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Egon Albrecht-Lemke [Note 1] (19 May 1918 – 25 August 1944) was a German-Brazilian Luftwaffe fighter pilot and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Albrecht claimed 25 aerial victories, 10 over the Western Front and 15 over the Eastern Front.
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Egon Albrecht was born on 19 May 1918 in Curitiba, Brazil. By 1940, Albrecht was serving with 6./Zerstörergeschwader 1 (ZG 1) operating Messerschmitt Bf 110 Zerstörer (destroyer) fighters. After redesignation as 9./Zerstörergeschwader 76 (ZG 76) in June 1940, and then 6./Schnellkampfgeschwader 210(SKG 210) in April 1941, Albrecht flew combat operat...
Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe on 21 September 1942 as Leutnantand pilotAlbrecht-Lemke, Egon (Zerstörergeschwader 76) Date of birth: May 19th, 1918 (Curitiba Portao, Curitiba/Paraná, Brasil) Date of death: August 25th, 1944 (St. Claude, Bury, Oise, France) Buried on: German War Cemetery Beauvais. Plot: 3.
On 25 August 1944 Albrecht was intercepted by United States Army Air Force P-51 Mustang fighters and shot down in his Bf 109G-14 near Creil. Albrecht-Lemke bailed out of his stricken aircraft but was dead when found on the ground.
Based in Athis, France, on 25 August 1944 III./JG 76 were intercepted by USAAF P-51 Mustang fighters and Gruppenkommandeur Oblt. Egon Albrecht-Lemke was shot down and killed in his Bf 109G-14 over Creil.
Death and burial ground of Lemke, Egon Albrecht. Soon after they are transferred to the Western front, with battle over Biscay. Transferred again, now to Wels in Austria, to attack the US bombers coming from Italy.
CPT Egon Albrecht-Lemke VVeteran. German-Brazilian Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Albrecht claimed 25 aerial victories, 10 over the Western Front and 15 over the Eastern Front.
