Hagenah, Walter (Jagdgeschwader 3)

Date of birth:: October 5th, 1919 (Bremen)
Date of death:: March 18th, 2013
Nationality:: German

Biography

00.02.1942: Obergefreiter, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, Wiesbaden
12.08.1942: Obergefreiter, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, first victory, a LaGG-3
28.08.1942: Obergefreiter, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, an I-180
31.08.1942: Obergefreiter, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, a Pe-2
01.09.1942: Obergefreiter, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, a LaGG-3
14.10.1942: Unteroffizier, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, 5th victory, an Il-2
19.12.1943: Unteroffizier, 10. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, 7th victory, a B-24 80 km south of Innsbruck
18.04.1944: 10. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, 10th victory, a B-17
12.05.1944: Feldwebel, 10. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, unhurt when BF109 G-6 force-landed in flames at Dornholzhausen by P-51 after combat with B-17s
07.07.1944: 12th victory, a B-24 (HSS) in the Oschersleben area
18.07.1944: Leutnant, Staka, 10. Staffel, 13th victory, a B-17 30 km South East of Memmingen
20.07.1944: 14th victory, a B-17 20 km West of Leipzig
30.07.1944: 15th victory, a B-17 North West of the Plattensee
03.08.1944: Leutnant, Staka, 10. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 3, 16th victory, a B-24 at Ehrwald, Zügspitz
00.10.1944: Leutnant, Stab, IV. Gruppe, JG-3
03.11.1944: Leutnant, 2. (Erg.) Staffel, Jagdgruppe Nord
00.03.1945: Leutnant, III. Gruppe, JG-7
10.04.1945: Leutnant, 9. Staffel, JG-7, 17th victory, a P-51 shot down with the R4M rocket
Pilot credited with 17 victories, 140 missions and shot down 3 times