Tuesday 18 March 2014

Gruppenkommandeur Hptm. Kurt Ubben of III./ JG 77








Gruppenkommandeur Hptm. Kurt Ubben of III./ JG 77 in front of and climbing down from the cockpit of a Bf 109 G-6 of the Stab seen in late 1942/early 1943 in Tunisia. Ubben had been awarded the RK on 4 September 1941 and the Oakleaves on 12 March 1943. He was KIA on 27 April 1944 as Geschwaderkommodore in the vicinity of Fére-en-Tardenois, west of Reims after baling out at too low an altitude after combat with US fighters.




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