JG1 losses on 19 August 1943

[keith A]

On this date JG1 lost three pilots killed and another wounded to Spitfires. The pilots included Ltn Wintergerst KIA and the wounded man was Fw Fritz Timm. Can anyone tell me the names of the other pilots and the times of their combat i.e morning or afternoon.

I know claims were registered by 222, 331, 402 and 416 Squadrons on this date. The Canadian and British claims come late in the day, the Norwegian in the morning. I assume the combat was with the Biggin Hill and Digby Wings because of the magnitude of the losses. The evening claims were 4-0-2, the Norwegian pilots only claimed 1-1-0 during the earlier encounter.

regards

Keith

[Chris Goss]

Wintergerst and Timm were lost 4 Sep 43 not 19 Aug 43 so what date are you talking about?

[Rottler]

Losses of III./JG 1

August 19, 1943 ~ 1900 hrs, area Gilze-Rijen, Spitfire and P-47

8./JG 1 Oblt Herwig Zuzic Staffelkapitän dead
9./JG 1 Lt Horst Bork dead
9./JG 1 Lt Hans-Joachim Niemeyer dead
9./JG 1 Fw Hans Meißner wounded

September 4, 1943 ~ 1900 hrs, area Dunkerque, Spitfire

9./JG 1 Uffz Horst Seemann dead
9./JG 1 Uffz Heinz Biesenbach dead
9./JG 1 Lt Eugen Wintergerst dead
9./JG 1 Ofw Fritz Timm wounded.

Regards
Leo

[keith A]

Doh! I can't even read my own notes properly. However on the up side, many thanks Leo...you not only answered my question but also the next question I was going to ask

best regards

Keith