Date of birth:

December 3rd, 1920 (Uelzen, Germany)

Date of death:

December 22nd, 1944 (Near Stalino, Russia)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Donetsk

Nationality:

German

1942 : Feldwebel
1943 : Fahnenjunker - Oberfeldwebel
1944 : Leutnant

Pilot credited with a total of 79 aerial victories, all on the eastern front.

His first known Soviet victory, a LaGG-3 SW of Karmanovo on 2 September, 1942. Two LaGG-3s in the Karmannovo/Subzoff areas on 3 September, 1942.
A Pe-2 S of Zubtsowo on 4 September, 1942.
An Il-2 on 9 September, 1942. An Il-2 on 10 September, 1942.
A Pe-2 on 28 January, 1943. A LaGG-3 on 18 March, 1943.
A Pe-2 at Beredina-Luika on 5 September, 1943.
Two Il-2s S of Staradid on 10 September, 1943.
Two Il-2s (m.H.) and a Yak-9 NW of Yelnya, a LaGG-5 20 km N of Yelnya, on 15 September, 1943.
Two Yak-7s E of Orscha on 13 October, 1943.
Two LaGG-3s at Loyev and Gomel on 25 October, 1943.
An Il-2 and two LaGG-5s E of Vitebsk on 11 November, 1943.
A Yak-9 on 13 January, 1944.
An Il-2, a Yak-9 and a LaGG-3 on 6 February, 1944.
Four La-5s on 7 February, 1944.
Six victories on 21 February, 1944.
His last two victories before capture, a Pe-2 and a Yak-9 on 22 February, 1944.

22.2.1944: Oberfeldwebel Würfel was flying the Fw. 190 A-5 WerkNr. 152599 'Black 4' when it collided ivo Rogatschew in Russia with Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Dittlmann flying the Fw. 190 A-5 WerkNr. 2555 'Black 6', both pilots were listed MIA from 23 Feb 1944. Würfel survived the crash, was captured by the soviet and died of Typhus in the POW Camp 280/5 near Stalino.

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