Oblt. Erwin Emil Leykauf, 7, 8, 9 and 12 Staffels/JG-54, Stab III/JG-54 (09/42 S.U.), 12/JG-26, Adj III/JG-26, Stfkpt 11/JG-54 (09/43), Bf 109E-3 Werk # 1572 "Black 3" (Calais 09/40), Bf 109E-4, & F-2 Werk # 6788 "Black 3" (July 41 Ostrow) all in 8/JG-54,"E" "White 12"(7/JG-54),Bf 109F-4Werk # 7492 "Black 1" (3/42), Bf 109G-2 Werk # 13613 (lost; WIA 29/09/42), "G-6"Red 11"12/JG-26, 551 combat missions. His first known victory, a Gladiator at Tongeren 10 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Spitfire on the 12th of August, 1940, no location. His 3rd, a Hurricane at Canterbury on the 28th of August, 1940. His 4th, a Spitfire on the 30th of August, 1940, no location. His 5th, a Spitfire in the Dover-Folkestone area on the 2nd of September, 1940. Emil crashed in his Bf 109G-6 "Red 11" trying to takeoff during a bombing raid on Lille-Vendeville on the 14th of May, 1943. He was uninjured. He was also known to fly the Fw 190. While in JG-54, on the 23rd of June, 1941, he shot down six Soviet bombers in one day in his Bf 109G. An I-18 on the 13th of November, 1941. An R-5 on the 14th of June, 1942. He downed six R-5s on the 22nd of June, 1942. A Pe-2 on the 7th Auofgust, 1942. An Il-2 on the 7th of September, 1942. An Il-2 on the 9th of September, 1942. On the 29th of September, 1942, while in JG-54, he was shot down in a Bf 109G-2 Werk# 13613 (lost), and listed as MIA, but returned shortly thereafter. An Il-2 on the 15th of September, 1943. A Boston III on the 17th of March, 1944. He is also known to have flown Bf 109E-4 "Black 3" in 8/JG-54 in October, 1940. Flew Fw 190As in JG-26. Also served in JG-7, flying the Me 262. Deceased 7 September, 2007.