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WNr. 600424, Lt. Heinz Sachsenberg, München-Riem, Germany, April-May 1945
WNr. 210194, Fw. Werner Hohenberg, Stab I./JG 2, Merzhausen,
Germany, January 1, 1945
Lt. Heinz Sachsenberg (104 victories) was the CO
of Platzschutzschwarm. The aircraft assigned to
Sachsenberg carried the inscription ‘Verkaaft’s
mei Gwand, I foahr in himmel’, which is a Bavarian
proverb ‘sell my shroud, I am leaving for Heaven’.
The font was Schwab, which was popular at the
time. Sachsenberg, holder of the Knight’s Cross,
came from an aviation family. His uncle Gotthard
was an World War I ace and holder of Pour
le Mérite, as he shot down 31 enemy aircraft.
Heinz’s brother, also named Gotthard, flew a night
fighter with NJG 3 and shot down two British
bombers and fell on March 8, 1943. Sachsenberg´s
‘Dora’ was found at the end of the war at Munich-
Riem, where it was left behind after the JV 44 fled
to Austria at the end of April 1945.
Fw. Werner Hohenberg, took part in the raid on
St. Trond airport flying as a part of the I./JG 2 staff
flight of commander Franz Hrdlicka. During this
sortie Hohenberg´s aircraft was hit in the tail
surfaces and on return the engine of his aircraft
was hit by the anti-aircraft gun projectiles. At 9:35
he force-landed at Dorff village and spent the
rest of the war in captivity. The B Battery of the
430th AAA Batalion was credited with shooting
him down. Hohenberg’s Dora sports a typical
Sorau factory camouflage in RLM 75/81/76 on the
fuselage and also on the wings. The spiral was
painted on the front part of the propeller spinner
only. Stripes on the rear fuselage indicate JG 2
deployment in the Reich Defense role.
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