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Old 27th December 2023, 06:26
Johannes Johannes is offline
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Re: Staffelkapitän 5./JG 54 Wilhelm Schilling

Hi Leo

Many thanks for taking the time to help.

I do have a few further questions.

I am not a computer expert, born way before they were in schools. How do I clip an image to this thread?

JFV is this Jochen Prien's work?

Regarding Wilkens, is there any lost details for this one claim pilot? I should think he didn't survive, or possibly transfered to a training unit.

Regarding Betram it's a stretch to get this name, but it sits over a crossed-out "Günther". However the "G" from the crossed-through forename does loop-up onto the beginning of the surname, which leads me to believe you are correct.

With Myrrhe it's April 1943(Ost) the worst of all mikrofilms to read, even the dates are hard to establish as they run only roughly in order. I spent hours looking at the image which I had isolated, only got it by altering the background colour are contrast. Thought it could be Dohse, but am sure it a Leutnant, originally thought 16th April 1943.

Another mystery solved with Hevia, I should think whoever scribed the mikrofilm for JG 51 made a mistake with the Staffel number.

Regarding the claim for 14th September 1943 1645 hrs Il-2 with 13./JG 54 name Oblt "Püssan" or something similar. I wondered if this could again be another one claimer. It's an unlikely name though

Another oddity I have is 18th March 1943 0715 hrs a Pe-2 with 1./JG 51. The problem is not the mikrofilm in this case(It's clear). Basically the name looks like Uffz "Arensmeyer" this would be another one claimer. But this cannot be Elmar Arensmeyer for many reasons i.e too soon, he was still in training, another big one is wrong Gruppe.

Kind Regards

Johannes
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