Oberfeldwebel Alfred Surau, 9./JG 3 'Udet'
Surau scored his first kill in February 1943, on the Russian front.
When III./JG3 was transferred to the Western Front 6 months later, his tally had raced to 41.
between August and December 1943 III./JG 3 shot down 31 aircraft. mostly American four-engine bombers, for the loss of only two pilots killed
One of those was Surau.
His 46th and final kill came during the second Schweinfurt raid on the 14th October 1943.
But the B-17 didn't go down without a fight and after inflicting serious damage on its attacker, Surau despite serious wounds, managed to bail out
however he died later the same day in hospital at Wertheim, aged 24.
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