Oberleutnant Karl-Emil Demuth

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Last rank: Oberleutnant
Victories: 17
Unit: 2./JG 1 (10/43), Stfkpt. 3./JG 1 (2/44), Stfkpt. 2./JG 1 (3/44), Temp. Kdr. I./JG 1 (2/45), Stfkpt. 3./JG 1 (5/45 Leck)
Aircrafts: Fw 190A7 Werk # 642558 "Black 11" (lost 3/6/44), Fw 190A-8, Fw 190D-9, He 162A-2 Wk# 120074 "White11"
Awards: DKiG, EP, EK I & II(10/23/43), Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp
Operational details:
On 6 March, 1944, he was forced to bail out of "Black 11" with severe burns after scoring two victories; shot down by a P-47 piloted by Lt Joe Icard (KIA 3/8/44) of 56FG, 62FS. "Black 11" crashed near Minden. The number "11" was Demuth's favorite number. 13 bombers. One known victory, his 1st, a B-17 (HSS) in the Bonn area on 17 August, 1943. His 2nd, another B-17, 7 km SW of Enschede on 10 October, 1943. His 3rd, a B-17 on 14 October, 1943. A B-17 (HSS) on 24 January, 1944. His 5th, a B-17 in the Hannover area on 10 February, 1944. A 6th, same day, a 2nd B-17. His 7th, a B-17 on 20 February, 1944. His 8th, a B-17 on 21 February, 1944. His 10th & 11th, both B-17's; one at Diepholz, the other E of Lingen, on 6 March, 1944. A 12th, a B-17 at Bramsche on 10 March, 1944. A P-47 at Chartres on 7 August, 1944. A Lt. Emil Demuth shot down a P-47 on 23 December, 1944, and a P-51 of the 364th FG on 27 Dec., the same day he was shot down at Todenfeld. Bodenplatte pilot. His 16th (or 17th), and last victory, a Yak 9 on 30 January, 1945. Bowers/Lednicer, 16 victories.

Source:
"Aircraft Of The Luftwaffe Fighter Aces; A Chronicle In Photographs (1)" - Bernd Barbas
http://aircrewremembrancesociety.com/Kr ... lotsD.html

Any additional info about his DKiG award date and birth/death date?

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He 162 pilot Oberleutnant Karl-Emil Demuth – Leck 1945. Source: https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery ... leck-1945/