[Johannes]

Hi Guys

I am trying to find Brendel's 1945 victories. There should be thirty-five in total, his 153rd confirmed claim on 24th October 1944 was his eighty-second Il-2, one more claim(Jak-3) occurs on 14th December 1944 then the micro films have no more entries for Brendel. sometimes I read eighty-eight Il-2's , othertime over ninety. The 1945 details I have are as follows, and brings his known total of Il-2's to eighty-seven, but I do believe the final total exceeded ninety, all the claims are with the stab.III./Jg51 as a Hauptmann:-

14th January 1945 unknown type
18th February 1945 four unknown types in the Heilgenbeil area
19th February 1945 two unknown type
20th February 1945 three unknown type
21st February 1945 three Il-2's and an Airacobra
23rd February 1945 unknown type
4th March 1945 two Il-2's(nr.174 and nr.175) found on the KBT documents.
8th March 1945 Pe-2(nr.176) at 1432 hrs, found on the KBT documents.
9th March 1945 two unknown type(nr.177 and Nr.178) at around 12?? hrs, found on the KBT documents.
18th March 1945 three unknown type
29th April 1945 unknown type(nr.189)

Am 99% sure his log-book survived the war, and he seems to have been an honest claimer. Being an Il-2 specialist which involved the risk of flying at low altitude, and thus vunerable to ground-fire, surely he was the most useful of Eastern front aces!

Grateful for any assistance.

Kind Regards

Johannes