LaGG & Lavochkin Aces of World War 2

[Andy Fletcher]

Hi Ota,

I can find no loss for Ofw Heinrich Wefers 4/JG54 on 18/5/43 but Don Caldwell lists an Ofw Heinrich Wefes 4/JG54 as KIA (P-47 (4FG - Beeson)) flying Bf109G-4 (19246; White 6+) on that date.

I agree this is probably Wefers as it is quite a coincidence and also he makes no more claims after 20/3/43. I think maybe the reason his loss doesn't show in JG54 loss lists is that 4/JG54 was sub-ordinate to JG26 at the time.

I agree with what you say about books on Soviet aces. I have Stalin's Falcons and Stalin's Eagles which are both very good but rather vague in many cases and are regarded by Russian researchers as not very accurate.

I look forward Bykov's book, especially if he has access to Soviet archives which I understand are extremely accurate once all the patriotic rhetoric has been filtered. Have you any idea when the book will be available.

Best Regards

Andy Fletcher