Me 262 job, west of Hamburg, 9th April 1945.

[Karoband]

Hello Bartlomiej,

For what it is worth, from Foreman & Harvey, The Messerschmitt Me 262 Combat Diary, (1995 edition), p. 236:

"One Me 262 from 3./JG 7 is known to have been lost, Unteroffizier Koehler perishing, but no details are known. Leutnant 'Hadi' Weihs of 3./JG 7 had scrambled from Oranienburg and met Mustangs south of Berlin. His own aircraft was damaged and he force-landed at the factory airfield at Dessau with a damaged undercarriage."

I note that one of the claimants of a Lancaster, Uffz. Gunther Engler, was from 3./JG 7.

best regards,

Jim

[Rottler]

Hello Bartłomiej,

according to the JG 7 chronicle of Manfred Boehme (1983) the four Lancaster claimants were Oblt Franz Schall, Gefr Herbert Müller, Lt Rudolf Zingler and Uffz Günther Engler. The Thunderbolt was claimed by Lt Fritz R G Müller.

Regards
Leo