[Johannes]

Hi Nick

I take it what you have kindly listed are only those you are able to comment on?
Seems Koehne was a honest guy then, both with JG 52 and JG 1. Those you list as H.S.S were never confirmed, and moreover Koehne did not claim to have shot them down, just removed them from formation, seems likely they made it back.

With the Russian claims I have calculated crash-sites using the grid references for the following four:-

6th October 30km North of Tuapse
9th October 20km NNE Tuapse
3rd November 10km North of Tuapse
18th December 30km South of Pitomnik

The Thunderbolt he claimed without witness on 5th November remained unconfirmed despite it actually falling.

That for 17th August 1943 I have a time of 1554 hrs
That for 16th December 1943 I have a time of 1425 hrs and place as Cloppenburg/Hereenveen
That for 20th December 1943 I have a time of 1212 hrs and place as Cuxhaven/Bremen/Ijsselmeer


Kind Regards


Johannes