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Gerhard Keppler I.JG 27
hi
i need infos + pics of following fighter pilot Gerhard Keppler I.JG 27 6 victorys in africa and 12 in total thx and regards christian |
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Re: Gerhard Keppler I.JG 27
Dear Christian,
There is a short biographical note here: http://www.ww2.dk/Lw%20Offz%20-%20G-...Apr%202016.pdf and here only his date of birth is repeated: http://www.anticrohn.de/Namen/k.htm (It would be his birthday today if he were alive. :-) ) And here is some information about his aerial victories: http://www.worldnavalships.com/aces.php?PilotID=1659 Best wishes, Teresa |
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Re: Gerhard Keppler I.JG 27
To add to this I suggest you get hold of Jochen Prien's book on I./JG 27 as Keppler was a contributor
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Re: Gerhard Keppler I.JG 27
thx a lot for the info! that helps!
hopefully i can find a pic of keppler |
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Re: Gerhard Keppler I.JG 27
Hi Christian
Keppler was born on 30th August 1919. On 24th February 1944 he was shot down in combat with B-17's, bailing-out injured from his Bf109 near Fels. He never returned to combat, but became an instructor with JGr.Süd. He died on 5th March 2012. His claims are:- Uffz 1./JG 27 2nd August 1941 P-40 40km NW Mersa Matrah 1855 hrs Nr.1 Fw 1./JG 27 30th May 1942 P-40 SE Sidi Rezegh 1130 hrs u/c Fw 1./JG 27 28th June 1942 Hurricane SW Fuka 1127 hrs Nr.2 Fw 1./JG 27 6th September 1942 P-40 SE El-Alamein 0805 hrs Nr.3 Fw 1./JG 27 18th September 1942 Hurricane SW El-Alamein ---- u/c Fw 1./JG 27 1st November 1942 Spitfire SSW El-Alamein 1058 hrs u/c Lt 2./JG 27 1st October 1943 B-24 Wiener Neustadt 1257 hrs Nr.4 Lt 2./JG 27 14th October 1943 B-17 NE Heilbronn 1505 hrs Nr.5 Lt 2./JG 27 2nd November 1943 B-24 90-100km SW Wiener Neustadt 1248 hrs Nr.6 Lt 2./JG 27 22nd February 1944 B-24 SE Linz 1336 hrs u/c Lt 2./JG 27 23rd February 1944 B-24 SW Wels 1208 hrs u/c Lt 2./JG 27 24th February 1944 B-17 SW Linz 1248 hrs Nr.7 Kind Regards Johannes |
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