Victory List: Yak-7 Il-2 Il-2 B-17 P-51 B-24 P-51 Yak-9 Pe-2 Yak-9 Mig-3 Il-2 Lagg-5 Pe-2 Pe-2 Il-2 Lagg-5 A-20 Lagg-5 Il-2 Yak-9 Il-2 Lagg-7 Yak-3 Yak-3 Pe-2

Date: May 11, 1943 Nov. 10, 1943 Nov. 10, 1943 May 12, 1944 May 12, 1944 May 14, 1944 May 28, 1944 June 1944 June 1944 July 1944 July 1944 July 1944 Aug. 9, 1944 Sept. 7, 1944 Sept. 1944 Sept. 1944 Sept. 1944 Sept. 1944 Feb. 1945 March 1945 March 1945 March 1945 March 1945 March 1945 March 1945 April 1945

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Horst was born in Berlin on 1 Sept 1921 . He completed an apprenticeship as an Aircraft Builder after High School and volunteered to the Luftwaffe in April 1941, enlisting for 12 years in order to get to fly . He spent 5 months in "bootkamp" and reported to A/B-10 Pilot School in Grottau O/S. By May 1943 he was assigned JG 101 fighter school squadron at Villacoublay near Paris . Horst completed his final training in the Fw-190-A2 near Toulouse , southern France .
   He was part of the Geschwader Stab of JG 51 as an Oberfeldwebel and holder of the Ehren Pokal, the Frontflugspange in Bronze Silver and Gold as well as the Ironcross 1st and 2nd class. After landing in Sweden 4 May 1945 He was interned until January 1946 and handed over to the Soviets where he stayed until September 1949. Horst was eventually released and immigrated to Canada. There he worked as a Auto mechanic for a while before moving to the U.S. In the US he started to work in the Aircraft Industry. He has worked for Boeing, Lear, Northrop, and Beechcraft.

   He is retired and visits special Militaria events and is often guest speaker. He has a son 13 and a daughter 12 years old.

   His victories over allied aircraft were scored while with JG3 for a 3-4 month period.

   The remarkable thing about Horst is that except for his stay with JG-3 his primary mission was Fighter/Bomber ( Jagdbomber ) tankbusting with JG-51 . He scored pretty highly considering that his primary mission was ground support.

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