Gottfired Fahrmann
| Died : 20 / 9 / 2000 |
| Leutnant Gottfried Fahrmann (deceased)
Gottfried Fahrmann had been Macky Steinhoff's longstanding wingman and adjutant in their time together with JG77, which Steinhoff had commanded in Italy. Steinhoff had insisted that Fahrmann be brought into Galland's JV44 unit to continue as his wingman and was one of the original members of the squadron of experts. Together they led the first formation of JV44s Me262s on their journey south to Munich on March 31st 1945. After surviving being shot down by a P51 Mustang, Gottfried was taking off alongside Steinhoff when Macky had his terrible accident. One known victory was on the 25th May, 1944. Fahrmann scored his 2nd victory a P-38 over Bologna, Italy. His 3rd, a P-51 at Ploesti on 24 June, 1944. He also scored 2 victories flying the Me262, both of these being B-17 bombers in the Stuttgart area on 8th April, 1945. He died on 20th September, 2000.
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