Anton Hackl - 4 February 1943

[Nefiakoff]

Hello Leo,

My polish sources state there were two formations of american a/c attacking Fatnassa airfield, base of JG 77:
18 B-17s from 97 BG with 10 P-38s from 1 FG and just after 24 B-17s from 301 BG with 10 P-38s.
Bf 109s from JG 77 and II./JG 51 scrambled on time and attacked these formations.
Lt. Wiseman from 71 FS claimed 1 Fw 190 and Capt. Rimke from 94 FS – 1 Bf 109.

German claims were: Hpt. Bär – 1 B-17 (no. 153, at 14.20 hours), Lt. Berres – 2 P-38 (14.42 hrs – not confirmed in Tonny Wood’s list),
Hpt. Ubben – 1 P-38 (no. 103, 15.10 hrs) and Lt. Deicke – 1 P-38 (no. 14, 14.47 hrs).
There’s also mention that Hpt. Rammelt from II./JG 51 claimed 1 B-17 probably destroyed.

As the matter of Hackl, I’ve got information that he and Hpt. Heinz Bär each shot down 1 B-17 (Hackl also another unconfirmed), however there’s no confirmation of his claims at all on Tony Wood’s list, as well as Rammelt’s claim.
Hackl landed at Matmata in his Bf 109 G-2 W.Nr. 10787 badly wounded, my sources state he was a victim of Capt. Rimke.

Best regards

Nef