jagdflieger?
 

hi,
who has information abour wolfgang wagner of I./JG 54? he must have been injured in late 1939 or early 1940.
regards
jim

Jagdflieger ?
 

Hi

On 19.01.1940 Lt. Wolfgang Wagner was brought down in combat with French MS 406 planes near Mühlhausen. He however was able to bail out successfully and was then taken pow. He belonged to Jagdstaffel 2./JG 54 under Staffelkapitän Hptm. Richard Paulitsch based at airfield Böblingen

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1 - WNr.6037 - Rote 5

Greetings from Norway

Knut

hi,

thanks for your information. ss there any photograph of wagner in any book?

best regards
jim :D

Jagdflieger
 

Hei Jim

Sorry, I have never seen any photos of Lt Wagner in either JG 54 books or any other books.

Greetings
:shock: Knut

Wagner was wounded in the foot, FSA, lost the foot to subsequent amputation.

RA

Hi

Wolfgang Wagner was Unteroffizier. not Leutnant. He was shot down by an Polit of the G.C. II/7 und baled out at Strunhütt. His last Staffelführer was Lt. Goedecke, Hptm. Paulitsch was woundet in a fight on the 21.12.1939. Wolfgang Wagner wrote some Articels an Books, he died last year.

Christian

hi,
thanks for your information - what kind of articles did he wrote and in which books?
regards
jim

Hi

Wolfgang Wagner
"Der deutsche Luftverkehr - Die Pionierjahre 1919-1925
Verlag Bernhard+Gräfe

Wolfgang Wagner
Kurt Tank - Konstrukteur und Testpilot bei Focke-Wulf
Verlag Bernhard+Gräfe

Redakteur im "aerokurier" ab 1963, Mitarbeiter am "Lufthansa Jahrbuch" and Artikel im Luftfahrt International in Germany

Christian

THAT Wolfgang Wagner, wouldn't have guessed, since both are pretty common names, right?

Hi

Yes, this Wolfgang Wagner.

Christian