Though one Gruppe was committed to intensive operations over Rumania and Italy in 1943 and 1944, the main operational theatre for this fighter unit was the Reich itself where its pilots fought against four-engined bomber formations and their escort. The losses were heavy, and, in the case of the second Gruppe, a special unit called a Sturmgruppe was formed, principally composed of pilots ready to ram the bombers.
Oberfähnrich Franz Schaar, of 5.(Sturm)/JG 4 , has been a long time posted as « Missing in Action » in the South Netherlands after the mission « Bodenplatte » on 1. January 1945.
| Here follows the list of MIA pilots of JG 4. Any question concerning this list is welcomed. If you have the answer to just one of these entries, I would be glad to include your remark and name. |
| 20/02/44 | Uffz. Walter Treu | 1./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-6 (410526) White 6 |
Near Albano lake |
| 12/09/44 | Ofhr. Horst-Günter Sobeck |
1./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14 (413671) White 7 |
Mission near Metz – Pont à Mousson |
| 12/09/44 | Gefr. Johann Pollakowski |
1./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14 (413695) white 2 |
Combat near Metz – Pont à Mousson |
| 12/09/44 | Uffz. Hargat Klehmet |
11./JG 4 | Bf 109 G- | Combat |
| 27/09/44 | Uffz. Hermann Hebeisen |
7. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (681482) yellow 6 |
Combat near Braunschweig |
| Uffz. Hebeisen is buried in the German Cemetery at Ludwigstein (Hessen). (Thanks toRüdiger Kaufmann) | ||||
| 27/09/44 | Oblt. Othmar Zehart |
7. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (681461) yellow 2 |
Combat near Braunschweig |
| 27/09/44 | Uffz. Heinrich Acker |
9./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14 (461514) white 8 |
Mission near Keeken |
| Uffz. Acker is buried in the German Cemetery at Donsbrüggen near Kleve in grave 2215. His day of death is however oktober 1944. (Thanks to Karl Lusink) | ||||
| 29/09/44 | Fhr. Dieter Fricke | Mission in Holland | Bf 109 G-6 (441909) white 14 |
10./JG 4 |
| 29/09/44 | Uffz. Karl Rüther | 11./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14 (461477) yellow 3 |
Mission Gemeinde Keeken near Kleve |
| 02/11/44 | Gefr. Kurt Foltin | 7. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (682219) yellow 2 |
Combat near Bitterfeld – Dessau |
| 20/11/44 | Gefr. Helmut Kindl |
Stab III./JG 4 | Bf 109 K-4 (330370) red 2 |
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| 03/12/44 | Fw. Rudolf Rademacher |
1./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14 (460558) white 3 |
Near Köln – Aachen |
| 03/12/44 | Fw. Paul Feldmann |
15./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14.AS (785632) yellow 6 |
Flak near Aachen |
| 17/12/44 | Uffz. Walter Ziegler |
12./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14 (462921) blue 4 |
Combat in Bastogne area |
| 17/12/44 | Uffz. Heinz Gras |
9./JG 4 | Bf 109 K-4 (330318) white 2 |
Combat in Bastogne area |
| 23/12/44 | Fw. Oswald Höflich |
8. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (681476) blue 19 |
Combat near St. Vith |
| 23/12/44 | Uffz. Josef Nefzger |
8. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (681326) blue 7 |
Combat near St. Vith |
| 23/12/44 | Uffz. Arno Walter | 8. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (682682) blue 12 |
Combat near St. Vith |
| 23/12/44 | Ofhr. Dieter Herdtle |
13./JG 4 | Bf 109 G-14.AS (780343) white 14 |
Combat near Trier |
| 01/01/45 | Uffz. Hans-Gustav Dierks |
5. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (681870) white 7 |
Mission Belgium – Holland |
| 01/01/45 | Uffz. Erich Keller | 5. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (682276) white 4 |
Mission Belgium – Holland |
| 01/01/45 | Ofhr. Franz Schaar | 5. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (682676) white 18 |
Mission Panningen – Venlo |
| Ofhr. F. Schaar is KIA and buried at Ysselsteyn Military Cemetery, Grave D-8-184. (Thanks to John Manrho) | ||||
| 01/01/45 | Uffz. Willi Breves | 7. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8 (175292) yellow 6 |
Mission near Malmédy |
| 01/01/45 | Fw. Karl Berg | 15./JG 4 | Bf 109 K-4 (331418) yellow 3 |
Unternehmen Bodenplatte near Brussels |
| 02/01/45 | Uffz. Josef Hener | 7. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (682667) yellow 13 |
Combat near Hagenau – Weissenburg |
| 27/01/45 | Fhj.-Uffz. Fritz Hopfenmüller |
7. (St.)/JG 4 | FW 190 A-8/R2 (682224) yellow 4 |
Mission near Posen |
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