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Old 20th February 2006, 19:59
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann

Hello John,

I think you are right. I checked again: He flew with 5.(H)/12. (according to the Feldpostnummer in his Flugbuch) and from Feb. 43 with 2./NAGr. 2. The places from where he started/landed correspond partially to Michael Holm's info for 5.(H)/12. So, it seems that he indeed flew with 2./NAGr. 2 at the end of the war and might have been in a training unit before to convert to single engined fighters.

What I don't understand is that a recce unit had the Bf 109 K-4. As far as I know there was no product 109 K with cameras? So, how did he take photos?

Also, the comments in his logbook are not only what he encountered. He could not know for example, that a fighter got 4 hits during a combat if it was not his own fighter. So, I don't know if he engaged any fighters but apparently he was hit by some.

Could it be that Aufklärung was not that important anymore at the end of the war and that they used the pilots as fighter pilots?

Does anybody know if there exists photos of 2./NAGr2 Me 109 K?

Regards,
Roger
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