Date: 2nd March 1944
Unit: 9 Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 3
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R6
Werke/Nr. 161141
Code: Unknown
Location: Leidenhofen, Germany
Pilot: Unteroffizier Hans Schueler Killed (Born 19.09.1920 in Barmen/Wuppertal.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft took off from its base at Wiesbaden/Erbenheim to intercept enemy aircraft. In the area of the Messerschmitt Werke at Regensburg, this pilot was shot down in combat with a P-47 Thunderbolt of the U.S.A.A.F. and his aircraft came down at Leidenhofen.
Note: Small parts from Hans Schueler's Me 109 were found at the crash site by Dirk Sohl.
Unteroffizier Hans Schueler killed in action (via Sohl)
Burial detail:
Kriegsgrueberstuette in Wuppertal-Lunsstrafle Block D Grave 24.
