Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
 

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I am sorry but this is the sharpest I can make of this digitalized copy of p. 0009 found in RL 2-III/389.

My reading of it is that a claim was made through 2. Jagddivision for an English flying boat off the Isle of Juist involving three Me 262s of I./JG 7. One certain shootdown was made of a Consolidated flying boat [Catalina or Canso] on 31 March 1945.

According to Michael Balss, Deutsche Luftwaffe Losses & Claims, Part 42, 1-31 March 1945, p. 261, Ltn. Hadi Weihs of I./JG 7 claimed a "Catalina" on 31 March 1945 but it was the only claim denied that day.

Was there any loss/damage/encounter of a British Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?

Thank you,

Jim

Re: Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
 

Must be OA-10A 44-33915 of the USAAF 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron, lost 31 March 1945.

See e.g. https://www.catalina.org.uk/history-of-44-33915/

Leendert

Re: Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
 

Thank you, Leendert! I just finished reading the history of 44-33915. No wonder Weihs was not credited with a "shootdown". The term "abschuß was totally inappropriate.

Thank you, again,

Jim

Re: Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
 

Hi Jim,

I wrote an article about this encounter and its aftermath, which was published in Aeroplane (https://www.key.aero/article/final-m...lina-miss-pick) and Klassiker der Luftfahrt, in case you can find a copy. Quite an interesting story.

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

Re: Me 262 claim of English Catalina/Canso on 31 March 1945?
 

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for the link.