[Johannes]

Hi Guys

Rudolf Linz is alleged to have made seventy claims, trouble is that the micro films earlier type for Jg5 do not seem to have survived the war!
This leaves log-books, Victory boards, the micro film type listing only date/time(i.e no pilot name), and the A.S.M toye micro film. I have managed to piece together his first four claims as an Unteroffizier:-

13th June 1942 Hurricane Murmaschi area 1325 hrs Nr.1
23rd June 1942 Hurricane 0815 hrs Nr.2
28th June 1942 Pe-2 1640 hrs Nr.3
7th July 1942 Hurricane 1720 hrs Nr.4

Also have found on the micro films from 23rd September 1943 until 3rd September 1944 another forty-seven claims, plus his alleged two claims on 9th February 1945.

The micro film for 8./Jg5 without pilots names/type e.t.c has another fifteen that I have been unable to put a name to in the summer of 1942:-

12th July 1942 1422 hrs, 1423 hrs and 1428 hrs.
6th August 1942 0856 hrs, 0906 hrs and 1102 hrs.
10th August 1942 1843 hrs, 1847 hrs, 1850 hrs x2, and 1852 hrs.
13th August 1942 1505 hrs, 1506hrs x2 1515 hrs, and 1520 hrs.

Linz could very likely have claimed some of these, but even if he claimed all of them we are still short of seventy!

Can anybody attribute these to him, or/plus can anybody please look into the possibility that he may have been an instructor anytime between the Autumn or 1942 until the Autumn of 1943 as I know amazingly little about this pilot, in fact there are 8./Jg5 claims prior to those above that I cannot attribute a name to, and as he is so obscure there is always the possibility that I have numbered his first four incorrectly.

earlier one's:-

3rd April 1942 1114hrs
26th April 1942 0950hrs , and 0951 hrs.
9th May 1942 1450 hrs, and 1451 hrs.
10th May 1942 1712 hrs, and 1835 hrs.
17th May 1942 0912 hrs.
28th May 1942 1637 hrs.
2nd June 1942 1037 hrs, 1040 hrs, 1320 hrs, 1322 hrs, and 1323 hrs.
14th June 1942 1715 hrs.
15th June 1942 1140 hrs, 1141 hrs, and 1143 hrs.
17th June 1942 0932 hrs, 0933 hrs, 0934 hrs, 0935hrs, and 0938 hrs( I think Hermann Segatz claimed one of these)
23rd June 1942 0815 hrs, and 0820 hrs,
29th June 1942 0137 hrs, and 0142 hrs.
7th July 1942 1450 hrs, and 1728 hrs.

Grateful for any assistance with this. with 6./Jg5 I matched the date/time only micro films with the Staffels Victory Board, assume a similar Board existed for 8./Jg5, but have never seen any photo's of it.

Kind Regards

Johannes