Luftwaffe pilots shot while parachuted

[drgondog]

Originally Posted by ClinA-78

Hello

I am still puzzled by the info I read from Roba's book ("la guerre aérienne dans la région de Charleroi") when he wrote Oblt. Georg-Peter EDER (5./JG 2) was shot up after his bailout (from Bf 109 G-6 WNr.20733) on the 5th November 1943. His staffel transfered this day from Deelen to Creil and met some Spitfire in the Binche area (Belgium). Eder was wounded and sent to Jemappes Lazarett I./617 before being moved to Paris-Clichy for recovering and came back to combat in February '44.

Does anymore have a proof EDER was shot down this day (and gunfired beneath his chute)? Or his loss was more a matter of a technical problem ? It seems there is no allied claim which may match this.

Sorry to insert this unverified fact in this topic. I can open a post following moderator suggestion.

Best regards

ClinA-78

By this time all Spits were armed with 20mm Hispano's, not .303 rifle caliber. How likely would it be for Eder to survive one or more 20mm rounds.. ditto for say, two .50 caliber rounds? Gunther Rall only had his thumb blown off but the docs had a helluva time stopping the infection.

[edgardo gil]

Drdondog please read this.

Originally Posted by edgardo gil

I guess that the post is very clear. Nobody ask about if a pilot "John Smith" or "Johannes whatever" that was finding death on earth with parachute and body full of holes, was murder in the air or not. I mean knowing cases with witnesses that tell that they were present at that moment and saw all the thing.

Many pilots were killed while hanging and there were many witnesses to confirm this and of course you must link the evidence of the corpse and parachute full of holes with the witnesses declaration. I mean, I am not refering to only find a corpse on the ground, you must join the whole evidence.

[ClinA-78]

By this time all Spits were armed with 20mm Hispano's, not .303 rifle caliber. How likely would it be for Eder to survive one or more 20mm rounds.. ditto for say, two .50 caliber rounds? Gunther Rall only had his thumb blown off but the docs had a helluva time stopping the infection.

Indeed, however Spitfire IX were equipped with a mix of 20 mm and ".303" weapons. But adding he was shot down by Spitfire may be more 'glamourous' than a bailout resulting of a mechanical failure for instance As said, this story has much of a legend (hard to find its source).

ClinA-78

[edgardo gil]

Say this to H.J. Marseille.
By the way looking at statistics, the USAAF must lost almost as many aircrafts in accidents by mechanical failures, weather, pilot error or whatever that in combat.
And the other major air forces suffer the same.

[RT]

By the way looking at statistics, the USAAF must lost almost as many aircrafts in accidents by mechanical failures, weather, pilot error or whatever that in combat.


No a bit more in fact , as for 1944 total loss in ops. is something like 7.500 planes, nd losses, just in the continental US amounted to 20.000, with more than 5.000 "fatalities", but from the total combat losses only 20 % where from other "causes", than Flak of fighters


Rémi

[edgardo gil]

I want to believe that within the 20.000 they count too, a broken landing gear in an accident.
If the 20.000 are total write offs, I´m only have to said OMG.

[Kutscha]

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a542518.pdf

Army Air Force Statistical Digest for any who don't know of it or don't have it.

edgardo see tables 99, 100

[edgardo gil]

Thanks a lot.

[Karsten]

Hello together

Ltn. Christoph Dezius 25.06.1944 7./ JG 2 Bf 109 G-6 441 853

He was wounded by shooting while parachuting, he lost a leg.
He told me.

Rüdiger