Luftwaffe losses. Rhubarb 22/05/1941.

[Juha]

Hello Andreas
I admit that the two I mentioned are long shots but
In their way to a debriefing leader and wingman had usually opportunity to talk. Here in Finland there was a case when a professional W/O made his appr 33rd kill, a Boston. After landing the wingman congratulated his boss for his Boston kill but the W/O sharply replied that the victim was a flying boat and that he knew very well how Boston looks but the victim wasn't a Boston but a twin engined flying boat (he was probably thinking of GST/Catalina). Both agreed that it would be odd if the leader gave his victim as a flying boat and the wingman confirmed the victory was over a Boston. So the wingman gave in and the victory was marked down as a flying boat. In reality it was a Boston from 15 ORAP, KBF. So it maybe not so odd that also in this case both pilots claimed that the plane was a Ju 52 but as I wrote it's a bit far fetched to think that they misidentified a Ju 88 as a Ju 52 but at least the area is right.

Juha