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Re: allied pilots in luftwaffe
Just some bits of information on the Danish pilots mentioned in the list in Jerry's link.
On Peter Horn: Information on this pilot is very scarce. He is mentioned in Neulen's book and in the victory list of Aders/Held. Jagdgeschwader 51 ”Mölders“. Eine Chronik. Berichte, Erlebnisse, Dokumente. Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart. To my knowledge - and I would be happy to be corrected - that is about it. He survived the war.
On Poul Sommer: The possiblity of 6 victories is mentioned in some sources, but to my knowledge 3 is the more likely number. To be more precise a Kittyhawk (sometimes labelled a Spitfire) on 23rd Oct. 1942, a Spitfire on 28th Oct 1942 while serving 4./JG27 and a Spitfire on 20th March 1943 while serving Gruppenstab II./JG27. A bit more information and a photo can be found in Jochen Prien et al. Messerschmitt Bf 109 im Einsatz bei der II./JG27. In May 1943, he became Staffelkapitän of 10./JG27 when a fourth gruppe was added, but returned to Denmark later that summer to become leader of a special Luftwaffe unit that guarded Luftwaffe installations in Denmark. He died in 1979.
Regards, Mikkel
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