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Re: Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schäfer
Our officer career files show:
SCHÄFER, Hans-Christian.
(n.d.) trf to FFS A/B 119.
(n.d.) JFS 2, then JFS 1.
01.01.40 Oblt., appt Staka 5./JG 27 (to 19.05.40).
19.05.40 PoW – shot down by a Hurricane in the Lille area (Bf 109 E-3).
06.41 appt Staka 2./JG 77.
09.41 Hptm., appt Staka 13./JG 77.
11.41 Hptm., appt Staka 13./JGr.z.b.V. (to at least 05.12.41).
06.12.41 re-appt Staka 13./JG 77.
10.01.42 appt Staka 4./JG 5.
1943 trf from JG 5 to JG 3.
1943 KIA in the Crimea due to unknown circumstances.
A search of the Kracker Archive shows:
Schäfer, Hans Christian. - Hptm. 4victories - 5./JG-27 (5/40), 2./JG-77 (9/41)Bf 109E in JG-27, Bf 109F in JG-77EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational ClaspOne known victory, his 1st, a Blenheim west of Nijmegen, 10 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Hurricane over Rotterdam, 11 May, 1940, an Oblt at the time. His 3rd victory, a Beaufort SW of Stavanger on 2 September, 1941. His 4th, a Blenheim at Egersund on 14 October, 1941.
A search of theTony Woods lists of claims and losses shows no one by that name on the Eastern Front in 1943. So either he was not active or not on the Eastern Front or just not successful or perhaps already dead.
We can't find him in the Prien JG 3 history's tabulated losses.
That's about all we can say about this fellow.
HLdZ
DGS
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