Segatz, Hermann (Jagdgeschwader 5)

Date of birth:: June 29th, 1917 (Fürstengrube am Puss)
Date of death:: March 9th, 1944 (near Beesdau, 7 km South East of Luckau, Brandenburg)
Buried on:: Friedhof II
Plot: 3. Row: 6. Grave: 2.
Nationality:: German

Biography

Also found as Hermann Seegatz

01.08.1939: promoted to Leutnant RDA withheld
01.09.1939: RDA as Lt., II./ JG 51
01.07.1940: Lt. in 5./ JG 51
07.07.1940: 1st victory, a Spitfire
05.08.1940: 2nd victory, a Spitfire
11.08.1940: 3rd victory, a Spitfire
30.10.1940: 4th victory, a Spitfire
28.11.1940: Lt., 5./ JG 51, 5th victory, a Spitfire at Deal
00.04.1941: Staka 2.(Schul-)/ Erg. JG 51
22.06.1941: Lt., with Stab, JG 51, 3 victories, three B-26s
13.07.1941: Lt., Stab, II./ JG 51
01.08.1941: Lt., 5./ JG 26
14.08.1941: 14th victory, a Spitfire at Audruiq
29.08.1941: Lt., 4./ JG 26, 15th victory, a Spitfire at Nieuport
21.10.1941: Oberleutnant, 5./ JG 26, 16th victory, a Spitfire at Boulogne
29.12.1941-27.01.1942: Oblt., Staka 1.(Erg.)/ JG 26
27.01.1942-00.03.1942: Oblt., Staka in Erg.Gr./ JG 26, appointed Staka 11./ JG 1
06.02.1942: Oblt., IV./ JG 1, WIA - Bf 109 E-7 Werknummer 856 in an emergency landing at Brest -Süd after running out of fuel (engine failure?)
21.03.1942-30.06.1943: Oblt., Staka 8./ JG 5
03.04.1942: Oblt., 8./ JG 5
05.08.1942: Oblt., 8./ JG 5, a Soviet Hurricane
10.08.1942: 2 victories, 2 Soviet Hurricanes
08.09.1942: 1 victory, a Soviet P-40
25.09.1942: Oblt., awarded DKiG, Staka, 8./ JG 5
15.12.1942: Oblt., 8./ JG 5, a Yak-1
01.04.1943: in III./ JG 5, promoted to Hauptmann - RDA 01.10.1943
00.06.1943-00.01.1944: appointed Adjutant and Ia, JG 5
01.02.1944-08.03.1944: Hptm., Kdr. II./ JG 1
21.02.1944: Hptm., Stab, II./ JG 1, 34th victory, a B-24 5 km South of Damme
25.02.1944: 37th victory, a B-17 (HSS) South of Heilbronn
08.03.1944: Hptm. Kdr, II./ JG 1, his 40th and last victory, a B-17 (HSS) at Luben, North of Luckau then KIA – in Fw 190 A-7 Werknummer 430.315 coded 'White 23' shot down by P-47 fighters near Beesdau, 7 km South East of Luckau, Pl.Qu. 05 Ost S/JH-8
Credited with 40 air victories
His personal emblem was the Tyrolean Eagle