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Hi Johnny,

Waiting for your father's plane picture, I got this in the Kracker list:

Fw. Helmut Bäumener, EK 1 & 2 & Narvik Sh.(as Wehr. Inf. vet), Wound Badge, Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze; I/JG-26 (joins 3/43 in Russia), 3/JG-26; Fw 190A-4, Fw 190A-5 Werk # 2688 (75% dam 9/8/43).
"WIA 8 September, 1943 during aerial combat with a Spitfire of RAF No. 302 Sq. W of Cambrai, near Vendeville. Severely injured, he force landed in a farmyard in Lille, however, never returned to JG-26. He is believed to have suffered another wound in Russia, since it is noted that he returned to 3 Staffel in August 1943 after a long convalescence"

Concerning the pictures you're looking for: Try with one TOCH member ChrisS or with Goran on LEMB they are both "crazy" downloaders!

Tschüss, Franck.

PS: And no, I'm not german but french.