Eastern Front Experten

[Gordon Raddock]

Would appreciate any help with information for the following pilots operating over the Eastern front:

• Uffz. LEUKEIT - flew with 1./NAGr. 2 gaining at least 12 victories
• Lt. LOSSAU - flew with 2./NAGr. 2 gaining at least 9 victories
• Fhj.-Fw. TETZNER - flew with 2./NAGr. 4 gaining at least 6 victories
• Oblt. POHL - flew with 1./SG 10 gaining at least 7 victories
• Uffz. RISCHBIETER - flew with Stab III./SKG 10 and later, as Fw. with 6./SG 4 and Fhj.-Fw. with 7./SG 4 gaining at least 5 victories
• Fw. TRESTLER - flew with 2./ZG 1 and later, as Ofw. with 3./ZG 26 gaining at least 5 victories

In particular I'm looking for first names and fates of these pilots. The information listed above was all extracted from Tony Wood's Combat Claims.

Many thanks
Gordon

[Doug Stankey]

Scanning our notes, we come up with few hits. Your guys are all small fish and don’t show up on our radar. All we have are the following, which may or may not be relevant:

POHL, ? . 1945 Oblt. and Staka 1./SG 10.

TETZNER, Hans. (DOB: 04.06.19). 10.01.42 Lt. and Staka 13./JG 77, appt Staka 4./JG 5 (to 03.06.44). 01.04.42 promo to Oblt. 04.06.44 appt acting Kdr. II./JG 5 (to 19.07.44 KIA). 01.07.44 posthumous promo to Hptm. Credited with c.20 air victories.

That’s all we can find.

LdZ
DGS

[Gordon Raddock]

Thanks Doug

Every little bit helps! However, I suspect that "my" TETZNER and "your" TETZNER may be two different pilots. Hopefully an Aufklärer expert may be able to shed some light on these guys.

Thanks again
Gordon

[Kapper]

Gordon,

I have in my notes a Ofw. Johannes Trestler of JG6 KIA 31 January 1945 (sorry I didn't record the source) that would fit one of the requested names.

I/ZG1 became I/ZG26 in October 1943 and I/ZG26 became I/JG6 in July 1944 and being of the rank Ofw. amd this all fits in with claims listed on Tony woods site.

Regards,

Craig...

[Gordon Raddock]

Thanks Craig

Another piece in the puzzle! Many thanks for your input!

Cheers
Gordon

[yogybär]

Originally Posted by Gordon Raddock

Uffz. RISCHBIETER - flew with Stab III./SKG 10 and later, as Fw. with 6./SG 4 and Fhj.-Fw. with 7./SG 4 gaining at least 5 victories

Georg Rischbieter.

He maybe was my dentist when I was a child. I remember that there were some B/W pictures of planes in the practice of Dr. med. dent. Rischbieter. If anyone knows wether this man did study Zahnmedizin after the war, I would appreciate that.

Do you have any details on his claims?

[Tom Semenza]

Gordon,

There is a bit about Georg Rischbieter in Arthy & Jessen's Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in North Africa. He claimed 2 Spitfires with 10./SKG 10 in Tunisia before being WIA on 24 April 1943. He claimed 3 more Spitfires with 6./SG 4 in Italy during the Fall of 1943. Awarded the Deutsche Kreuz in Gold on 20.03.44. Also I have claims for a LaGG-9 (sic) destroyed and a La-5 damaged in July 44 with 7./SG 4.

You say you found 5 claims for Trestler, however I have only found 4 as follows:

03.04.43 LaGG-5
14.10.43 B-17
28.05.44 B-17
20.06.44 B-24

Can you tell me the missing 5th claim?

Thanks,
Tom

[Gordon Raddock]

Hi Jörg


Many thanks for your reply! The claim details I have for Rischbieter are:

• 05.04.43 Uffz. Rischbieter Stab III./SKG 10 Spitfire 10k E Djebel Kreshneur 17.17
• 06.11.43 Fw. Rischbieter 6./SG 4 Spitfire W Pozzaglia Sabino 15.05
• 28.11.43 Fw. Rischbieter 6./SG 4 Spitfire E Castelfrantano 15.46
• 08.12.43 Fw. Rischbieter 6./SG 4 Spitfire S Ragino 15.35
• 24.07.44 Fhj.-Fw. Rischbieter 7./SG 4 Lagg-9 zw. Flivat u. Dünaberg 14.10

The claims were extracted from Tony Wood's lists. Hope this helps.

Cheers
Gordon

[Gordon Raddock]

Hi Tom

Many thanks for the reply. Regarding Trestler I have....

22.12.43 Ofw. Johannes Trestler 3./ZG 26 B-24 WNW Leeuwarden 1445
Film C. 2031/II Anerk: Nr. 19

Wondered if you would also contact me at goma1ATxtra.co.nz?

Again, thanks for your input.
Gordon

[Nick Beale]

The KTB of III./SG4 (on microfilm at the Imperial War Museum) mentions that Rischbieter's aircraft was severely damaged by Flak during Unternehmen Bodenplatte.