Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schäfer

[Kristen Alexander]

My first post! Can anyone tell me what happened to Oberleutnant Hans-Christian Schäfer, the Staffelkapitän of 5/JG27 after the Battle of France. Cornwell (The Battle of France Then and Now, Battle of Britain International, Old Harlow, 2007, pp. 180 and 233) indicates that heprobably accounted for a damaged but repairable Blenheim of 57 Squadron based at Rosières-en-Santerre on 10 May and a damaged and abandoned Hurricane of 17 Squadron based at Hawkinge, but on a patrol of Den Haag-Delft-Rotterdam. Schäfer was wounded in battle by Australian Dick Glyde on 19 May 1940 but baled out safely. He was taken prisoner by French troops and I assume that, after France capitulated, despite promises to hand over captured Luftwaffe airmen to the British, he was one of the German prisoners who were released which included 400 pilots. I would be interested to know what happened next during the war, especially if he went back into operational flying and accounted for other allied pilots. Hope someone can help. Many thanks, Kristen Alexander