Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 6./JG26, 1940

Oblt. Walter Schneider, Staffelkaptin of 6./JG26 sitting in his Bf 109E 'Brown 1', was taken at Marquise, probably on 6 September after he claimed the destruction of two 72Sqn Spitfires. Schneider led the 6./JG26 up until his death on 22 December 1941 when, becoming disorientated in fog, he and four of his pilots flew into a hill.