Sunday 5 September 2010

unidentified Jagdflieger - B-17 shoot-down on 29 August 1944



The following photos from Czech enthusiast Roman Susil show a successful Luftwaffe Ofw. or Ofhr. pilot posing with the wreckage of a downed B-17 on 29 August 1944 (B-17G 42-32048) at the crash site in the vicinity of Krhov (Kreis Zlin). But who exactly was he ? The victory lists for the day on the German side which saw all four Gruppen of JG 300 in action comprised the following:

Fw. Karl Schauenberg, 4./JG300- HSS
Fw. Konrad Bauer, 5./JG300
Fw. Walter Vogel, 2./JG3- HSS
Uffz. Rudolf Hennersdorf, 1./JG300- HSS
Fw. Walter Loos, Stab/JG300
Uffz. Jürgen Wellhausen, 7./JG300
Uffz. Afred Büthe, 3./JG300
Fw. Willi Unger, 15./JG3, 2 Abschüsse
Uffz. Heinz-Julius Uchdorf, 16./JG3
Uffz. Klaus Neumann, 16./JG3
Oblt. Eberhard Schade, 6./JG27- HSS
Uffz. Hannes Schmitz, 1./JG300
Uffz. Paul Mang, 9./JG53
Uffz. Willi Reschke, 1./JG302- HSS
Uffz. Herman Heck, 9./JG53
Ofw. Adalbert Koch, 6./JG300
Ltn. Werner Hermann, 10./JG53
Uffz. Herman Pusch, 11./JG53
Oblt. Karl Ritter, 11./JG53
Ltn. Josef Törfer, 5./JG27
Ofw. Heinz Nevack, I./JG302, aber eher Ofw. Heinz Weuack, I./JG300
Ofhr. Gerhard Piel, 5./JG300- HSS
Uffz. Hansotto Nehls, 11./JG300- e.v.
Flg. Fritz Weinzierl, 11./JG53
Fw. Rudolf Zwesken, 6./JG300
Ltn. Lutz-Gottfried Hengst, 9./JG300
Ofhr. Otto Köhler, 9./JG300- HSS
Ofhr. Rolf Heidemann 9./JG 300