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Kaiser, Erich (Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau')

Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Career:
May 1942 : 4/JG-1
June 1943 : 1/JG-1
January 1944 : 3/JG-1

Credited with 8 Victories :
27.05.1942: one known victory, his 2nd, a Hurricane northwest of Domburg
10.08.1942: Uninjured in Fw 190A-2 Werknummer 2123 when he overturned on landing at Venlo
13.11.1942: 3rd victory, a Boston 100 km West of Goeree
13.02.1943: 4th, a Spitfire
27.06.1943: 5th, a Beaufighter West of Scheveningen
26.07.1943: 6th, a B-17
12.08.1943: 7th, a B-17 by Linnich
04.10.1943: WIA with Fw 190A-5 Werknummer 410.192 coded "White 8"in a force landing at Eschborn after aerial combat
11.01.1944: 8th victory, a B-17 (HSS)

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Sergeant)
Unit:
4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau'
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1942
awarded after his second victory : 1 Hurricane downed (£ 05 Ost S/32/3/5) N.W. of Domburg at 16h37 the 27th May 1942.
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
1.Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau'
Awarded on:
October 4th, 1943
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Injured in a force landing at Eschborn after aerial combat.

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