PQ 3744Шаблон:Sfn
9 26 June 1941 11:12 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn 19 23 September 1941 17:17 I-153Шаблон:Sfn
10 4 August 1941 18:44?Шаблон:Refn R-10?Шаблон:Sfn[Note 3] 20 25 September 1941 13:13 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn
11 20 August 1941 18:32 SeverskyШаблон:Sfn 21 28 September 1941 15:50 Il-2Шаблон:Sfn
12?Шаблон:Refn 22 August 1941 14:38 I-15Шаблон:Sfn 22 30 September 1941 10:30 Il-2Шаблон:Sfn
13 29 August 1941 07:16 DB-3Шаблон:Sfn
Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Operation Barbarossa — October – 5 December 1941
23 2 October 1941 11:51 MiG-3 PQ 3858Шаблон:Sfn 30 20 October 1941 13:10 LaGG-3 Шаблон:Convert northwest of DzhankoiШаблон:Sfn
24 9 October 1941 15:10 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn 31 20 October 1941 16:15 I-15 Шаблон:Convert southwest of JuschunШаблон:Sfn
25 9 October 1941 15:11 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn 32?Шаблон:Refn 20 October 1941 Шаблон:Center I-15Шаблон:Sfn
26 10 October 1941 06:22 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn 33?[Note 4] 23 October 1941 Шаблон:Center I-16Шаблон:Sfn
27 10 October 1941 06:24 MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn 34 23 October 1941 16:25 I-15Шаблон:Sfn
28 12 October 1941 10:10 I-16 PQ 3628Шаблон:Sfn 35 26 October 1941 15:32 I-15Шаблон:Sfn
29 18 October 1941 06:10 LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn
Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 10 February 1942
36 9 December 1941 12:33 I-15Шаблон:Sfn 39 11 December 1941 13:39 SB-2Шаблон:Sfn
37 9 December 1941 12:36 I-15Шаблон:Sfn 40 24 January 1942 16:05 R-5Шаблон:Sfn
38 9 December 1941 12:38 I-15Шаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 10 February – 20 March 1942
41 23 February 1942 11:20 I-153Шаблон:Sfn 43?[Note 4] 14 March 1942 Шаблон:Center I-61 (MiG-3)Шаблон:Sfn
42?[Note 4] 23 February 1942 Шаблон:Center I-15Шаблон:Sfn 44 16 March 1942 10:58 DB-3 PQ 5687Шаблон:Sfn
vicinity of Kerch
Шаблон:Center 12 March 1942 Шаблон:Center I-153Шаблон:Sfn 45?[Note 4] 16 March 1942 Шаблон:Center I-180 (Yak-7)Шаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Eastern Front — 1 May – 16 October 1942
47?Шаблон:Refn 9 May 1942 Шаблон:Center I-16Шаблон:Sfn 51 18 June 1942 Шаблон:Center?Шаблон:Refn Il-2Шаблон:Sfn
48 20 May 1942 04:07 Pe-2 PQ 79241Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert north-northwest of Sloviansk
52 12 September 1942 14:02 LaGG-3 PQ 10182Шаблон:Sfn
49 26 May 1942 14:10 Il-2 PQ 60832Шаблон:Sfn
vicinity of Petrovskaya
53?[Note 4] 13 September 1942 Шаблон:Center Il-2Шаблон:Sfn
50 12 June 1942 18:26 Il-2 PQ 35444Шаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, North Africa — 26 October – 31 December 1942
54?[Note 4] 7 November 1942 Шаблон:Center P-40Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Center 21 December 1942 Шаблон:Center P-40 southeast os SirteШаблон:Sfn
55 10 December 1942 10:30 P-40 PQ 03 Ost 9135Шаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, North Africa — 1 January – May 1943
56 14 January 1943 11:25 P-40 PQ 13 Ost 42143, west of Bir DufanШаблон:Sfn 59 26 February 1943 08:45 P-40 PQ 13 Ost 04353, MarethШаблон:Sfn
57 31 January 1943 12:43 P-38 PQ 03 Ost 94153, south of SenedШаблон:Sfn 60 26 February 1943 15:45 P-40 PQ 13 Ost 04874, southeast of MedenineШаблон:Sfn
58 31 January 1943 12:48 P-38 PQ 03 Ost 94151, south of SenedШаблон:Sfn 61 4 April 1943 10:57 Spitfire Шаблон:Convert northwest of CekleiraШаблон:Sfn
– 8. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, Italy — June – 25 October 1943
Шаблон:Center?Шаблон:Refn 23 June 1943 Шаблон:Center P-38 Шаблон:Center?[Note 5] 24 June 1943 Шаблон:Center P-38
Stab II. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, Italy — 29 January – 31 March 1944
62 19 February 1944 13:27 Spitfire Шаблон:Convert northeast of NettunoШаблон:Sfn 63 19 February 1944 13:57 Spitfire PQ 14 Ost S/GD-5Шаблон:Sfn
Marta
Stab III. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn
Mediterranean Theater, Italy — 3 – 24 April 1944
64 5 April 1944?Шаблон:Refn 14:22 B-24* PQ 24 Ost 55143Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert east of Pitești
65 5 April 1944?[Note 6] 15:00 B-24 PQ 24 Ost 55242Шаблон:Sfn
Шаблон:Convert west-southwest of Târgșoru Nou

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