Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog - account
 

Hi
Does anyone know, if there was any account of Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog ever published concerning his last flight on 5 September 1940?
TIA

Re: Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog - account
 

Hello Franek,

in JFV 4/II is listed:
05.09.40 Stab/JG 53 Hptm Wilhelm Meyerweissflog Bf 109 E-1 WNr. 5375 black <I-+–.
He was shot down during an aerial combat with Spitfires over Chatham. POW after belly landing near Monkton at 16.45 hrs.

Regards
Leo

Re: Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog - account
 

Apart from photos of him, his crash & K Report nothing that I am aware of

Re: Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog - account
 

Thanks! So the info that he flew alone is from the K-Report? I wonder if the information about combat in Chatham area comes from German or British sources.
So bad he did not write anything, though I guess he was not particularly proud of it.

Re: Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog - account
 

Chatham would have come from German records. His name crops up flying with I./JG 53 prior to his capture so he had some operational experience

Re: Hauptmann Wilhelm Meyerweissflog - account
 

Thanks. I am just curious, how would they learn that, if Meyerweissflog was flying alone. Could be a general combat area of the unit or a radio communication, of course.