Background
He was born on 11 November 1923 in Keplachowitz.
He was born on 11 November 1923 in Keplachowitz.
He is noted for claiming the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. On 26 July 1944, Leutnant Schreiber, a former Zerstörergeschwader 26 pilot, intercepted and attacked a Mosquito Puerto Rico XVI, a photo-reconnaissance aircraft from Number. 540 Squadron Royal Air Force, while flying Messerschmitt Maine 262 A-1a West.Nr.
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lieutenant is often referred to as the first aerial victory by a jet fighter in aviation history. Although damaged, the Mosquito, did in fact, manage to return to an Allied held airfield in Italy and the aircraft was lost in the crash landing. Schreiber would be credited with a further four aerial victories before being killed on 26 November 1944, making him one of the first jet aces in history.
Schreiber was killed in a crash landing at Lechfeld flying the same Maine 262 A-1a WNr.
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