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Gunther Josten - Pilot Profile - Gunther Josten

Gunther Josten

Victories : 178
-----------------------------
Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis
Died : 7th July 2004


Awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron CrossAwarded Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross
Knights
Cross		Oak Leaves

Oberleutnant Günther Josten born 7 November 1921 - died 7 July 2004 aged 82, was a German former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves[1] during World War II. He was born in Rhynern, in the city of Hamm in the Province of Westphalia.

He joined the Luftwaffe in January 1940 and was transferred to the Jagdgruppe Drontheim on November 1, 1941. At the end of August 1942 he was reassigned to 3./JG 51 on the Eastern front. On February 23, 1943 he claimed his first aerial victory. On July 10, 1943 he scored multiple times for his claims 8 to 10. Three days later on July 13 he shot down 5 Il-2 Sturmoviks for victories 12 to 16. All in all he claimed 19 victories in July and 30 in August. After a successful September with 26 victories he was transferred to Luftkriegsschule Fürstenfeldbruck. He returned to his Staffel on February 3, 1944. Two days later he claimed two Bostons and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross as Oberfeldwebel.

He claimed his 90th victory on May 2, 1944 and was promoted to Leutnant. On September 18, 1944 he took command of his 3./JG 51. On September 20 he reached the century mark. His 123. aerial victory was a Boeing B-17 on a supply mission to Warsaw. By October 26 his score had reached 139 claims. His 150th kill was claimed on February 16, 1945. On March 28, 1945 Oberleutnant Josten was awarded the 810th Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross for 161. aerial victories. He was promoted to Gruppenkommandeur of IV./JG 51 on April 18, 1945. His last seven aerial victories were claimed on April 25, 1945.

Josten flew 420 combat missions, was never shot down, and was officially credited with shooting down 178 enemy aircraft.

After World War II, Günther Josten rejoined the military service in the Bundeswehr and succeeded Erich Hartmann as Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 71. It was under his command that Jagdgeschwader 71 reequipped the Canadair Sabre with the U.S.-made Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Oberst Josten retired on 31 March 1981.

Günther had a brother, Reinhard Josten, he also served in the Jagdgeschwader 51 and was killed in action on 21 April 1942.


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.

Gunther Josten

Squadrons for : Gunther Josten
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JG51


Country : Germany
Founded : August 1939
'Ace of Hearts'

Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of JG51		JG51

Jagdgeschwader 51 Mölders was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II, named after the fighter ace Werner Mölders in 1942. JG 51's pilots won more Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes than any other Jagdgeschwader, and flew combat from 1939 in all major theatres of war. Flying Bf 109s and then FW 190s, the wing claimed over 8,000 air victories. Experten included 'Toni' Hafner, Heinz Bär, Richard Leppla, Karl-Gottfried Nordmann, Günther Schack and the legendary Mölders.

Formed in August 1939, and commanded by 48-year-old World War I ace Onkel Theo Osterkamp, the early months of the war JG 51 was based in the West, fighting in the French campaign, and in the Battle of Britain. From late June to mid July JG 51 was the only fighter Geschwader engaged against the RAF constantly. During the whole battle JG 51 lost 68 pilots, the highest casualty rate of the Luftwaffe fighter units engaged. JG 51 was one of the two Geschewader that had four Gruppen. The other being JG 1.

Four Bf 109 of JG 51 in France 1940Whilst based out of the Belgian airfield at Mardyik in late 1940, the German ace Josef Pips Priller was a Staffelkapitän with JG 51, flying Bf 109-E Yellow One. Josef Priller went on to score over 100 victories, the third highest scoring Luftwaffe day fighter ace on the Western Front, fighting solely against the Western Allies.

Against the Western Allies JG 51 had claimed 345 aircraft destroyed by May 1941. JG 51 were therefore one of the Jagdwaffe's elite units, with 'top ten' aces at this time including Werner Mölders with 68 claims, Walter Oesau with 34 claims, and Hermann-Friedrich Joppien with 31. Major Werner Mölders became unit Geschwaderkommodore during July 1940 and led the unit into the invasion of Russia in June 1941.

Barbarossa (1941)

Claiming 69 kills on the first day of the offensive, by 30 June 1941 JG 51 became the first fighter Geschwader to claim 1,000 air victories (113 kills in 157 sorties were claimed for the day). On 24 June JG 51 claimed 57 bombers shot down for the day. Mölders became the first fighter pilot to reach 100 claims in August and in the same month JG 51's Oberfeldwebel Heinz Bär reached 60 claims and was decorated with the Oak Leaves. A total of 500 Soviet claims was reached on 12 July 1941, although 6 pilots had been lost by JG 51 in the intervening 3 weeks since the offensive had started.

After Mölders' departure in September 1941 (and death later that year) the Geschwader adopted his name as a title of honor in early 1942. Jagdgeschwader 51 Mölders was to remain on the centre sector of the Russian front throughout the rest of 1941. However Oberstleutnant Friedrich Beckh ( one of the few fighter pilots to wear spectacles) proved an uncharismatic commander after Mölders, and it was not until Major Karl-Gottfried Nordmann took over in April 1942 that a worthy successor to Mölders was found. In the period 22 June - 5 December 1941 the unit destroyed 1,881 Soviet aircraft, in return for 84 losses in aerial combat and a single aircraft on the ground.

Air support for the Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre was entrusted to General Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen's VIII. Fliegerkorps. In early January 1942, among the fighter units available to von Richthofen were II, III and IV/ JG 51. With the onset of the sub-zero conditions of the Russian winter, the majority of JG 51's available aircraft became grounded.

The Russian winter counter offensive forced III./ JG 51 into flying numerous fighter-bomber operations in direct support of the infantry, and the gruppe filed few aerial 'kill' claims through January 1942. II./ JG 51 however, accounted for most of VIII. Fliegerkorps's aerial victories during the Soviet offensive. Particularly successful was the duo of Lt. Hans Strelow and Ofw. Wilhelm Mink, both of 5. JG 51. They claimed five MiG-3s of 16 IAP on 4 January (Mink claimed three) and 9 days later Mink claimed a Pe-2 and Strelow destroyed two R-Z biplanes for his 30th and 31st victories. On 4 February, Strelow increased his victories to 36 by shooting down four Russian aircraft. The 19 year-old Strelow claimed his 40th victory on 28 February and claimed 4 victories on both 6 March and 17 March. The next day he was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes and also shot down seven Soviet aircraft. He was awarded the Eichenlaub on 24 March, his claims total at 66.

Normandy (1944)

7./JG 51, (with Bf 109G-6's) was attached to II./JG 1 in May 1944 from Brest-Litovsk, with pilots arriving at Störmede late in May and hurriedly converting to the FW-190. (It was later renamed 8./JG 1 on 15 August 1944 when the four-Staffeln Gruppe became standard) 7. Staffel was led by Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross winner) Hptm. Karl-Heinz Weber with 136 confirmed kills. Its two other experten were Lt. Friedrich Krakowitzer (23 kills) and Ofhr. Günther Heckmann with 12 kills.

7./JG 51 joined II. Gruppe with 15 pilots on strength at the end of May, and during the first two months of the Normandy campaign the staffel was decimated, with twelve pilots killed, one POW and one severely wounded.

As the war turned against Germany JG 51 was forced to operate closer and closer to Germany, finally staging out of East Prussia.

Known Victory Claims - Gunther Josten

DATE

PILOT

UNIT

JG

CLAIMED

LOCATION

TIME

FRONT

22/03/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-263 372: 800m8.1Eastern Front
08/06/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-254 863: 200m19.13Eastern Front
10/06/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-244 593: 200m19.16Eastern Front
10/06/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-244 484: tiefflug19.21Eastern Front
10/06/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-244 462: tiefflug19.25Eastern Front
10/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51MiG-363 577: 2000m7.24Eastern Front
10/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-263 587: 300m11.25Eastern Front
10/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-253 664: 400m11.3Eastern Front
12/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-263 233: 200m5.46Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-264 881: 800m7Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-264 886: 300m7.03Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.63 244: 300m13.45Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.63 219: 180m13.5Eastern Front
13/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.63 244: 150m14.05Eastern Front
17/07/1943Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-263 532: 300m10.42Eastern Front
19/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-164 845: 200m11.32Eastern Front
22/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.64 749: tiefstflug18.2Eastern Front
25/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.53 616: 4000m12.34Eastern Front
25/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.53 422: 100m12.5Eastern Front
25/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.53 426: 200m12.55Eastern Front
28/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.54 649: 100m10.3Eastern Front
28/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.54 681: 100m10.33Eastern Front
31/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.54 679: 200m8.58Eastern Front
31/07/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-354 675: 300m9.03Eastern Front
02/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5SE Kronje: 200m8.42Eastern Front
02/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.SW Kronje: 100m8.45Eastern Front
02/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.SSW Kronje: 100m9.25Eastern Front
03/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-554 445: tiefstflug15.2Eastern Front
03/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.53 414: 200m15.1Eastern Front
05/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten8JG 51Boston55 176: 2000m4.37Eastern Front
07/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Airacobra53 227: 4000m5.32Eastern Front
07/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51MiG-354 843: 50m8.17Eastern Front
13/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5NW Boromlya: 200m5.5Eastern Front
13/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51HurricaneNE Oleschanoy: 4500m18.36Eastern Front
13/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51HurricaneNE Oleschanoy: 4500m18.37Eastern Front
14/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.NE Merepa: 500m18.17Eastern Front
14/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.N. Podolychov: 500m18.2Eastern Front
14/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.51 847: 200m6Eastern Front
14/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.E. Krysino: 300m6.26Eastern Front
19/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51MiG-341 696: 2000m [E. Akhtryka]15.48Eastern Front
21/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.WNW Charkov: 200m [61 777]14.1Eastern Front
21/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.W. Charkov: 100m14.38Eastern Front
21/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.W. Charkov: 50m14.38Eastern Front
21/08/1943Fw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.N. Lyubotin: tiefst.14.4Eastern Front
23/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51MiG-3SE Olschany6.45Eastern Front
23/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-3E. Italovka: 2500m12.45Eastern Front
23/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-2NE Deselyudovka: 3600m16.4Eastern Front
23/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-2S. Losjevo: 3600m16.43Eastern Front
30/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5SW Nikitino: 2000m17.3Eastern Front
31/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51P-2NE Beresovka: 2500m15.28Eastern Front
31/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51P-2W. Straina: 2000m15.29Eastern Front
31/08/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.NW Yelnya: tiefstflug18Eastern Front
04/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.E. Tsowkino: 300m10.14Eastern Front
04/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.bei Tsadki: 300m10.16Eastern Front
04/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51P-2S. Leonovo: 2500m17.13Eastern Front
04/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51P-2N. Kazanka: 2500m17.14Eastern Front
05/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51MiG-3bei Berezkino: 3800m15.28Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-7bei Ssamnilovo: 3000m8.28Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.bei Buda: 300m11.28Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-144 135: 300m11.3Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.W. Kosmalschewa: tiefstflug11.33Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.N. Bagonova: 300m16.1Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.bei Bhf. Felipovo: 300m16.1Eastern Front
07/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.E. Mokroye: 300m16.11Eastern Front
10/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-1E. Golyshevka: 500m16.43Eastern Front
10/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-1Kupava: 500m16.46Eastern Front
10/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-1SW Vorlovo: tiefstflug16.5Eastern Front
10/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.S. Ljüdinovo: 300m17.1Eastern Front
14/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5Schalkova: 1200m16.3Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-2Brykovo: 1000m9.45Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.Plotki: 300m [Krs. Smolensk]9.53Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.Chantsovo: 300m [Krs. Smolensk]9.56Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5Norje-Byki: 1500m12.05Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5Tishëvo: 1000m [Krs. Smolensk]12.5Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2mH.Sharipino: 1000m13.1Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Il-2Galinska: 400m13.12Eastern Front
15/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-7Bolinskaya: 1500m13.15Eastern Front
17/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-2Rusinezy: 2500m10.5Eastern Front
17/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-95km SW Yelnya: 5000m11.2Eastern Front
17/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-5Jselo: tiefstflug13.5Eastern Front
20/09/1943Ofw. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-51km S. Stugatovo: 2000m16.3Eastern Front
26/03/1944Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-204 556: 2300m12.4Eastern Front
26/03/1944Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-204 725: 2000m12.5Eastern Front
05/04/1944Ofhr. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-742 818: 1800m9.25Eastern Front
05/04/1944Ofhr. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-142 689: 1000m9.35Eastern Front
27/04/1944Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51MiG-342 885: 3000m11.23Eastern Front
30/04/1944Uffz. Günther Josten1JG 51LaGG-542 872: 1500m14Eastern Front
22/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Pe-215 587: 3000m10.25Eastern Front
23/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-905 193: tiefst.6.1Eastern Front
23/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-905 695: 1000m6.4Eastern Front
24/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-905 448: 300m12.13Eastern Front
25/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-905 442: 200m17.3Eastern Front
25/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-905 389: 400m17.1Eastern Front
26/06/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Airacobra96 467: 100m11.47Eastern Front
14/07/1944Ltn. Günther Josten1JG 51Jak-944 846: 1800m11.2Eastern Front
19/07/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.32 691: 1500m15.2Eastern Front
19/07/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.42 744: tiefst.15.4Eastern Front
20/07/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-231 827: 100m14.4Eastern Front
12/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Airacobra12 337: 800m13.02Eastern Front
16/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.24 792: 80m8.5Eastern Front
16/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.24 796: 50m8.55Eastern Front
18/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-113 543: 2000m16.32Eastern Front
20/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.13 561: 100m12.4Eastern Front
20/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-913 529: 100m13.1Eastern Front
20/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-913 562: 1000m16.25Eastern Front
21/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 395: 300m13.22Eastern Front
22/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-723 125: 1000m8.3Eastern Front
22/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-723 127: 500m8.35Eastern Front
28/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51La-513 245: 1500m10.32Eastern Front
28/08/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-913 362: 200m13.42Eastern Front
01/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 527: 200m14.12Eastern Front
01/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 527: 900m14.2Eastern Front
02/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 527: 1000m8.22Eastern Front
03/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-7-16Eastern Front
04/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 211: 1200m15.58Eastern Front
05/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 345: 1200m15.55Eastern Front
05/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-213 348: 200m16.17Eastern Front
06/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-713 381: 600m8.13Eastern Front
12/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Airacobra13 713: 3500m9.21Eastern Front
18/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51B-1703 661: 4000m13.45Eastern Front
18/09/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51B-1703 661: 4000m [Raum Warsaw]13.45Western Front
09/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-926 769: 1000m14.31Eastern Front
09/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51MiG-326 526: 600m14.46Eastern Front
09/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-926 849: 1500m16.04Eastern Front
10/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-926 728: 2600m14.54Eastern Front
16/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.25 496: tiefflug10.2Eastern Front
16/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51La-525 435: 200m10.4Eastern Front
18/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-925 613: 2000m9.45Eastern Front
18/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-925 292: 3000m13.15Eastern Front
18/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-925 431: 3000m15.53Eastern Front
20/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.25 399: 300m12.37Eastern Front
20/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.25 474: 200m12.4Eastern Front
20/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2mH.25 532: 100m12.43Eastern Front
22/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Pe-225 397: 2500m13.4Eastern Front
25/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-913 328: 1600m14.55Eastern Front
26/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-903 633: 3000m10.53Eastern Front
26/10/1944Ltn. Günther Josten3JG 51Jak-913 377: 1500m11.03Eastern Front
16/01/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51--Western Front
16/01/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51--Western Front
16/02/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2--Western Front
16/02/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2--Western Front
16/02/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2--Western Front
16/02/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2--Western Front
16/02/1945Oblt. Günther Josten3JG 51Il-2--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front
25/04/1945Oblt. Günther JostenStab IV.JG 51--Western Front

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