Info needed about three men

[vinnie]

Hi everybody,

I would like to know more about the career of:

-Ofw. Fritz Husser
-Uffz. Georg Ries
-Hptm. Alfred Faber

Let me know if there is more information about the units, aircraft and fate of these men!

Thanks!

Vinnie

[Matti Salonen]

1943-11-03, 8./JG 1, Bf 109G-6, 15935, 1 schw, Herrenhausen, 23 km südlich Wilhelmshaven, Luftkampf mit Viermot und P-47. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Hptm Faber, Alfred, tot
Faber Staffelkapitän

Matti

[vinnie]

Thanks, Matti!

Faber must have succeeded Zuzic as Staffelkapitän, who was killed on 19 August 1943.
Georg Ries was killed on the same day as Faber, but what else is known about this man?
And Husser was a colleague, but did he fly together with these two previously mentioned pilots?

[Matti Salonen]

I have the following. Maybe Riehs is an old way to write Rieß?
1943-11-03, 8./JG 1, Bf 109G-6, 160349, 3 schw, Nördlich Esens, 14 km nordwestlich Wittmund, Luftkampf mit Viermot und P-47. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Uffz Riehs, Georg, tot

Unfortunately no info on Husser.

Matti

[Doug Stankey]

Here is what we have about this fellow in our officer career files:

FABER, Alfred. (DOB: 09.06.11 in Dresden). 01.04.43 promo to Hptm. (Kr.O.). c.08.10.43 Hptm., appt Staka 8./JG 1 (to 03.11.43). 03.11.43 KIA – shot down by heavy bombers and P-47s in the area of Emden and crashed vic Ameland. Buried at Varel.


From Tom Kracker's Notes:

Faber, Alfred. Hptm 6/9/1911 Dresden Stfkpt 8./JG-1 (11/43) Bf 109G-6 Werk # 15935 "Black 1" (lost) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 3 November, 1943 during aerial combat in "Black 1" with American escort fighters at Herrenhausen, near Wilhelmshaven. He crashed into the North Sea near Ameland. Buried in Varel Germany, Row 3/13 (Geensen).

Husser, Fritz Ofw 2 IV/JG-1, 8/JG-1 Bf 109G-6/R6, Fw90A-4 Werk # 583 "White 10" EK 1 & 2, Fighter Operational Clasp One known victory, his 1st (in "White 10"), a B-17 on 22 June, 1943. A 2nd B-17 (e.V.) W of Delmenhorst on 25 June, 1943. On 28 July, 1943, "White 10" was lost when Uffz Karl Knespel crashed and was killed.

Ries, Georg Uffz 8/JG-1 Bf 109G-6 Werk # 160349 "Black 3" (lost 11/3/43) Fighter Operational Clasp KIA 3 November, 1943 during aerial combat with P-38 escorts at Neuharlingersiel. No known grave. Source: J. Geensen.

We hope that this helps.

HLdZ
DGS

[vinnie]

Wow, thanks for the information, Doug and Matti!

I don't know who the Staffelkapitän was following Zuzic's death on 19 August 1943, but Faber apparently became Staka on 8 October 1943. Maybe 8./JG 1 did not have a Staffelkapitän in the meantime? Or Heinrich Overhagen was the Staka in that period, though he (also) replaced Faber after 3 November 1943...
Ries flew black 3, most likely this aircraft (a Regensburg Me-109, Werk Nr. 160349)?:

Attachment 6050

And several pictures of Husser are to be found on the web, though it's hard to tell when he flew in the units Tom Kracker mentioned. He did flew in III./JG 1, but when exactly remains hard to say.

But you really helped me out, thanks again!