[Leo Etgen]

Hello Stephen

Many thanks for your prompt response. I was suspecting that was the case... 9./JG 54 suffered the following losses in the engagement:

Bf 109 G-6 "Brown 9" (W.Nr. 16 139) flown by Unteroffizier Gotthard Obst, killed, shot down in aerial combat with Spitfire fighters five kilometers northwest of Texel, 100%

Bf 109 G-6 "Brown 6" (W.Nr. 18 200) flown by Feldwebel Werner Sadrina, wounded, emergency landing due to enemy fire at Texel, 20%

I have also seen the surname of the latter pilot given as Sardina. The body of Obst washed up at Borkum on 10 August 1943.

Horrido!

Leo