/JG 27 flown byStaffelkapitän Leutnant (Lt) Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt based at El Qutaifiya, Egypt, August in 1942, one serving with II. /JG 27 flown byGruppenkommandeur and Luftwaffe Ace,Hauptmann (Hptm) Wolfgang Lippert based at Ain El Gazala, Libya, he was shot down over Bir el Gubi, probably by Australian Ace, Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Clive Caldwell flying a 250 Squadron (Sqn) Tomahawk in November 1941.
