Summer
of 1943: Oberleutnant Gerhard Barkhorn (left) - initially commanding
officer of 4.Staffel / II.Gruppe / Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52), and
subsequently of II. Gruppe itself - and Leutnant Karl-Heinz Plücker,
photographed on the airfield at Kharkov-Roganj in the Eastern Front.
Barkhorn was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 23 August
1942, plus Eichenlaub on 12 January 1943 and Schwerter on 2 March 1944.
Although when this picture was taken Barkhorn had won Eichenlaub for 120
victories, he was wearing no decoration at the time.
Source :
Book "Luftwaffe at War: Fighters over Russia" by Manfred Griehl
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