Beckers, Werner (Jagdgeschwader 2 'Richthofen')

Date of birth:: December 23rd, 1919 (Solingen)
Date of death:: September 8th, 1943 (Verdrel, Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen)
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Bourdon
Plot: 32. Row: 8. Grave: 293.
Nationality:: German

Biography

15.04.1942: Unteroffizier, 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2 'Richthofen', 1st vicrtory, a Spitfire
16.04.1942: Unteroffizier, 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 2nd victory, a Spitfire
23.05.1942: Unteroffizier, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, WIA in a crash in Fw 190A-2 Werknummer 20.218 during a belly-landing at Theville-Cherbourg airfield due to ancilliary services failure
22.12.1942: Feldwebel, 8. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 3rd victory, a Spitfire
23.01.1943: Feldwebel, 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 4th victory
17.05.1943: Oberfeldwebel, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 5th victory, a B-17 in the Bordeaux area
29.05.1943: Oberfeldwebel, 7. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 6th victory
00.06.1943: promoted to Leutnant - RDA 01.05.1943
14.07.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 7th victory, a P-47 3 km South of Plumoison
15.07.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 8th victory, a Typhoon 30 km West of Berck
30.07.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 9th victory, another Typhoon 2 km North of Le Treport
15.08.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 10th victory, a B-17
17.08.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 11th victory, a B-17 12 km East of St. Trond
06.09.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, 12th victory, a P-47 N of Ligny, North East of Charleroi and 13th and 14th victories the same day: two B-17s, one at Beersel, the other without exact location
08.09.1943: Leutnant, 4. Staffel, Jagdgeschwader 2, KIA, in aerial combat at Verdrel flying Bf 109G-6 Werknummer 15.936
Pilot credited with 11 to 15 victories

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