Max Stotz

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Max Stotz (born February 13, 1912 in Schwechat , Austria ; missing since August 19, 1943 near Wizebsk , Belarus ) was an Austrian fighter pilot in Jagdgeschwader 76 and Jagdgeschwader 54 of the German Air Force and holder of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Most recently he held the rank of captain .

Military biography

Stotz joined the Austrian Air Force in 1935 , where he trained as a pilot . During his military service in the Austrian Armed Forces, he was also a member of an aerobatic team . After Austria was annexed to the German Reich in March 1938, Stotz was one of the few Austrian fighter pilots to be taken over by the German Air Force. In 1939 he was assigned to Group II of Jagdgeschwader 76 . Stotz flew in this during the attack on Poland and in the western campaign . At the end of 1940 Jagdgeschwader 76 was renamed Jagdgeschwader 54 (Grünherz). Before the start of the Eastern campaign , Stotz had achieved 16 aerial victories; on October 29, 1942, now deployed on the Eastern Front, he achieved his 100th aerial victory. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to Stotz on June 19, 1942 after 53 aerial victories, and he received the Knight's Cross Oak Leaves on the occasion of the 100th aerial victory. On August 19, 1943 he got 10 kills in one day at Ilmensee . In the summer of 1943, Stotz was appointed Squadron Captain of the 5th Squadron in Jagdgeschwader 54. On August 19, 1943, Stotz was shot down near Vitebsk in an aerial battle with Russian fighters. After an emergency exit beyond the Russian lines, he parachuted to the ground there and has been missing ever since.

Stotz was awarded a total of 189 individual kills in more than 500 air battles, making him one of the most successful fighter pilots in the German Air Force.

Awards

See also

literature

  • Ernst Obermaier: The Luftwaffe Knight's Cross bearers 1939–1945. Volume I: Fighter pilots. Dieter Hoffmann Verlag, Mainz 1966.
  • John Weal: Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz". Osprey Publishing 2001, ISBN 1-84176-286-5 , p. 69.
  • Spick, Mike: Air Force Fighter Aces . The Jagdflieger and Their Combat Tactics and Techniques. Ballentine Books, 1997, ISBN 0-8041-1696-2 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obermaier, Ernst: The Luftwaffe Knight's Cross bearers 1939–1945 . Volume I, fighter pilot. 1st edition. Dieter Hoffmann Verlag, 1966, p. 60 .
  2. ^ Schaulen, Fritjof: Eichenlaubträger 1940–1945 . Contemporary history in color. 1st edition. 3 Radusch-Zwernemann. Pour le Merite, 2005, ISBN 3-932381-22-X , p. 104 .
  3. ↑ a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 728.
personal data
SURNAME Stotz, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian pilot and officer in the German Wehrmacht
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwechat
DATE OF DEATH after August 19, 1943
Place of death Vitebsk