KG 53 night claims

[Thomas H]

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Thomas, can I ask you your source, please?

Luftwaffe im Focus nr. 5

Originally Posted by Laurent Rizzotti

Could the Uffz Mistler and Fw Bauer above be linked to the Teige or Horn crews by somebody ?

Not to the Teige crew. The twelve claims Teige and his crew made are on his name and not on the name of any of the other crew members. So if claims are on Mistler and Bauer it would in theory mean it was their crew. Depending on the source, both gentlemen could also have been part of somebody else his crew, but made a record that they pulled the trigger.

Regards, Thomas

[Thomas H]

On a side note.

5./KG53 and 6./KG53 are often mentioned as been involved in night fighting in 1942. On the first of February 1943. FF Leutnant Meindl (4./KG53) received his clasp with star pennant while being part of "Nah-Nachtjagdschwarm-Lft. 1". (Source: his Urkunde)
This could be proof that 4./KG53 was also participating in night fighting but also shows that it didn't stop in May 1942. I don't know if any claims were made after May 1942 by II/KG53?

Regards, Thomas