Bachmann, Friedrich Wilhelm 'Fritz' (JG 2)

Date of birth:: December 16th, 1919 (Zwickau/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:: 1946
Service number:: EM: B 3651/49
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
November 1st, 1941: Leutnant;
1945: Oberleutnant.

Career:
?: Jagdgeschwader 51;
May 1942: 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
June 30th, 1942: IV. Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 5;
August 22nd, 1942: 10. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 5;
October 28th, 1943: Jagdgeschwader 2;
November 9th, 1943: 9. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
March 8th, 1944: Staffelführer, 12. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
July 18th,1944: 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
August 1st, 1944: 3. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
October 15th, 1944: Staffelführer, 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
February 14th, 1945: 6. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
April 5th, 1945; 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2;
April 1945: Staffelkapitän 1. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2.

Own aircraft flown:
Fw190 A-8 Werknummer 173.833 'Gelbe 6'.

Air victories:
August 14th, 1944: P-47 Thunderbolt, Chartres;
August 26th, 1944: Taylorcraft Auster III, Acquigny;
December 8th, 1944: P-47 Thunderbolt, Köln;
April 3rd, 1945: Taylorcraft Auster III;
April 5th, 1945: P-47 Thunderbolt.