Heinz-Gerhard Vogt

Infobox Military Person
name=Gerhard Vogt
born=birth date|1911|11|29|df=y
died=dda|1945|1|14|1911|11|29|df=y
placeofbirth=Raudten near Lüben, Germany
placeofdeath=Köln, Germany
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=
serviceyears=1939–1945
rank=Oberleutnant
Commander=7./JG 26 , 5./JG 26
unit=JG 26
battles=World War II
*Western Front
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Gerhard Vogt was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Gerhard Vogt scored 48 victories in 174 missions. All of his victories were recorded over the Western front included eight four-engined bombers.

Military career

He claimed his first victory when he shot down a RAF Supermarine Spitfire fighter over Calais on 6 November 1941. On 15 June 1944, "Leutnant" Vogt took command of 7./JG 26 when "Oberleutnant" Waldemar Radener was seriously wounded in aerial combat. Vogt was appointed "Staffelkapitän" of 5./JG 26 on 14 August 1944, replacing "Hauptmann" Walter Matoni. Vogt led 5./JG 26 during Operation Bodenplatte, the attack on the Allied airfields in the Netherlands and Belgium on 1 January 1945 by USAAF fighters. Vogt was shot down and killed by USAAF P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group in his FW 190 D-9 near Cologne. [Caldwell 1991, p. 328.]

In his combat career Vogt shot down two prominent Allied fighter aces, Australian ace Tony Gaze (12.5 confirmed, 4 probable and 5 damaged victories) and Claude Weaver (12.5 confirmed and 3 probable victories). Vogt was shot down by enemy pilots by six times.

Awards

* German Cross in Gold (20 March 1944)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (25 November 1944)

References

*cite web | title=Aces of the Luftwaffe|work=Heinz-Gerhard Vogt|url=http://www.luftwaffe.cz/vogt.html|accessdate=28 April| accessyear=2008
* Caldwell, Donald. "JG 26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe", New York: Ivy Books, 1991. ISBN 0-8041-1050-6.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. & Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.