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Originally Posted by Gizmo
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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My father received a Finish medal as a detachment commander in the period 7 April - 15 May 1944 as successor of Hptm Lewens. In this period it is not absolutely clear, if he was on flying status. On 29 Mar 1944 he was shot down near Stendal in his Bf-109G-6, 440160, and probably his posting at Malmi-Helsinki was a kind of recuperation. In June 1944 he went into a Hospital and was back on flying status in Oktober 1944 as Staffelkapitän 10./JG 301. He never got the chance to receive the Finish award.
Jörg