their engines were not very responsive at those times and the jets could not accelerate and decelerate quickly. Thus to give additional protection besides the light and medium AA-guns around the airfields, parts of JG 52 and JG 54 were delegated to fly protective missions to cover the takeoff-and-landing phase of the 'Stormbirds'. JV 44 was a special case in that they had their own protection squadron. After the war He died on 17 June 1951 in Lich, following complications from wounds he received on 23 October 1944. Quotations "I don't trust anything without a Propeller at least." - Sachsenberg in reply to being asked why he didn't fly jet aircraft. Summary of career Aerial victory claims According to US historian David T. Zabecki, Sachsenberg was credited with 104 aerial victories. Obermaier also lists Sachsenberg with 104 aerial victories, claimed in 520 combat missions, one on the Western Front and 103 on the Eastern Front. He was also credited with the destruction of one fast attack craft. Mathews and Foreman, authors of Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 104 aerial victory claims, 103 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and one on the Western Front. Victory claims were logged to a map-reference (PQ = Planquadrat), for example "PQ 34 Ost 7545". The Luftwaffe grid map () covered all of Europe, western Russia and North Africa and was composed of rectangles measuring 15 minutes of latitude by 30 minutes of longitude, an area of about . These sectors were then subdivided into 36 smaller units to give a location area 3 × 4 km in size. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class Honour Goblet of the Luftwaffe on 11 October 1943 as Feldwebel and pilot German Cross in Gold on 17 October 1943 as Feldwebel in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 52 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 9 June 1944 as Fahnenjunker-Feldwebel and pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 52 Notes References Citations Bibliography 1922 births 1951 deaths Luftwaffe pilots German World War II flying aces People from Dessau-Roßlau Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Military personnel from Saxony-Anhalt