Date of birth:

June 19th, 1913 (Höcherbach, Höcherberg, Saarland, Germany)

Date of death:

July 14th, 1944 (Volkovysk/Belarus, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Berjosa
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German

Edwin Thiel "was shot down on July 14th,1944 as Führer Stabstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 51 Mölders" and with the rank of Hauptmann.
KIA 14 July, 1944, shot down by Russian AA fire near Kobryn, 2 km east of Wolkowsky, east of Brest-Litovsk while strafing Soviet columns in his Fw 190A-8.
He managed to bail, but was killed when he was too low for his chute to deploy properly.
Achieved a total of 76 victories, all in the East.

1940- June 1941 : J.G.52
June 1941 - July 1943 : Staffelkapitän 2. /J.G.51 'Mölders'

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• Photo: Nutzungsbedingungen : Home - Auktionshaus Andreas Thies
  
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  - Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
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  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 118/119)
  

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