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Bf 109F-4/Trop, W. Nr. 10154, Lt. Friedrich Körner, 2./ JG 27, Ain-el-Gazala, Libya, June 1942

The later bearer of the Knight’s Cross, Friedrich Körner, joined Luftwaffe on November 15th, 1939. On July 4th, 1941, after his fighter pilot

training, he was assigned to 2./JG 27 where he achieved all of his success. On July 4th, 1942 he was shot down flying a Bf 109F-4/Trop

W. Nr. 8696 during the attack on the bombing squadron of the Allies. The pilot who shot him down was a South African flying ace Lt. Lawrence

Waugh of No. 1 Squadron SAAF on Hurricane Mk.IIc. Körner saved his life on a parachute, and then he was captured. He was released from

Canadian prison camp in 1947. In 1955 he joined the re-established Luftwaffe where he served till June 1979. He died in Paris, on September

3rd, 1998.

Lt. Körner’s aircraft bore a standard Luftwaffe paint applied to the planes involved in the African missions. On the rudder there are symbols

referring to his shot downs by June 17th, 1942. Worth mentioning is his remarkable success related to the attacks aimed at the ground targets on March 21st, 1942, during the battle of Martuba - while performing several successful sweeps he managed to eliminate 4 tanks.

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