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|name=Werner Lucas

|birth_date={{birth date|1917|12|27|df=y}}

|death_date={{death date and age|1943|10|24|1917|12|27|df=y}}

|birth_place=

|death_place=

|placeofburial=[[Ysselsteyn German war cemetery]], [[Netherlands]]

|image=[[File:Werner Lucas.jpg|120px]]

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|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}

|branch=[[Luftwaffe]]

|serviceyears=<!---1938–43--->

|rank=[[Hauptmann]]

|commands=

|unit=[[JG 3]]

|battles=[[Defense of the Reich]] {{KIA}}

|awards=[[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]]

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'''Werner Georg Emil Lucas''' (27 December 1917 – 24 October 1943) was a German [[fighter pilot]] during [[World War II]]. A [[flying ace]], he was credited with 106 enemy aircraft shot down. All but one victory were claimed over the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]], which included 43 bombers and 31 [[Ilyushin Il-2|Il-2 Sturmovik]] ground-attack aircraft. His only victory claimed on the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]] was over a four-engined [[heavy bomber]].<ref name="Obermaier p161">Obermaier 1989, p. 161.</ref>

He joined 4./[[Jagdgeschwader 3]] on 8 February 1941and was awarded the [[German Cross]] in Gold on 27 March 1942; and the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] on 19 September 1942 for 57 air victories.{{cn|date=June 2017}} He held the rank of [[Hauptmann]] ''([[Staffelkapitän]])'' at the time of his death in October 1943. 105 of his claims were made against the Soviet Air Force in 1941–43 while serving on the [[Eastern Front (World War II)|Eastern Front]] with [[Jagdgeschwader 3]]. On 21 July 1943, Lucas was credited with his 100th aerial victory. He was the 47th ''Luftwaffe'' pilot to achieve the century mark.<ref>Obermaier 1989, p. 243.</ref>

Whilst with [[JG 3]] flying from [[Schiphol]], Holland, he was killed in combat with a [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] possibly escorting [[USAAF]] [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] bombers on 24 October 1943, and crashed in the city centre of [[Leiden]] Holland. He then, on purpose, crashed his [[Messerschmitt Bf 109|Me 109-G]] in the courtyard of a hospital on the [[Hooigracht]], thus taking no other people with him than his 106 kills. This made him an unsung hero. His body remains in his plane until this day.{{cn|date=June 2017}}<!--- ( article on this in Verenigde Vleugels, nr 2 March 2012 )--->

==Awards==

* [[Iron Cross]] (1939) 2nd and 1st Class

* [[Ehrenpokal der Luftwaffe]] on 2 October 1941 as ''[[Unteroffizier]]'' and pilot<ref>Patzwall 2008, p. 138.</ref>

* [[German Cross]] in Gold on 27 March 1942 ''[[Feldwebel]]'' in the 4./''Jagdgeschwader'' 3<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 286.</ref>

* [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] on 19 September 1942 as ''Feldwebel'' and pilot in the 4./''Jagdgeschwader'' 3 "Udet"<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 296.</ref>

==References==

===Citations===

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===Bibliography===

{{Refbegin}}

* {{Cite book

|last=Fellgiebel

|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

|year=2000

|origyear=1986

|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans_title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

|language=German

|location=Friedberg, Germany

|publisher=Podzun-Pallas

|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

}}

* {{Cite book

|last=Obermaier

|first=Ernst

|year=1989

|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Luftwaffe Jagdflieger 1939 – 1945

|trans_title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Luftwaffe Fighter Force 1939 – 1945

|language=German

|location=Mainz, Germany

|publisher=Verlag Dieter Hoffmann

|isbn=978-3-87341-065-7

}}

* {{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall

|first1=Klaus D.

|last2=Scherzer

|first2=Veit

|year=2001

|title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II

|trans_title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

|language=German

|location=Norderstedt, Germany

|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

|isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

}}

* {{Cite book

|last1=Patzwall

|first1=Klaus D.

|year=2008

|title=Der Ehrenpokal für besondere Leistung im Luftkrieg

|trans_title=The Honor Goblet for Outstanding Achievement in the Air War

|language=German

|location=Norderstedt, Germany

|publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

|isbn=978-3-931533-08-3

}}

* {{Cite book

|last=Scherzer

|first=Veit

|year=2007

|title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives

|trans_title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives

|language=German

|location=Jena, Germany

|publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

|isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

}}

{{Refend}}

{{Knight's Cross recipients of JG 3}}

{{Top German World War II Aces}}

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