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Karl Heinz Becker (pilot)

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Name
  
Karl-Heinz Becker

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe

Unit
  
II / NJG 11

Role
  
Pilot

Rank
  
Feldwebel

Feldwebel Karl-Heinz Becker was a Luftwaffe flying ace. He is credited with 7 aerial victories flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, making him one of only 28 jet aces of World War II. Becker and his radio operator downed six Mosquitos in two weeks, two within three minutes of each other on the night of 23 March 1945.

Foreman and Perry list his kills as:

15:46 15 Feb 1945 P-38 21:34 21 Mar 1945 Mosquito 21:32 24 Mar 1945 Mosquito 21:32 24 Mar 1945 Mosquito 21:38 27 Mar 1945 Mosquito 21:38 27 Mar 1945 Mosquito 21:52 30 Mar 1945 Mosquito 21:52 31 Mar 1945 Mosquito

References

Karl-Heinz Becker (pilot) Wikipedia


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