Mission: Defence of the Reich.
Date: 11th February 1944
Unit: 7 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 54
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Werke/Nr.411421
Coded: 8 + (Yellow)
Location: Polch, 7 km SE of Mayen, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Friedrich Julius Brüggemeier. 3./Schütz-Ers-Kp. 437/180 – Killed. Born 03.08.1921 in Mannheim.
Date: 11th February 1944
Unit: 7 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 54
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6
Werke/Nr.411421
Coded: 8 + (Yellow)
Location: Polch, 7 km SE of Mayen, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Friedrich Julius Brüggemeier. 3./Schütz-Ers-Kp. 437/180 – Killed. Born 03.08.1921 in Mannheim.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat, no further details known?
(If anyone can supply further information regarding this loss please contact us)
A youthful Friedrich, tragically lost so young (Jeckel).
Burial detail:
Friedrich Brüggemeier rests in his home town, Friedhof Mannheim-Neckarau.
Row 5. Grave 14.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with thanks to Horst Jeckel, Alexander Schausten-Heuser, and Matti Salonen. February 2014.