Ofw Friedrich-Josef Jost

[Chris Goss]

Thanks to Johannes and Jim, I think I have sorted out the claims. 21 between 29 Jan 43 (this could be with Ar 196) and 6 Jan 44. Using the attachments has cleared up some of the names which means Wurm has 11, Jost 4 and Gryz and Haase two. Other two claimants were Sievert and Stain both of whom were killed in the same combat. All match with Allied losses apart from 17 May 43 when III./JG 2 claimed quite a number of B-17s attacking Lorient and Wurm one; only 4 B-17s were lost and 7 July 1943 when two Beauforts were claimed and 248 Sqn lost one Beaufighter. There was an indirect additional one on 7 Aug 43. Beaufighter JM343 suffered two hits but a third was not discovered until 16 Aug 43 when engine seized on a transfer flight due a cannon shell being lodged in the port engine reduction gear and following crash-landing at Carew Cheriton it caught fire!