Wolf-Dietrich Huy – Jagdgeschwader 77 “Herz As” (Oakleaves)

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Wolf-Dietrich Huy. Oberleutnant Wolf-Dietrich Huy (02.08.1917 † 13.07.2003) earned the Ritterkreuz on July 5, 1941 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of the 7. Staffel/ Jagdgeschwader 77 “Herz As” and the Eichenlaub on March 17, 1942 as Oberleutnant und Staffelkapitän of the 7. Staffel/ Jagdgeschwader 77 “Herz As”. Good condition. Measuring: Postcardsize. Huy achieved 40 victories, among which 38 on the Eastern Front, in over 500 operational sorties.

Knight’s Cross: Awarded after 9 aerial victories and successful fighter-bomber attacks during the battle of Crete. Here Oberleutnant Huy sank 34000 GRT worth of shipping, including the freighter ‘Hellas’ (22000 GRT). He also scored direct hits against the battleship ‘Warspite’, the cruiser ‘Fiji’ and a destroyer.