Is there a way to determine if this Hauptmann is the same individual who received the Zivil Abzeichen in 1936?
Hauptmann Georg Schröder, Gruppenkommandeur II/JG 2 recalled:
‘Already in April-May 1944 it became clear to us at the front, through the increase in enemy escort fighters, now also with much greater range, and thus also the expansion of the four-engined bomber attacks on the German motherland, that a definite change was approaching.’
During the infamous Operation Bodenplatte on January 1, 1945, JG 2 was assigned to attack St Trond Airdrome in Belgium, where U.S. Thunderbolt-equipped 48th FG and 404th FG were stationed. Five JG 2 fighters were shot down by Allied ground fire as they passed the frontline. Another five were destroyed by the antiaircraft artillery at St Trond. Among the latter was the Fw 190 D-9 piloted by Hauptmann Georg Schröder, the Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 2. Then the return flight developed into a virtual gauntlet. With twenty-three pilots and forty-two aircraft lost, JG 2 was the hardest hit Geschwader on January 1, 1945.
Hptm. SCHRÖDER Georg JG 2 Staff II. Group Captivity (group commander)
Hauptmann Georg Schröder, Gruppenkommandeur II/JG 2 recalled:
‘Already in April-May 1944 it became clear to us at the front, through the increase in enemy escort fighters, now also with much greater range, and thus also the expansion of the four-engined bomber attacks on the German motherland, that a definite change was approaching.’
During the infamous Operation Bodenplatte on January 1, 1945, JG 2 was assigned to attack St Trond Airdrome in Belgium, where U.S. Thunderbolt-equipped 48th FG and 404th FG were stationed. Five JG 2 fighters were shot down by Allied ground fire as they passed the frontline. Another five were destroyed by the antiaircraft artillery at St Trond. Among the latter was the Fw 190 D-9 piloted by Hauptmann Georg Schröder, the Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 2. Then the return flight developed into a virtual gauntlet. With twenty-three pilots and forty-two aircraft lost, JG 2 was the hardest hit Geschwader on January 1, 1945.
Hptm. SCHRÖDER Georg JG 2 Staff II. Group Captivity (group commander)
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