Help with ID on Luftwaffe Pilot

[HenFre]

Hello

I have been researching the History around Fliegerhorst Quakenbrück and I have stumbled upon the story of an unidentified fighter pilot.

All the information that I have regarding the crash is, that the crash occurred on the 6th of March 1944 about 2 km north of Quakenbrück and the plane was a ME 109. Can anyone help in finding out who the pilot was?

The crashsite was dug out in April 1990 and the remains of the pilot was put to rest at a cemetery. On the cross it says: Unbekannter Deutcher Jagdflieger (Unknown German Fighterpilot)

Best regards
Henrik

[Larry deZeng]

There were no Jagdgruppen based there on 6 March 1944. But others here who have loss data bases arranged chronologically should be able to help.

L.deZ.

[digedag1]

Hello Henrik,


for the 6th of March 1944 in the region of Quakenbrück:


4./JG1 Fw 190 A-7, crash near Quakenbrück, Oblt Wolfgang Kretschmer,
bailed out with severe burns,
landing on a farm on the outskirts of Quakenbrück;
hospital.

2./JG11 Fw 190 A-7, crash near Quakenbrück, Fw Franz Steiner,
bailed succsessfully but fractured his knee hitting
the tail assembly.

5./JG11 Me 109 G-6, crash near Quakenbrück, Fw Hans-Gerd Wennekers,
badly wounded in the left forearm, bailed succsessfully.


56th FG, 61st FSq, cr near Bartmannsholte, N of Quakenbrück,
2nd Lieutenant Andrew B.Stauss, KIA.
78th FG, 83rd FSq, cr near Winkhof, S of Löningen, W of Quakenbrück,
Flight Officer Edward J. Downey, KIA



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