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Re: Pe-8 Losses
According "JG 301/301" book by Willi Reschke:
"The Helsinki Staffel Claimed two a/c shot down on the night of 16-17 February 1944 and four on the night of 26-27 Februwary. The names of successful pilots are not not revealed by surviving records. Finnish records do reveal, however, that following German pilots of "Operational Detachment Helsinki" were awarded Finnish Pilot's Badge, propably recognition for shooting down Soviet bombers in the Helsinki area :
18 Feb. 1944
Hptm. Richard Lewens
26 Feb. 1944
Ofw. Egberd Jaaks
Ofw. Xavier Neumeier
Ofw Dieter Rusche
Uffz. Werner Dienst
12 Dec 1944
Hptm Karl-Heinz Dietsche
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