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Originally Posted by Leo Etgen
Hello Martin
I checked the QM 6 documents and this is what is listed:
1 December 1943: Unteroffizier Helmut Johanning of III./JG 1 wounded in Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. 19 850) due to unknown causes at Pl.Qu. ML8/3, 75%
Note the different werknummer although I have noticed that occasionally the QM 6 has errors and so would I would rely more on the information that Prien provides.
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Leo, very interesting post! Uffz. Johanning did not survive the war, but if I'm correct, he did survive this crash.
About the Werk Nr. 19850: this could very well be the correct Werknummer, since III-Gruppe JG 1 also had WerkNr. 19848, 19852 (or 19853), 19854 and 19861. Nr. 19850 would perfectly fit in between. I know that Johanning flew in 'black 4', so this must have been black 4.
It could also be 'black 7', although normally Fw. Josef Kehrle flew in black 7. His black 7 probably crashed on 3 November 1943, so it's hard to tell for sure whether Johanning did or did not fly in black 7.
But the QM 6 register could be true!
