Josef Pürer

Name:

Josef Pürer

Country:

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Rank:

Oberleutnant

Units:

Flik 3J, 19

Victories:

Born:

20 October 1894

Place of Birth:

Schönau, Austria

Killed In Action:

31 August 1918

Place of Death:

One of the few Austro-Hungarian aces to receive the Military Merit Cross twice, Purer was killed in action when his Albatros D.III (153.234) was shot down by a Sopwith Camel flown by English ace Jack Cottle.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	18 Nov 1916		Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I	Voisin	San Marco
2	28 Dec 1916		Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (29.63) ¹	Voisin	W of San Marco
3	28 Feb 1917		Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (68.32) ²	Farman	Enemy lines
4	17 Apr 1917		Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (29.64) ¹	Nieuport Scout	Near Gorizia
5	03 Jun 1917	0930	Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I ³	Nieuport Scout	Sober
6	19 Jun 1917		Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I (29.63) ⁴	Nieuport Scout	Sober
u/c	19 Jun 1917		Flik 19	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I	Nieuport Scout	Sober

1	Pilot Hptm Adolf Heyrowsky
2	Pilot Zugs E Heinz
3	Pilot Zugs K Reithofer
4	Pilot Zugs Stefan Fejes

Books

Above the War Fronts: by Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest, Gregory Alegi / Hardcover / Grub Street (September 1997)
Air Aces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1914-1918: by Dr. Martin O'Connor / Hardcover / Flying Machines Press (January 1986)
Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1: by Chris Chant, Mark Rolfe (Illustrator) / Paperback / Osprey Publishing (February 25, 2002)