Zirngibl, Josef (JG 26)

Date of birth:: January 12th, 1918 (Teugn)
Date of death:: June 21st, 1944 (Saint Cyr l'Ecole)
Buried on:: German War Graves Versailles
Row: CI. Grave: 3.
Nationality:: German

Biography

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00.10.1941: 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 26
15.12.1942: 1 victory, his 1st, a Typhoon of RAF No. 609 Sq. 2 km east of Dover
07.03.1943: 3. Staffel, JG 26, 1 Soviet victory, an Il-2
14.03.1943: another Il-2
15.03.1943: 1 LaGG-5
31.05.1943: 1 P-2
26.11.1943: 8. Staffel, JG 26, his 5th victory, a B-17 at Foret de Montmorency, North of Paris
28.01.1944: his 6th, a P-51 S of Abbeville
29.01.1944: his 7th, a B-17 of 389th BG at Pferdsfeld-Entenpfuhl
25.02.1944: his 8th, a B-17 at Saarbrücken
25.02.1944: Ofw, JG 26, WIA with Fw 190A-6 Werknummer 530.718 coded "Blue 4" during aerial combat with a P-47 near the Saarbrücken airfield, where he made an emergency landing (Rosseels)
17.06.1944: his 9th, a P-47 North of Coutances
21.06.1944: Ofw, JG 26, KIA with Fw 190A-6 Werknummer 530.763 coded "Blue 11" during aerial combat with a P-38 of 474th FG, managed to crash land his A-6 North East of St. Cyr, but was trapped inside, and burnt to death
Pilot credited with 9 victories

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