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Alfred Schreiber
Born (1923-11-11)11 November 1923
Died 26 November 1944(1944-11-26) (aged 21)
Place of birth Keplachowitz
Place of death Lechfeld
Allegiance Flag of Germany (3-2 aspect ratio) Weimar Republic (1932)
Flag of German Reich (1935–1945) Nazi Germany (1933–1945)
Service/branch Flag of Weimar Republic (war) Reichswehr
Regulation WW II Upperwing Balkenkreuz Luftwaffe
Rank Leutnant
Battles/wars World War II

Alfred Schreiber (11 November 1923 – 26 November 1944), nicknamed "Bubi", was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace. He is noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. He was born on 11 November 1923 in Keplachowitz. On 26 July 1944, Leutnant Schreiber, a former Zerstörergeschwader 26 pilot, intercepted and attacked a Mosquito PR XVI, a photo-reconnaissance aircraft from No. 540 Squadron RAF, while flying Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a W.Nr. 130 017. It is often referred to as the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history.[1] Although damaged, the Mosquito, did in fact, manage to return to an Allied held airfield in Italy and the aircraft was lost in the crash landing.[2] Schreiber would be credited with a further four aerial victories before being killed on 26 November 1944, making him one of the first jet aces in history.[3] Schreiber was killed in a crash landing at Lechfeld flying the same Me 262 A-1a WNr. 130 017. His wheels caught the lip of a slit trench, causing his Me 262 to cartwheel.[4]

Aerial victories[]

Schreiber submitted the following claims:[5]

Number Date Type
1 26 July 1944 No. 540 Squadron Royal Air Force Mosquito PR XVI
2 2 August 1944 Supermarine Spitfire
3 26 August 1944 Supermarine Spitfire
4 5 September 1944 Spitfire PR XI of the USAAF 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
5 28 October 1944 P-38 Lightning F-5E-3-LO of 7th PRG / 22nd PRS piloted by 2nd Lieutenant Eugene Selzer Williams (POW)

References[]

Notes
  1. Radinger & Schick 1993, p. 51.
  2. Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 16–17.
  3. For a list of Luftwaffe jet aces, see List of German World War II jet aces.
  4. Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 92.
  5. Morgan & Weal 1998, p. 16, 18, 26.
General references
  • "German Jet Aces of World War 2". Orsprey Publishing Limited. 1998. ISBN 1-85532-634-5. .
  • "Messerschmitt Me 262 Development Testing Production". Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1993. ISBN 0-88740-516-9. .


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