Il-2 killer Joachim Brendel

[Nokose]

20Feb45 Yak-3 (Group Normandie-Nieman) Lt. Pierre Bleton (POW) Pillau
(From Christopher Shores book on Soviet aces). I don't know where he got his information on that one.

[Johannes]

Thanks for that.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[knusel]

Good evening Johannes,

have the 11 missing 1945 claims of Brendel ever re-appeared ?

Michael

[Johannes]

Hi Michael

Have not progressed with Brendel. I know his flugbuch for 1943 exists, was hoping it, or another ran until the end of the war. He does appear on several KBT papers for 1945.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[knusel]

Good afternoon Johannes,

in the internet I've found 7 Brendel claims (1941-1944) that are not in your list.
However, if you have (photographic) proof for his 150th kill being claimed on 18Oct1944 these would be obsolescent.

Have a nice Saturday,

Michael

[Johannes]

Hi Michael

How detailed are these seven claims? If there are really four answers to this:-

1: They are made up.

2: Somebody has misidentified names from the mikrofilms, in which case they will be details.

3: They are unconfirmed claims.......these usually do not have exact times for the claims. I do believe at least his earlier flugbuch survives(but where) flugbücher almost always do not give the exact time of the claim, or altitude.

4: The mikrofilms are less than 100% complete at this point, and I believe they are, your seven would suggest only 95% complete.

If the seven claims are detailed, I will investigate if you give the exact details.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[knusel]

Good afternoon Johannes,

these are the 7 odd kills:

• 16,3.42 2./JG 51 Lt
• 10,6.43 1./JG 51 Lt Pe-2 1937 3000
• 9,7.43 1./JG 51 Oblt Il-2 542 1000
• 22,7.43 1./JG 51 Il-2 1308 100
• 3,8.43 8./JG 51 Oblt LaGG-3 1627 1100
• 6,8.43 8./JG 51 Oblt Il-2 1218 200
• 28,8.44 1./JG 51 Hptm Yak-9 1411 1000

You can crosscheck them here:
http://cieldegloire.com/001_brendel_j.php
They could easily be ruled out if we had some kind of photo or news bulletin that confirms that Brendels 150th kill was indeed scored on 18Oct1944.

Have a nice Sunday,

Michael