Date of birth:

November 4th, 1914 (Gierswalde/Hannover, Germany)

Date of death:

October 6th, 1961 (San Feliu de Guixols/Catalonia, Spain)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Gustav-Eudard Francsi took part as a Feldwebel in the attacks on the English coast and over Narvik. He flew a total of 100 missions with 2. / Kampfgeschwader 40. Towards the end of 1941 he transferred to the Nachtjagdwaffe and at by the end of 1943 he flew with 1. / Nachtjagdgeschwader 100 at the Eastfront.

He flew a total of 250 missions and achieved 56 night victories. Of these 49 were in the east, a feat which made him the most successful night-fighter pilot on the Eastern front.

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• Photo 1: Reinhard Klaus
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - OBERMAIER, E., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe, Hoffmann, 1989.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
  - Luftwaffe Officer Career
  - Family Records