Today a sad news reached me.

Walter Schuck, one of the last german fighter aces of WW 2 has already passed away on the 28. March 2015, aged 95. A really blessed age.

Walter Schuck flew Bf 109 and Me 262. His last rank in the Wehrmacht was Hauptmann (captain). He achieved 206 confirmed kills (8 of them with the Me 262) plus about another 30 unconfirmed. He was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leafs. On the 10. April 1945 he was shot down in his Me 262 by Joe Peterburs. After the war they became friends.

R.I.P.

Hi Torsten

That is indeed very sad news. Ironically, I was only reading about Walter a few days ago, little knowing that he'd passed away so recently. As you say, may he rest in peace.

All the best

Rowan

Age 95, a really blessed age indeed.

He was my dad's age. The changes they witnessed. The horrors they lived. What did he do post-war?

Fred, I don't really know. I guess there's only little known of his life after 1945.
I know he wrote a book of his war time and has visited the USA several times. That's all I can tell you.