Erich Hohagen

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Erich Hohagen
9 January 1915 – 8 March 1990
Place of birth	Velbert
Place of death	Jever
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Luftwaffe
Years of service	1934-1945 (Wehrmacht) 1956-1974 (Bundeswehr)
Rank	Major (Wehrmacht) Brigadegeneral (Bundeswehr)
Unit	JG 51, JG 2, JG 27, JG 72
Commands held	4./JG 51, I./JG 2, I./JG 27, JG 72
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Britain
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Bundeswehr

Erich Hohagen (9 January 1915 – 8 March 1990) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II and a high ranking general in the post World War II Bundeswehr. He is credited with 56 aerial victories including 13 four-engine bombers.

On 1 June 1943, Wilhelm Steinmann claimed a RAF Supermarine Spitfire shot down. However, he had made a mistake in identification and had shot down a Bf 109 G-6 flown by the Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 27, Hauptmann Erich Hohagen. Hohagen was forced to bail out of his Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 16 391) and was wounded in the incident.

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• German Cross in Gold (25 December 1943)
• Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (5 October 1941)

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Military offices
Preceded by Major Walter Nowotny	Commander of Kommando Nowotny 8 November 1944 – 19 November 1944	Succeeded by disbanded
Preceded by none	Commander of Jagdgeschwader 72 11 November 1959 – October, 1961	Succeeded by Oberstleutnant Friedrich Obleser