Munster was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Leopold Münster claimed 95 victories, 25 on the Western Front. He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 12 May 1944.
On 8 May 1944 after a fierce air battle, he was in a promising position behind a four-engine enemy bomber and its so secure prey threatened to escape after firing all his ammunition, Lt Münster decided to ram his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 “Schwartze 1” (Werkenummer 441142) into the B-24 Liberator and therewith bringing down his 95th enemy aircraft.
On 8 May 1944 after a fierce air battle, he was in a promising position behind a four-engine enemy bomber and its so secure prey threatened to escape after firing all his ammunition, Lt Münster decided to ram his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 “Schwartze 1” (Werkenummer 441142) into the B-24 Liberator and therewith bringing down his 95th enemy aircraft.
Munster was a Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. Leopold Münster claimed 95 victories, 25 on the Western Front. He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 12 May 1944.
On 8 May 1944 after a fierce air battle, he was in a promising position behind a four-engine enemy bomber and its so secure prey threatened to escape after firing all his ammunition, Lt Münster decided to ram his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 “Schwartze 1” (Werkenummer 441142) into the B-24 Liberator and therewith bringing down his 95th enemy aircraft.
On 8 May 1944 after a fierce air battle, he was in a promising position behind a four-engine enemy bomber and its so secure prey threatened to escape after firing all his ammunition, Lt Münster decided to ram his Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 “Schwartze 1” (Werkenummer 441142) into the B-24 Liberator and therewith bringing down his 95th enemy aircraft.
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