Herbert Bachnick

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Herbert Bachnick (9 February 1920 – 7 August 1944) was a World War II flying ace in the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) credited with 80 aerial victories—that is, 80 aerial combat encounters resulting in the destruction of the enemy aircraft, all but one over the Eastern Front. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Career

Bachnick was born on 9 February 1920 in Mannheim in the Republic of Baden. On 1 October 1938, Bachnik who was a kaufmännischer Angestellter (merchant) in his civil life, joined the military service in Luftwaffe.Template:Sfn Following flight training,Template:Refn he was posted to 9. Staffel (9th squadron), also known as the Karaya-Staffel, of Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52–52nd Fighter Wing) on 5 December 1942 serving on the Eastern Front.Template:Sfn At the time, 9. Staffel was commanded by Hauptmann Ernst Ehrenberg and was subordinated to III. Gruppe (3rd group) of JG 52 headed by Major Hubertus von Bonin.Template:Sfn

War against the Soviet Union

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Karaya-Staffel emblem

In preparation for Operation Citadel and the Battle of Kursk, III. Gruppe moved to the airfield Bessonovka at Ugrim, located south of Kursk, on 3 July. Here, Bachnick claimed his first three aerial victories on 5 July 1943 when he shot down a Petlyakov Pe-2 bomber, an Ilyushin Il-2 ground-attack aircraft and a Lavochkin La-5 fighter.Template:Sfn Following these events, he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd Class (Script error: No such module "Lang".) and promoted to Feldwebel (sergeant).Template:Sfn On 2 August, III. Gruppe moved to an airfield at Warwarowka, located south of Belgorod, where they stayed for three days. There, Bachnik claimed an Il-2 ground-attack aircraft and a Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighter shot down on 4 August, and another LaGG-3 the following day.Template:Sfn

On 14 August, the Gruppe relocated to Pereshchepyne where they stayed for four days. Here, Bachnik claimed another LaGG-3 destroyed on 17 August.Template:Sfn Then flying from Mikhaylovka on 19 August, he again claimed a LaGG-3 fighter.Template:Sfn On 23 August, III. Gruppe was ordered to an airfield at Makeyevka. Here, Bachnik increased his number of aerial victories claimed to 17 by end-August.Template:Sfn On 9 September, III. Gruppe moved to an airfield at Dnipropetrovsk, present-day Dnipro, operating from this airfield until 24 September. Here, Bachnik claimed thirteen aerial victories, taking his total to 30 aerial victories.Template:Sfn The Gruppe reached an airfield near Apostolovo on 1 November. With the exception of a brief period from 12 to 20 November when they also used an airfield at Kirovohrad, the Gruppe remained here until 7 January 1944. Here, Bachnik claimed further aerial victories, increasing his total 46 by end of 1943.Template:Sfn Bachnick received the Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on 13 December 1943.Template:Sfn On 7 January 1944, Bachnik became an "ace-in-a-day" for the first time when he claimed five Il-2 ground-attack aircraft shot down near Nova Praha and Kirovohrad.Template:Sfn

On 5 February, Bachnick was awarded the German Cross in Gold (Script error: No such module "Lang".) for 55 aerial victories claimed.Template:Sfn The Gruppe moved to an airfield at Proskurov, present-day Khmelnytskyi, on 12 March where they stayed until 23 March. Here, Bachnick became an "ace-in-a-day" again on 13 March, and a third time on 19 March.Template:Sfn On 21 March, he was credited with III. GruppeTemplate:'s 3,500th aerial victory.Template:Sfn In April, Unteroffizier Bachnick was transferred to 2. Staffel of Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost as an instructor. He was promoted to Leutnant in May. Bachnick was wounded in combat with United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) bombers and fighters on 7 July force landing his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Script error: No such module "Lang".) on 27 July for 78 aerial victories.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Bachnick returned to 9. Staffel of JG 52 following three months as an instructor. At the time, III. Gruppe was based at Kraków in Poland and defending against the Soviet Operation Bagration which defeated Army Group Center under command of Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch, retaking all of Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic and securing a foothold in Eastern Poland.Template:Sfn On 7 August 1944, he engaged a USAAF formation and shot down a North American P-51 Mustang. However, his Bf 109 G-6 (Werknummer 166065—factory number) "Yellow 4" was damaged in the encounter. Bachnick attempted a forced landing near Myslowitz but crashed into a railroad embarkment, killing him.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Bachnik was credited with 80 aerial victories.Template:Sfn Spick also lists him with 80 aerial victories, including one four-engined bomber, claimed in 373 combat missions.Template:Sfn Obermaier lists Bachnick with 80 aerial victories, 79 of which on the Eastern Front, claimed in 373 combat mission.Template:Sfn Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 78 aerial victory claims, plus one further unconfirmed claim, all of which claimed on the Eastern Front.Template:Sfn

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Chronicle of aerial victories
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  This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Bachnik an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.
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  This and the – (dash) indicates unconfirmed aerial victory claims for which Bachnik did not receive credit.
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  This and the ? (exclamation mark) indicates information discrepancies listed by Prien, Stemmer, Rodeike, Balke, Bock, Mathews, and Foreman.
Claim Date Time Type Location Claim Date Time Type Location
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 52 –Template:Sfn
Eastern Front — 4 February – 31 December 1943
1 5 July 1943 12:51 Pe-2 PQ 35 Ost 62773Template:Sfn
vicinity of Script error: No such module "convert". south-southwest of Oboyan 		24 18 September 1943 15:29 Il-2 m.H.Template:Refn PQ 34 Ost 68572Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Pavlohrad
2 5 July 1943 16:42 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 35 Ost 61631Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". north of Vovchansk 		25 19 September 1943 10:15 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 59634Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Pavlohrad
3 5 July 1943 18:58 La-5 PQ 35 Ost 61661, Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of VovchanskTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". north of Vovchansk 		26 19 September 1943 15:28 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 59612Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Pavlohrad
4 4 August 1943 09:46 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 35 Ost 61161Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Prokhorovka 		27 20 September 1943 13:35 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 59471Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". west of Pavlohrad
5 4 August 1943 13:49 LaGG-3 PQ 35 Ost 61354Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". west of Tomarovka 		28 20 September 1943 15:40 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 58824Template:Sfn
vicinity of Bolschoj Tomak
6 5 August 1943 08:35 LaGG-3 PQ 35 Ost 61194Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Krasny Liman 		29 23 September 1943 14:10 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 58194Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Zaporizhzhia
7 17 August 1943 05:20 LaGG-3 PQ 35 Ost 70733Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Izium 		30 23 September 1943 14:15 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 58192Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east-southeast of Zaporizhzhia
8 19 August 1943 13:38 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 88283, southwest of KuibyschewoTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Jalisawehino 		31 27 November 1943 09:07 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 49791Template:Sfn
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9 20 August 1943 06:13 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88252, MarinowkaTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east-northeast of Kuteinikovo 		32 27 November 1943 14:23 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 48761, PawlowkaTemplate:Sfn
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10 20 August 1943 10:18 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88263Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Marinowka 		33 27 November 1943 14:26 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 48732Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Nikopol
11 21 August 1943 07:18 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88282, west of KuibyschewoTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Jalisawehino 		34 27 November 1943 14:36 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 48723Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south-southwest of Nikopol
12 21 August 1943 07:24 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88291, west of KuibyschewoTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Jalisawehino 		35 28 November 1943 12:05 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 49841Template:Sfn
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13 21 August 1943 11:50 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88432Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Marienkeim 		36 28 November 1943 13:45 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 48481Template:Sfn
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14 22 August 1943 16:21 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88284Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Jalisawehino 		37 28 November 1943 13:49 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 48671Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Nikopol
15 22 August 1943 16:25 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 88431Template:Sfn
vicinity of Marienkeim 		38 28 November 1943 13:53 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 48622Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east-southeast of Nikopol
16 24 August 1943 17:55 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 88332Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Kuteinikovo 		39 7 December 1943 14:10 LaGG-3 north of GolovkovkaTemplate:Sfn
17 24 August 1943 17:59 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 88414Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Jalisawehino 		40 13 December 1943 12:28 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] northwest of VarvarovkaTemplate:Sfn
18 11 September 1943 11:04 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 60691Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Grishino 		41 17 December 1943 14:16 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 29651Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Nova Praha
19 14 September 1943 10:25?Template:Refn Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 69652Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". west-northwest of Grishino 		42 17 December 1943 14:19 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 29691Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south-southeast of Nova Praha
20 14 September 1943 17:05 Yak-9?Template:Refn PQ 34 Ost 69494Template:Sfn
vicinity of Pavlohrad 		43 19 December 1943 12:09 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 48691Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". north of Beloserka
21 15 September 1943 11:58 La-5 PQ 34 Ost 68624Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east-southeast of Polohy 		44 19 December 1943 12:16 Il-2 PQ 34 Ost 48663Template:Sfn
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22 18 September 1943 15:20 LaGG-3 PQ 34 Ost 68814Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Pavlohrad 		45 20 December 1943 08:56 Il-2 south of Bolshaya BelozerkaTemplate:Sfn
23 18 September 1943 15:24 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 59682Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south-southwest of Pavlohrad 		46 25 December 1943 11:12 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] north of KamenkaTemplate:Sfn
– 9. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 52 –Template:Sfn
Eastern Front — 1 January – 7 August 1944
47♠ 7 January 1944 11:22 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 29823Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Nova Praha 		64♠ 13 March 1944 16:19 Il-2 m.H.?[Note 1]Template:Refn PQ 25 Ost 60663Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Balakliia
48♠ 7 January 1944 11:25 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 29822Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Nova Praha 		65♠ 13 March 1944 16:26 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 25 Ost 60063Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Balakliia
49♠ 7 January 1944 11:28 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 29684Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Nova Praha 		66♠ 13 March 1944 16:29 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 60481Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Andreyevka
50♠ 7 January 1944 11:45 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 19623Template:Sfn
PQ 19632Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". west-southwest of Kirovohrad 		67 14 March 1944 06:14 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 70543Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Balakliia
51♠ 7 January 1944 11:49 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 29373Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". west of Kirovohrad 		68 14 March 1944 16:29?Template:Refn Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 70512Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Balakliia
52 8 January 1944 14:05 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 29392Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Kirovohrad 		69 15 March 1944 06:48?Template:Refn LaGG PQ 25 Ost 70511Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Balakliia
53 9 January 1944 14:05 Il-2 m.H.[Note 1] PQ 34 Ost 29511Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
vicinity of Kirovohrad 		70 17 March 1944 10:20 Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 60621Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Andreyevka
54 23 January 1944 13:27 LaGG PQ 34 Ost 19292Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south-southwest of Alekandrovka 		71♠ 19 March 1944 07:06 Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 70523,Template:Sfn east of ParchamowszyTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Balakliia
55 30 January 1944 14:27 LaGG PQ 34 Ost 19253Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Signajewka 		72♠ 19 March 1944 07:08 Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 70611Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast of Izium
56 26 February 1944 14:36 P-39 PQ 34 Ost 29562Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Kirovohrad 		73♠ 19 March 1944 07:11 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 70642Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Izium
57 7 March 1944 10:20 Pe-2 PQ 25 Ost 70321Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
vicinity of Shevchenkovo 		74♠ 19 March 1944 07:35 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 70372Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
vicinity of Shevchenkovo
58 12 March 1944 11:58 LaGG?Template:Refn PQ 25 Ost 70512Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Balakliia 		75♠ 19 March 1944 16:33 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 60623Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Andreyevka
59 12 March 1944 12:01 LaGG?[Note 2] PQ 25 Ost 70374Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
vicinity of Shevchenkovo 		76 21 March 1944 13:22 Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 60624Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Andreyevka
60 12 March 1944 15:46 LaGG?[Note 2] PQ 25 Ost 70562Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Izium 		77 21 March 1944 13:24 Il-2 PQ 25 Ost 60491Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". north of Balakliia
61 12 March 1944 16:06 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 70612Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast of Izium 		78 21 March 1944 16:16 Pe-2 PQ 25 Ost 70521Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Balakliia
62♠ 13 March 1944 16:05 LaGG PQ 25 Ost 70522Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". east of Balakliia
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Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		P-51Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn vicinity of Mysłowice
63♠ 13 March 1944 16:15?Template:Refn LaGG PQ 25 Ost 60631, south of KalinowkaTemplate:Sfn
PQ 60644Template:Sfn
Script error: No such module "convert". south of Andreyevka

Awards

Notes

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