Grouping KIA Jagdgeschwader Udet Normandy 1944

A small grouping to Unteroffizier Wick who served as an fighterpilot within Jagdgeschwader Udet in 1944.

The Jagdgeschwader Udet flew with the Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 wich was equipped with a 30 mm cannon.

picture for reference only

On 20 July 1944 Unteroffizier Wick was involved in a dogfight with an Allied Spitfire and was shot down 35 km south -south west of Rouen near Amfreville-la-Campagne.
According to other sources he died near Bray, 18 km East of Bernay.

Nowdays he rests on the German military cemetary of St. Desir-de-Lisieux.

The grouping consists of;

1. Citation for the Flugzeugfuhrer Abzeichen, dated 6-9-1943.

2. Flugbuch, opens 16-3-143 closed 26-2-1944

3. Wehrpass, first issue with photo complete with all pages.

Hard to find grouping to an fighterpilot who was KIA during the battles in Northern France 1944!

code: C25226

Ancestry card is for reference only and does not come with the item.