Alfred Druschel ( German: Alfred Druschel , February 4, 1917 , Bindzachsen , Hesse - January 1, 1945 , near Aachen ) - Luftwaffe attack aircraft pilot [1] .
| Alfred Druchelle | |||||
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| Date of Birth | February 4, 1917 | ||||
| Place of Birth |  Binzachsen , German Empire | ||||
| Date of death | January 1, 1945 (aged 27) | ||||
| Place of death | near Aachen | ||||
| Affiliation |
 Third Reich | ||||
| Type of army |  Luftwaffe | ||||
| Years of service | 1936-1945 | ||||
| Rank | oberst | ||||
| Commanded | 3rd assault squadron, I./Sch.Gl. | ||||
| Battles / wars | The Second World War
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Biography
In 1936, Drushel entered the Luftwaffe. After 2 years of school training, he, with the rank of lieutenant, goes to bomber aviation . But Drushel wanted to fly in attack aircraft and the pilot several times even sent a request to the command. And in 1939 he was transferred to II. (Sch) / LG2.
In Poland , on September 27, 1939, he received his first award - the Iron Cross of the 2nd class .
In France , in May 1940, Druchelle received the long-awaited 1st Class Iron Cross .
Then he participated in the fighting in the Balkans .
In two weeks of fighting on the Eastern Front, Drushel, flying on an Hs-123 , shot down 7 Soviet aircraft. August 21, 1941 commander 3. (Sch) / LG2, Lieutenant Alfred Druchel was awarded the Knight's Cross .
January 13, 1942 began to command I./Sch.Gl.
Drushel made his 600th flight on February 4, 1942 .
September 3, 1942 already Hauptmann Drushel, was awarded oak leaves to the Knight's Cross. By this time, he, together with the squadron commanders, had made more than 2,500 sorties.
In January 1943, the pilot completed his 800th sortie. And on February 19 of that year, he was assigned to complement the Swords of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
Major Drushel was appointed commander of the Sch.Gl on June 11, 1943, in lieu of Oberst Lieutenant Hubertus Hitchhold .
He took an active part in the Kursk . On December 28, 1944, before Operation Bodenplatte, Oberst Drushel was appointed commander of SG4, replacing Major Ewald Janssen . The squadron was then based at the airport in Cologne , and she was to become the only assault squadron participating in the operation. During the execution of a combat mission, when crossing the front line in the region of Aachen , the squadron came under anti-aircraft fire. Drushel's plane was shot down.
Later, the plane was found, but there was no body in it. Drushel was found missing. In addition to his aircraft, four more were shot down (all from the SG4 squadron).
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- ↑ Zefirov M.V. Luftwaffe attack aircraft. - M .: AST Publishing House LLC, 2001. - P. 62, 406-410.