Tichy was killed on 16 August 1944 after ramming a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber with his Focke-Wulf Fw 190 over Hannoversch Münden, Germany.

[4] In July 1942, I. Gruppe of JG 53 was fighting on the Eastern Front, supporting German forces which had launched Case Blue on 28 June, the strategic summer offensive in southern Russia.

[2] World War II in Europe had begun on Friday, 1 September 1939 when German forces invaded Poland.

Gruppe of JG 3 was also based at Pitomnik Airfield and commanded by Major Wolfgang Ewald while Tichy's 9.

[9] On 19 May, the Gruppe moved to an airfield named "Uhu" (owl) at Chasiv Yar, located approximately 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Kramatorsk.

The next day, the Gruppe was ordered to Chasiv Yar and then back to Germany where it was based at Münster-Handorf Airfield.

[12] For his achievements on the Eastern Front, Tichy was awarded the both classes of the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz).

[17] On 19 December, the USAAF Fifteenth Air Force attacked railroad infrastructure at Innsbruck and the Messerschmitt factories at Augsburg.

That day, the USAAF Eighth Air Force sent 863 heavy bombers against railroad infrastructure at Frankfurt.

In this aerial battle, the Gruppe claimed ten bombers shot down and five further Herausschüsse, including an Herausschuss by Tichy.

[20] Due to adverse weather conditions, and snow covered runways at Bad Wörishofen, III.

[21] Here on 23 February during "Big Week", the USAAF Fifteenth Air Force attacked the ball bearing factories at Steyr.

[22] The next day, the USAAF Fifteenth Air Force attacked German aircraft manufacturing at Tutow, Posen (Poznań), Kreising and Gotha.

[24] On 16 March, the USAAF Eighth Air Force sent 740 heavy bombers against German aircraft manufacturing at Augsburg, Ulm and Friedrichshafen.

[26] That day, the USAAF Eighth Air Force attacked aircraft manufacturing and Luftwaffe airfields near Munich and Friedrichshafen.

Northwest of Stuttgart, Tichy claimed an escorting North American P-51 Mustang fighter shot down.

Gruppe would be converted to a Sturmgruppe (assault group), the first of such units, as a means to combat the bomber formations of the USAAF.

Similar to the experimental Sturmstaffel 1 (1st Assault Squadron) of JG 3, the Gruppe was equipped with the heavily armored variant of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A series.

Every pilot of the Gruppe was asked to sign a contract, declaring that they would commit themselves to pressing attacks on the bombers to point-blank range, and that aerial ramming should be considered.

Three days later, Hauptmann Wilhelm Moritz was officially appointed Gruppenkommandeur (group commander) of the IV.

That day in the afternoon, the USAAF Eighth Air Force attacked the railroad infrastructure and fuel manufacturing southwest Germany.

The Gruppe was intercepted by escorting fighters over the Black Forest before a consolidate attack on the bombers could be made.

[36] On 16 August, Tichy was killed in action in a mid-air collision with a B-17 bomber of the 91st Bombardment Group northeast of Schweinfurt.

Of this figure, he claimed 13 aerial victories on the Eastern Front and six over the Western Allies, including five four-engined bombers.