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Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller
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Last Wartime Rank: N/A Service: 1937-1944 Unit(s): JG 53, JG 2 Theatre(s): Battle Of Britain, Eastern and Western Fronts Combat Debut: France 1940 Decoration: The Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords – Knight's Cross on September 4, 1941 – Oak Leaves on September 4, 1941 – Swords on October 24, 1944 Victories: 102 93 Battle Of Britain and Western Front (Incl. 14 x 4-Engined A/C) Total Sorties: N/A Born: May 4, 1917, Hausham, Bavaria KIA: June 2, 1944, near Alençon, France |
Wurmheller was killed in Fw 190 A-8 (W.Nr. 171 053) on 22 June 1944 during aerial combat with Allied fighters near Alen�on when he collided with his wingman Feldwebel Franzke. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and promoted to the rank of Major on 24 October 1944. Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller is credited with 102 victories, 93 of which were claimed over the Western Front and nine on the Eastern Front, at least 20 were four-engine bombers and at least 56 RAF Supermarine Spitfire fighters.
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