Hackler, Heinrich "Heinz" Stab III/JG-77 Africa
 

Hello,

any infos around regarding his five victories in africa?

thx and regards
christian

Re: Hackler, Heinrich "Heinz" Stab III/JG-77 Africa
 

Dear Christian,
His victories are listed in Wikipedia, which is quite an obvious source, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Hackler
There is also a French site which lists all the victories of JG 77 in 1943 http://www.cieldegloire.fr/jg_077d.php
Unfortunately, I don't have access to any detailed reports of his victories.
Yours sincerely,
Teresa

Re: Hackler, Heinrich "Heinz" Stab III/JG-77 Africa
 

Hello Christian,
here is a comparison of the Ofw Hackler claims in Tunisia in the outdated JG 77 chronicle Vol. 3 (Prien 1994) with the Jagdfliegerverbände Vol. 8/II (2004) and Vol. 11/II (2011).

JG 77 chronicle
03.11.42 41 Hurricane
04.11.42 42 Hurricane
07.11.42 43 Spitfire
09.11.42 44 P-40
14.01.43 45 P-40
04.02.43 46 P-38
15.02.43 47 P-40
02.03.43 48 P-40
04.04.43 49 Spitfire
07.04.43 not confirmed P-40
11.04.43 50 Spitfire
25.04.43 51 Spitfire
04.05.43 52 Spitfire

JFV Vol. 8/II page 331
03.11.42 41 P-40
09.11.42 42 P-40
18.11.42 without information P-40

JFV Vol. 11/II page 534
18.01.43 45 P-38
04.02.43 not confirmed P-38
02.03.43 not confirmed P-40
04.03.43 not confirmed P-40
15.03.43 46 P-38
29.03.43 47 P-40
11.04.43 48 Spitfire
25.04.43 not confirmed P-40
04.05.43 not confirmed Spitfire
07.05.43 49 Spitfire
The gap between the claim numbers 42 and 45 is not explained.

Regards
Leo

Re: Hackler, Heinrich "Heinz" Stab III/JG-77 Africa
 

Hi Christian

Confirmed with Stab.III./JG 77 there are only two(nr's 24-25)
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9th November 1942 P-40 10km East of Sollum 1446 hrs 500 metres altitude
18th November 1942 P-40 10km NE Magrun 1237 hrs 400 metres A.S.M

With 8./JG 77:-

15th March 1943 P-38 30km West of Gafsa 1448 hrs 800 metres
29th March 1943 P-40 25km South of Maknassy 1910 hrs tiefflug
11th April 1943 Spitfire 15km West of Tebourba 1138 hrs 100 metres

Don't have a place for the next, so possibly outside of Afrika:-

7th May 1943 Spitfire 1522 hrs 1000 metres (nr.29)

Ends with 37 confirmed claims, many unconfirmed claims.

Kind Regards

Johannes