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Fries, Otto-Heinrich (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1)

Date of birth:
February 18th, 1918 (Herxheim/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
October 21st, 2014 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

W.B.K. Heidelberg
00.00.1942: Feldwebel, I. Gruppe, Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
28.08.1942: Feldwebel, WIA - Bf 110 F-2 Werknummer 3739 shot down, near Nerbesthal
11.08.1943: Feldwebel, 5. Staffel, NJG 1, 1st victory, a Lancaster at Hanzinelle
00.09.1943: promoted to Leutnant - RDA 01.08.1943
22.10.1943-23.10.1943: Leutnant., 5./ NJG 1, Bf 110 coded "G-9+EM", his 2nd victory during the Kassel raid, a Stirling 11 km East South East of Schleiden crashed near Nettersheim in the Eifel region
02.11.1943-03.11.1943: 3rd victory, a Halifax "MP-X" at Lanaken from RAF 76th Squadron
18.11.1943-19.11.1943: 4th, a Stirling "LJ 442" "JN-F" of RAF 75th Squadron by Tournai crashed in Horrues
29.12.1943: Lt., 5./ NJG 1, 5th victory, a Lancaster "AR-N", piloted by P/O S.J.Ireland of RAAF 460th Squadron by Kerkrade, South of Jüngenburg
14.01.1944: Lt., 5./ NJG 1
20.02.1944: Lt., 5./ NJG 1, a "4 mot" South West of Eisleben
23.04.1944: Lt., Stab, II. Gruppe, NJG 1, a Halifax
19.05.1944-20.05.1944: Lt., Stab, II./ NJG 1, WIA - He 219 A-0 Werknummer 190.116 coded 'G9+DC' shot down by a Mosquito 3 km South of Hertognbosch and crashed after combat engine damage at Den Bosch, Netherlands - all crew bailed out - remaining crew :
-Feldwebel Alfred Staffer, Bordfunker, WIA
29.07.1944: Lt, 2./ NJG 1, a Lancaster of RAF 514th Squadron near Radio Beacon "Kuli", northern France and a "4 mot" West of Stuttgart with Fw Alfred Staffa, Bordfunker
06.11.1944: Lt., 2./ NJG 1, Bf 110 coded "G9+GC", two "4 mots" and a Lancaster opposing the Koblenz Raid
05.01.1945: Lt., II./ NJG 1
16.01.1945: Lt., 2./ NJG 1, WIA - He 219 A-2 coded 'G9+EK' shot down by Spitfre of 85th Squadron near Meschede and crashed at Sögtrop - bailed out
13.04.1945-14.04.1945: unhurt - shot down by a Mosquito
Pilot credited with 17 victories and the first to use 262 ejection seat in combat
Postwar, he became a physician

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1942
WIA 28.08.1942 + 20.05.1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
x, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 1945

Right unit and awarding date unconfirmed. This soldier has not yet been mentioned in any known database of DKiG recipients.
He is not mentioned in Patzwall / Scherzer.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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