Majo Klaus Mietusch Personal information and photos
 

Hi everyone,

Does anyone have any detailed information about Major Klaus Mietusch? Has anyone written a book about him and does anyone have any photos and personal info like, was he married? Cant seem to find to much about him so far

Many thanks

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http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index_...=verleihung_rk


Here's a book with a couple of pages on him as well as a photo or two:

Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945Autor: Peter StockertVerlag: Friedrichshaller Rundblick4 Bände A 4ISBN: Buchbesprechung: Standardwerk über die El-Träger. Alle Träger in der Reihenfolge der Verleihung. Ca. 1.700 Bilder und Dokumente. Die gesamte Dokumentation ist in sieben Zeitabschnitte unterteilt. Mailkontakt: Online bestellen:

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Much appreciated Larry, many thanks.

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FS ... further to my response to on another forum, you'll find Don Caldwell, author of the various books on JG-26 I recommended, is a member of this forum. You could PM him. He very kindly sold me autographed copies of the War Diaries.

regards Don

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I think you mean Don Caldwell? He was less than helpful when I contacted him years ago.

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OOPS! Yes, edited now. My interaction was 100% pleasant and helpful.

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Hi ,

Here someyhing on Mietusch from Tom Krackers site :

Mietusch, Klaus
Maj
8/5/1918
Posen
75 victories
2/JG-26 ('38), 7/JG-26 (9/39), Stafkpt 7/JG-26 (9/41), Kdr III/JG-26 (7/43) Bf 109E-1 Wk # 2746(lost), Bf 109E-7, Fw 190A-3 w 7 Staffel, Bf 109G-6 "Blk 20 & 22" w III Grp, Bf 109G-6 Werk # 441646 "Black 25" (lost 9/44) RK(3/26/44)-EL(11/18/44 Post.), DK-G(11/2/42), EP(4/26/41), EK 1 & 2, Wnd Bdg, Ftr Oper.Clsp w/Pend (7/10/44)

KIA 17 September, 1944.

Fatally wounded in "Black 25" by a P-51 of 361FG, 376FS, flown by Lt Wm. R. Beyer, while landing at Rath-Aldekerk/Rhineland.10 Bombers.

POW (Temp) 8 June, 1940, shot down by an RAF Hurricane in Wk# 2746. Injured in a TO accident due to eng. fail. at Gatschina in Fw 190A-4 Wk# 7147. Bailed successfully w/injuries 3/8/44 near Meppen in G-6 # 162032 "Blk 21", aerial combat with P-51's. Landing acc. 4/12/44 in G-6 # 162345 "Blk 24" hitting a bomb crater and turning over. Downed by Spit 7/17/44 in G-6/U4 #440640 "Wh 20"
One known victory, a B-17 on 9 October, 1942 named ""Big Eagle" of the 93BG, flown by Capt. Alexander Simpson. Another B-17, either # 42-3192 "City of Albuquerque" of 303BG, 358BS, or # 42-5392 "Stric Nine" of 303BG, 427BS, both downed northwest of Breda on 19 August, 1943. His favoite wingman was Uffz Erhard Tippe. 452 missions. Shot down ten times. 15 victories in the East. His 65th victory, a P-38 N of Paris on 14 June, 1944. His last victory, a P-51 at Geldern on 17 September, 1944, the date of his death. His 109E-7 was "Yellow 13" in April 1941.

Greets

Alain57

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Nitpicking, but wasn't his aircraft "white 13"?

Don

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Flying Saucer said he was after personal information on Maj. K.M., i.e., family, early schooling, childhood, marriage, children, etc., along with photos so we did not provide our usual block of tedious military career information. If the book I suggested does not have the details he seeks, then he may have to try and get photocopies of K.M.'s military records from BA-MA in Freiburg.

HLdeZ/DGS

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Thanks everyone - any information on Klaus is gratefully received, would like more photos of him though. One intriguing photo I have found of him, he is sitting at the end of a long table in a forest setting and it looks like some sort of celebration. A lady with a small hat (non military) is sitting with them and I think it is called KLAUS MIETUSCH TISCHEEND (table end?) I wondered if this was possibly a wedding?

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Here is what we have about this guy:

MIETUSCH, Klaus.
(DOB: 05.08.18 in Posen).
1938-39 in JG 234, then JG 132 and finally JG 26.
23.09.39 Lt., trf to 7./JG 26.
11.39 Techn.Offz. of Stab/JG 26 (to 14.12.39).
1940 promo to Oblt.
18.09.41 Hptm., appt Staka 7./JG 26 (to 29.06.43).
15.10.42 awarded DKG, 7./JG 26.
05.07.43 Hptm., appt Kdr. III./JG 26 (to 17.09.44).
26.03.44 Hptm., awarded Ritterkreuz, Kdr. III./JG 26.
01.05.44 promo to Maj.
17.09.44 KIA – shot down by P-51 Mustangs while landing following combat over the Rheinland area in the vicinity of Rath-Aldekerk.
18.11.44 Maj., posthumously awarded Eichenlaub, Kdr. III./JG 26.
Credited with 452 combat missions and 76 air victories.


We hope that this helps.

HLdZ
DGS

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As web publisher of the Mietusch photo pic I have to add some amendments which have gathered since the first publication of my Boenninghardt a/f homepage in Sept. 2005.
The photo is an excerpt from one of the Dr. Prien books and shows pilots of 6./JG 26 at Boenninghardt along with Mietusch whose rank was Leutnant then (allegedly with 7./JG 26). The print was quite surely made in late summer 1939 (II./JG 26 was stationed there 25. Aug. to 02. Nov. 1939).
I never noticed it so far, but the lady left from Mietusch in fact seems to wear a bride gown, so there is some little probability that this is a take of Mietusch´s wedding fete with his comrades of II./JG 26.
I live near Mietusch´s death place of 17. Sept. 44 but could not locate the precise spot so far. There is an aviation art of William Beyer´s first air victory, which (not only) I must dismiss as nonsense for some reasons. There were no glider activities in our region (the area around Geldern). Mietusch was killed rather during a belly landing or emergency landing as there never was an a/f at Aldekerk. I fear his defeat was rather an air-to- ground than an air-to-air victory, though I do not intend to put Beyer´s first acknowledged claim into doubt.
To my knowledge Mietusch has his last rest at the Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf.

kind regards from Juergen Haus, Issum

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From Don Pearson: Nitpicking, but wasn't his aircraft "white 13"?

Don is correct, he also flew "white 2" during this time frame. There is an extract of his Flugbuch out there in the ether that lists many of the other machines he flew in the early WWII years.