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Re: Search Name of Pilot, FW190 D-9, III./JG2
Klaus,
After an extensive check in all recorded Fw 190 D-9 losses occurred on all February and March 1945 Sundays (all told 42 machines lost with a staggering record of 24 D-9's lost on the sole Sunday 25 February!), there is only one pilot which successfully bailed out from a stricken Fw 190 D-9 on any of those Sundays:
It is Oblt. Werner Zech, from 14./JG 26, flying W.Nr. 211 028, "Schwarze 8". He was shot down Sunday 18 March by Capt. Gerard S. Neumarhorst, flying a P. 51 of 339 FG/ 503 FS. Place is given as Ellinghausen, near Twistringen, in Niedersachsen. This of course is far off Heidelberg...
The only Heidelberg area recorded action for a Sunday happened on 25 February 1945. Oblt. Werner Rossbach from 9./JG 2 went missing flying Fw 190 D-9 W.Nr. 600 766; he was shot down by P-38 and P-51 flying escort for the 8th. Air Force bombers which bombed Aschaffenburg that day. His plane crashed in the Odenwald area, near Heidelberg, but he was never found.
Not much of a conclusive research, I'm afraid, but that's where published records leads us regarding your question...
Hope this helps
Marc
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