Meissler's (7./JG52) story and interrogation report

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Originally Posted by mars

Andrey, when many ex-POWs from all countries recall their lives in the prisoner camp, most told a same story: despite all the brutal and illegal method used by the enemy interrogators, they sood their ground never reveal any useful information except their name rank and unit, many were hailed as hero after they returned home,but if we have a chance read their interrogation report, sometimes it told a very different story, something is simply not meant to been seen, so let it go, had they been suffered enough already?

Hello, Mars!

Yes, of course. I saw interrogations reports of the German V.AK, for example. Most of Soviet POWs said all or almost all that they knows (but some real heroes were, indeed).

Return to Meissler.
The coin has a two side. What about captain P.T.Tarasov (812.IAP), who claimed a victory against Bf109? If Meissler's postwar version is true, Tarasov's award is undeserved. And vice versa.

Meissler's interrogation statements looks like a true in many details (according to modern knowledge).

I also thought that the story is simply interesting for air enthusiasts. One more fact to the well-known episode.

Best regards,
Andrey