Hans Haffers

[CJE]

Hello there,
Which unit did Hans Haffers (rank?), who was shot down and taken POW on 3 July 1943 on the Eastern front, belong to?

Thank you.

[John Beaman]

Chris:

do you have any clue as to whether he was a pilot, or which type of aircraft he flew?

[CJE]

John,
Haffers was flying a Fw 190A when he was shot up by a Yak-1 of 106 GuIAP and force-landed in Soviet-held territory. This happened on 3 July 1943 near Kupiansk.
Haffers told the Soviets that he had previously worked as a test-pilot for Focke-Wulf.
That's all I know.
Also trying to figure out which sub-type he was flying because he was caught unaware while strafing ground targets. It may have been a A-4/U3 or A-5/U3.

Thanks for your help.

[RT]

Haffers is unknown, of the rather good informations that we hv for 1943...

SG1 could be a candidate

remi

[CJE]

Thanks.
My Russian friend that passed me on the info told me that there was no "H" in the cyrillic alphabet and that his name could be Gaffers as well - but not Gans Gaffers :-)
Guess this doesn't help to simplify the situation...