DescriptionErbo Graf von Kageneck with Me 109 1941.jpg
German Luftwaffe pilot Erbo Graf von Kageneck, holder of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, standing in front of his Messerschmitt Me 109E in Sicily, Italy, whilst being assisted by two ground crew personnel. Von Kageneck, responsible for the destruction of 69 allied aircraft, was later shot down by RAAF pilot, Flying Officer Clive R. Caldwell, (who was attached to 250 squadron, Royal Air Force) on the afternoon of 24 December 1941 near Derna in Libya. Kageneck later died in the flight to a hospital in Naples on 12 January 1942.
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