Combat reports of 31st FG on 25 JUne 1944 in France

[Stig Jarlevik]

Gilles

I am not going to intervene in who-got-who, since that is mostly a best guess affair.
However JGr lost three aircraft that day, most likely all of them to 31FG unless the two Staffeln
split up and went different ways. Do we know that?

31FG claimed in the Aix-en-Provence area (just north of Marseille)
82FG claimed their probables in the Toulon area
The two places are not really too far away so could be connected but the two units most likely protected
their own defined bomber unit(s).

The three losses were:
2./JGr 200 Uffz Werner Bauch Bf 109G WNr unknown KIA
1./JGr 200 Fw Karl Bernhardt Bf 109G-6 WNr 440267 WIA
1./JGr 200 Ogefr Georg Klauka Bf 109G-6 WNr 441303 KIA

At least previously Bauch was reported as having also crashed in the Aix-en-Provence area making him
some distance away from where 82FG made their claims, hence my belief Bauch fell in combat
with the 31FG.

Lt Wiedbusch is reported as coming down near Cuers (which is NE of Toulon) and quite far away where
Bauch came down.
I can't really see how these two losses can be connected, since the distance between listed
places are too far away from each other.

Adriano makes a good point on why Wiedbusch failed to recover and is a good theory.

B Rgds
Stig