Fuhrer Kurier Staffel

[Nick Hector]

Guys,

I encourage you to consider the altitudes of some of these claims:

16.08.44 Oblt. Klenk Jasta: i.Führer-Kür.St. Pe-2 £ 15 N/US-3.8: at 8.000 m. 10.14 Film C. 2035/II Anerk: Nr. –

28.08.44 Oblt. Gotthold Jasta: Führer-Kurier St. Boston III £ SD 94/25 O.N.: at 8.000 m. 10.20 Film C. 2035/II Anerk: Nr. 4

05.09.44 Ofw. W. Schmitz Jasta: i.Führer-Kür.St. Pe-2 £ UB-74/25 O.N. 6.200 m. 11.25 Film C. 2035/II Anerk: Nr. 5

28.10.44 Ofw. Wolkenstein Jasta: i.Führer-Kür.St. Pe-2 £ 25 N/SD-8.2: at 6.000 m. 13.45 Film C. 2032/I Anerk: Nr. -

You see that they are around the 6000-8000m mark. Having devoted myself to matching allied and soviet losses to German claims (see my posts elsewhere on this great forum) I hazard a guess that these were photo reconnaissance aircraft as opposed to bombers (which normally operated around the 3000-3500m mark on the Eastern Front). Ipso facto, I surmise that one of the unit's jobs was intercepting incursions by photo-recce aircraft. I know what a weak argument that is, but I put it out there as food-for-thought.

Nick