Hans Götz

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other Hans Götz (2 June 1919 – 4 August 1943) was a former Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Hans Götz was credited with 82 victories in 600 combat missions. He claimed three victories over the Western Front.

Career

Götz was born on 2 June 1922 in Stuttgart, the capital of the Free People's State of Württemberg of the Weimar Republic.Template:Sfn

On 22 February 1943, Götz was appointed Staffelkapitän (squadron leader) of 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing). He succeeded Oberleutnant Siegfried Graf Matuschka who was transferred. When on 6 July Major Reinhard Seiler was wounded in combat, Götz was temporarily given the position of Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of I. Gruppe of JG 54 until the new commander Hauptmann Gerhard Homuth took command on 1 August. The following day, Homuth was killed in action and Götz again assumed command of the Gruppe.Template:Sfn Only two days later, on 4 August, Götz was killed in action following combat with Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft. His Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5 (Werknummer 1119—factory number) crashed and exploded northeast of Karachev.Template:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Götz was credited with 82 aerial victories.Template:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found documentation for 82 aerial victory claims. This number includes 79 claims on the Eastern Front and three over the Western Allies.Template:Sfn

Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 29323". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area in size.Template:Sfn

Chronicle of aerial victories
This and the ? (question mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Bock, Mathews and Foreman.
Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn At the Channel and over England — 26 June – 23 September 1940
1	15 August 1940	15:15	Hurricane	off Maidstone over seaTemplate:Sfn	3	9 September 1940	19:05	SpitfireTemplate:Sfn
2	9 September 1940	19:00	SpitfireTemplate:Sfn
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn Operation Barbarossa — 22 June – 5 December 1941
4	25 June 1941	11:43	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn		11	24 September 1941	10:13	I-153Template:Sfn
5	25 June 1941	11:48	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn		12	26 September 1941	05:55	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn
6	7 July 1941	16:00	SB-3Template:Sfn		13	26 September 1941	06:50	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn
7	20 July 1941	10:25	SB-3Template:Sfn		14	29 September 1941	15:22	SB-3Template:Sfn
8	10 August 1941	04:45	Pe-2Template:Sfn		15	25 October 1941	11:03	I-26 (Yak-1)Template:Sfn
9	13 August 1941	17:40	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn		16	29 October 1941	11:02	I-26 (Yak-1)Template:Sfn
10	23 September 1941	11:05	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 6 December 1941 – 30 April 1942
17	13 December 1941	13:50	I-16Template:Sfn		22	15 March 1942	16:35	P-40Template:Sfn
18	17 December 1941	13:25	I-16?Template:SfnTemplate:Refn		23	16 March 1942	10:40	Pe-2	southeast of NirischiTemplate:Sfn
19	1 January 1942	12:03	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn		24	18 March 1942	13:27	P-40Template:Sfn
20	21 February 1942	14:14	I-18 (MiG-1)Template:Sfn		25	27 April 1942	08:31	U-2	PQ 29323Template:Sfn southeast of Malaya Vishera
21	14 March 1942	16:16	I-16Template:Sfn
– 1. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 1 May – September 1942
26	10 May 1942	09:45	Yak-1	east of LeningradTemplate:Sfn	36	24 August 1942	16:04	LaGG-3	PQ 4748Template:Sfn west of Staritsa
27	30 May 1942	18:03	I-16Template:Sfn		37	25 August 1942	04:38	Il-2	PQ 47554Template:Sfn northwest of Rzhev
28	30 May 1942	18:35	P-40Template:Sfn		38	25 August 1942	04:42	Il-2	PQ 47651Template:Sfn southwest of Staritsa
29	30 May 1942	18:38	P-40Template:Sfn		39	26 August 1942	15:29	U-2	PQ 47483Template:Sfn west of Staritsa
30	3 June 1942	14:34	U-2Template:Sfn		40	26 August 1942	15:44	LaGG-3	PQ 47153Template:Sfn east-southeast of Torzhok
31	15 June 1942	15:25	LaGG-3Template:Sfn		41	27 August 1942	11:44	Yak-1	PQ 46231Template:Sfn southeast of Zubtsov
32	23 June 1942	09:38	Il-2Template:Sfn		42	27 August 1942	11:55	Yak-1	PQ 56142Template:Sfn north-northeast of Gagarin
33	23 June 1942	09:41	Il-2Template:Sfn		43	29 August 1942	16:12?Template:Refn	Il-2	PQ 10182Template:Sfn east of Mga
34	22 August 1942	15:28	Hurricane	PQ 47872Template:Sfn south of Zubtsov	44	2 September 1942	13:00	Il-2	PQ 10141Template:Sfn east of Shlisselburg
35	23 August 1942	14:50	Yak-1	PQ 54261Template:Sfn west-northwest of Belyov
– 3. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — November 1942
45	5 November 1942	09:44	I-153	PQ 11754Template:Sfn over Lake Ladoga	47	9 November 1942	14:13	I-153	PQ 11742Template:Sfn north of Shlisselburg
46	7 November 1942	12:25	MiG-3	PQ 11791Template:Sfn over Lake Ladoga	48	11 November 1942	14:25	P-40	PQ 11763Template:Sfn over Lake Ladoga
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — January – 3 February 1943
49	13 January 1943	07:59	La-5	PQ 10174Template:Sfn southeast of Shlisselburg	53	23 January 1943	11:10	Yak-1	PQ 1014Template:Sfn
50	14 January 1943	11:10	La-5	PQ 10163Template:Sfn southeast of Shlisselburg	54	24 January 1943	10:15	Il-2	PQ 1015Template:Sfn
51	14 January 1943	11:12	La-5	PQ 10164Template:Sfn southeast of Shlisselburg	55	24 January 1943	14:52	Il-2	PQ 00421Template:Sfn Pushkin-Mga
52	15 January 1943	08:44	Su-2 (Seversky)	PQ 10192Template:Sfn east of Mga	56	27 January 1943	08:37	Il-2	PQ 00292Template:Sfn west of Mga
– 2. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 54 –Template:Sfn Eastern Front — 4 February – 4 August 1943
57	11 February 1943	09:33	Il-2	PQ 36 Ost 00482Template:Sfn west of Tosno	70	6 July 1943	14:35	Yak-1?Template:Refn	PQ 35 Ost 63671Template:Sfn south of Maloarkhangelsk
58	11 February 1943	09:40	Il-2	PQ 36 Ost 00413Template:Sfn east of Pushkin	71	7 July 1943	13:30	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 6357Template:Sfn
59	15 February 1943	07:30	Il-2	PQ 36 Ost 10563Template:Sfn east of Lyuban	72	8 July 1943	13:36	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 63551Template:Sfn west-southwest of Maloarkhangelsk
60	22 February 1943	15:45	LaGG-3	PQ 36 Ost 00432Template:Sfn southwest of Mga	73	9 July 1943	12:00	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 63811Template:Sfn south of Maloarkhangelsk
61	23 February 1943	14:54	Pe-2	PQ 36 Ost 00251Template:Sfn west-southwest of Shlisselburg	74	10 July 1943	08:11	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 63538Template:Sfn west-southwest of Maloarkhangelsk
62	28 February 1943	06:20	U-2	PQ 35 Ost 29164Template:Sfn east of Malaya Vishera	75	12 July 1943	07:39	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 64385Template:Sfn southeast of Bolkhov
63	7 March 1943	12:48	Il-2	PQ 26 Ost 90252Template:Sfn southeasr of Lomonosov	76	16 July 1943	13:31	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 54539Template:Sfn west of Bolkhov
64	15 March 1943	09:50	P-39	PQ 35 Ost 29831Template:Sfn north of Demyansk	77	17 July 1943	08:49	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 54645Template:Sfn west-southwest of Bolkhov
65	1 April 1943	13:35	Il-2	PQ 36 Ost 10151Template:Sfn southeast of Shlisselburg	78	31 July 1943	09:10	Yak-9	PQ 35 Ost 54672Template:Sfn southwest of Bolkhov
66	5 July 1943	03:51	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 63683Template:Sfn near Maloarkhangelsk	79	1 August 1943	17:37	La-5	PQ 35 Ost 64563Template:Sfn south of Bolkhov
67	5 July 1943	07:10	P-39	PQ 35 Ost 63729Template:Sfn southwest of Maloarkhangelsk	80	2 August 1943	04:41	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 54821Template:Sfn southwest of Bolkhov
68	5 July 1943	15:55	Boston	PQ 35 Ost 63633Template:Sfn east-northeast of Maloarkhangelsk	81	2 August 1943	14:37	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 53479Template:Sfn southwest of Dmitrovsk
69	6 July 1943	07:35	Yak-1?	PQ 35 Ost 63577Template:Sfn west-southwest of Maloarkhangelsk	82	2 August 1943	19:20	LaGG-3	PQ 35 Ost 53631Template:Sfn west-northwest of Maloarkhangelsk

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st ClassTemplate:Sfn
• Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 10 November 1941 as Leutnant and pilotTemplate:Sfn
• German Cross in Gold on 2 July 1942 as Oberleutnant in the I./Jagdgeschwader 54Template:Sfn
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 December 1942 as Oberleutnant and pilot in the 2./Jagdgeschwader 54Template:SfnTemplate:Refn