Franz Barten
Hauptmann
 
Franz Barten
 
    Franz Barten was born on 26 January 1912 at Saarbrücken. Barten was posted to JG 77 on 1 July 1939. Feldwebel Barten was assigned to 2./JG 77. He participated in the invasions of Poland and France as well as the Battle of Britain. He claimed his first victory on 14 September 1940, when he shot down a RAF Hurricane fighter. On 21 November, 2./JG 77 was redesignated 11./JG 51. By the end of 1940, he had three victories to his credit. Barten accompanied 11./JG 51 to the Eastern front. He recorded his 10th victory on 12 July 1941 and his 20th on 10 September. By the end of 1941, his victory total stood at 25. Barten recorded his 30th victory on 18 March 1942. On 10 November, Barten was wounded necessitating a lengthy absence from combat duty. Following his recovery, Barten returned to IV./JG 51. He recorded his 44th victory, and last on the Eastern front, on 4 August. On 1 June 1943, Barten was transferred, as acting Staffelkapitän, to 7./JG 53 based in the Mediterranean theatre, replacing Hauptmann Jürgen Harder (64 victories, RK-EL, killed in flying accident 17 February 1945) who was being withdrawn from combat duty because he was now the only surviving son following the death of his two brothers in combat. Leutnant Barten was appointed Staffelkapitän of 9./JG 53 on 15 July 1943, following the death of Oberleutnant Hans Roehrig (75 victories, RK) on 13 July. Barten recorded his 50th victory on 3 September, when he shot down a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber near Della Pecara. Barten led 9./JG 53 on Reichsverteidigung duties based at Bad Lippspringe in  Germany. On 4 August 1944, Oberleutnant Barten was shot down in Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 441 575) “Yellow 15” in aerial combat with USAAF P-47 fighters near Rheinsehlen. He baled out of his stricken aircraft only to be shot while hanging in his parachute. Barten was posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz and promoted to the rank of Hauptmann.
    Franz Barten was credited with 55 victories in 895 missions. He recorded 40 victories over the Eastern front, including at least five Il-2 Sturmoviks. Of his 15 victories recorded over the Western front, two were four-engine bombers.
 
No
Date
Time
A/c Type
Unit
Location / Comments
1.
14.9.1940
17:00
 Hurricane 2./JG 77 -
2.
14.10.1940
17:56
 Hurricane 2./JG 77 S Tunbridge Wells
3.
14.10.1940
18:05
 Hurricane 2./JG 77 Tunbridge Wells
4.
15.4.1941
8:55
 Spitfire 11./JG 51 SE Boulogne
5.
22.6.1941
16:10
 DB-3 11./JG 51 -
6.
24.6.1941
9:38
 SB-3 11./JG 51 -
7.
29.6.1941
18:38
 SB-2 11./JG 51 -
8.
4.7.1941
14:50
 SB-2 11./JG 51 -
9.
11.7.1941
7:40
 ZKB-19 11./JG 51 -
10.
12.7.1941
18:02
 DB-3 11./JG 51 -
11.
13.7.1941
12:24
 Pe-2 11./JG 51 -
12.
15.7.1941
9:45
 I-16 11./JG 51 -
13.
15.7.1941
16:20
 DB-3 11./JG 51 -
14.
9.8.1941
12:05
 Pe-2 11./JG 51 -
15.
27.8.1941
16:50
 Pe-2 11./JG 51 -
16.
7.9.1941
17:12
 SB-2 11./JG 51 -
17.
8.9.1941
5:30
 I-18 11./JG 51 -
18.
9.9.1941
12:55
 R-3 11./JG 51 -
19.
9.9.1941
13:00
 R-3 11./JG 51 -
20.
10.9.1941
11:56
 R-5 11./JG 51 -
21.
6.10.1941
16:55
 I-18 11./JG 51 -
22.
23.10.1941
15:20
 Yak-3 11./JG 51 -
23.
27.10.1941
14:20
 DB-3a 11./JG 51 -
24.
12.11.1941
8:10
 SB-3 11./JG 51 -
25.
12.11.1941
8:11
 SB-3 11./JG 51 -
26.
4.2.1942
12:55
 R-5 11./JG 51 -
27.
13.2.1942
12:45
 I-18 11./JG 51 -
28.
18.2.1942
12:47
 I-18 11./JG 51 -
29.
19.2.1942
14:00
 I-61 11./JG 51 -
30.
18.3.1942
11:12
 I-61 11./JG 51 -
31.
21.3.1942
7:40
 Pe-2 11./JG 51 -
32.
1.4.1942
10:55
 MiG-3 11./JG 51 -
33.
6.4.1942
7:20
 Pe-2 11./JG 51 -
34.
6.4.1942
14:35
 MiG-3 11./JG 51 -
35.
30.5.1942
5:40
 MiG-3 11./JG 51 -
36.
13.7.1942
9:35
 LaGG-3 11./JG 51 -
37.
2.8.1942
11:55
 LaGG-3 11./JG 51 47 551: at 600m
38.
2.8.1942
17:35
 LaGG-3 11./JG 51 47 552: at 1.500m
39.
3.8.1942
6:50
 Il-2 11./JG 51 47 642: at 600m
40.
4.8.1942
12:14
 Il-2 11./JG 51 36 291 at 20m
41.
5.8.1942
6:10
 LaGG-3 11./JG 51 47 662: at 3.500m
42.
5.8.1942
6:20
 Il-2 11./JG 51 47 852: at 1.600m
43.
8.4.1943
15:40
 Il-2 11./JG 51 45 521: at 700m
44.
8.4.1943
15:42
 Il-2 11./JG 51 45 342: at 700m
45.
12.7.1943
18:28
 Spitfire 7./JG 53 5km SE Rammacco
46.
19.8.1943
12:33
 B-17 9./JG 53 20km E Salerno
47.
20.8.1943
12:22
 P-38 9./JG 53 2km E Castel Volturno
48.
22.8.1943
-
 B-26 9./JG 53 -
49.
28.8.1943
15:35
 P-38 9./JG 53 50km SE Fabra
50.
3.9.1943
13:53
 B-24 9./JG 53 5km W della Pecara
51.
28.12.1943
11:45
 B-24 9./JG 53 32km SSW Padua
52.
6.2.1944
16:37
 Spitfire 9./JG 53 -
53.
14.4.1944
10:24
 P-47 9./JG 53 -
54.
21.5.1944
-
 Spitfire 9./JG 53 -
55.
13.6.1944
-
 P-47 9./JG 53 -
 
Victories : 55
Awards : Ehrenpokal (20 October 1941)
                Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (22 May 1942)
                Ritterkreuz (24 October 1944)
Units : JG 77, JG 51, JG 53
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