Alfred Schreiber

Alfred Schreiber (nicknamed "Bubi") (11 November 1923 in Keplachowitz – 26 November 1944) was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a Jet fighter in aviation history.

On 26 July 1944 Leutnant Schreiber, a former ZG 26 pilot, intercepted and attacked a No. 540 Squadron RAF Mosquito PR XVI, a reconnaissance aircraft, while flying Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a "W.Nr. 130 017". It is often referred to as the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. [Radinger & Schick 1993, p. 51.] Although damaged, the Mosquito, did in fact, manage to return to an Allied held airfield in Italy and was lost in the crash landing. [Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 16–17.] Schreiber would be credited with a further four aerial victories before being killed on 26 November 1944 making him one of the first Jet aces in history. [For a list of Luftwaffe Jet aces see "List of German World War II jet aces"] Schreiber was killed in a crash landing at Lechfeld flying the same Me 262 A-1a "WNr. 130 017". His wheels had caught the lip of a slit trench causing his Me 262 to cartwheel. [Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 92.]

Aerial victories

Schreiber submitted the following claims. [Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 16, 18, 26.]

References

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