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Morten,

As far as I am aware Druschel's 5 kills on 21 June 1941 were in the air and in a Bf 109 E.

Russell

Keep up the good work, and encourage Andrew to finish Courland as well.

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Hi Russell,

This year should see a lot more progress than previous years!

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles

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Good evening Russell,

do you have this info from the flight log ?

Best greetings from Brandenburg, Germany,

Michael

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Good morning Morten,

I still hope to find evidence for Druschel having scored seven Hs 123 kills. I cross-checked your Henschel Hs 123 Part two article with Jon Guttman's Luftwaffe Schlachtgruppen and the assessments of the forum members I asked. Gloomily, it rather looks as if his unit flew Bf 109's at the beginning of Barbarossa. In your article (version 1.1) Druschel is indicated as Staffelkapitän of 6./LG2 then. Is that true ? I though he led 4./LG2.

Best greetings and wishes from Switzerland, sincerely,

Michael

Re: Part Two of Hs 123 eArticle available
 

Hi Michael,

Morten rarely visits the forum, so I'll reply on his behalf. All of II.(S)/Lehrgeschwader 2 was equipped with the Bf 109 at the beginning of Barbarossa, so Druschel's claims were definitely made in a Bf 109. He was not serving with the Hs 123-equipped 10. Staffel.

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com

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Hi Andrew,

thanks for your answer and assessment.
It fascinates me that a biplane soldiered on for so long in the thickest thick of action.
It would be very intrigueing to provide Håkan Gustavsson's WW2 biplane aces website with a real Hs 123 ace.
In this 1976 book
https://www.amazon.de/Das-waren-deut...s%2C113&sr=8-2
Georg Brütting, a former WW2 war correspondent
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Br%C3%BCtting
indicates that Druschel has scored his seven kills in a Hs 123. I wish I knew if Brütting just erroneously believed Druschel's Staffel to have been equipped with the Hs 123 during the first days of Barbarossa or if he knew something that we don't know, e.g. that Druschel had borrowed a Hs 123 from 10. Staffel...

I wish you a good start into the new week,

Michael