Date of birth:

October 8th, 1915 (Salzburg/Salzburg, Austria)

Date of death:

January 22nd, 1944 (near airfield Littorio-Rome, Italy)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Pomezia
Plot: O. Grave: 638.

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
1938: Leutnant;
1939: Oberleutnant;
?: Hauptmann.

Career:
1933: Gebirgsjägern, Österreichischen Armee;
1935: Österreichischen Luftwaffe;
1938: Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 27;
September 1st, 1938: 2 Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 331;
September 1939: 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 77;
March 1st, 1940: Staffelkapitän, Schulstaffel, Jagdgeschwader 77;
March 25th, 1940: 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 77;
August 1940: 11 Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 51;
September 1st, 1940 - November 3rd, 1940: Staffelführer, 2. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 77;
November 21st, 1940: Staffelkapitän, 11. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 51;
January 1943: Kommandeur, I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 4.

On January 22nd, 1944 at15.39 hrs, Hauptmann Franz Hahn took off with his Stabsschwarm from airbase Littorio near Rome and found himself in air battle with Lockheed Lighting and Curtiss Kittyhawk fighters. During the battle he was shot down and tried to exit his aircraft. In doing this he got unconcious and was killed.

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