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Hahn, Franz (Jagdgeschwader 4)

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 (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 1940
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 25th, 1941
Frontflugspange für Jäger in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Flight Lieutenant)
Unit:
I. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 4, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
April 3rd, 1944

Awarded posthumously.
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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