Search for German Fighter Pilot

[karl lusink]

Originally Posted by peter monasso

Hi all !
Thanks to John, Andreas and Karl,
It’s also a mystery to me ! The LB report of 9-5-44 about crash 8-5-44 and the crash site are exactly the same: name farmer, name farmhouse, address etc. and that’s the place where we did excavate and found the little plate with WN 682655. The suggestion for another Fw of II Sturm/JG4 or JG3 is not too bad so is there anyone who has more info about losses of these units ? I checked my files about the other 5 Fw sites of 14-1-45 we excavated in the past but these have other WN’s as follows: Fw 190A-9 205241 Stab/JG3 Bodo Siegfried, Fw 190A-9 205266 13/JG3 Karl Kleinemeier, Fw 190A-8/R2 682218 13/JG3 Otto Ehrhardt, Fw 190 A-8/R2 739412 15/JG3 Harry Götz and Fw 190A-8/R2 682820 14/JG3 Heinz Bake.
So in fact there is not a chance that we switched the little plates. Apart from that the notation of WN 682655 was made immediately after I found it on 21st June 1975. The other Fw 190 sites (9) we examined were not of 14-1-45 and even if they were we didn’t find WN-plates on those occasions so couldn’t have swop these. Maybe someone will find more info on 682655 to solve this mystery in due course. Thank you for your help.
Peter

Hello Peter, Andreas and John.
Is it possible that 2 aircraft came down near the farm of KLein Gunnewiek?
One on 08/05/1944 and the other one on 14/01/1945?
The LB report from 9/5/1944 says: "the aircraft was competely destroyed and the wreckage was spread out over a large area".
The combination BMW D engine, MK-108 and MG-151 and Wnr 682655
must be a IV (Sturm)./ JG 3 aircraft!
The Fw 190A8-R2 had the outer MG-151 replaced by a MK-108!
SO they carried one Mk 108 and one MG 151 in each wing!
From 8 a/c of IV./JG 3 there is a "Verlustmeldung".
According to Prien page 285 "demnach wurde der gesammte Verband im Luftkampf abgeschossen"! =12 aircraft!
Heinz Bake sagt: "Die Gruppe 12 Machinen stark, unter Führung of Fw Oscar Boesch.........."und soweit mir bekannt, bis auf Uffz Rolf Bertoche alle abgeschossen"!

Regards
Karl Lusink
ARGA