eBay: German intrest

[Karoband]

[*]Flugbuch[*]https://www.ebay.de/itm/224432906455...UAAOSwvedgU6aC[*]https://www.ebay.de/itm/224434201169...MAAOSwSl1gfzJN[*]https://www.ebay.de/itm/384110704541...oAAOSwyfRggIHZ[*]https://www.ebay.de/itm/384112875647...0AAOSwZqtggdsd[*]https://www.ebay.de/itm/224437740750...AAAOSwom9gd0~-

Hi Ed,

I must thank you once again for your posting of Flugbuchs. Sometimes they lead to interesting mysteries.

Item #20 in post #2192 above is that of a pilot named Ernst Büchner who was an unteroffizier in 1941 and later a feldwebel. From the second last sample page, it appears that he was employed from November 1944 to January 1945 in transferring Fw 190s from Oshersleben to Zerbst although "Airflelds of the Luftwaffe" does not list any operational or training unit at Zerbst for that time.

For me the interesting entry is on the last page. He made two "einfluge" in a "turbo", the seller presumes a Me 262, on 8 April 1945 at Zerbst. "Airfields of the Luftwaffe" lists I./KG(J) 54 as being operational at Zerbst March/April 1945. To my eye the Werknummer is "0081".

Dan O'Connell in "Me 262 Production Log", (2005), p.162 has no listing for Werknummer 500081, but on p. 58:

"170081 Call sign KP+OL. Me 262 A-1a. While serving with I./KGJ) 54, this jet was strafed at Giebelstadt on 20 February 1945, and was 40 per cent damaged."

Thank you again,

Jim