The cousins Peterburs

[Franek Grabowski]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

Hello to all!
About the same topic: distant relatives in different Air Forces, there was a Lt. Nowotny, an ace with 325th Fighter Group ( the same unit of Art Fiedler ) who could be a distant relative of Walter Nowotny ( well known ace of the Luftwaffe ). French ace, but Brazilian born, Pierre Clostermann also seems to have flown in the area where his distant cousin Klostermann ( from JG 300 if my memory do not fail me )...

Adriano
Nowotny is almost such a popular name like Smith, so I would not make such a guess. Clostermann was a son of French Embassy's employee, so I would be rather cautious in calling him Brasilian born, as this may suggest he had some family ties to the country.
But indeed there were more such weird links, one of Polish pilots was reputedly a close relative of Albert Kesselring, that is a big wig!

Originally Posted by Horst Kube

Hi Franek, I suppose we all would like to hear more about that topic and I am not sure, moderators and/or public like to shut off public.

Horst
I am afraid that this makes unnecessary chaos in the thread, and as a German you should appreciate this view.
Anyway, I can assure you that all the information that I gather, are intended to be published or at least preserved and accessible to other researchers.
That said, do you know if Walter Schuck flew a defence mission in Hamburg area in the evening of 9 April 1945?
Cheers