Transport flight (Ju 52) to Tunnis - 7th May 1942

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Nick,
I acquired two images (one portrait of an Uffz) and a Bf 109 F from III/JG 52. With those images there was what looked like a nice card-board with the "Historical" activities of this probable Uffz.
He would have flown in September 1939 with KG 1 (3 Feindflüge), then from 20/2/40 up to November 1940 another 8 sorties with same unit (both He 111). Then from 25/11/40 up to 7th May 1942, some 33 sorties with seems KG 126 (or KG 26). Then on 7th May 1942, 2 sorties on a Ju 52 (Transportgeschwader 6!!!!) to Tunis (yes the date is that). Then from 8th May up to 19th October 1943, he would have flown another 138 sorties with Ju 88 on the Russian Front. This airman later transferred to the Jagdverband and obtained 21 aerial victories. Total flying hours on Bf 109 G and Fw 190 was 391 hours 17 minutes.

I believe that:
1) It is either a FAKE addendun to the images (although the card-board seems to have been cut from an Album with those special boards to add photographs);
2) Or the airman wrote wrongly some of the units he flew.

I passed that image to Herr Bernd Barbas, but he was unable to ID the airman....or an airman who may have flown with JG 52 coming from KG 1 and KG 26 previously.

JG 5 may be a possible unit, since it is written that this airman also flew Fw 190....but again, we do not have a match for a 21 aerial victories pilot who may have flown previously on He 111 and Ju 88....

So a mistery...