Oberfeldwebel
Werner Hohenberg was born on 1 November 1920 at Dresden.
He joined the Luftwaffe on 20 January 1940 undergoing basic military and
flying training at Tulln and Wels in Austria. He was awarded his flying
licence on 24 June 1941. He undertook fighter pilot training at Jagdfliegervorschule
2 at Neustadt and at Jagdfliegervorschule 4 at Fürth. His advanced
training began at Groningen in The Netherlands in January 1942 and was
completed from February to June 1942 at Krakau. Hohenberg was posted to
JG 52, based on the Eastern Front, in July 1942. Unteroffizier Hohenberg
was assigned to 8./JG 52. In the next year, Hohenberg participated in 200
missions, entered aerial combat on 70 occasions and claimed 33 victories.
In July and August, he flew as wingman to Oberleutnant Otto Decker (40
victories, DK, killed in action 27 August 1942) and operated from the Pitomnik
airfield over Stalingrad. Following the death of Decker, Hohenberg became
wingman to Hermann Graf (212 victories, RK-Br)
and, from September to October, the wingman for Josef “Jupp” Zwernemann
(126 victories, RK, killed in action 8 April 1944). On 27 August 1942,
Hohenberg was injured when he ran out of fuel, force-landing his Bf 109
G-2 (W.Nr. 134 25) near Stalingrad. From December 1942 to March 1943, Hohenberg
was wingman to Oberleutnant Günther Rall (275
victories, RK-S) and Oberfeldwebel Friedrich Wachiowiak (at least 86, possibly
120 or 140 victories, RK, killed in action 16 July 1944). He claimed four
Russian aircraft shot down on 5 July 1943. He was wounded on 9 July 1943,
by flak northeast of Belgorod and baled out of Bf 109 G-4 (W.Nr. 194 96).
He was to spend many months in hospital as a result. Unteroffizier Hohenberg
was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 17 October. In November 1944,
Hohenberg was transferred to I./JG 2 based on the Western Front. Feldwebel
Hohenberg flew as wingman to Hauptmann Franz Hrdlicka (60 victories, RK,
killed in action 25 March 1945), Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 2. He participated
in Operation Bodenplatte on 1 January 1945, but was shot down by Allied
flak at Stolberg, southeast of Aachen in Fw 190 D-9 (W.Nr. 210 194) "<
II" and became a Prisoner of War. He was promoted to the rank of Oberfeldwebel.
Werner Hohenberg was credited with 33 victories
in 200 missions. All his victories were recorded over the Eastern
front.
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6.8.1942
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 05 244: at 1.000m |
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23.8.1942
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Yak-1 | 8./JG 52 | 49 121: at 100m |
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8.9.1942
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LaGG-3 | 8./JG 52 | 40 153: at 1.500m |
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8.9.1942
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LaGG-3 | 8./JG 52 | 40 171: at 1.000m |
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13.9.1942
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 49 362: at 150m |
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25.9.1942
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Yak-1 | 8./JG 52 | 40 753: at 3.000m |
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12.10.1942
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I-16 | 8./JG 52 | 44 612 at 1.200m |
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31.10.1942
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LaGG-3 | 8./JG 52 | 44 793: at 1.000m |
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1.11.1942
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LaGG-3 | 8./JG 52 | 44 791 at 1.200m |
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1.11.1942
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LaGG-3 | 8./JG 52 | 44 583 at 1.000m |
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5.11.1942
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I-16 | 8./JG 52 | 44 843 at 800m |
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26.3.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 85 184: at 600m |
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15.4.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 85 174: at 2.700m |
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16.4.1943
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P-39 | 8./JG 52 | 85 122: at 1.400m |
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21.4.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 75 462: at 4.800m |
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27.4.1943
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LaGG-3 | 8./JG 52 | 85 122: at 2.500m |
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30.4.1943
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P-39 | 8./JG 52 | 75 262: at 2.000m |
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7.5.1943
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P-39 | 8./JG 52 | 85 113: at 900m |
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18.5.1943
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 85 173: tiefflug |
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26.5.1943
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 76 863: at 500m |
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27.5.1943
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 75 232: at 200m |
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2.6.1943
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 76 893: at 200m |
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5.7.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 61 442: tiefstflug |
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5.7.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 61 411: tiefstflug |
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5.7.1943
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Il-2 | 8./JG 52 | 61 453 at 500m |
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5.7.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 61 422 at 700m |
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7.7.1943
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LaGG | 8./JG 52 | 61 151: at 1.500m |
Victories : 33
Awards : Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (17 October 1943)
Units : JG 52, JG 2
