Me 410 top ace

[knusel]

The Tratt kill list of Luftwaffe.cz
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/tratt.html
implies that re rather achieved at least 10 kills in the Me 410.
The 12 Viermot kills attributed to Dassow imply a higher Western front kill share than just 9.
How certain is the Johann Trenke/Josef Ottrin association ?

Michael

[Leo Etgen]

Hi Michael

I was lucky enough to come across the full Tratt victory list and nine of his claims were recorded as Gruppenkommandeur of II./ZG 26 flying the Me 410. As for Dassow it is true that he is generally credited with 12 four-engined bombers but as far as I know his complete victory list is unknown and therefore it is quite possible that this number is in error. Hopefully in the future new documentation will come to light and we will have complete and accurate information but for now the state of things is rather fragmentary. It is an unfortunate fact that many records are lost to us and thus what we know about these fellows is quite piecemeal.

Horrido!

Leo