Hans Haffers
 

Hello there,
Which unit did Hans Haffers (rank?), who was shot down and taken POW on 3 July 1943 on the Eastern front, belong to?

Thank you.

Re: Hans Haffers
 

Chris:

do you have any clue as to whether he was a pilot, or which type of aircraft he flew?

Re: Hans Haffers
 

John,
Haffers was flying a Fw 190A when he was shot up by a Yak-1 of 106 GuIAP and force-landed in Soviet-held territory. This happened on 3 July 1943 near Kupiansk.
Haffers told the Soviets that he had previously worked as a test-pilot for Focke-Wulf.
That's all I know.
Also trying to figure out which sub-type he was flying because he was caught unaware while strafing ground targets. It may have been a A-4/U3 or A-5/U3.

Thanks for your help.

Re: Hans Haffers
 

Haffers is unknown, of the rather good informations that we hv for 1943...

SG1 could be a candidate

remi

Re: Hans Haffers
 

Thanks.
My Russian friend that passed me on the info told me that there was no "H" in the cyrillic alphabet and that his name could be Gaffers as well - but not Gans Gaffers :-)
Guess this doesn't help to simplify the situation...