BenQuinn
Aug-30-2015, 17:38
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Gustav "Micky" Sprick.
On 8 August 1940 he was promoted to Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 26. His Gruppe, III./JG 26 had a formidable team of leaders during the Battle of Britain, with the experienced Kommandeur Adolf Galland and Gerhard Schöpfel (9. Staffel), with Sprick (8. Staffel) and Joachim Müncheberg (7. Staffel).
These four pilots all had 10 or more victories and over the next 2 months claimed 50 aircraft between them.
Sprick himself scored 11 victories in the battle, including a pair of Hurricanes of 85 Sqn on 31 August (his 14th & 15th victories).
He was awarded the Ehrenpokal (Goblet of Honour) on 8 September, and then the coveted Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) on 1 October after gaining his 20th victory on 28 September.
By the end of 1940, with the battle falling back into a relatively quiet period, his score had increased to 23. (Müncheberg had 23, Schöpfel had 22 and Galland with 58).
Three Luftwaffe Aces are featured in this mission!
Good Luck!
Download link: https://app.box.com/s/pu7u3ows35z9311ssxx7ad09vr2zx0bl
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Gustav "Micky" Sprick.
On 8 August 1940 he was promoted to Staffelkapitän of 8./JG 26. His Gruppe, III./JG 26 had a formidable team of leaders during the Battle of Britain, with the experienced Kommandeur Adolf Galland and Gerhard Schöpfel (9. Staffel), with Sprick (8. Staffel) and Joachim Müncheberg (7. Staffel).
These four pilots all had 10 or more victories and over the next 2 months claimed 50 aircraft between them.
Sprick himself scored 11 victories in the battle, including a pair of Hurricanes of 85 Sqn on 31 August (his 14th & 15th victories).
He was awarded the Ehrenpokal (Goblet of Honour) on 8 September, and then the coveted Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) on 1 October after gaining his 20th victory on 28 September.
By the end of 1940, with the battle falling back into a relatively quiet period, his score had increased to 23. (Müncheberg had 23, Schöpfel had 22 and Galland with 58).
Three Luftwaffe Aces are featured in this mission!
Good Luck!
Download link: https://app.box.com/s/pu7u3ows35z9311ssxx7ad09vr2zx0bl
If the link does not work PM me your E-mail addy and I will send you a direct link from DropBox!
SD_MBen