Date: 19th July 1942
Unit: 6 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 5
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4
Werke/Nr. 10169
Coded: 9 + - (Yellow)
Location: 20 km W of Murmaschi, Russia
Pilot: Unteroffizier Hans Döebrich Baled out (Awarded the Knights Cross on the 19.09.1943).
REASON FOR LOSS:
This pilot was reported missing on the 19.07.42 after he failed to return from mission. The facts are that during combat with a Yak I his radiator was hit and his engine caught fire. Uffz Döebrich made a good forced landing and then spent the next seven days walking back to the Staffel.
Another incident regarding this pilot occurred on the 16.07.43 whilst flying Me 109G-6, Wnr.20088. Döebrich now a Feldwebel was wounded by enemy fighters after downing two aircraft and was forced to bale out into Petsoma Fjord, Finland. His total victory tally was 65 victories and survived the war.
A nice rare colour photo showing Döebrich Citation for the Knights Cross in dress uniform during home leave
Döebrich pictured here as Unteroffizier exiting his Me 109
Uffz Döebrich explains his fighter tactics to fellow pilots
