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Luftwaffe pilot Werner Lvsche on U-219 ?
Quite by accident during a Google search I came across several Indonesian websites which talked about a Luftwaffe fighter pilot Werner Lvsche who is claimed to have arrived in Java aboard U-219.
Because I have done some research on Monsun boats it is quite correct that U-219 arrived at Djakarta in November 1944. Author John Bessant claims she had disassembled V-2 rockets in her cargo.
Indonesian websites claim Werner Lvsche escaped from Allied internment and fought with Indonesian nationalists against the Dutch after the war.
Assuming this Luftwaffe pilot was aboard U-219, what was the purpose of his voyage?
U-219 sailed from Bordeaux in August 1944 just after the Normandy landings.
It is heavily disputed whether any Me-262 or Me-163 ever reached Japan. I have no idea if this is related. The name is very similar to RLM test pilot Hans Werner Lerche. I don't know what became of Lerche in WW2 or whether this is the same person. Indonesians talk of a Luftwaffe fighter pilot so that would rule out Hans Werner Lerche, so who was this Werner Levche character ?
Anybody know please ?
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