Английская Википедия:Gustav Francsi

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox military person Gustav-Eduard Francsi (4 November 1914 – 6 October 1961) was a German night fighter ace who flew and fought in World War II.

Francsi initially flew as a bomber pilot in the Luftwaffe and transferred to the night fighter force in late 1941. He served in Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 (NJG 100—Night Fighter Wing 100) and was credited with 56 aerial victories, 49 of which on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn^{[Note 1]}

He flew over 250 combat missions and was awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.Шаблон:Sfn Fransci's record is unique in the Luftwaffe, for he was the leading night fighter ace on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn Despite his high total, he remains only thirteenth on the list of the most successful German night fighter aces.Шаблон:Sfn

Francsi survived the war but did not re-join the armed forces. On 6 October 1961, he died off the Spanish coast near Sant Feliu de Guíxols in an attempt to rescue his drowning fiancé.Шаблон:Sfn

Early life and career

Francsi was born on 4 November 1914 in Gierswalde, present-day part of Uslar, at the time a village in the German Empire during World War I.Шаблон:Sfn

World War II

Francsi flew over 100 combat missions as a bomber pilot with 2. Staffel (2nd squadron) of Kampfgeschwader 40 (KG 40—40th Bomber Wing) in the Norwegian Campaign against Narvik and in the Battle of Britain.Шаблон:Sfn In late 1941, he transferred to the night fighter force where he spend nearly years instructing and serving in secondary roles. Francsi was posted to the 1. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 (NJG 100—100th Night Fighter Wing) operating on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn Francsi joined the unit in late 1943.Шаблон:Sfn

Eastern Front

NJG 100 was created on 1 August 1943 to meet the threat of Red Air Force nocturnal operations on the Eastern Front.Шаблон:Sfn 1 staffel was formed from 12./Nachtjagdgeschwader 5 1 staffel was initially attached to Luftflotte 6 (Air Fleet 6) supporting Army Group Centre.Шаблон:Sfn To expand the Geschwader further, 10./NJG 5 was reformed as 2./NJG 100 and attached to Luftflotte 4 (Air Fleet 4) supporting Army Group North.Шаблон:Sfn In December another two Staffeln were introduced; 3 and 4 staffel were also attached to Luftflotte 6. They remained on the central sector until 2 staffel moved to support Army Group South in December and was tasked with defending Romania, in particular Bucharest. NJG 100 also operated from Focșani, Buzău, Otopeni, Zilişte until the country was overrun by the Red Army.Шаблон:Sfn The smallest operating unit of NJG 100 was a schäwrme (two pairs of two aircraft). This was the result of the far-flung deployment of the Eastern Front night fighter forces.Шаблон:Sfn Each schäwrme was a small staffel (squadron) which was about a quarter the size of a standard unit. The lack of numerical strength as offset by the use of the Himmelbett (canopy bed defence system which made the Kammhuber Line), consisting of a rail-portable Freya radar station. Although the German Eastern Front units often lacked airborne radar, they were assisted by a ground radar controller. Fransci and 2 staffel were based at Stalino and Poltava. The gap between the small units were expected to cover was roughly Шаблон:Convert longШаблон:Sfn

Francsi claimed his first aerial victory on the night of 4/5 March 1944. The location was reported simply as "Russia" at 18:14. Francsi recorded the Soviet aircraft as Ilyushin DB-3 medium bomber.Шаблон:Sfn A second victory was recorded at 00:07 on 1 April 1944 over a Polikarpov Po-2 (U-2).Шаблон:Sfn Francsi achieved his fourth victory the same day, when that evening, the night 1/2 April 1944 he downed two U-2 aircraft at 22:05 and 22:18.Шаблон:Sfn He became a night ace on 5 April when he downed a U-2 at 01:54.Шаблон:Sfn The next night, that evening, he claimed a U-2 at 21:09 and a Polikarpov R-5 at 21:57.Шаблон:Sfn At 21:57, Francsi downed his eighth victory—yet another R-5.Шаблон:Sfn On the night of 20/21 April 1944, Fransci experienced his most successful night to date. Between 22:24 and 23:42, he shot down two U-2s and an R-5.Шаблон:Sfn Another two victories on 28/29 April at 22:00 and 22:30 were the only claims filed that night. On the evening of the 30 April Francsi claimed another Hat-trick between 21:26 and 22:30. The claims included two U-2s and an R-5. The final Soviet aircraft was his 16th victory.Шаблон:Sfn

In May to July 1944 there were many changes in NJG 100. 2. Staffel remained in the south until it was re-designated 4. Staffel and sent north to operate over Latvia, Finland and the Baltic Sea from the main base at Laksberg, Tallinn, Estonia, under the command of Luftflotte 1 (Air Fleet 1) and attached to NJG 201 at Riga. It was then sent back to support Army Group South. It served in night fighter operations over Poland and Hungary and finished the war at Wiener Neustadt under the operational command of III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6, itself an operational detachment of Nachtjagdgeschwader 101.Шаблон:Sfn

From 7 June to 31 August, NJG 100 moved around the Eastern Front and operated from various bases in various sectors.Шаблон:Sfn In June 1944 the Red Army began Operation Bagration. The Soviet air forces stepped up their operations at night whilst also landing partisans behind the front using U-2 and R-5 aircraft. Before the offensive began, Fransci intercepted a U-2 and R-5 on the night of the 17/18 June 1944 and claimed them at 22:44 and 23:23.Шаблон:Sfn By this date Francsi was operating with 1 staffel.Шаблон:Sfn The unit was operated from airfields at Pinsk and Babruysk.Шаблон:Sfn At 00:27 on 21 June he shot down an American-built Douglas A-20 Havoc.Шаблон:Sfn On the evening of the 25 June he claimed a U-2 at 22:36 and another 30 kilometres northeast of Pinsk, Byelorussian SSR. Francsi claimed another at 01:38, northeast of Pinsk.Шаблон:Sfn

NJG 100 is listed on the Luftflotte 6 order of battle for the 26 June 1944. It was assigned to Jagdabschnittführer 6 (Fighter Section Leader 6) at Baranovichi.Шаблон:Sfn 4./NJG 100 was based at Pukovichi under the same command.Шаблон:Sfn North of Baranovichi on 28 June, he shot down a Consolidated B-24 Liberator at 00:33, followed this up with another B-24 at 00:45. At 00:12 on 29 June Francsi accounted for an Ilyushin Il-4 for his 25th victory. Francsi achieved his 26th victory within twenty-four hours when he accounted for another Douglas A-20 at 23:29.Шаблон:Sfn Francsi continued his success in the summer, accounting for another Il-4 at 00:28 on 1 July, three more on 5 July at 23:01, 23:08 and 23:16, one at 00:00 on 8/9 July, one at 23:48 on 14 July.Шаблон:Sfn

Warsaw airlift

As the German front collapsed in the aftermath of Bagration the Polish Home Army began the Warsaw Uprising in the hope of liberating the city. The Royal Air Force (RAF) No. 205 Group RAF, under the command of Air Commodore John Herbert Thomas Simpson, flew supply missions to support the Poles. The British committed the 1568th Polish SD Flight, 148, 178 and No. 624 Squadron RAF to the operation. The South African Air Force No. 2 Wing, lent 31, and 34 Squadron SAAF. NJG 100 performed interceptions of these supply operations. From 13 to 16 August 1944, 17 aircraft were shot down, and 31 were lost overall from British units.Шаблон:Sfn German night fighter pilots claimed 11 over Poland and Eastern Europe until the night of the 16/17 August.Шаблон:Sfn

Francsi was the only German night fighter pilot to claim a victory on 14/15 August 1944, when he claimed three (misidentified) Avro Lancaster bombers at 00:28, 01:38 and 01:54 over Warsaw.Шаблон:Sfn The RAF lost only three this night, all B-24s from No. 178 Squadron RAF. Flight Lieutenant Edwin Charles Thyer, in B-24, RG873 code Q, Lieutenant, Ralph Laurence Lawson, KG828 code F (who had seconded SAAF members aboard),Шаблон:Sfn and Flight Sergeant Murray Alexander Baxter EW264, code X.Шаблон:Sfn

On the night of the 16/17 August Francsi made four further claims; a Handley-Page Halifax over Opoczno at 23:53, another at Bochina, and a Lancaster at Tarnów at 01:50, and another Lancaster at 02:18 over Przemyśl.Шаблон:Sfn Only Oberfeldwebel Helmut Dahms of Francsi's staffel claimed another victory over Poland that night at 02:27 near Kraków in the south. Francsi's success inflated his tally to 39 enemy aircraft destroyed.Шаблон:Sfn Among the most notable RAF casualties on the night was Squadron leader, commanding officer, 178 Squadron, J. P. Liversidge RAAF, killed whilst flying B-24 KG933. Three of his crew were taken prisoner of war and two were killed.Шаблон:Sfn 31 Squadron SAAF lost five bombers on this night. B-24 Liberators flown by Captain Leonard Charles Allen, Captain Gordon Lawrie, Lieutenant Allen John McInnes, Lieutenant Anthony James Munro (EV941, code Q) and Major Izak Johannes Meyer Odendaal were lost. Odendaal was killed when his Liberator blew up in mid-air. Lawrie was killed when his bomber, EW161, code W, crashed in flames after being shot down by a night fighter.Шаблон:Sfn Fransci was awarded the German Cross in Gold (Шаблон:Lang) on 10 September for 39 victories.Шаблон:Sfn That same month he achieved a solitary victory on 22/23 September 1944—his 40th—an Il-4 at 01:10. The location is unknown.Шаблон:Sfn

Defence of the Reich

By November 1944, I./NJG 100 had moved north to Prowehren near Königsberg, East Prussia. 1. staffel remained near Hohensalza.Шаблон:Sfn Francsi was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Шаблон:Lang) on 29 October 1944, having achieved 40 bombers shot down.Шаблон:Sfn

Francsi claimed another Il-4 in an unknown location and an unknown time on the night of the 14/15 December 1944.Шаблон:Sfn I./NJG 100 were also flying missions on 20/21 December. Fellow night fighter pilot Günther Bertram accounted for three IL-4s to reach his 29th of a total of 35 night victories. Helmut Dahms also claimed his 15th and 16th victories. Leutnant Francsi achieved his 42nd this night over an Il-4, but all the times and locations for the unit are not recorded.Шаблон:Sfn On 14/15 January 1945 Francsi claimed his 43rd victory at an unrecorded time and location. A fellow I./NJG 100 pilot, Oberleutnant Klaus Scheer, based nearby, claimed over Olyta, that night to reach 22 victories.Шаблон:Sfn

On 15/16 February 1945, an Il-4 was claimed for the 44th victory, another on the night of the 24/25, and another two successes against this aircraft brought his total to 47 aerial victories on the night of the 8/9 March 1945. An Il-4 was once again the aircraft claimed for his 48th and 49th victory on 18/19 March. Two IL-4s on 21/22 March, three on 27/28 March and two on 17/18 April 1945 brought his tally to 56. Francsi claimed a further two IL-4s shot down on 24/25 April 1945 for his 57th and 58th victory but they may not have been confirmed. They were his last successes of the war.Шаблон:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Francsi was credited with 56 aerial victories.Шаблон:Sfn Foreman, Parry and Mathews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 58 nocturnal victory claims.Шаблон:Sfn Mathews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing Francsi with 60 claims. Two claims dated 11/12 March 1945 are not recorded in Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945.Шаблон:Sfn

Chronicle of aerial victories
Шаблон:Legend Шаблон:Legend
Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location
– I. Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 –Шаблон:Sfn
1	4 March 1944	18:14	DB-3 Шаблон:Sfn
2	1 April 1944	00:07	U-2 Шаблон:Sfn
3	1 April 1944	22:05	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
4	1 April 1944	22:18	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
5	5 April 1944	01:54	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
	6 April 1944	21:09	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
7	5 April 1944	21:57	R-5	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
8	14 April 1944	21:27	R-5	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
9	20 April 1944	22:24	R-5	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
10	20 April 1944	23:27	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
11	20 April 1944	23:42	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
12	28 April 1944	22:00	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
13	28 April 1944	22:30	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
14	30 April 1944	21:26	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
15	30 April 1944	21:46	R-5	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
16	30 April 1944	22:30	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
17	17 June 1944	22:44	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
18	17 June 1944	23:23	R-5	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
19	21 June 1944	00:27	Boston	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
20	25 June 1944	22:36	U-2	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
21	25 June 1944	22:57	U-2	Шаблон:Convert northeast of Pinsk Шаблон:Sfn
22	26 June 1944	01:38	U-2	northeast of PinskШаблон:Sfn
23	28 June 1944	00:33	B-24	north of Baranavichy Шаблон:Sfn
24	28 June 1944	00:45	B-24	north of BaranavichyШаблон:Sfn
25	29 June 1944	00:12	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
26	29 June 1944	23:29	Boston	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
27	1 July 1944	00:28	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
28	4 July 1944	23:01	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
29	4 July 1944	23:08	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
30	4 July 1944	23:16	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
31	8 July 1944	24:00	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
32	14 July 1944	23:48	Il-4	RussiaШаблон:Sfn
33	15 August 1944	00:28	Lancaster	Warsaw Шаблон:Sfn
34	15 August 1944	01:38	Lancaster	WarsawШаблон:Sfn
35	15 August 1944	01:54	Lancaster	WarsawШаблон:Sfn
36	16 August 1944	23:54	Halifax	Opoczno Шаблон:Sfn
37	17 August 1944	01:18	Halifax	Bochnia Шаблон:Sfn
38	17 August 1944	01:50	Lancaster	Tarnów Шаблон:Sfn
39	17 August 1944	02:18	Lancaster	Przemyśl Шаблон:Sfn
40	23 September 1944	01:10	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn
41	14/15 December 1944	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn
42	20/21 December 1944	Шаблон:Center	Li-2 (PS-84)Шаблон:Sfn
43	14/15 January 1945?Шаблон:Refn	Шаблон:Center	Li-2 (PS-84)Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
44	15/16 February 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
45	24/25 February 1945?Шаблон:Refn	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
46	8/9 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
47	8/9 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
48!	11/12 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
49!	11/12 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
50	18/19 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
51	18/19 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
52	21/22 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
53	21/22 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
54	27/28 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
55	27/28 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
56	27/28 March 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
57	17/18 April 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
58	17/18 April 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
59	24/25 April 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front
60	24/25 April 1945	Шаблон:Center	Il-4Шаблон:Sfn	Eastern Front

Awards

Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe) (21 June 1941)Шаблон:Sfn
German Cross in Gold on 10 September 1944 as Leutnant in the 1./Nachtjagdgeschwader 100Шаблон:Sfn
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 October 1944 as Leutnant and pilot in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 100Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Refn

Notes

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