Fw 190 A-3 (Oskar Romm) Poster

Born on 18 December 1919 in Haindorf, Germany, Oskar Romm was a Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Romm was first deployed to the Eastern Front in September of 1942 with the 1./JG51 "Mölders" and served with distinction as a Fw 190 A-3 pilot. Romm earned 76 aerial victories while assigned to the outfit and would go on to claim an additional 16 victories following a transfer to JG3. After serving as the Staffelkapitän of 15./JG3, Romm would be granted the title of Gruppenkommandeur of IV./JG 3 in February of 1945. Romm was wounded performing an emergency landing after a confrontation with a squadron of Il-2 Sturmovik ground attack aircraft over Szczecin, Poland on 24 April 1945. This ended his career as a fighter pilot with a total of 92 aerial victories to his name. Oskar Romm survived the war and died on 1 May 1993 at 73 years of age.