Bilanz killboard Bilanz Me109 LG2 Lt. Hachfel wrknr 1575 note reference to 6 victories on 1 day ground targets i think hence the placing of the victory emblems on stabilizer. 24-05-1940 ?
Hachfeld, Wilhelm Helmut Axel "Bomben Willi" Hptm 9/20/1914 Dessau 12 2(J)/LG-2 (5/40), Stfkpt 2/JG-51 (6/41 S.U.), Kdr I/JG-51 (8/41), Kdr III/ZG-2 (5/42 Bizerte,Tunisia) Bf 109E-3 Werk # 1575 in LG-2, Bf 109F in JG-51, Fw 190A-3 Werk # 2195 (lost 12/2/42) in ZG-2
RK(10/29/42)
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(11/10/41)
EK 1 & 2
Fighter or Destroyer Operational Clasp w/Pendant KIFA 2 December, 1942 at Bizerte when, during takeoff, he collided with a landing A-3, Wk# 5266, 80% damaged (D.Drury). Hptm Hachfeld's AC ground looped and the underslung bomb exploded. Added: He is buried in the German War Cem. at Bordj-Cedria, Tunisia "Hof BIZ, Ossario 3, Tafel 14" (D.Drury). 650 missions, 2 victories in the West plus 32 targets on the ground destroyed. One known victory, his 1st, a Morane 406 SW of Peronne on 26 May, 1940. His 2nd, a Hurricane at Dunkirk, 29 May, 1940, while in 2(J)/LG-2. A 3rd, a Hurricane on 15 August, 1940, no location. His first known Soviet victory, a SB-3 on 1 July, 1941. A Vultee-11 on 10 July, 1941. Another Vultee-11 on 28 July, 1941. A MiG-3 at Jsemilisk on 4 July, 1942. Bowers/Lednicer, 11 victories.
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