French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

Bonjour from France,

Searching informations about French "Malgré-eux" (Mosellan and Alsacian) pilots in th Luftwaffe, I came across this page about Lucien Colomb

http://meyer.famille.free.fr/ahk/ind...uc_colomb.html

What is the truth in this, a French pilot with the RK :whoa:

Merci à tous

Jean-Paul

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

You could find information in a book of Hans-Werner Neulen.

See http://www.amazon.com/In-Skies-Europ.../dp/1861267991

Jaap

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

Hello,

At first glance... Strange story:

He says he started to fly on a Messerschmitt 17 (only 6 to 8 built in 1925!!!!) and Bf 108 ... Which school?
Then incorporated on front line in 1943 .. He talks about Bf 109 F !!!!
One Glider Flugbuch but none with other machines, no photos ???

Last, strange to find him through a "Malgré nous" research when, obviously, he wasn't.

OUR French Luftwaffe Pilot mythoman????

Doesn't mean there was no French pilots; starting with Darbois for example who continue to fly after the war and did participate to the "Indochine" conflict while in Légion Etrangère...

Scrolling through the Kracker List you can find names which are obviously french ones.

Regards, Franck.

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

I don't think Darbois fought in Indochina with the Légion.
As far as I can remember, he was a regular Armée de l'Air helicopter pilot.
But that's off topic.

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

Thanks for your answers,

Naturally I had search in the Kracker list. No Colomb, Colombé, Kolomb....

In my datas I have several French pilots in Luftwaffe:

Karl (Charles) KERN of NJG101 & NJG4, 1 kill (B-24).

Roland MEMHELD 8./SG3

René DARBOIS JG54, JG4

Robert Ernst KG55 (former Luftstreitkräfte pilot and ...)

JPG

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

Pierre Cloustermans other brother in luftwaffe

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

Hello,
The pic were he is loading the walter p-38 he is not wearing the Luftwaffe eagle but the Wermaht one so not Luftwaffe
Cheers
BGB

Re: French pilot in Luftwaffe
 

There would also appear to be another problem: JG52 did not have a 'Black Panther' staffel. The illustration of JG52, from the JG52 website, is also incorrect in showing a Black Puma/Panther, this emblem belonged to the Hungarian 101 Fighter Sqd that fought side by side with JG52 units at the end of the war.