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Re: "Victory Stick" of unknown Expert
This is just a guess, but from the victory claims, the best candidate seems to be Uffz/Lt Heinz Käppler of I/JG-5. He had two Beaufort abschusse on May 17,1942, a Pe-3 abschusse on March 30,1943,a B-24 Abschuss on November 18,1943, an Aircobra and Boston on September 27,1944,an Aircobra on Oct 12,1944,an Aircobra and a YAK-9 on Oct 16, and two Aircobras on Oct 22,1944.
I can't comment much about the later claims but one Mosquito was shot down on December 26,1944 (235 Sq) and one P-51 Mustang was lost on March 12,1945 (19 Sq) in combat w/ JG-5. I believe Käppler died on April 5,1945 in a takeoff accident. He was the Staffel leader of 15./JG-5
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