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Max Winkler, JG27 & JG1
Hello,
big career for this pilot who served in the JG27 and JG1, but impossible to find a photo or a portrait of him....
If someone can help me
Thanks
Fred
information find on the web :
Units: I./JG-27 (7/42), 4./JG-1 (5/43), 2./JG-27 (4/44), JG-3
Awards: DK-G(1/1/45), EP, EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp
Forced to bail after aerial combat on 25 February, 1944, over Ennstal. Friend of Franz Mörl. Survived the war. One known victory, a Hurricane II northeast of El-Hammam N. Africa on 22 July, 1942. Another, a Beaufighter 30 km east of Marsa Matruh on 19 August, 1942. His 5th, a Ventura north of Amsterdam on 3 May, 1943. Numbers 6 and 7 were both P-51's 20 and 45 km west of Bergen on 14 May, 1943. Three known victims, a Ventura on 4 April, 1943, a second Ventura on 3 May, 1943 3 km south of Haarlem, and a B-26 of 322BG on 17 May, 1943, 80 km west of Nordwijk. A P-38 50 km S of Budapest on 3 April, 1944. Another P-38 NE of Varazdin on 6 April, 1944. A B-17 near Dünavoldvar on 13 April, 1944. A B-17 30 km S of Wiener Neustadt on 10 May, 1944. His 14th, a P-47 NW of Magdeburg on 19 May, 1944. His 15th, a B-24 at Markersdorf on 29 May, 1944. His 17th, a Spitfire 15 km ENE of Caen on 15 June, 1944. An Auster III 15 km W of St Lo on 19 July, 1944. A Mosquito at Nozay, 30 km N of Nancy, on 25 July, 1944. A P-51 S of Flers on 26 July, 1944. His 21st, a P-47 SW of Rheine on 31 December, 1944 (Perry Claims). Deceased 14 May, 2000.
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