Gerhard Loos

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Gerhard Loos
Born 21 August 1916
Kommern district of Brüx, Sudetenland
Died 6 March 1944 (1944-03-07) (aged 27)
near Oldenburg
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Balkenkreuz.svg Luftwaffe
Rank Oberleutnant
Commands held 8./JG 54
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gerhard Loos (21 August 1916 – 6 March 1944) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Loos is credited with 92 aerial victories, 14 of which claimed in Defense of the Reich.[1]

On 6 March 1944 Loos flying a Bf 109 G-6 "RX + DL" (Werksnummer 411922 — factory number) was shot down in aerial combat near Rheinsehlen by Lieutenant John Howell of the 357th Fighter Group. Hanging on his parachute he was drifting into a high voltage power line. Releasing the parachute at 20 metres (66 ft) he fell to his death.[2]

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  1. ↑ Weal 2007, p. 67.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Obermaier 1989, p. 160.
  3. ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 295.
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