I./ZG 26, 1944 question.

[Peter Kassak]

Ahout Jenne this is what I was able to dig out of his personal Karte at Aachen some years ago:
* Born: 5. June 1920 Wittenberg/Sachsen Promotions:
1.4.1940 - Fhj-Gefr.
1.6.1940 - Fhj.Uffz.
1.9.1940 - Fhr. at FFS (C) 3
1.2.1941 - Ofhr.
1.4.1941 - Lt.
1.4.1943 - Oblt.
1.4.1944 - Hptm at I./ ZG 26
Units:
5.1.1940 - 2. Komp A/Fl. Ausb Rgt 42
16.7.1940 - Sch./Fl. Ausb Rgt 21
17.7.1940 - -"-
12.12.1940 - FFS C 3 Atl Lönnewitz
25.10.1941 - Nachtjagdschule 1 Neubiberg
August 1944 III./ JG 300
Decorations:
26.6.1942 - EK II
4.8.1942 - EK I
20.11.1942 - Ehrenpokal
1.4.1943 - DK in Gold
13.9.1942 - Frontflugspange in Gold
2.2.1945 -RK
20.1.1943 crash with Bf 110 G-0/Tr. W.Nr.5147 (S9+GB) at 11.32 at airfield Schachty-Nord, 70%
Stab I./ ZG 1, pilot Lt. Peter Jenne, Bordfunker Fw. Alfonz Jehle (KIA) during landing maneuver, Pilot overflew landing cross over 150 m, was long on landing strip and finished at the end in 50 cm deep fresh snow.


On his tally were 17 planes shot down in air combats and 12 tanks, 12 vehicles destroyed on the ground.