6-1-0 downed in Neuruppin-Teschendorf Area, 20 April 1945

[Steve Brew]

Hi Dan

Thank you very much for his information,which shows that Viv Rossow is indeed suspected of downing Buchner. However, I'm slightly confused as Rotenburg is 227km (141 miles) WNW of Neuruppin - am extreme margin of error, when 41 Squadron was operating just north-NW of Berlin.

Further online research, notably http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R...20down&f=false , suggests that that Buchner was first attacked by P-51s over Steinhuder Lake, which is assume is the Steinhuder Meer, and then tried to make a landing in Rotenburg.

The Lake is about the same distance WSW from Neuruppin. It strikes me that Neuruppin is too far from these locations for a damaged Me262 to fly, whereas the Lake and Rotenburg are only ca. 70km (44 miles) apart. This leads me to doubt whether Rossow's claim at Neuruppin is one in the same after all... verwirrend...

Thanks for your post, Dan. Whilst it hasn't provided me a definitive answer, per se, it has pretty much persuaded me that Buchner most likely did NOT fall to Rossow.

Regards
Steve