JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

JG 77 Fighter Ace Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert, Knights Cross, Oak Leaves with Swords, passed away on 5th September 2007.

I am sure, he will meet a lot of friends above.

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

Sad news indeed, Horst.

Please extend my condolences to his friends and family.

~Cori

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

He was a great pilot and an incredible man. He could talk you about his airwar with so many details and interesting stories. He will miss us.

Stef

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

Dear moderator Roy,

can you please passage this sad matter on "sticky"

TIA, Horst

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

Sad loss indeed!
RIP fellow eagle!
A.

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

That´s as we remember him.

Horst Schmidt

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

as far as I can tell there's little in English on Reinert - to mark his passing - and with the help of Leo, Gordon, Erik and Michel - I've put together a new and comprehensive bio of one of the leading aces of JG 77. Comments, corrections, additions gratefully received..

http://www.members.aol.com/falkeeins

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

Sad news indeed.
and thanks FalkeEins for the fitting obituary of the outstanding pilot

Juha

Re: JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

Falkeeins,

In the bio you state that Reinert studied medicine on his retirement from the Bundesluftwaffe in 1972. He would have been 53 years old at the time. In the US medical school and residency for gynecology would have taken about seven or eight years, which would have put him in his early 60s when he began practicing. I suppose this is not impossible but it seems incredible nonetheless.

Tom

JG 77, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert passed away
 

Hello Tom

I believe that I am the one to blame for that misunderstanding. At the time that I sent what I had on Reinert to Neil the information that I had stated that he studied and practiced medicine following retirement. However, new information makes clear that he studied medicine in the post-war interim before his entry into the Bundesluftwaffe and that he opened his clinic following his retirement from the Bundesluftwaffe. I hope that this helps.

Horrido!

Leo