Mission: Fighter defence.
Date: 12th March 1943
Unit: 10 (Jabo) Staffel./Jagdgeschwader 54
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5
Werke/Nr. 0829
Code: 12 + (Black)
Location: In Sea, 10-20 km off Dunkirk, France.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Emil Boesch. (60016/26) Born 24.05.1918 – Killed. (This pilot was attached from 10 (Jabo) Staffel./JG 26)
Main image - Unteroffizier. Emil Boesch 1940 (Hall).
REASON FOR LOSS:
Believed shot down in combat with F/Sgt L. W. F. “Pinky” Stone in a Typhoon of No. 609 Squadron, Manston. Aircraft crashed into the sea after the attack.
Researched by Steven Hall and compiled by Melvin Brownless, December 2014. Page reconstructed by Alexander D King September 2025.
Pilot’s citation award (Hall).
Uffz. Boesch pictured with Messerschmitt Bf 109E (Hall).
Citatation awards for the War Flights Badge in Bronze (1942)
Citatation awards for the War Flights Badge in Silver (1943)
Decorated with the German Cross in Gold after his death. (Hall).
Burial detail: None found – Believed still missing in action.
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