Although Siegfried Zick achieved a total of thirty-one confirmed victories-the majority of them during the late stage of the war--he was never awarded with the Knight's Cross. Siegfried Zick was specialized in hunting down U.S. Lightning escort fighters, and several of the casulaties in 8th USAAF's 20 FG and 55 FG were due to him. Zick was posted to Jagdstaffel Münster-Loddenheide (later 2./JG 1) in the Netherlands in June 1941. His first victory was achieved against an RAF Blenheim on August 12, 1941. During 8 USAAF's first raid against Germany on January 27, 1943, Zick managed to knock down a 44 BG Liberator. On November 13, 1943, when JG 1 and JG 11 shot down seven U.S. 55 FG Lightnings without any loss to themselves, Zick scored his eighth victory. On January 5, 1944, U.S. 20 and 55 FGs lost seven Lightnings again, and one of them ended up on Zick's killboard as his number twelve. On March 23, 1944, a Liberator fell before his guns as Zick's twentieth confirmed victory. Zick's victories must be seen against the background of the immense suffering brought upon the Luftwaffe units in the Home Defense during this period. JG 11 suffered heavier losses than any other Luftwaffe unit through March 1944-it registered sixty-two fighters lost, with forty-seven pilot casualties. Zick's next two victories were achieved against Lightnings from U.S. 20 FG and 55 FG on April 13, 1944. Another 20 FG Lightning was shot down by Zick on May 22, 1944.