Hauptmann
Ekkehard Tichy was born on 26 August 1922 at Mährisch-Neustadt
in the Sudetenland. In mid-1942, Tichy was posted to I./JG 53 based on
the Russian front. Tichy was transferred to III./JG 3 in October 1942.
Leutnant Tichy was assigned to 9./JG 3. He gained his first victory on
20 April 1943, when he shot down a Russian LaGG fighter. On 21 July, Tichy
claimed three enemy aircraft shot down to record his fifth through seventh
victories. He recorded his 10th victory on 28 July, when he shot down a
Russian Yak-7 fighter. By August, Tichy had some 13 victories when the
unit was relocated to the Western front to undertake Reichsverteidigung
duties. On 4 November 1943, Tichy was appointed Staffelkapitän of 9./JG
3. On 18 March 1944, he was severely wounded in the eye in a dogfight with
bomber escorts. He baled out of his stricken Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 410 554)
after shooting down a USAAF P-51 fighter. Leutnant Tichy was awarded the
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 16 May 1944. Despite the loss of the sight in
one eye, Tichy returned to combat with the Sturmgruppe, IV./JG 3 in June
1944. He was assigned to 10. Staffel. He became Staffelkapitän of 13./JG
3 on 19 July. On 16 August 1944, over 1,000 US bombers raided airfields
and oil installations in central Germany. IV./JG 3 attacked a formation
of bombers from the 91st Bomb Group, USAAF scoring some 12 Ab-und Herausschüsse.
Tichy was killed when he rammed or collided with a B-17 four-engine bomber
with his Fw 190 A-8 (W.Nr. 732 029), possibly handicapped by his impaired
eyesight. Tichy was posthumously awarded the Ritterkreuz and promoted to
the rank of Hauptmann.
Ekkehard Tichy was credited with 25 victories. He
recorded 13 victories over the Eastern front,
including one Il-2 Sturmovik. Of the 12 victories
he recorded over the Western front, 11 were
four-engine
bombers.
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20.4.1943
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LaGG | 9./JG 3 | - |
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7.5.1943
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Pe-2 | 9./JG 3 | 88 120: at at 3.000m |
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9.5.1943
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LaGG-3 | 9./JG 3 | Rostov station: at 500m |
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24.5.1943
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LaGG-3 | 9./JG 3 | E Bataysk: at 3.000m |
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21.7.1943
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LaGG-5 | 9./JG 3 | 70 791: at 2.500m |
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21.7.1943
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LaGG-5 | 9./JG 3 | 70 842 |
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21.7.1943
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Il-2 | 9./JG 3 | 30km NW Slavyansk: at 500m |
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24.7.1943
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LaGG-3 | 9./JG 3 | 18km NNW Slavyansk: at 2.500m |
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25.7.1943
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LaGG-5 | 9./JG 3 | 18km NNW Slavyansk: 1.500m |
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28.7.1943
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Yak-7 | 9./JG 3 | 99 792: at 1.500m |
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31.7.1943
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LaGG-3 | 9./JG 3 | 5km NW Kuybyshevo: at 3.000m |
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31.7.1943
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LaGG-3 | 9./JG 3 | 88 252: at 400m |
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31.7.1943
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LaGG-3 | 9./JG 3 | 88 233: at 300m |
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6.9.1943
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B-17 HSS | 9./JG 3 | 15km S Stuttgart: 7.500m |
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14.10.1943
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B-17 HSS | 9./JG 3 | 26km W Schweinfurt: 6.500m |
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19.12.1943
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B-17 | 9./JG 3 | Zillertaler-Alpen: 6.000m |
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29.1.1944
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B-17 HSS | 9./JG 3 | Mannheim-Bastogne |
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23.2.1944
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B-24 | 9./JG 3 | - |
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24.2.1944
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B-17 | 9./JG 3 | probably not confirmed |
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25.2.1944
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B-17 | 9./JG 3 | DF-9 od. EF-3: 6.500m |
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16.3.1944
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B-17 HSS | 9./JG 3 | Assessed: Augsburg-Reutlingen |
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18.3.1944
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P-51 | 9./JG 3 | NW Stuttgart: 6.000m |
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3.8.1944
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B-17 | 10./JG 3 | TO-6: 6.200m [Bouzonville] |
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9.8.1944
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B-17 | 10./JG 3 | BR 7-9: 6.500m [Oberkirche 090°] |
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15.8.1944
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B-17 | 10./JG 3 | - |
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16.8.1944
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B-17 | 10./JG 3 | - |
Victories : 25
Awards : Ehrenpokal (15 April 1944)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (16 April 1944)
Ritterkreuz (14 January 1945)
Units : JG 53, JG 3
