Messerschmitt Bf 109 K-4 of 11. / JG 77, Neuruppin Germany, November 1944, pilot Heinrich Hackler, Fine Molds kit.
Leutnant Heinrich Hackler was one of the stalwarts of JG 77 and had fought with the unit from the beginning of the Russian campaign. While he never enjoyed a spectacular series of victories, he was a steady scorer and had amassed a total of 56 victories (some sources say 67) by the end of 1944. He was killed on 01JAN45 during Operation Baddenplatte, the Luftwaffe’s New Years Day strike against Allied airfields, shot down by ground fire.
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He shot down Frank Sorensen on April 11, 1943.
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The pilot who shot down Frank Sorensen.
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..according to a list of JG 77 claims I have his 67th and last was a P-51 over Bucharest on July 3, 1944.
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..forgot to add that he was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 19 August 1944, the date of the last US raid on the Ploesti refineries..
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