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rickback4444

18th November 2022 15:09

Identity and fate of HS123 pilot group?

Hi,

I have just won a photo lot off Ebay showing 4 pilots and on the reverse possibly naming them.

They came with other photos showing a reconnaissance squadron flying HS123's in the west during 1940 and then on the Eastern Front.

I wondered if anyone could translate the script on the back to provide their names and find a corresponding unit where they might have flown. It would be great to discover their unit and eventual fates if possible.

Please see link below.

Many thanks

Rick

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Photo-WW-...p2047675.l2557

VtwinVince

18th November 2022 18:01

Re: Identity and fate of HS123 pilot group?

Nice photo. The names look like Wolf ????, Willy Knoll, Willy Lingemann and Hans Boehm.

Tim O.

18th November 2022 20:44

Re: Identity and fate of HS123 pilot group?

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickback4444 (Post 324544)

If they were flying the Hs 123 they were ground-attack pilots and not reconnaissance pilots (that would have been Hs 126).

Larry deZeng

19th November 2022 00:52

Re: Identity and fate of HS123 pilot group?

And their unit would be...................

II.(Schlacht)/LG 2

L.deZ.

Nick Beale

19th November 2022 09:47

Re: Identity and fate of HS123 pilot group?

Quote:

Originally Posted by VtwinVince (Post 324550)

Nice photo. The names look like Wolf ????, Willy Knoll, Willy Lingemann and Hans Boehm.

The same Willi Knoll (Staffelkapitän of 1./NAG 1) who was killed in an Me 262 crash SW of Landsberg on 21 February 1945?

(On the other hand, it is quite a common name).

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