[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

A small mistery, if someone can help. In "Les pertes des Messerschmitt Me 262. Avions Hors-série n° 45, juin 2017", by Philippe Saintes, one of the entries on 3 March 1945 is the following:
Ofw August Weibl, a former instructor pilot born at München on 26 October 1914, was lost when his Me 262 A-1a/U1 WNr 110652 GM+UX of 10./NJG 11 crashed northeast of Magdeburg during a local flight. The remains of the aircraft were found several days later. The body of the pilot was only identified in 1967 when the grave of an "unknown soldier" was unburied.
(my translation)

My problem: when I check the Volksbund database, there is an August Weibl born at München on 26 October 1914 who died on 3 March 1945... but his rank is Jäger and Volksbund says he died and is buried at Geseke. The only Geseke I found is in Nordrhein-Westfalen, between Soest and Paderborn, and about 250 km west of Magdeburg.

The location NE of Madeburg is perfectly coherent for a "local filight" for 10./NJG 11, but Geseke is not.

On the other hand, Weibl is an uncommon name: only three entries in Volksbund for the whole war (and none for WWI), and only one death card on fold3 (but not for 1945), so having two men with this same exact name, date of birth and birth place dying the same day is unlikely.

One possibility is that the author used an incomplete loss report and completed his data with the man on Volksbunb, without checking the location given.

So, can someone check who was the pilot of NJG 11 who died that day ? I don't know if a NVM would be available so late in the war, or if it will have the date of birth ?

Thanks in advance