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Re: Three pilots and their planes
Fw. Egon Reichstein and Uffz. Alois Job were flying together on 12 January 1943 when they intercepted off Norway the Spitfire R7041 of 1 PRU, that was shot down by Job as his first victory.
There is a picture of his aircraft, a Fw 190 A-4 "6 black" on page 125 of the book
"JG 1. L'histoire de la Jagdgeschwader 1 'Oesau'", by Eric Mombeek. ISBN 2-9509485-2-9. Sorry I have no scan.
In April 1943 III./JG 1 was renamed I./JG 11 and Job probabled remained with this unit under his new name. He scored his second victory on 18 Nov 43 with 10./JG 11 and was still with the same Staffel on 1 January 1945 when he scored his victories number 5 to 7.
I found no trace of Reichstein in JG 1 loss list and in German victories list.
Oblt. Heinrich Overhagen of 8;/JG 1 claimed one victory on 29 Nov 43 and two more on 11 Jan 44. He was killed on 12 Mar 44 when his Bf 109 G-6 WNr 760016 crashed near Fels am Wagram during a test flight. He had became Staffelkapitan of 8./JG 1 on 3 Nov 43 when Hptm Alfred Faber was shot down and killed in the North Sea. The book "JG 1" cited above said he was an Oblt having gained most of his experience in JG 1. He appears on page 196 on a picture of the aircraft of Oblt Herwig Zuzic (KIA on 19 Aug 43), with this pilote. By the way Overhagen was still Staka of 8./JG 1 when he died.
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