[Boris Ciglic]

Transfer flight of 15/JG 52 started from Fürth on 28 September with 10 Me 109E and 1 Me 109F. It took nine days to complete and it was done in etapes: Fürth - Praha/Kbely - Krakow - Lwov (Lemberg) - Vinica - Kirovgrad - Poltava. Three Messerschmitts were destroyed already during the first leg of the journey. Planes flew in line and one pilot lost the one in front of him in deteriorating weather as darkness began to fall, thus all behind him got lost. Oblt Ivan Karner tried to land on a field near Milovice, north of Prague with extended landing gear but overturned and was killed. Maj Mato Culinovic crash-landed near Biskovice and was wounded. Third Emil flown by Hptm Zlatko Stipcic also overturned in forced landing near Prague but pilot escaped injuries. Two planes were damaged on landing at Lvov on 1 October when Oblt Ljudevit Bencetic rammed the plane which landed in front of him.