Post 8th may 45 Shoot downs by Luftwaffe
 

Hi,

From the LEMB website, I read that a few light reconnaisance a/c ( Don't know if RAF or USAAF) were shot down by Luftwaffe fighters on the 9th, 10th 11th of May 1945.

Has anyone ever heard of any of these losses with RAF or USAAF ?

From the thread it seems that some Luftwaffe a/c were alowed to fly if granted permission by the allies to do so. but some evidently did not have such permission and still continued to fight when and where they could.

Alex

Re: Post 8th may 45 Shoot downs by Luftwaffe
 

Alex,

Could it be that these air actions took place in Czechoslovakia or Hungary, as I remember reading somewhere that some Germans were still fighting in that area up to 13th May 1945. Perhaps there were a few aircraft left on that part of the Eastern front with the fuel to carry on, flown by die hards who, like some of the SS ground troops, refused to surrender.

I doubt that anything occurred on the Western Allies side as most German Army & Luftwaffe units were happy to be prisoners of the US & British forces rather than the Russians!