Date of birth:

April 4th, 1916 (Hettenhausen near Pfaffenhofen / Fulda, Germany)

Date of death:

July 21st, 2006 (Bad Wörishofen, Germany)

Nationality:

German

04.1935: entered the Luftwaffe
15.09.1940-09.08.1943: appointed Techn.Offz. of 8./ KG 27 'Boelcke'
Between1941 and 1943: awarded the Ehrenpokal and the DKiG, but dates could be made difficult to determined due to there were two pilots named Karl Schmid serving in the Kampfgeschwader 27 'Boelcke' at the same period
04.1942: Oberfeldwebel with 8./ KG 27
12.1942: transferred to 14.(Eis)/ KG 27 'Boelcke'
02.1943: promoted to Leutnant
11.03.1943: Leutnant, appointed Techn.Offz. of 14.(Eis)/ KG 27 'Boelcke'
01.08.1943: in KG 27, promoted to Oberleutnant with RDA 01.11.1940
09.08.1943: in 14.(Eis)/ KG 27 'Boelcke', POW when his He 111 H-16 Werknummer 160277 coded '1G+HY' was shot down by soviet flak while making a low-level attack against railway targets in the Belgorod-Kursk area - survived the crash
Remaining crew:
-Uffz Hannes Humpe, Obs (KIA);
-Fw Johann Hofmann, R/O (POW);
-Uffz Otto Derfert, Flt Engr (KIA).
12.08.1943: Olt Schmid and Fw Hofmann are captured by the Soviet and POW
19.08.1943: Oberleutnant in 14.(Eis.)/ KG 27,awarded the Ritterkreuz for destroying 57 trains, 12 locomotives and 13 aircrafts on the ground
01.08.1944: officially listed as MIA
ca.1944: held in camps at Mosow and Stalino
04.12.1949: Olt Schmid and Fw Hofmann were released from captivity

Pilot credited with 375 combat missions.

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