Date of birth:

June 23rd, 1913 (Magdeburg)

Date of death:

1942 (North of Alexandria, Egypt)

Nationality:

German

Hauptmann und Staffelkapitän, 5. Staffel, Lehr-Geschwader 1
30.04.1940: Oberleutnant, pilot in 5. Staffel, Lehrgeschwader 1, injured in an accident during a night landing at Schleswig with He 111 H coded 'L1+IN'
00.12.1940: Oblt., Staka, 5. Staffel, LG 1
15.06.1941: Oblt., Staka, 5./ LG 1, interned after his Ju 88 A-5 Werknummer 2318 and coded 'L1+EN' was shot down by RAF 80th Squadron Hurricanes near Anamur, Turkey after attacking ships off the Syrian coast - Remaining crew:
-Lt Gottfried Edelhoff,
-Fw Ernst Diedenhoffen
-Uffz Heinrich Ebner
12.01.1942: Oblt., awarded the DKiG
01.03.1942: promoted to Hauptmann
16.06.1942: Hptm., Staka, 5. Staffel, LG 1, MIA when Ju 88 A-4 Werknummer 140.713 and coded 'L1+CN' shot down by Anti-Aircraft and crashed at sea North of Alexandria, Egypt
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA
His brother Leutnant Malte Schacht (o12.12.1916) was KIA with 5.(H) Staffel, Aufklärungs-Gruppe 13 the 02.09.1941 near Tschudowo

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