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Haller, Günther (JG 54)

Date of birth:
May 17th, 1924 (Flöhe)
Date of death:
August 17th, 1944 (Sanitäts-Kompanie 1/181, Ortslazarett Neugut)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Frauenburg / Saldus
Plot: X. Row: 19. Grave: 813.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.12.1942: promoted to Leutnant (Ing.)
00.00.1943: with 5. Staffel,/ Jagdgeschwader 105 and 3./ Jagdgruppe Ost
10.10.1943 Lt., 1./ JG 54, 1st victory, a Soviet Yak-9
22.10.1943: 2nd victory, a LaGG-3
04.11.1943: 3rd victory, a Yak-9
10.11.1943: 4th victory, an Il-2
11.11.1943: Lt., 1./ JG 54, 5th and 6th, two wo Il-2s
04.01.1944: Lt., 1./ JG 54, 7th victory
25.02.1944: Lt., I./ JG 54, 8th, a Pe-2
26.06.1944: an Il-2
29.06.1944: an Il-2
03.07.1944: Lt., Stab, JG 54, a P-39 at Polotsk
07.08.1944: two Yak-9s North East of Kreutsburg
15.08.1944: Lt., Stab, JG 54, downed a P-39 and an Il-2 then severely WIA - Fw 190 A-5 Werknummer 150.190 coded 'Black < 3' shot down near Neugut, Lithuania
16.08.1944-17.08.1944: DOW in a Latvian hospital
Pilot credited with at least 16 victories

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