Robert "Bazi" Weiß

[RT]

Sorry MT, no more data on this Robert...for the moment ..

Rémi

[sidney]

This I feel is a good website, where you will find a lot of information about him, and numerous other Luftwaffe aces as well ... http://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiss.html

[Teresa Maria]

Thank you, but I actually know this site. I hope some more data will be available sooner or later. :-)

[Kutscha]

Originally Posted by sidney

This I feel is a good website, where you will find a lot of information about him, and numerous other Luftwaffe aces as well ... http://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiss.html

Sorry for the OT but 501 Squadron was flying Tempest Vs.

"Weiss led Stab III JG 54 and 11./JG 54 into a large formation of Spitfires from 331 and 501 Squadrons"

[Teresa Maria]

Thank you for the remark. However, personally, I am much more interested in pilots' biographies than in their planes. :-)

[Johannes]

Hi Guy

Stepping on a mine I used just as an example, most unlikely as you say. Though I can think of one guy who survived such an event and returned to combat.......Alfred Grislawski.

Maybe Weiß's aircraft was so lightly damaged that it wasn't worth reporting, yet he sustained a reasonably bad wound/injury. Quite often whilst away from the front wounded or just on leave an award is made, and Weiß did receive the DKiG during the break from claiming, which would suggest by the length of this gap that it was more likely a wound/injury than leave.

If I say perhaps he was in a car crash, please don't make anything out of it. Perhaps he was injured in a ground attack.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[Teresa Maria]

Thank you very much for your answer. However, I still find it strange why the reason is not indicated anywhere, even though he was out of combat for about two months. After all, it must have been recorded somewhere whether he has hit by ground fire, had an accident, or maybe caught an illness (and, in the latter case, what kind of illness it was). :-)

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Teresa Maria

I once read that Erich Rudorffer had fallen ill and been sent to a military hospital in Paris, and later I found the information in a book that he had been seriously wounded.

the 'regime' like most of its ilk hid bad news - I read recently that a pilot committed suicide on home leave, but was given full honours and 'died in combat'.

[Teresa Maria]

Thank you for your answer. That is very sad, but at the same time, it has made me interested. If it's not a secret, could you, please, tell me which pilot did that? (I suppose it was still someone else than Ernst Udet, who also committed suicide and was buried with military honours.)

[Teresa Maria]

Maybe this time I'll be luckier than before. :-)

I'm reposting my question in the hope that this time I'll find someone who will answer my question.
The website about him (http://www.luftwaffe.cz/weiss.html) says:
'Weiss fell ill in May 1943 and was withdrawn from combat until July when he was appointed Staffelkapitän of 3./JG 54.'

Do you happen to know what happened to him? It seems that he wasn't wounded, but maybe some of you will have more precise information...