I./ZG 26, 1944 question.

[Evgeny Velichko]

Hi all!

Some questions appeared after reading book:

"Messerschmitt Me210/Me410" Squadron/Signal Publications, say that Oblt. Peter Jenne was Gr.Kdr. of I./ZG 26 at time of this unit was equipped with Me410's. Is it true, Oblt. (not Hptm. or Mjr.) as Gr.Kdr.? May be he was "acting Gr.Kdr."? Only I know that Jenne flew with "original Wespen Gruppe I./ZG 1" (and I found some confirms of his Ostfront victories with 1./ZG 1, for example I-153 over Stalingrad on Sept. 42), and was posted to StaKa 1./ZG 1 after Oblt. Rudiger Ossmann was killed in action on 18.10.43. But who was Gruppen Komandeur I./ZG 26 before Jenne (when Gruppe was equipped with Bf110G-2) and after Jenne? Michael Holms webpage does not shoing it.

http://pics.livejournal.com/bersrk/pic/0001ykz1/

Also, does Me410 of I./ZG 26 used theyr old "Wespen" emblem instead of "Ringelpietz" as official unit emblem? Was it common, or only few aircrafts weared it? I know II./ZG 26 weared "old original Clog" emblem, not "Wespe" from III./ZG 1.

http://pics.livejournal.com/bersrk/pic/0001xq84/

Last question: are StaKa's of "late I./ZG 26" known?

Best wishes!

[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.

[Evgeny Velichko]

Thank You very much! This is resolve that miracle He was Hauptmann when as Komander of I./ZG 26

Additions to Units:
Summer 1942 - 1./ZG 1, pilot
9.10.43 - 1./ZG 1, StaKa (previous, Oblt. R.Ossmann was killed by B-17 gunners)
13.10.43 - 1./ZG 26, StaKa
4.44 (?) - I./ZG 26, Gr.Kdr. (acting?)
7.44 - 1./JG 6, StaKa
12.09.44 - 12./JG 300, StaKa
1.01.45 - III./JG 300, Gr.Kdr. (previous, Major Hans-Karl Kamp killed in Luftkampf on 31.12.44)

About crash on 20.01.43 - from John Vasco's list it was Bf110G-2, 50% damage, and he is listed as 1./ZG 1 pilot.

19.09.42, Ltn. Peter Jenne, 1./ZG 1, LaGG-3,  5 km. südostw. Kotluban: 1.500 m., 06.13 (confirmed together with Oblt.R.Ossmann's victory - both LaGG-3's, 291 iap)
13.12.42, Ltn. Peter Jenne, Stab I./ZG 1, MiG-3,  29 484 at 1.000 m., 12.30
08.07.43, Oblt. Peter Jenne, 3./ZG 1, Il-4,  63 574: at 1.000 m. 09.30 (actually Il-2 two seater)
20.12.43, Oblt. Peter Jenne, 1./ZG 26, B-17,  Rolde b. Assen: no height 13.25
22.12.43, Oblt. Peter Jenne, 1./ZG 26, B-24,  vor Texel i. Holland: 8.000 m., 14.55
22.12.43, Oblt. Peter Jenne, 1./ZG 26, B-24,  vor Texel i. Holland: 8.000 m., 15.00
10.02.44, Oblt. Peter Jenne, 1./ZG 26, B-17,  6 km. S. Nienburg: 6.000 m., 12.25
17.12.44, Hptm. Peter Jenne, Stab III./JG 300, B-24,  RP: 6.000 m. [Sternburg], 12.15
17.12.44, Hptm. Peter Jenne, Stab III./JG 300, B-24,  RP: 6.000 m. [Sternburg], 12.15-20

In an encounter with enemy fighters on 2 March 1945 over Schmerwitz, Jenne was shot down in Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 (W.Nr. 151 533) “Blue 1”.

But who was Gr.Kdr. I./ZG 26 from 13.10.43 to march 1944?
And what ideas do You have gents about emblems question?

[John Manrho]

Hptm. Jenne left I./ZG 26 on the first of June 1944. He was never StaKa of 1./JG 6. Jenne became Kdr of I./ZG 26 on ~23.02.1944 when he was still an Oblt. Hptm. August Bier was Kdr of I./ZG 26 from 10.43 till 2.1944.

Cheers,

John.