Date: 19th September 1942
Unit: 2 Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 1
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4
Werke/Nr.8418
Coded: + 16 (Black)
Location: Pfahlhaus, near Oldenburg, Germany.
Pilot: Leutnant. Gerhard Steiger. Born 17.06.1919 in Kandern. – Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat, no further details known.
The wrecked fuselage of (Black 16) pictured at the crash site.
Burial details: Gerhard Steiger rests in the Ehrenfriedhof in
Wilhelmshaven. Block Ea. Grave 231.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless (March) 2013.
