Werner Lucas
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Werner Georg Emil Lucas was a luftwaffe fighter pilot, born on 27.12.1917 in north Berlin, Germany. He was a highly decorated 'ace' with some 106 aircraft claimed destroyed in total, including one four engined bomber ('viermot') whilst in the Western theatre of war. (Source - Obermaier)
He joined 4./JG3 'Udet' on 8.2.1941 as an Unteroffizier, receiving the Luftwaffe Honour Goblet on 2.10.1941 (date from original Goblet); the German Cross in Gold on 27.3.1942 (Source - Scherzer); and the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross on 19.9.42 (Source - Fellgiebel),as a Feldwebel with 57 air victories.
He was appointed Leutnant in November 1942 and held the rank of Hauptmann (Staffelkpt.) at the time of his death in October 1943. 105 of his claims were made against the Soviet Air Force in 1941-43 while serving on the Eastern front with Jagdgeschwader 3.
Whilst with JG3 flying from Schipol, Holland, he was killed in combat with a Spitfire possibly escorting USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers on October 24, 1943, and crashed in the city centre of Leiden Holland. Whether on purpose or by chance, his Me109-G (Wk Nr 27080 'White 7') crashed exactly in the courtyard of a hospital on the Hooigracht, thus taking no other people with him than his 106 kills.
[edit] Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, 19 Sep 1942 (in German Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes)
