HUGO BROCH

Hugo Broch was born on 6 January 1922 at Leichlingen in the Bergisch- Gladbach region of Rheinprovinz.

On 6 January 1943, Broch was posted to the II./JG54 on the Eastern front.

Gefreiter Broch was assigned to the 6./JG 54.

His first combat experiences were as Kaczmarek (Wingman) to Horst Ademeit (166 victories, RK-EL) and Heinrich "Bazi" Sterr (130 victories, RK).

On 13 March 1943, Broch shot down his first confirmed enemy aircraft having previously claimed a victory on 7 March for wich he did not received confirmation.

By the end of July 1943 he had raised his total to 7.

On 28 August, he claimed alraidy his 20 victory.

The next month on 27 October 1943, Broch was awarded the Ehrenbokal.

He recorded his 44th victory on the 6 of November.

The same month on the 26th of November, Unterofficier Hugo Broch received the Deutsche Kreuz in Gold.

>From winter until June 1944, Hugo Broch became a fighter instructor with Ergänzungs-Jagdgruppe Ost.

He returned to combat duty at the beginning of August 1944.

Re-assigned to the 6./JG 54, he raised his victory total to 71 by the end of 1944.

>From November 1944 until the end of the war, he flew with 8./JG54 based mainly in the Kurland area.

On 12 March 1945, after recording 79 victories, Feldwebel Hugo Broch was awarded the Ritterkreuz.

Herr Hugo Broch, was so friendly to answer my letter, when I wrote to him and send me a signed picture.

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