Stigler, Franz (Jagdgeschwader 27)
- Date of birth:
- August 21st, 1915 (Amberg, Regensburg)
- Date of death:
- March 22nd, 2008 (Vancouver)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Ludwig Franz Stigler
00.00.1930: pilot for the Lufthansa
00.00.1937: civil instructor for the Luftwaffe
00.00.1939: joined the Luftwaffe, Jagdgeschwader (JG) 27
00.02.1945: Jagdverband 44
Pïlot credited with 28 air victories, 487 combat missions, shot down 17 times,bailed out six times
His brother, August 'Gustel' Stigler (o1911), who was also a pilot with Kampfgeschwader 806, was killed in the crash of a Junkers Ju 88 the 10 October 1940
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Flugzeugführerabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Flight Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Flugzeugführer
- Awarded on:
- February 28th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
- Unit:
- Jagdgeschwader
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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