C'est Douglas Pitcairn !
Sur la photo avec Harro Harder en Espagne.
Alors une petite bio de ce pilote avec les éléments glanés un peu partout lors de recherches :
DOUGLAS PITCAIRN-PERTHSHIRE
Né le 15 février 1913
Pitcairn of Perthshire was descended from a Scottish Protestant clan which had emigrated to East Prussia in 1830 after religious quarrels with Catholic neighbors. One of his ancestors was the midshipman who first sighted Pitcairn Island, the haven of H.M.S. Bounty's mutineers. The German Pitcairn had grown up in Memel, joined the revived German air force in the early thirties, and was secretly trained as a fighter pilot in Gerstenberg's school in Lipetsk in the Soviet Union.
01.04.32 fighter pilot training at Fliegerschule Schleissheim and in Russia (to 30.09.33).
01.10.33 entered service with the Heer (Kraftfahrtruppe).
01.01.35 trf to the Luftwaffe and sent to Fliegerschule Schleissheim for fighter pilot training.
16.04.35 trf to JG Richthofen as a pilot.
12.03.36 trf to III./JG 134 (Lippstadt).
06.11.36 trf to Jagdgruppe I./88 (Legion Condor) as Adjutant and Staffelführer of 3. Staffel (to 26.07.37). 10.08.37 trf to I./JG 135.
01.07.38 Hptm., appt Staka 1./JG 135.
01.11.38 appt Staka 1./JG 233.
01.05.39 appt Staka 1./JG 51.
25.09.39 Hptm. and Staka 1./JG 51.
05.08.40 WIA – in take-off collision at Pihen/10 km SW of Calais.
06.08.40 trf to Erg.Jagdgruppe Merseburg and hospitalized.
12.10.40 Hptm., appt training Gruppenleiter in JFS 2 (to 06.08.41).
07.08.41 Hptm., appt provisional Kdr. Jagdfliegervorschule 2 (to 04.01.42).
05.01.42 appt Ia op 1 in Stab/2. Jagddivision and in Stab/XII. Fliegerkorps (to 15.09.43).
01.04.42 promo to Maj.
01.01.43 trf into the Generalstab d.Lw. (did not attend the Luftkriegsakademie).
16.09.43 appt Ia in Stab/Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien.
01.02.44 appt Ia in Stab/Jagdfliegerführer Balkan.
Son accident du 5 août 1940 :
5 August 1940: Hauptmann Douglas Pitcairn, Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 51, wounded in Bf 109 E "White 1" during collision on take-off with Bf 109 E-4 "White 8" (W.Nr. 6266) of Feldwebel Willi Gasthaus of 1./JG 51 at Pihen. His aircraft was 100% damaged while that of Gasthaus, who was unharmed, suffered less than 10% damage.
Ses victoires de 1939/1940
25.09.39 Curtiss H-75A
21.05.40 Hurricane
23.05.40 Dewoitine
06.06.40 LeO451
Après guerre il reprendra une carrière dans la nouvelle Luftwaffe à sa recréation et terminera Colonel, il est attaché auprès de L'USAF en Europe dans les années soixante.
Décédé le 12 Octobre 2008
Voilà tout ce que je sais sur ce pilote au nom qui sonne peu "Luftwaffe"
Après cette digression ........A toi la suite Prosper !
Didier