Date of birth:

September 20th, 1914 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

August 3rd, 1943 (south of Kromy, Orel, USSR)

Buried on:

German War Cemetery Kursk - Besedino
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German

Gerard Homuth was Kommandeur from I. / Jagdgeschwader 54 from August 1st 1943 till August 3rd 1943.

Achieved a total of 63 aerial victories in the west and north Africa over the course of about 450 sorties.

Career:
00.00.1934: joined the Kriegsmarine
00.00.1935: transferred to the Luftwaffe
00.00.1937-00.00.1938: member of the Luftwaffe aerobatic team
00.09.1939: with I.(J)/ LG 2
09.09.1939: Oblt., 3.(J)./ LG 2, unhurt - Bf 109 E rolled-over upon emergency landing near Stargard after damage by fighter
06.10.1939-01.02.1940: Adjutant, I./ JG 27
01.02.1940-01.06.1941: Oblt., Stab, I./ JG 27, appointed Staka 3./ JG 27
11.05.1940: Oblt., 3./ JG 27
13.06.1940: Oblt., 3./ JG 27
26.06.1940-03.12.1940: Staka, 1./ JG 27
00.04.1941: Staka, 3./ JG 27
14.06.1941: Oblt., awarded Ritterkreuz, Staka, 3./ JG 27
00.08.1941-08.06.1942: re-appointed Staka, 3./ JG 27
09.04.1942: Oblt., awarded DKiG, I./ JG 27
08.06.1942-00.11.1942: Hptm., Kdr., I./ JG 27
00.02.1943: Stab, Luftattaché Sofia and assigned as an instructor
training Bulgarian fighter pilots
00.03.1943: in Höheren Kdo. der Jagd- und Zerstörerschulen
18.05.1943: JG 54
01.08.1943-03.08.1943: Hptm., Kdr. I./ JG 54
02.08.1943: Hauptmann, Kdr., Stab, I./ JG 54, MIA – Fw 190 A-6 coded 'Black <<' failed to return from a mission in the Orel area after shooting down a P-39 Airacobra;
his aircraft crashed 200 km south of Kromy
01.10.1943: posthumously promoted to Major
01.08.1944: still officially listed as MIA

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