Date: 30th May 1944
Unit: 9 Staffel /Jagdgeschwader 1
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Werke/Nr. 440644
Code: (Yellow) 17 + I
Location: Bergfeld, Germany
Pilot: Unteroffizier Ferdinand Spychiger 68416/499 Killed (Born 18.10.1921 in Dusseldorf.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed shot down in combat with U.S fighters over Bergfeld.
(waiting for translation of further information, will be updated soon)
RESEARCH
Ruediger Kaufmann of Dalldorf who subsequently discovered the crash site and recovered the missing pilot during September 2006.
Photographs of the recovery operation and the pilot Ferdinand Spychiger credited to Rudiger Kaufmann.
Unteroffizier Ferdinand Spychiger with his Messerschmitt Bf 109G (via Kaufmann)
Unteroffizier Ferdinand Spychinger, missing in action until 2006 (via Kaufmann)
The pilots identity disc found at the crash in excellent condition
Many people including members of the Army, Navy and Air Force attended the burial of Ferdinand Spychinger
