Date of birth:

November 10th, 1921 (Linz, Austria)

Date of death:

January 20th, 1973 (Germany)

Nationality:

Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

00.11.1942: Feldwebel, 2. Staffel, JG 27, North Africa
15.11.1942: 1st victory over a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber near El Agheila
00.01.1943: 2. Staffel, JG 27, Evreux, France.
12.08.1943: 2. Staffel, JG 27 based at Münster-Handorf, 2nd victory over a USAAF B-17 four-engine bomber near Aachen
22.08.1943: 2. Staffel, JG 27, Fels am Wagram, Austria.
23.02.1944: shot down two B-24s near Wels (5th and 6th victories)
25.02.1944: 2 victories near Sankt Veit (7th-8th)
02.04.1944: 10th victory - shot down a B-24 near Jüdenburg
12.06.1944: 2. Staffel, JG 27, WIA when Bf-109 G-6 shot down near Laval
00.08.1944: Leutnant, 6. Staffel, JG 3, downed a USAAF P-51 fighter in France
26.08.1944: Staffelkapitän, Stabsstaffel, JG 51
14.09.1944: downed a Boston twin-engine bomber
07.01.1945: transferred to 10. Staffel, EJG 2
00.03.1945: converted on to the Me 262 jet fighter within III. Gruppe, JG 7
31.03.1945: five victories flying the jet, all four-engine bombers, including two RAF four-engine bombers shot down near Hamburg
25.04.1945: attempted to rescue a colleague from a crash-landed Me 262 in fire at Ruzyne in Czechoslovakia - severely WIA to the chest when the burning machine exploded and evacuated to a Lazarett
Oberleutnant Gustav Sturm is credited with 22 victories and 130 missions

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