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Hirschfeld, Ernst-Erich (Jagdgeschwader 300)

Date of birth:
August 25th, 1918 (Breslau/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
July 28th, 1944 (Garring (near Erfurt)/Thuringia, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Oberleutnant Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld served as Staffelführer and was credited with 24 aerial victories, 23 on the Western Front and 1 on the Eastern Front, 14 four engine bombers and 8 Night victories - over 100 missions.

00.09.1939: served in a Flak-Regiment
00.00.1942-00.01.1943: after the completion of his flying training, became a flight instructor
01.02.1943: Feldwebel, promoted to Leutnant - RDA 01.02.1943
27.03.1943: transferred to 5. Staffel, JG 54
26.05.1943: Lt., 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 54, first known Soviet victory, a LaGG-5
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03.08.1943: Lt., transferred to the 5. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 300 "Wilden Sau"
22.09.1943-23.09.1943: Lt., 5./ JG 300, a Stirling at Hannover
03.10.1943: Lt., 5./ JG 300,
21.02.1944: Lt., 5./ JG 300, a B-24 in the Achmer area
00.03.1944-28.07.1944: Staka, 5. Staffel and/or 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 300 "Wilden Sau"
08.03.1944: 8th, a P-38 North of the Twente airfield and 9th, a P-47, no location then WIA when shot down with Fw 190A-5 Werknummer 1231 coded "Black 4N+" by a P-38 of 364FG and crashed at Weerselo Holland, 12 km North North West of Enschede - bailed out
21.06.1944: 10th, 11th and 13th, a B-24 and a B-17 inside Berlin and a B-24 South of Berlin
26.06.1944: a B-24 South of Tulln
07.07.1944: a B-24 in the Magdeburg area
16.07.1944: a B-17 North West of Munich
19.07.1944: a P-51 at Immenstadt
25.07.1944: a B-24 in the Ostmarkischer area
26.07.1944: a P-51 and a B-17 East of Graz
28.07.1944: Oberleutnant, Staka, 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 300, WIA then KIA when his parachute failed to open after being shot through the elbow and bailing out from his damaged Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-8 Werknummer 171.459 coded "Yellow 1" over Gehren, 40km South of Erfurt
Buried at Falkenhain/Sokołowiec - Goldberg/Złotoryja, Silesia

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 1944
WIA 08.03.1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (Pilot Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer
Awarded on:
May 15th, 1944
Luftwaffe Ehrenpokale für besondere Leistungen im Luftkrieg
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
6. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 300, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
September 10th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (Flying Officer)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer, 5. Staffel, II. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 300, Luftwaffe
Awarded on:
October 24th, 1944
Awarded in recognition of his 24 aerial victories, including 8 night victories as a "Wilde Sau" single-engined night-fighter.

Awarded posthumously.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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