Theodor Weissenberger
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Theodor Weissenberger was a German Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II and a fighter ace credited with 208 enemy aircraft shot down in 375 combat missions. The majority of his victories wer
Theodor Weissenberger 1944
10.(Z)/JG 5 was referred to as the "Dackelstaffel". The Bf 110s noseart emblem was a dachshund biting a Polikarpov I-16.
Weissenberger (left), Heinrich Ehrler (center) and Rudolf Müller (right)
Weissenberger on 4 October 1944
Jagdgeschwader 7
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Jagdgeschwader 7 Nowotny was a Luftwaffe fighter wing during World War II and the first operational jet fighter unit in the world. It was created late in 1944 and served until the end of the war in Ma
Theodor Weissenberger
…which included his 200th victory on 25 July 1944. After conversion training to the Me 262 jet fighter, he was appointed commander of I. Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 7 "Nowotny" (JG 7—7th Fighter Wing), the first operational jet fighter wing in the world, in November 1944. Promoted to Major (major), he took command…
The NASM's Me 262A displaying JG 7's Windhund (Sighthound) emblem