Date: 15th July 1943
Unit: 6 Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 26
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5
Werke/Nr. 57310
Coded: 5 + (Brown)
Location: Liegescourt airfield, north of Abbeville. France
Pilot: Unteroffizier Paul Schwarz 59741/127 Died of injuries sustained. (Born 11.03.1923 in Pfullingen/Reutlingen.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
The Staffel took off for convoy escort mission at 18.00 hours. After completing the mission they headed back to Liegescourt.
Uffz Schwarz came into land but had to make a second attempt, as he came round again his engine started to fail.
Uffz Schwarz desperately tried to make a forced landing but the port wing caught the ground, the head armour struck the pilot and the aircraft crashed. Paul Schwarz was rushed to Abbevolle hospital but died on the way without gaining conciousness.
Unteroffizier Paul Schwarz
