German day fighter top aces by plane

[Nick Hector]

Originally Posted by knusel

Hello there gentlemen,

this is a compilaton of the German top day fighter aces by plane.
I'm still very intrested in Dassow's Me 410 score.

• Bf 109: Erich Hartmann
• Fw 190: Otto Kittel
• Bf 110: Eduard Tratt and maybe Werner Thierfelder
• Me 262: Georg-Peter Eder
• Me 410: Rudolf Dassow
• Ju 87: Egbert Jaekel
• Ju 88: Dieter Meister
• He 111: Arnold Döring
• Hs 123: Alfred Druschel
• He 51: Herwig Knüppel (Spanish Civil War)
• Ta 152: Josef Keil

Cheers,

Michael

The old History of the German Nightfighter Force by Gebhard Aders tells us that Arnold Döring rigged up a He111 for nightfighting against Russian nuisance raids so you might wish to update your lists accordingly

[PMoz99]

Nick, Does the reference give any details of the modifications made?
Peter

[Nick Hector]

Yes,

It was a matter of rigging up Heinkel 111 with extra guns in the nose. The low speed of the Heinkel made it better suited to the slow-flying Russian night bombers.

Please forgive my paraphrasing but I gave the book away to one of my friends once Theo Boiten's 2 volume Nachtjagd War Diaries were released.

...But if needs be I can visit him and get the page number and the actual quote. Just let me know if it's vital to have it and I'll get the details for you.

[PMoz99]

Not vital Nick, just interested. Don't go out of your way, but if it falls in your lap, let me know ....
Chewers