Mors, August (Jagdgeschwader 5)

Date of birth:: July 20th, 1921 (Sigmaringen, Germany)
Date of death:: August 8th, 1944 (Clichy, France)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Champigny-St.-André
Plot: 3. Row: 9. Grave: 756.
Nationality:: German

Biography

On 6 August 1944, August Mors was severely wounded after attacking allied bombers. He bailed out, but died two days later on 8 August 1944. During his career he was credited with 60 aerial victories, 48 on the Eastern Front and 12 on the Western Front.

00.07.1942: Gefreiter, assigned to II./ JG 5 on completion of training and eventually flew in 6. Staffel
15.06.1943: lost Bf 109 G-2 coded 'Yellow 7' force-landed behind enemy lines, but returned unharmed
09.08.1943: Unteroffizier, 6./ JG 5, 1 victory
24.09.1943: Uffz., 6./ JG 5, 1 victory
14.01.1944: Feldwebel, 6./ JG 5, 1 victory
27.02.1944: Fw., 6. / JG 5, 1 victory
16.03.1944: Fw., 6./ JG 5, 1 victory
14.04.1944: Fw. in 6./ JG 5, awarded the DKiG
15.05.1944: Fw., awarded the Ehrenpokal
03.07.1944-06.08.1944: Leutnant, Stab, I./ JG 5, appointed acting Kdr. I./ JG 5
04.08.1944: Lt., I./ JG 5, 1 victory
05.08.1944: appointed Staka 1./ JG 5
06.08.1944: Lt., 1./ JG 5, WIA with Bf 109 G-6 coded 'White 4' shot down over Beaumont-sur-Oise, 31 km North of Paris, France, bailed out, landed in a tree and died of his wounds two days later in the Luftwaffe hospital at Clichy
20.10.1944: Lt., posthumously awarded Ritterkreuz, 1./ JG 5
Credited with 600 combat missions and 60 air victories

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