Hptm Erich Friedrich 5./Jg77, Stab./Jg77, 7./Jg77 & 9./Jg77

[Johannes]

Hallo again guys

Have another reasonably successful pilot that just dissapears from the scene. I have details of many crashes, and times shot down for him, but no death, last details I have are that he was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 18th May 1942, and that he was the Staffelkapitän of 9./Jg77 from 13th May 1942 until August 1942, then nothing, he made nineteen claims, of which sixteen were confirmed:-

13th August 1940 5./Jg77 Blenheim Aalborg area 1224 hrs Nr.1
13th August 1940 5./Jg77 Blenheim Aalborg area 1230 hrs Nr.2
6th April 1941 Stab./Jg77 Bf109 Belgrade area u/c
29th May 1941 Stab./Jg77 Hurricane Rethymnon area 0900 hrs Nr.3
6th July 1941 5./Jg77 I-16 1222 hrs Nr.4
6th July 1941 5./Jg77 MiG-3 1605 hrs Nr.5
24th July 1941 5./Jg77 MiG-3 0540 hrs Nr.6
27th July 1941 5./Jg77 Dj-6 1515 hrs Nr.7
10th August 1941 5./Jg77 I-15 1342 hrs Nr.8
12th August 1941 5./Jg77 SB-2 1308 hrs Nr.9
12th August 1941 5./Jg77 SB-2 1320 hrs Nr.10
22nd August 1941 5./Jg77 I-153 u/c
21st September 1941 5./Jg77 I-153 u/c
26th September 1941 5./Jg77 Pe-2 1245 hrs Nr.11
13th May 1942 7./Jg77 LaGG-3 0950 hrs Nr.12
13th May 1942 7./Jg77 Il-2 1617 hrs 50 metres Nr.13
13th May 1942 7./Jg77 LaGG-3 1755 hrs 20 metes Nr.14
5th July 1942 9./Jg77 I-16 30km north-east of Taman 0405 hrs 20 metres Nr.15
5th July 1942 9./Jg77 Il-2 15th north of Kerch 1715 hrs Nr.16

My feeling is he perhaps re-joined the Staff of Jg77, as a Hauptmann he should be reasonably easy to trace, but I can find nothing. Does anybody have a Date of Birth/Date of Death or any other information, especially post august 1942.

Grateful for any assistance

Kind Regards

Johannes