Heinkel aircraft types and their top scorers

[knusel]

Good morning Gentlemen,

I tried to compile the top scorers of all Heinkel aircraft types that scored kills and their scores in these types:

• He 51: Herwig Knüppel, 6 kills
• He 111: Günther Bertram, 14 kills
• He 112: Miguel Entrena Klett, at least 1 kill
• He 177: Richard Kranz, at least 1 kill
• He 219: Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow, 33 kills

Did anybody ever score more than one kills with the He 112 ?

Cheers,

Michael

[focusfocus]

He-112: Slt Teodor Moscu and Lt Radu Reinek 2 each.

And He-115 ? several "abschusse" were obteneid (ex. 05/09/1939,12/09/1939....)
michel

[Chris Goss]

Wouldn't call Kranz of II./KG 40 a top scorer with one kill (confirmed) and no evidence of any more kills. II./KG 40 also claimed fighters on 26 Nov 43 while the last He 177 success could be Hptm Hans-Joachim Stolte of 2./KG 40 of a P-61. Again, I can see no pilot claiming more than one

[knusel]

Good evening Michel and Chris,

thanks for your posts.
It's interesting that the Romanian He 112 had some success.
https://plane-encyclopedia.com/ww2/h...anian-service/
I don't know the names of the He 115 scorers.
Hans-Joachim Stolte shot down a P-61 ?
I thought that the Black Widow had no losses in aerial combat at all.
If you tell me the date I'll check the P-61 book by Jeff Kolln.

Best greetings from Switzerland,
Michael

[Chris Goss]

14 Aug 44. Engine caught fire, force-landed Maupertus, nose oleo collapsed

[knusel]

Good evening Chris,

the chronology part of Jeff Kolln's book has no entry for 14Aug1945.
With this incident it looks as if the P-61 wasn't as invincible as I previously thought.

I wish you a good start into the weekend,

Michael

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by knusel

Hans-Joachim Stolte shot down a P-61 ?
I thought that the Black Widow had no losses in aerial combat at all.

not really...the 'incident' was the subject of an article in Jet & Prop magazine (issue 6/97) entitled " Schwarze Witwe contra Greif " (‘Black Widow versus Griffon’) written and compiled by Michael Balss. He refers to the pilot as 'Stolle' which appears to be incorrect then, Chris ?

Michael, I posted this in 2011 ! - I'm a little disappointed that you are apparently not aware of it..

https://falkeeins.blogspot.com/2011/...7-griffon.html

[knusel]

Good afternoon Igor,

thanks for the He 115 crew.

Good afternoon FalkeEins,

thanks for the article which I didn't know yet, indeed.
The fight is not mentioned in the OSPREY volume about the He 177 written by Robert Forsyth. But the name of the pilot is Hans-Joachim Stolte, isn't it ?
https://www.key.aero/article/heinkel...-over-normandy

Have a nice Wednesday,
Michael

[James A Pratt III]

HE 115 victories
5 Sep 39 Anson 206 Sqn P.O. F.L. Words WIA/POW and 2 KIA M2+FH 1/KuFlGp source FE

13 Sep 42 Sea Hurricane/ 802 HMS Avenger Lt E.W.T. Taylor KIA 1/KuFlGp 706 notes from "Artic Victory The Story of Convoy PQ 18" Peter c Smith

[knusel]

Good morning Chris,

I've written a message to Theo Boiten and found an answer to a former question that reveals that the correct spelling of Mr Bertram's given name is Günter (without h).

Good morning James,

that's interesting. Is there a chance to identify the He 115 pilots ?

Have a nice day,

Michael