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Robert Olejnik - Pilot Profile - Robert Olejnik

Robert Olejnik

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Victories : 41
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross
Knights
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Latest Axis Aviation Artwork !
In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 One of the all time great fighter aces, Adolf Galland is depicted flying Bf 109E-4/N of Stab/JG26 in September 1940. Galland flew 705 combat missions during World War Two and was credited with a final tally of 104 aerial victories. He survived the war and died peacefully in February 1996.

Tribute to Generalleutnant Adolf Galland by Ivan Berryman.		 Walter Briegleb is shown in his Ju88 G.7 4R+BR as he stalks his prey - on this occasion a Lancaster. Flying below their target, his crew would aim upward firing cannon at the inner wing of the bomber, igniting the fuel tanks. For the bomber crews, they were very much defenceless against this type of attack, and often had no idea of the presence of an enemy aircraft in the dark.

Tribute to Walter Briegleb by Ivan Berryman.		 The attack by Leutnant Walter Briegleb and his crew on Lancaster Mk.III ND960 DX-I of No.57 Sqn early on 22nd May 1944. Flying Me110 with codes D5+BV with his crew of Feldwebel Walter Bräunlich and Bordfunker Feldwebel Brandt, Briegleb flew undetected beneath the bomber and used the deadly 'Schräge Musik' - upward firing cannon - to hit the fuel tanks in the port wing between the fuselage and inner engine. Pulling away, he watched the aircraft burn and could see both gunners in their turrets but no return fire came. He wondered why none of the crew escaped by parachute with the bomber doomed - it disintegrated in the air over the coast of the island of Fyn, Denmark, impacting near Emtekær at 00:44hrs.<br><br><center>All of the crew were killed :<br>Flight Lieutenant Arthur Richards (Pilot)<br>Flying Officer William Woodall (Navigator)<br>Pilot Officer Athur Bugden (Flight Engineer)<br>Sergeant Thomas Edwards (Wireless Operator)<br>Flying Officer George Ferguson (Air Bomber)<br>Sergeant Harold Griffiths (Air Gunner)<br>Sergeant Cyril Woodmass (Air Gunner)

The Hunted and the Hunter by Ivan Berryman.

Robert Olejnik

Squadrons for : Robert Olejnik
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Robert Olejnik. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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JG1


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG1		JG1

German World War II fighter unit or wing which used the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, between 1940–1944. The name of the unit derives from Jagd, meaning hunt and Geschwader, meaning wing. First formed in May 1939 in eastern Prussia, I./JG 1 was one of the original groups created by the Luftwaffe as part of its expansion plans.

Between 1940 and 1942, JG 1 operated primarily over the Western Front and northern occupied Europe. During the initial days of the war, JG 1 faced little resistance, apart from occasional Royal Air Force (RAF) excursions. The unit was rarely engaged in large-scale confrontations during this time. From late 1942 onwards it was tasked with defense of the Reich duties. After D-Day, elements of JG 1 were moved to France and were tasked with air support to the army Wehrmacht, along with their air defense role. Operation Bodenplatte severely reduced the strength of JG 1.

Towards the end of the war, the unit was disbanded and its remaining pilots and aircraft were re-organized. What remained of these groups surrendered to Allied forces at the end of the war.

JG 1 was the first unit to attempt 'aerial bombing' techniques against the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) heavy bomber formations. It was the only unit to be equipped with the Heinkel He 162 jet fighter.

In 1944 the Oesau suffix was added to the unit's title, after its late Geschwaderkommodore Oberst Walter Oesau (127 kills), who was killed in action. Some 700 enemy aircraft were claimed shot down during the war.

JG3


Country : Germany
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG3		JG3

Jagdgeschwader 3 (JG 3) Udet was a Luftwaffe fighter-wing of World War II. The Geschwader operated on all the German fronts in the European Theatre of World War II. It was named after Ernst Udet in 1942.

Commanders of IV./JG 3

Major Franz Beyer, 1. June 1943
Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 February 1944
Major Friedrich-Karl Müller, 26 February 1944
Hauptmann Heinz Lang , 11 April 1944
Major Wilhelm Moritz, 18 April 1944
Hauptmann Hubert-York Weydenhammer, 5 December 1944
Major Erwin Bacsila, 5 January 1945
Oberleutnant Oskar Romm, 17 February 1945
Hauptmann Gerhard Koall, 25 April 1945
Hauptmann Günther Schack, 1 Mai 1945

Known Victory Claims - Robert Olejnik

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

26/08/1940Ofw. Robert Olejnik2JG 3HurricaneFaversham-Western Front
05/09/1940Ofw. Robert Olejnik2JG 3SpitfireThemesmündung-Western Front
05/09/1940Ofw. Robert Olejnik2JG 3SpitfireThemesmündung-Western Front
05/10/1940Ofw. Robert Olejnik2JG 3SpitfireCanterbury-Western Front
05/02/1941Ofw. Robert Olejnik2JG 3SpitfireNW St. Omer-Western Front
22/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3I-16 Rata-3.4Eastern Front
23/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-2--Eastern Front
23/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-2--Eastern Front
23/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-2--Eastern Front
23/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-2--Eastern Front
26/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
26/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
26/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
26/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
26/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
27/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
27/06/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
02/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3V-11--Eastern Front
02/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3U-2--Eastern Front
03/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3I-16 Rata--Eastern Front
06/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3Shepetowka15.38Eastern Front
07/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-2--Eastern Front
08/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
08/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
08/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
09/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3--Eastern Front
10/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-2--Eastern Front
11/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3I-16--Eastern Front
11/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3I-16--Eastern Front
16/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-3--Eastern Front
16/07/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-3--Eastern Front
01/08/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-340km SE Malin11.25Eastern Front
09/08/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3DB-3-8.45Eastern Front
11/08/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3SB-3--Eastern Front
25/08/1941Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3R-10N. Ostijew7.55Eastern Front
09/05/1943Hptm. Robert Olejnik4JG 1Mosquito15km SE Den Helder20.13Western Front
31/05/1943Hptm. Robert OlejnikStab II.JG 1Spitfire60km north Margate-Western Front
13/07/1943Oblt. Robert Olejnik1JG 3I-16--Eastern Front
26/07/1943Hptm. Robert OlejnikStab III.JG 1B-17--Western Front
17/08/1943Hptm. Robert OlejnikStab III.JG 1B-17QR-9: 6000m15.45Western Front
08/10/1943Hptm. Robert OlejnikStab III.JG 1B-17DT: 7800m [ENE Bremen]15.23Western Front

Known Claims : 41

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