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About Franz Stigler
- Oberleutnant Franz Stigler (21 August 1915 - 22 March 2008) was a German fighter pilot in World War II.
- He was born August 21, 1915 in Regensburg, Bavaria.
- His father, also named Franz, was a World War I pilot/observer.
- Franz started flying in 1927 at the age of twelve.
- In the 1930s he flew for Lufthansa and was an instructor pilot.
- One of his most famous students was Gerhard Barkhorn.
- Stigler said of him that "he could barely fly the plane and I almost failed him". As a member of Jagdgeschwader (JG) 27 in North Africa as well as Europe, and of the Jagdverband (JV) 44 jet fighter squadron, the only aircraft he flew in combat were the Bf 109 and Me 262.
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