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Operation: Combat - English Channel
Date: 29th July 1940 (Monday)
Unit: Stab I/Jagdgeschwader 51
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4
Werke/Nr. Unknown
Code: Unknown
Location: Near Wissant, France.
Pilot: Hptm. Erwin Aichele Age 39. Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
His Bf 109E-4 was damaged during aerial combat over the English Channel on 29 July, 1940. As he attempted to make the emergency landing at Audembert/Wissant airfield his aircraft overturned, caught and he was killed. One of the oldest serving German fighter pilots at the age of 39.
Propeller blades and hub mark the spot where Hptm. Erwin Aichele lost his life.
Rare picture of Erwin Aichele taken in 1933 standing by Focke-Wulf C-19 autogyro. Left - Right: Aviatrix Fel Gudrun Pagge, Walter Hagen (Oberst., Ritterkreuz), Erwin Aichele, Theodor Osterkamp (Generalmajor, Ritterkreuz, Order Pour La Mérite). Image courtesy Bundesarchiv, Germany.
With thanks to Tom Kracker - his great research spanning some 20 years. Honoured to host his extensive Luftwaffe Archive with Aircrew Remembered. Also to Michel Beckers for photographs.KTY 2015-o4-20
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