Gustav “Micky” Sprick was born on 29 November 1917
at Biemsen in the Lemgo region of Westfalen. Sprick was posted to JG 26
on 23 September 1939. Fähnrich Sprick was assigned to 8./JG 26. Leutnant
Sprick shot down his first enemy aircraft on 10 May 1940, a Dutch Fokker
T-5 twin-engined bomber over Breda. Sprick was very successful during the
French campaign having accrued nine victories by
the fall of France. However, on 14 June he was shot down, near Evreux,
by RAF Hurricane fighters after claiming one of their number. He force-landed
but survived the incident uninjured being rescues by German troops. On
8 August 1940, Oberleutnant Sprick was appointed Staffelkapitän of 8./JG
26. He gained 11 victories in the Battle of Britain.
He was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 1 October after gaining his 20th victory
on 28 September. By the end of 1940 he had recorded 24 victories. He achieved
his 30th victory on 22 June 1941. III./JG 26 took-off on 28 June 1941,
to intercept British Circus No. 26 targetting the Comines power station.
8./JG 26 was attacked from above and broke up into individual combats with
RAF Spitfire fighters. Sprick performed a split-S manoeuvre whereby the
right wing of his Bf 109 F-2 (W.Nr. 5743) promptly collapsed and he plunged
to his death near Holque.
“Micky” Sprick was credited with 31 victories in
192 missions. All his victories were recorded over the Western
front.
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10.5.1940
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Fokker T5 | 8./JG 26 | Breda | Fokker T5 of BomVA of Nederlandse Militaire Luchtvaart |
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11.5.1940
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Curtiss | 8./JG 26 | Curtiss H 75A of GC I/4 of Armée de l’Air | |
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17.5.1940
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Morane | 8./JG 26 | ||
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2.6.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Spitfire of 66, 266 or 611 Sqn, RAF | |
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6.6.1940
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Bloch 152 | 8./JG 26 | ||
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6.6.1940
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Bloch 152 | 8./JG 26 | ||
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6.6.1940
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Bloch 152 | 8./JG 26 | ||
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13.6.1940
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Defiant | 8./JG 26 | Defiant of 142 Sqn, RAF | |
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14.6.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | ||
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12.8.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Thames Estuary-NW Margate | 151 or 501 Sqn, RAF |
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15.8.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Dover-NW Boulogne | Spitfire of 54 Sqn, RAF |
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18.8.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Canterbury | Hurricane of 17 Sqn, RAF |
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24.8.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Ashford | Hurricane of 151 Sqn, RAF |
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31.8.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Folkestone | Hurricane of 85 Sqn, RAF |
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31.8.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Folkestone | Hurricane of 85 Sqn, RAF |
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1.9.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | London | Hurricane of 79 or 85 Sqn, RAF |
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3.9.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Rochester-Thames Estuary | |
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17.9.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Gravesend | |
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23.9.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Thames Estuary | Spitfire of 92 Sqn, RAF |
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28.9.1940
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Canterbury | Hurricane of 501 Sqn, RAF |
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15.10.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | ||
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17.11.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | E Harwich | |
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27.11.1940
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Deal | Spitfire of 421 Flt, RAF |
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16.6.1941
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Dungeness-Étaples | |
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17.6.1941
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Hurricane of 56 or 242 Sqn, RAF | |
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17.6.1941
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Hurricane of 56 or 242 Sqn, RAF | |
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18.6.1941
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Spitfire of 145 Sqn, RAF | |
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21.6.1941
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Hurricane | 8./JG 26 | Hurricane of 1 Sqn, RAF | |
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21.6.1941
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | ||
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22.6.1941
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 | Spitfire of 609 or 611 Sqn, RAF | |
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24.6.1941
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Spitfire | 8./JG 26 |
Victories : 31
Awards : Knight`s Cross
Units : JG 26