Usage of Pervitin

[Nick Beale]

I think you'll find that the RAF and USAAF gave aircrew benzedrine to stave off fatigue as well.

Give young men guns, powerful machinery and speed ... what could possibly go wrong?

[Marcel van Heijkop]

I know from at least one veteran that it was used with I./KG66, the Luftwaffe's Pathfinder unit, during Unternehmen Steinbock (the Baby Blitz) in early 1944.

Regards,

Marcel

[Jens]

Thanks!

Lipfert stated only usage of Alcohol IIRC, but i am not sure.

@ Marcel van Heijkop

Can you give any name please?

[Jean-Yves Lorant]

Hi Jens,

Former JG 300 pilots told me that some of them used regularly Pervitin during the last months of the war, especially men of I. and III./JG 300. I heard some reports about unexpected bad effects. For example:" Hauptmann Fritz Lonzius, unser Gruppenkommandeur, war am Kriegsende Pervitin-abhängig und nicht mehr fähig, die Gruppe in der Luft zu führen..."

best wishes from France - JY.