1. Oberstleutnant Egon Mayer was a World War II fighter ace who served in the Luftwaffe from 1937 until his death in He
was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. Mayer shot down 102 Allied aircraft.
All his victories were claimed over the Western Front and included 26 four-engine bombers, 51 Supermarine Spitfires and 12
P-47 Thunderbolts. Egon Mayer was the first German fighter pilot to score 100 victories entirely on the western front. He was
shot down by 358th Fighter Squadron pilot 1Lt Walter Gresham on 2 March 1944.