INformation concerning the Loss of Uffz. Johann Bauhuber - 31.12.1941

[Stig Jarlevik]

Brian

Barbas has quite different spelling of two of the involved pilots.
Uffz Bernhard Serzisko
Lt Siegfried Mikosek

He also lists Walter Kuhn as a Fw.

Were there only two types of flying at the front, F and H? To me what first springs to mind by using the term Heimat flight is that this is a flight home to have some leave.

Cheers
Stig

[Brian Bines]

Stig,

The GQM entries are ofton smudged or hard to read. I have looked this one up again and as far as I can make out it is Ff Uffz Bernhard Sereiske ( although the last e of the surname could be an o), I still see the B as Ltn Siegfried Wikesek ( again the first e in the surname could be an o and the W could be an N I do not read it as an M). My mistake with Walter Kuhn who is shown as a Fw. As far as I understand the 'H' indicating a Heimat flight appears to indicate any non-operational flight such as a training, communication or transfer flight, I think this has been covered before in a previous thread.,

Regards

Brian Bines

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Rick, the Fw 58 was one of the type used as servitude planes by frontline units, to carry personnel and small amounts of supplies between bases. It was often used to carry pilots as passengers to a rear area base, from where they will fly new replacement aircraft. Or it could be a base change and the unit had more pilots than aircraft (something very usual), so some pilots will be flown as passengers in this kind of plane.

On the other hand, Bauhuber is not shown as a pilot or a passenger but as a flying engineer in the losslist.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Brian

I notice Barbas has opted to use the same names as once used by Niko Fast in his six volume JG 52 history

Cheers
Stig