Mission: Defence of the Reich
Date: 2nd March 1944
Unit: 9 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 3
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R6
Werke/Nr. 161141
Coded: Unknown.
Location: Leidenhofen, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Hans Schueler. – Killed. Born 19.09.1920 in Barmen/Wuppertal.
Date: 2nd March 1944
Unit: 9 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 3
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6/R6
Werke/Nr. 161141
Coded: Unknown.
Location: Leidenhofen, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Hans Schueler. – Killed. Born 19.09.1920 in Barmen/Wuppertal.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft took off from its base at Wiesbaden/Erbenheim to intercept enemy aircraft. In the area of the Messerschmitt Werke at Regensburg, this pilot was shot down in combat with a P-47 Thunderbolt of the U.S.A.A.F. and his aircraft came down at Leidenhofen.
Note: Small parts from Hans Schueler's Me 109 were found at the crash site by Dirk Sohl.
Unteroffizier. Hans Schueler - killed in action. (via Sohl)
Burial detail:
Hans Schueler’s grave in Wuppertal. (via Sohl)
Kriegsgraeberstaette in Wuppertal-Lunsstrasse. Block D Grave 24.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with special thanks to Dirl Sohl (Germany) for his help in constructing this page. Updated July 2014.
