Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was a German night fighter pilot in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany.
12 Facts About Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was credited with 34 nocturnal aerial victories, including one de Havilland Mosquito, claimed in 259 combat missions, 109 of which flown at night.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was the leading proponent of the Heinkel He 219.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was born on 5 May 1908 in Stettin, at the time in the Province of Pomerania in the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow began his civil flight training in 1929 worked as a pilot for the Colombian-German Air Transport Society from 1933 to 1937.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow then flew the postal routes to South America with the Deutsche Luft Hansa from May 1937 to August 1939.
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In October 1943, Modrow was trained as night fighter pilot and was posted to I Gruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.
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One of the aircraft shot down by Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was Halifax HX322 NP-B from No 158 Squadron piloted by Flight Sergeant Albert Brice.
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On 1 April 1944, Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was appointed Staffelkapitan of the 1.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow might have misidentified the second and third claim of the night.
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Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was interred at the Parkfriedhof Eichhof in Kiel.