Английская Википедия:Franz Hrdlicka
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Franz Hrdlicka[Note 1] (15 October 1920 – 25 March 1945) was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. During his career Franz Hrdlicka was credited with 60 aerial victories.
Career
Hrdlicka was born on 15 October 1920 in Maxdorf in Mähren, present-day the suburb Dvorska of Brno in the Czech Republic. He volunteered for service in the Luftwaffe in late 1939.
On 6 August 1942, Hrdlicka was shot down and wounded in his Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 (Werknummer 7021—factory number) near the airfield at Kastornoje, approximately Шаблон:Cvt west of Voronezh.Шаблон:Sfn
On 27 September 1944 he was shot down and wounded in combat with Supermarine Spitfires near Arnhem but managed to bail out.Шаблон:Sfn Following his 44th aerial victory, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Шаблон:Lang) on 9 August 1944. He was transferred to Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" (JG 2—2nd Fighter Wing) in mid-October 1944. There he first commanded the 1. Staffel as Staffelkapitän (squadron leader).Шаблон:Sfn
Group commander and death
On 18 December 1944, Hrdlicka was appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of the I. Gruppe of JG 2 "Richthofen". He succeeded Hauptmann Kurt Hoffmann who temporarily had led the Gruppe after its former commander, Major Walter Matoni had been injured on 5 December.Шаблон:Sfn
Hrdlicka was shot down by United States Army Air Forces fighters and killed in action on 25 March 1945 near Betzenrod, present-day a suburb of Schotten, Hesse.Шаблон:Sfn His remains were recovered on 8 September 1951. He had been nominated for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Шаблон:Lang) which was not approved.Шаблон:Sfn
Summary of career
Aerial victory claims
Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and state that he claimed at least 44 aerial victories. This figure includes 24 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and at least 20 over the Western Allies, including three four-engined heavy bombers.Шаблон:Sfn
Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 83194". 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 |
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 July 1941 | 12:47 | I-16Шаблон:Sfn | 5 | 10 October 1941 | 10:10 | Il-2Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 2 | 6 August 1941 | 15:33 | MiG-3Шаблон:Sfn | 6 | 22 October 1941 | 11:00 | R-5Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 3 | 12 August 1941 | 13:14 | SB-2Шаблон:Sfn | vicinity of Odessa | 7 | 17 November 1941 | 13:39 | I-153Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 4 | 25 September 1941 | 15:00 | I-153Шаблон:Sfn | ||||||
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn Eastern Front — 17 March – 30 April 1942 | |||||||||
| 8 | 17 March 1942 | 12:38 | DB-3Шаблон:Sfn | 10 | 24 March 1942 | 13:00 | I-16Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 9 | 19 March 1942 | 15:20 | I-153Шаблон:Sfn | ||||||
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn Eastern Front — 1 May – 7 November 1942 | |||||||||
| 11 | 8 May 1942 | 12:11 | MiG-1Шаблон:Sfn | 18 | 21 July 1942 | 18:45 | HurricaneШаблон:Sfn | ||
| # | 11 May 1942 | 12:28 | DB-3Шаблон:Sfn | 19 | 21 July 1942 | 19:20 | HurricaneШаблон:Sfn | ||
| 13 | 14 June 1942 | 14:51 | I-153Шаблон:Sfn | 20 | 24 July 1942 | 05:46 | LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 14 | 6 July 1942 | 18:03 | P-40Шаблон:Sfn | 21 | 24 July 1942 | 05:50 | U-2Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 15 | 12 July 1942 | 17:09 | Yak-1Шаблон:Sfn | 22 | 25 July 1942 | 18:13 | Pe-2Шаблон:Sfn | ||
| 16 | 13 July 1942 | 10:45 | Il-2Шаблон:Sfn | 23 | 31 July 1942 | 15:47 | Il-2 | PQ 83194Шаблон:Sfn | |
| 17 | 21 July 1942 | 16:34 | LaGG-3Шаблон:Sfn | 24 | 6 August 1942 | 18:04 | Pe-2 | PQ 82153Шаблон:Sfn | |
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn Mediterranean Theater, North Africa — 1–31 December 1942 | |||||||||
| 25 | 20 December 1942 | 07:50 | P-40 | PQ 13 Ost 62732Шаблон:Sfn | |||||
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn North Africa — 1 January – May 1943 | |||||||||
| 26 | 1 January 1943 | 10:55 | P-40 | Шаблон:Convert southwest of airfield ZazurШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Buerat |
29?Шаблон:Refn | 24 March 1943 | 08:35 | Spitfire | Шаблон:Convert south-southeast of GabèsШаблон:Sfn |
| 27 | 1 March 1943 | 14:58 | P-38?Шаблон:Refn | southeast of ThélepteШаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Convert northwest of Buerat |
30 | 26 March 1943 | 10:50?Шаблон:Refn | Spitfire | Шаблон:Convert south-southeast of El HammaШаблон:Sfn |
| 28 | 13 March 1943 | 17:45 | P-39 | Шаблон:Convert west-southwest of SfaxШаблон:Sfn | 31 | 1 April 1943 | 18:10 | Spitfire | Шаблон:Convert east of El GuetterШаблон:Sfn |
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn Mediterranean Theater, Italy — June – 31 December 1943 | |||||||||
| 32 | 20 June 1943 | 08:35 | P-38 | PQ 13 Ost 28134, west of Chinisia AirfieldШаблон:Sfn | 35 | 9 July 1943 | 07:28 | P-40 | Шаблон:Convert east-northeast of Castelvetrano AirfieldШаблон:Sfn |
| 33 | 4 July 1943 | 11:28 | Spitfire | Шаблон:Convert east of SyracuseШаблон:Sfn | 36 | 19 August 1943 | 11:12 | P-51 | PQ 03 Ost 59274, east of StromboliШаблон:Sfn |
| 34 | 5 July 1943 | 11:40 | B-17 | Шаблон:Convert west of SyracuseШаблон:Sfn | 37 | 9 November 1943 | 12:05 | P-38 | PQ 04 Ost 75712Шаблон:Sfn |
| – 5. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 77 –Шаблон:Sfn Mediterranean Theater, Italy — 1 January – 8 September 1944 | |||||||||
| 38 | 6 February 1944 | 08:10 | P-51 | PQ 14 Ost S/22423Шаблон:Sfn | 42 | 4 June 1944 | 11:20 | Spitfire | PQ 14 Ost UBШаблон:Sfn northwest of Pistoia |
| 39 | 20 March 1944 | 12:15 | Spitfire | PQ 14 OST S/FA-7Шаблон:Sfn south of Elba |
43 | 26 June 1944 | 12:18 | B-24 | PQ 14 Ost N/5338Шаблон:Sfn |
| 40 | 18 April 1944 | 08:12 | P-51 | Шаблон:Convert southwest of BraccianoШаблон:Sfn southwest of Lake Bracciano |
44 | 5 July 1944 | 13:08 | P-47 | PQ 14 Ost S/BE-1/1Шаблон:Sfn Sansepolcro |
| 41 | 29 May 1944 | 11:44 | B-24 | PQ 14 Ost S/66373Шаблон:Sfn southeast of Zagreb |
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| – Stab III. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen" –Шаблон:Sfn Western Front — 18–31 December 1944 | |||||||||
| 45 | 23 December 1944 | 12:03 | B-26 | PQ 05 Ost ON-5Шаблон:Sfn Roetgen |
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Awards and decorations
- Aviator badge
- Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe in Gold
- Wound Badge (1939)
- in Black
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st ClassШаблон:Sfn
- Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 13 September 1942 as Leutnant and pilotШаблон:Sfn
- German Cross in Gold on 12 July 1943 as Oberleutnant in the II./Jagdgeschwader 77Шаблон:Sfn
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 August 1944 as Hauptmann and Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 77Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Refn
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