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Josef Pohs

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Years of service
  
1934–1943

Unit
  
JG 54 EKdo 16

Rank
  
Oberleutnant

Name
  
Josef Pohs

Died
  
30 December 1943(1943-12-30) (aged 31) Bad Zwischenahn

Allegiance
  
First Austrian Republic (to 1938)  Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Osterreichische Luftstreitkrafte (1934–1938) Luftwaffe (1938–1943)

Josef "Joschi" Pohs (14 March 1912 – 30 December 1943) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Josef Pohs was killed on 30 December 1943 when the Messerschmitt Me 163 that he was flying was shot down over Bad Zwischenahn. During his career he was credited with 43 aerial victories.

Awards

  • Flugzeugfuhrerabzeichen
  • Front Flying Clasp of the Luftwaffe
  • Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe (9 August 1941)
  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class
  • 1st Class
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 August 1941 as Leutnant of the Reserves and pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54
  • German Cross in Gold on 9 December 1941 as Oberleutnant in the II./Jagdgeschwader 54

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