Date of birth:

February 23rd, 1917 (Brühlhof/Rhineprovince, Germany)

Date of death:

December 1st, 2006 (Celle - Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Channel pilot, WIA 18 August, 1940 when his ac was damaged during an attack on Thorney Island, Sussex. He managed to return to base with his seriously wounded R/O, Uffz Gerhard Bärsch. BäDOW 2 October, 1940; bur War Cem. Waldfriedhof Oberrad, Frankfurt Germany (D.Drury).
At wars end, a British POW, released in the Fall of 1947.
Credited with 555 missions destroying 61 tanks, several supply ships and a Soviet submarine in the Black Sea.

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
• Photo: Willi Schumacher collection - TITLE
  
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