Re: Obltn. Wilhelm Knoll
Hello
About Knoll and according "Philippe SAINTES"
I quote:"he had taken off for a school flight when southeast of Landsberg,he met two enemy fighters.Knoll launched at full speed in their pursuit but before being at sufficient shooting distance,the two Mustangs performed a brutal evasion maneuver well concerted in the back of the german fighter and had no difficulty in shooting him down"
Knoll was actually Staka of 1./NAG 1 but had been transferred to NAG 6
Me.262 A-1a/U3(110565 or? 110585) stab/ NAGR6 red 2 NN+HO
Several remarks:
How these facts were reported (Knoll having been killed)?
He would have been accompanied by another Me.262 (hence school flight)?
Another Me.262 of 2./NAGR.6 crashed (pilot unknown):Me.262 A-1a/U3(110365) red 3.
To my knowledge no other author has made this precise description(difficult to imagine that this story is invented) and only Philippe Saintes could cite his sources.
Michel
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