- Erich Hohagen
Infobox Military Person
name=Erich Hohagen
lived=9 January ,1915 –8 March ,1990
caption=
nickname=
placeofbirth=Velbert
placeofdeath=Jever
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany (to 1945)
flagicon|West GermanyWest Germany
branch=Luftwaffe
serviceyears=1934-1945 (Wehrmacht)
1956-1974 (Bundeswehr)
rank=Major (Wehrmacht)Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)
commands=4./JG 51 , I./JG 2 , I./JG 27 ,JG 72
unit=JG 51 ,JG 2 ,JG 27 ,JG 72
battles=World War II
*Battle of Britain
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=Bundeswehr Erich Hohagen (
9 January ,1915 –8 March ,1990 ) was a GermanLuftwaffe flying ace duringWorld War II and a high ranking general in the post World War IIBundeswehr . He is credited with 56 aerial victories including 13 four-engine bombers.On
1 June 1943 ,Wilhelm Steinmann claimed aRAF Supermarine Spitfire shot down. However, he had made a mistake in identification and had shot down a Bf 109 G-6 flown by the "Gruppenkommandeur " of I./JG 27 ,Hauptmann Erich Hohagen. Hohagen was forced to bail out of his Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 16 391) and was wounded in the incident.Awards
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German Cross in Gold (25 December 1943 )
*Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
*Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (5 October 1941 )References
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
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