Records of Franz Stigler on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Franz Stigler and the Stigler Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stigler Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Stigler family tree.

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Miscellaneous Stigler Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Franz Stigler. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Franz Stigler

Franz Stigler

Oberleutnant Franz Stigler (21 August 1915 – 22 March 2008) was a German fighter pilot in World War II. He was born on 21 August 1915 in Regensburg, Bavaria. His father, also named Franz, was a World War I pilot/observer. Franz started flying gliders in 1927 at the age of twelve. In the 1930s he flew for Lufthansa and was an instructor pilot. One of his most famous students was Gerhard Barkhorn. Stigler said of him that "he could barely fly the plane and I almost failed him".

As a member of Jagdgeschwader (JG) 27 in North Africa as well as Europe, and of the Jagdverband (JV) 44 jet fighter squadron, the only aircraft he flew in combat were the Bf 109 and Me 262. Me 262 "White 3" of JV.44 is commonly believed to be Adolf Galland's aircraft. This is a misconception, as White 3 was the aircraft of Franz Stigler and Galland had a photo taken by it; this led to the confusion.

He is best known for his role in the Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident in which he spared the crew of a severely damaged B-17 bomber. He escorted the plane to safety over enemy lines. The story was kept secret for many years, but in 1990 Stigler and Charles Brown (the pilot of the B-17) finally reunited and were close friends until their deaths in 2008. Stigler died in Canada, where he moved to after the war.

Source: Franz Stigler, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Stigler

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

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