Walter Loos - Pilot Profile

Walter Loos

Victories : 38
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Country : Germany
Fought in : WW2
Fought for : Axis

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Walter Loos was one of the last German Experten. He came as a newly trained pilot to the III./JG3 in January 1944, and was one of the few new pilots of 1944 who survived the war. He claimed his first aerial victory during a fierce aerial battle when the 8th US Air Force attacked Berlin on 6th March 1944. While with the Sturmgruppe IV./JG3, he downed several four-engine bombers and was hand picked by Walther Dahl for Geschwaderstab /JG300. Loos made a great success as a Sturmflieger, but was himself shot down nine times in only a few months. Sta/JG301 was equipped with the Ta152, the most modern propeller fighter, in order to protect the bases of the jet fighters from spring 1945. It was natural to include Loos in this unit. On 24th April 1945, Loos encountered a formation of Soviet fighters over Berlin and managed to down two of them. In spite of flying only 66 missions, he was credited with 38 confirmed victories, including 30 four-engine bombers, plus 8 unconfirmed victories. Six days later on 30th April, JG301 took off for their last battle of the war. Russian fighters attacked the formation and Loos shot down one Yak-9 – one of the last two victories claimed by JG301. That was his 38th victory. While 38 victories for WW2 German fighter pilots was not a huge number, when one considers that over 100 aces achieved over 100 victories, it is outstanding when one considers that Loos achieved his 38 victories in only 66 missions. Few pilots in history have achieved that ratio of kills to sorties.

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Known Victory Claims - Walter Loos
DATE	PILOT	UNIT	JG	CLAIMED	LOCATION	TIME	FRONT

06/03/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-17	-	12.55	Western Front
08/03/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-17	-	13.31	Western Front
08/03/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-17	-	13.28	Western Front
08/04/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-24 HSS	-	14.15	Western Front
09/04/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-24 HSS	-	12.1	Western Front
11/04/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-17	GC-3: 5000m [SE Gardelegen]	11.1	Western Front
11/04/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-17	GC: 5500m [Magdeburg]	11.15	Western Front
22/04/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-24	NQ-OQ: 6300m [Westerwald SE Bonn]	19.46	Western Front
29/04/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-17	HD-3 Burg: 7500m	11.2	Western Front
08/05/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	11	JG 3	B-24	FA-1: [S. Sülze-Südheide]	10.07	Western Front
28/05/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	4	JG 3	B-17	GE-HE: 7500m [NE Magdeburg]	14.2	Western Front
29/05/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	4	JG 3	B-24	BI-BK: 6500m	12.25	Western Front
30/05/1944	Uffz. Walter Loos	4	JG 3	B-24	-	11.15	Western Front
07/07/1944	Fw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 300	B-24	N. Quedlinbürg Kr. Sachsen: 5600m	9.45	Western Front
15/08/1944	Fw. Walter Loos	6	JG 300	B-17	PP-PO-QO: 6500m [Raum Koblenz]	11.47	Western Front
23/08/1944	Ofw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 300	P-51	FL-FM: 7000m [Mürzzuschlag]	12.15	Western Front
29/08/1944	Fw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 300	B-17	15 Ost S/UQ-UR: 7500m [Brünn]	10.46	Western Front
24/04/1945	Ofw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 301	Jak-9	Berlin	-	Western Front
24/04/1945	Ofw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 301	Jak-9	Berlin	-	Western Front
25/04/1945	Ofw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 301	Jak-9	Berlin	-	Western Front
30/04/1945	Ofw. Walter Loos	Stab	JG 301	Jak-9	Berlin	-	Western Front

Known Claims : 21

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