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Re: JG-54 casualties March 12,1942
Gunter Rosipal JG 54 loss list, Prien's book and the Luftwaffe loss reports all agree that JG 54 suffered only one loss for this day. Bf 109 F-2 WNr 8997 lost in air battle 10 km NW a place called "Schum" by Germans. Pilot Uffz Hans Schwartzkopf of 1./JG 54 MIA.
No other Bf 109, even of another unit, was lost or even damaged on the Eastern Front this day according to German reports.
As far as I know, Schwartzkopf scored no victory before his loss, but he may have flown an aircraft borrowed from one ace of the same Gruppe. Possibly Fw Herbert Brönnle of 2./JG 54 who had 25-26 victories at this date.
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