St Kap 6./KG 26 1940

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Brian/Peter. This is exactly what I mean. Albrecht Kuntze was the one with 6 Staffel, awarded RK and killed in an accident with 12./KG 40 (he was not Gr Kdr) 5 Jul 43. There is this confusion as to who was Kunze but it seems to point that Kuntze took over but only until the end of 1940 when he reappears with BFS 1. There was a Herbert Kuntz with 4./KG 26 but he was an NCO and did not get the RK until 1943 whilst Herbert Kunze was an NCO with Stab & 1./KG 26 and got RK in 1944

[PMoz99]

Ah, yes Chris, I see your book on FW200 Units has him in 12./KG40. Without having access to the sources of the info makes it hard to decide which is correct. No offence intended.
I see the kindle edition your book is on special at the moment. Might pick it up and see ......
Cheers
Peter

[Brian Bines]

The Steenbeck book in the RK profile for Albrecht Kuntze indicates him as St.Kap. for 12/KG40 at the time of his death on 5-7-43. GQM dated 8-7-43 showing Alfred Kuntz KIFA 5-7-43 as being in a Ju 88A-1 of 4/KG40 wn 3101 crashing at the same location of Oberingelheim that Albrecht Kuntze was reported as killed at. The change note dated 11-8-1943 correcting wn from 5101 to 3101 also shows the aircraft as a A-1. Tried the GrabSuche site for the variations/combinations of the name and could not get a match would this indicate a private grave possibly in his home town of Magdeburg ?

[Chris Goss]

Brian: Thanks again. Don't forget that by 1943, A-1s had been upgraded to A-5 and the A-4 had been introduced. Agree what GQM says but as usual with IV Gruppen, they rarely mention the Staffel or whether they were Executive Officers.

Peter: Source for 12 Staffel is Herr Ott who would have had access to the documentary sources