Bf109E WNr.5949

[ouidjat]

Hi,

This plane is said to have been lost on 15/11/1940 while flown by Uffz. Rudolf Miese, 4./JG 52; (In Kracker List)
It is said to Have been damaged (40%) while landing on 20/2/1942; 4.(Eins.)/JFS 5 and lost on 14/3/1942 in air combat, same unit. (Avions HS21 Les pertes de la chasse de jour allemande en France, Vol III: 1942 by Pierre Watteeuw)

Any comments? Thank you.

Franck.

[Tomislav Haramincic]

Hello Franck,

According to other sources, Gefr. Miese was lost in WNr.5947
Here are the extracts for the above mentioned WNr's from my database:

Bf 109 E-7 WNr.5947 15.11.40 4./JG2 Gefr. Rudolf Miese (KG), Luftkampf - Absturz, FSA, bei Selsey Bill - 100% ws.10+− (E-4)
Bf 109 E-7 WNr.5949 20.02.42 4.(Eins)/JFS5 N.N., technische Mängel - Bruchlandung, Fl.Pl. Octeville - 40% ws.1+ (E-7)
Bf 109 E-7 WNr.5949 14.03.42 4.(Eins)/JFS5 Fw. Roland Langott (verm.), Luftkampf mit Spitfire, Pl.Q.00321/05Ost - 100% ws.1+ (E-7)

best regards,
TH

[Peter Cornwell]

15 November 1940: 4./JG2 Messerschmitt Bf109E-4 (5947). Shot down by Sgt J.N. Glendinning of No.74 Squadron during freelance sortie and abandoned over the coast at Felpham, east of Bognor Regis, 4.15 p.m. FF Uffz Rudolf Miese baled out and captured badly burned and wounded landing at Lyminster - admitted to hospital in Littlehampton. Aircraft White 10 + – 100% write-off.
Due to the severity of his wounds, Rudolf Miese was repatriated to Germany in May 1944 via a prisoner exchange through the International Red Cross.

[ouidjat]

Thank You very much Peter and Tomislav.

Must be a typo on the Kracker list.

Regards, Franck.