Date: 12th March 1943
Unit: 10 (Jabo) Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 54
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5
Werke/Nr. 0829
Code: 12 + (Black)
Location: In Sea, 10-20 km off Dunkirk, France.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Emil Boesch. (60016/26) Born 24.05.1918 – Killed. (This pilot was attached from 10 (Jabo) Staffel./JG 26)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed shot down in combat with F/Sgt L. W. F. “Pinky” Stone in a Typhoon of No. 609 Squadron, Manston. Aircraft crashed into the sea after the attack.
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Unteroffizier. Emil Boesch 1940 (Hall). ccccccccccccccccccccc Pilot’s citation award (Hall).ccccc
Uffz. Boesch pictured with Messerschmitt Bf 109E (Hall).
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Citatation awards for the War Flights Badge in Bronze (1942) and Silver in (1943)
Decorated with the German Cross in Gold after his death. (Hall).
Burial detail: None found – Believed still missing in action.
Researched by Steven Hall and compiled by Melvin Brownless, December 2014.