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Hans Hahn (night fighter pilot)

Hans Hahn (night fighter pilot)

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Hans Hahn (21 February 1919 – 11 October 1941) was a Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership; his was the first awarded to a night fighter.[1]

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Death

Graves of Hans Hahn (1919–1941) and Helmut Scheidt (1919–1941), Deutsch Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England

Hans Hahn was killed near Grantham, England, on 11 October 1941 after his JU 88 collided with a RAF Oxford trainer aircraft he targeted. He is buried at Cannock Chase German war cemetery.[2]

Summary of career

Aerial victory claims

During his career he claimed twelve aerial victories, all of them at night.[Note 1]

Most successful Night Fighter pilot until his death. On five occasions, he returned to his base at Gilze-Rijen on one engine. Once he returned with a balloon cable wrapped around his wing in his C-4.[1]

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Awards

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    For a list of Luftwaffe night fighter aces see List of German World War II night fighter aces
  2. [N 2]
    According to Scherzer as pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2.[11]

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Kracker Database of World War II Luftwaffe aircrew.
  2. [2]
    "Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V." Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. [3]
    Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 12.
  4. [4]
    Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 15.
  5. [5]
    Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 17.
  6. [6]
    Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 18.
  7. [7]
    Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 20.
  8. [8]
    Foreman, Parry & Mathews 2004, p. 31.
  9. [9]
    Oxford AB767.
  10. [10]
    Fellgiebel 2000, p. 211.
  11. [11]
    Scherzer 2007, p. 361.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer [in German] (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Foreman, John; Parry, Simon; Mathews, Johannes (2004). Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939–1945. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-0-9538061-4-0.
  • Obermaier, Ernst (1989). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945] (in German). Mainz, Germany: Verlag Dieter Hoffmann. ISBN 978-3-87341-065-7.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
  • Accident description for Oxford AB767 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 22 March 2023.
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