Mission: Defence of the Reich.
Date: 26th November 1944
Unit: 7 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 1
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8
Werke/Nr.738191
Coded: 16 + (Yellow)
Location: In the Uelzen area, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Willi Siewers – Killed/Missing.
Date: 26th November 1944
Unit: 7 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 1
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8
Werke/Nr.738191
Coded: 16 + (Yellow)
Location: In the Uelzen area, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Willi Siewers – Killed/Missing.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat during a large American daylight attack in the Ruhr area. The large American bomber formations were escorted by nearly 700 fighter aircraft. The Luftwaffe suffered heavy losses.
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Unteroffizier. Willi Siewers (via Jeckel).
Burial details: None found on German VDK website, presumed still missing?
Researched by Melvin Brownless with thanks to Horst Jeckel (March) 2013.
