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Re: Florian Salwender JG77/JG5 1941/42
Hi Guys
Photo found in Jochen Prien book Jagdfliegerbände der Luftwaffe:22.6.1941 bis 5.12.1941........page 426. Photo stated as Ofw Salwender's rudder with nineteen bars with Russian red star on. Prien himself states claims 1-23 claimed in 1941......evidence some documentation or other. "Cup of honour" awarded 30th September 1941 as a Uffz.
So if the photo(which doesn't contain the pilot himself) is actually Salwender's, and was taken in 1941 as the book implies, them as he got at least two claims in 1942, then total must be at least twenty-one.....all in the east.
No Deutsches Kreuz in Gold awarded, unless like Hermann Graf's it's missing from book on the subject. One would think the award was just about warranted for this total at this time period.
Kind Regards
Johannes
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