Luftwaffe Fighter Aces by Mike Spick

Author:Mike Spick
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781848326729
Publisher: Frontline Books

WERNER SCHROER The second highest scorer in North Africa was Werner Schroer, with 61 victories. A combat débutante in the Battle of Britain, and a member of I/JG 27 when that unit arrived in the desert in 1941, he was made a Staffelkapitän in II/JG 27 at about the same time as Marseille. Impressed by the latter’s success, Schroer became one of Marseille’s tactical imitators. In fact, in some ways he exceeded the master: although for various reasons he flew far fewer sorties, his strike rate was significantly better. In fact, the only Jagdflieger (as opposed to Nachtjagdflieger) to score faster was Günther Scheel, who flew solely against the Russians. Schroer equalled Müncheberg’s tally against the West, including 24 four-engine bombers, and knocked down a dozen Russians towards the end of the war for a grand total of 114 victories, achieved in the amazingly low number of 197 sorties. And, unlike so many others, he survived the war, his final command being Kommodore of JG 3. The little-known Werner Schroer must be rated one of the greatest of all the Experten.

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