German NJG Nightfighter 23-03-1945 Friday Kurland
Career Summaries - Luftwaffe Officers 1935 - 1945
Section G - K
HACKL, Anton ("Toni"). (DOB: 25.03.15 in Regensburg). (RES). 1932 joined the Army (Inf.). 1933
entered Inf.Rgt. 20 for radio training, then assigned to 10. bayerische Division. Fall 1936 trf from the
Heer to the Luftwaffe. 10.36 trf to Fl.Ausb.Rgt. 52 for pilot training. 1937 Obgfr., began flight
training in Halberstadt. 1938 in JGr. 136 (See) and then trf to II./JG 333 on 01.04.38. 01.05.39 Fw.,
in II./JG 77. c.12.39 promo to Lt. 02.40 attended LKS 3 Wildpark-Werder. 01.05.40 Lt., returned
to 5./JG 77. 27.06.40 Ofw., 5./JG 77 WIA - Bf 109 E after combat with a Hudson SW of Stavanger.
c.07.40 promo to Oblt. 08.40 Oblt., appt? Staka 5./JG 77. 03.41 Oblt., in 5./JG 77, appt Staka 1.
(Eins.) Erg.Gruppe/JG 77 (to 28.07.41). 29.07.41(23.01.42?) Oblt., appt Staka 5./JG 77 (to 08.02.43
WIA). 25.05.42 Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka 5./JG 77. 03.06.42 Oblt., 5./JG 77.
06(09?).08.42 Hptm., awarded Eichenlaub, Staka 5./JG 77. 01.01.43 Oblt., 5./JG 77. 04.02.43
Hptm., Staka 5./JG 77 badly WIA - Bf 109 G-2 in the head and a hand in combat with P-38s escorting
twin engined U.S. B-17 bombers 152 km SW of Sfax, in area of Gabes, belly-landed near Matmata
and hospitalized in Rome for several months. 10.06.43 Hptm. in II./JG 77, trf to JG 11. 25.06.43
Hptm., Stab/JG 11. 01.10.43 Hptm., in Stab/JG 11, appt Kdr. III./JG 11 (to 05.44). 05.01.44 Hptm.,
III./JG 11. c. 01.04.44 appt acting Kommodore JG 11 (to 15(30?).04.44). 10.04.44 WIA. 15.04.44
Maj., Kdr. Stab III./JG 11 WIA? - Fw 190 A (<<+-) shot up by P-47, vic Oldenburg - Vechta.
01.05.44 promo to Maj. 09.07.44 Maj., awarded Schwerter, Kdr. III./JG 11. 21.07.44 Maj., appt
Kommodore JG 76 (to 07.10.44, then Kdr. II./JG 26). 06.08.44 Maj., appt? Kommodore JG 76.
09.10.44 Maj., appt Kdr. II./JG 26 (to 29.01.45). 30.01.45 appt Kommodore JG 300 (to 19.02.45).
20.02.45 Maj., appt Kommodore JG 11 (to 05.05.45). 05.45 Maj., Personal Erfassungsstab, became
POW of the British. 09.45 released in Regensburg. Credited with 192 air victories in over 1,000
combat missions. Shot down 8 times. Wounded 4 times. †09.07.84 in Regensburg, buried there at
the Oberen Katholischen Friedhof.
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