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Normandy and the Western Front:
In May 1944, the OKL confronted a further major challenge; how to bolster Luftflotte Reich while building up strength for the Allied invasion of France, expected that summer. Luftflotte 3 was responsible for stocking airfields, and preparing for the stream of reinforcements from Luftflotte Reich once the invasion started. JG 2 and JG 26 were expected to form the mainstay of the German fighter defence in the initial phase. Both Geschwader were sent to southern France in rotation, one Gruppe at a time, to rest and rebuild for the battle. By the time the Normandy landings, D-Day, took place on 6 June 1944, a fourth Geschwaderkommodore was dead. Kurt Ubben had commanded JG 2 for just under two months before he was killed in combat with US fighters on 27 April 1944. He was the final wing commander of JG 2 to die in battle, by far the highest fatality of the position in any German fighter wing.
In the days before the invasion. III. Gruppe, under the command of Herbert Huppertz, vacated Cormeilles for Fontenay le Comte north of La Rochelle. II. Gruppe departed Creil on 28 May for Germany, to replace its worn out Bf 109 Gs with newer sub variants of the G-6. I. Gruppe was sent to Nancy, 200 miles (320 km) to the east. On the morning of the Allied invasion, JG 2 were quick to respond. The new commanding officer Oberstleutnant Kurt Bühligen led JG 2 in fighter patrols over the invasion area. JG 2 fought in aerial combat, but was also involved in anti-shipping operations off Gold beach with WGr 21 rocket-propelled mortars. III. Gruppe flew a low-level interception against the airborne landings near Caen. The surprised 12 P-51s strafing road convoys and claimed eight without loss, a feat at this stage of the war was an exception. I. and III. Gruppe claimed no fewer than 18 Allied fighters on D-Day for three losses in total. The Geschwaderkommodore claimed his 99th victory and reached 100 soon after. The next day, JG 2 claimed 10 Allied fighters.
The first 48 hours were successful, but proved short-lived. In the last three weeks of June, JG 2 suffered 70 casualties. Eight were Staffelkapitäne and three Gruppenkommandeure. Among those killed was III./JG 2s commanding officer Herbert Huppertz. His replacement, Hauptmann Josef Wurmheller, a 100+ victory ace, died in action 14 days later. II./JG 2 arrived to Creil from Cologne on 14 June. At the turn of July 1944 the casualties among the inexperienced pilots were high; on average 12 were lost per day. Within 12 days, II. Gruppe had only 17 Bf 109s operational from the 50+ it brought from Germany. The other two Fw 190 Gruppen had fought nearly to extinction over Normandy—five and eight Fw 190s were left in first and second Gruppe. III.
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0:00 [ Chapter 127 ] Ataque a cabeza de playa // beachhead attack
24:40 - Despegamos // we take off
33:07 - Rectifico rumbo, ya que el viento nos a sacado de curso (WO2) // I correct course, since the wind has taken us off course (WP2)
38:31 - Localizó a la Schwarm de Fw190A-8 que vienen a cubrirnos, pero... // I locate the Schwarm of Fw190A-8s coming to cover us... but...
40:39 - Otra Schwarm de Fw190A-8, está sobre el sector de ataque, para protegernos // Another Fw190A-8 Schwartz is over the attack sector, to protect us.
46:30 - Patrulla de seis P-51D-15 entrando en zona de ataque (WP3) // patrol of six P-51D-15s entering the attack zone (WP3)
48:26 - Iniciamos ataque a los P-51D-15 junto algunos 109 y Fw190A-8 // We started attacking the P-51D-15s along with some 109s and Fw190A-8s
1:02:42 - Regresamos a la base del aeródromo, hemos cumplido la misión // We returned to the airfield base, we have completed the mission.
1:10:35 - Voy aterrizar en Triqueville "El aeródromo de Triqueville estaba situado a 150 km al noroeste de París" // I'm going to land in Triqueville "The Triqueville airfield was located 150 km northwest of Paris"
1:12:30 - Aproximación y aterrizaje en Triqueville // approach and landing at Triqueville
1:16:44 - Bf109G-6 Late aparcado (Misión cumplida ) // Bf109G-6 Late parked (Mission accomplished)
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