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Re: mystery fw-190
Some further info on that JG 2 bird....
Crashed Enemy Aircraft Report No. 265 Dated 29th January 1945:
Fw 190A-8, Eupen, (9 white), Yellow, white, yellow stripes round tail of fuselage. WNr. 737372, BMW 801, Destroyed
For some time I have thought that this could have been the a/c of Lt. Kurt Starzacher of 3./JG 6 who flew WNr. 737372 and was reported missing on 24.12.1944 near Liege/Luik. However, he flew a Gelbe 5 and the yellow-white-yellow is strange. Lt. Starzacher was found and he is buried at Lommel, but crash location is not known to me.
However, the a/c found near Eupen is of course the A-8 of Uffz. Otto Dost of 1./JG 2 who crashed on 1.1.45 some 1,2 miles east of Eupen. Uffz. Otto Dost flew one of the last remaining A-8's within I. Gruppe. His Kennzeichen was Weisse 9 and WNr. 737371. As the Fw 190 was totally destroyed the RAF people must have made a mistake in correctly writing down the last digit.
Cheers,
John.
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