Karl-Heinz Becker (pilot)

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Karl-Heinz Becker
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Balkenkreuz.svg Luftwaffe
Rank Feldwebel
Unit II / NJG 11

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.[1] 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:[2]

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

  1. For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see List of German World War II jet aces
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