Hans-Dieter Weihs

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Hans-Dieter Weihs was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is credited with 8 aerial victories flying the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter, making him one of only 28 jet aces of World War II.[1]

Climbing in dense fog on 18 March 1945, he collided with his wingman, Oberleutnant Hans Waldmann. Waldmann crashed near Schwarzenbek south of Hamburg and was killed in his Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1 "Yellow 3 Wk. no. 170097"!

References

  1. ^ For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see List of German World War II jet aces
Bibliography
  • Boehme, Manfred (1992). JG 7 The World's First Jet Fighter Unit 1944/1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-88740-395-6.
  • Morgan, Hugh; Weal, John (1998), German Jet Aces of World War 2, London: Orsprey Publishing Limited, ISBN 1-85532-634-5.

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