Edmund Roßmann

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Edmund Roßmann

Edmund Roßmann
Nickname "Paule"
Born (1918-01-11)11 January 1918
Caaschwitz district Gera/Thuringia
Died 4 April 2005(2005-04-04) (aged 87)
Krefeld
Allegiance Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Luftwaffe
Rank Leutnant
Unit JG 52, EJGr Ost
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Edmund "Paule" Roßmann (11 January 1918 – 4 April 2005) was a German World War II fighter ace and was credited with 93 aerial victories achieved in 640 combat missions, among the numerous ground attack missions. A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.[1] He is also noted as being an early mentor of Erich Hartmann, history's leading fighter ace.

Unteroffizier "Paule" Roßmann was transferred to 7./Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52 — 7th Squadron of the 52nd Fighter Wing) on 1 March 1940 and participated in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain. He was credited with six aerial victories in the western theatre before JG 52 was deployed to Operation Barbarossa.

By the end of 1941 he had accumulated 32 aerial victories. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross after 250 combat missions and 49 aerial victories. From March to June 1942 he was posted to Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost as fighter pilot instructor and returned to his Staffel afterwards. Nevertheless he almost doubled his score by the end of 1942 and claimed his 80th victory on 29 November 1942.

On 9 July 1943 Roßmann attempted to rescue a crash landed fellow pilot behind Russian lines. At this moment the Russian Infantry arrived and Leutnant Seyler was shot and Roßmann was wounded. Roßmann was taken prisoner of war and was released in October 1949.

Awards

References

Citations
  1. ↑ Spick 1996, pp. 3–4.
  2. ↑ Obermaier 1989, p. 189.
  3. ↑ Patzwall and Scherzer 2001, p. 386.
  4. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 364.
Bibliography
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