Fw.Ernst JÄCKEL and a reward of 500 Reichsmarks

[Gaston]

In addition to 500 Reichsmarks, Jäckel also received The Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (Honor Goblet of the Luftwaffe). In JG 26, he achieved a total of eight victories before being transferred to JG 51 Mölders. He was translated in early 1943, to 11./JG 51 to Russia. Whether he was sent there for indiscipline or at his own request will probably never be ascertained. In this unit 27.1.1943 achieved the last ninth victory, when he defeated the Soviet Pe-2, but then fell in air combat, 6 km SE of the Izocha base (Pskov region, Russia).