Hptm Walter Schmitt and Hptm Georg Bugislaus

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Dear all,


I'm looking for any info on the following 2./KG66 Staffelkapitäne:

• Hptm Walter Schmitt (*04.04.1911 - MIA 19.03.1944, Feindflug Hull)
• Hptm Georg Bugislaus (*24.06.1911 - MIA 17.06.1944, Feindflug Vire Mündung)

It seems that Hptm Georg Bugislaus had been a merchant seaman before joining the Luftwaffe. (Something which proved to be handy during the attacks on the British ports in April and May 1944.) Is this correct?

Thanks in advance,

Marcel