[Johannes]

Hi Michael

Kroker never claimed a P-51 on 13th July, rather a B-17. His claims were(until 8th May 1944 with 4./JG 302, then 5./JG 300) :-

3rd January 1944 "Viermot" 0258 hrs Nr.1
21st January 1944 "Viermot" 0332 hrs Nr.2
21st January 1944 "Viermot" 2326 hrs Nr.3
24th March 1944 "Viermot" South of Berlin 2242 hrs 5000 metes Nr.4
9th April 1944 B-24 1138 hrs u/c
9th April 1944 B-24 1145 hrs u/c
11th April 1944 B-24 1119 hrs u/c
18th April 1944 B-17 1435 hrs u/c
19th April 1944 B-17 South of Munden(v.n.e-a.s.m)1034 hrs 7000 metres Nr.5
29th April 1944 B-17 Braunschweig(A.S.M) 1119 hrs 7000 metres Nr.6
8th May 1944 B-17 1012 hrs u/c
29th June 1944 P-51 South-West of Halle(N.O) 0855 hrs 6700 metres Nr.7
7th July 1944 B-17 Werdau 0955 hrs 7500 metres Nr.8
13th July 1944 B-17 West of Strassberg 1050 hrs 7000 metres Nr.9

Those for January 1944 are not on the daily mikro film sheets, as only the A.S.M have been found, however there is a mikro film covering individual pilots, but only late "K's" and early "L's" seem to have survived.

He was born on 11th September 1914. What I know about his death on 21st July 1944 is vague, only lost flying a Bf109.....hopefully somebody can enlighten us on that. Seems he was awarded the DKiG, likely after death.

Kind Regards

Johannes