Keywords: Erbo Graf von Kageneck with Me 109 1941.jpg German Luftwaffe pilot Erbo Graf von Kageneck holder of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves standing in front of his Messerschmitt Me 109E in Sicily Italy whilst being assisted by two ground crew personnel Von Kageneck responsible for the destruction of 69 allied aircraft was later shot down by RAAF pilot Flying Officer Clive R Caldwell who was attached to 250 squadron Royal Air Force on the afternoon of 24 December 1941 near Derna in Libya Kageneck later died in the flight to a hospital in Naples on 12 January 1942 P00323 001 1941 unbekannt Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Jagdgeschwader 27 Luftwaffe Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients Fliegerführer Afrika Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircrew Derna in World War II Black and white photographs |