21 March, 1944

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3 (W.Nr. 135517)
Fontenay-Le-Conte
(contributors : Jean-Louis Roba, Frédéric Hénoff, Philippe Dufrasne)

Pilot
Oberfeldwebel Johann EDMANN (service number 60937/4)- 4./JG 26, killed in action.
Born on April 3, 1917 in Rammelsbach (Rhineland-Palatinate).
German military cemetery, Berneuil (17) : block 5, row 9, grave 337.

THE STORY

We don't really know the circumstances of Johann EDMANN's loss. We only know that he was shot down by a fighter when landing on the Fontenay-le-Conte airfield at 2:35 p.m. The pilot died and the aircraft was 100% destroyed. EDMANN was then sent by the JG 26 to the 2./Jagdgruppe West.
On June 22, 1943, after a fight with B-17s, EDMANN's aircraft crashed near Woensdrecht (Netherlands) and was 100% destroyed. The pilot, then assigned to 8./JG 26, had probably bailed out (not confirmed).

IN MEMORIAM

♦ Obituary of Oberfeldwebel EDMANN

After he was shot down on March 21, 1944 in Fontenay-le-Conte, this document informs us that EDMANN held the Iron Cross 1^st and 2^nd class, the silver "Front Flying Clasp" (Frontflugspange in Silber") and the Defense and Wounded Badge ("Schützen- und Verw.-Abzeichens"). EDMANN had been in the army for 8 years.

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