Alexandre Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Hello Gentlemen, Im looking for infos about Karl Gratz from JG52 Thx in advance Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) Karl Gratz Leutnant24.1.1919 Wiener Neustadt / AustriaRK 1.7.1942 as Unteroffizier, DK 26.7.1943, EP 8.6.1942 Here's all I could find. It's from this website: http://www.jg52.de/gb-gratz.htm"Charlie" Gratz was transfered to 8./JG 52 in Russia in fall 1941 and scored his first victory in February 1942. During summer he added victories to his tally like a string of pearls. He was awarded Knightscross after 54 victories, scoring a further 29 in fall 1942. Acting as an instructor for a couple of months he was posted to II./JG 2 deployed at the Channel in March 1943. He made a good impression from the start, shotting down two Spitfires on the 4/4/1943, his 85th and 86th kill respectivly. He scored a total of 17 kills in the West before he was transfered back to his old Gruppe at the Eastern Front. He scored his 104th kill on the 22/5/1944 and after receiving his commission he took over the command over 10./JG 52 on the 1/1/1945. From the 16/2/1945 up to the end of the war he bagged another 18 enemy planes. As with many other memebers of JG 52 he was handed over the Soviets, despite surrendering to American troops and had to spend four years imprisoned.Approximatly 900 missions138 victories, including 17 in the West. 3 of them were four engined bombers. Doc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edited November 24, 2006 by Riley1965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 (edited) Hello, Karl gratz was awarded the following as far as i could find them: * Honour Goblet - as a Uffz. - date : 08.06.1942* Knights Cross - as a Uffz. - date : 01.07.1942 - Unit: 8./J.G. 52* German cross in Gold - as a Fw. - date : 08.06.1943 - Unit: 8./J.G. 52De not be surpised that a KC was awarded before a German cross, these things did happen and is often seen with Luftwaffe personel.Hope this does help.Cordial greetings,ps: did just see that Doc already posted the info Edited November 24, 2006 by Stijn David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 Hello GuysThx a lot for the infosRegards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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