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Siegfried "Wumm" Schnell

RANK: Oberleutnant (later Major)
BORN: January 23, 1916
   COMBAT UNITS:
Staffelkapitän, 9. Staffel, III Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"
Gruppenkommandeur, IV Gruppe/Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz"
THEATRE(s):
Westfront, Reichs Verteidigung, Ostfront
VICTORIES:
93 Aerial Destroyed
- 87 Western Front
- 6 Eastern Front
- 3 Heavy Bombers
> Sorties 500+
ASSIGNED COMBAT AIRCRAFT:
Messerschmitt Bf 109G
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A
AWARDS:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub
(Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
SERVICE:
Shot down by Soviet fighters and Killed In Action on February 25, 1944.
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