Memorial card questions

[RudiS]

Hi,

Can anyone decipher this man's name? I think it's something like "Emil xxxman".

Thanks in advance,
Rudi.

[nikkel]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone provide details of the loss of unteroffizier Sepp Platzer who was killed on the 3 august 1942?

Thanks
Mike

[Matti Salonen]

1942-08-03, 1.(F)/122, Ju 88D-1, 881547, F6+IH, 50 km westlich Kerkyra (Pl.Qu. 9035), Notlandung auf See infolge Motorschaden. Beobachter und Bordfunker durch ital. Zerstörer gerettet. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Fw Heerlein, Rudolf +
Beobachter Uffz Mertens, Heinrich, verletzt
Bordfunker Uffz Schäfer, Friedrich, verletzt
Bordschütze Uffz Platzer, Josef, +

Matti

[nikkel]

Thanks Matti

[nikkel]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone provide details of the loss of Oberfeldwebel Hans Wurm (1.f 123) who was killed on the 18 (03,05,?)1944?

Thanks
Mike

[nikkel]

Hi Guys,

Can anyone provide details of the loss of feldwebel Willy Langer who was killed on the 28.05.1942?

Was he the firts victim of Ace John Frost ?

Thanks
Mike

[Matti Salonen]

1942-05-28, 4.(H)/12 (O.B.S.), Bf 109E-7, 3489, Komar-Ost/Libyen, Absturz infolge Jägerbeschuß. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Fw Langer, Willi, +

Matti

[nikkel]

Thanks Matti ,
This what i found


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Frost, promoted to Major, was appointed commander of No. 5 Squadron, flying P-40 Kittyhawks. From March 1942 the squadron participated in the North African Campaign, with the Desert Air Force. 5 Sqn joined 2 and 4 Sqns in No. 233 Wing; the main role of the SAAF fighters at the time was highly dangerous bomber escort missions, supporting No. 3 (Bomber) Wing SAAF.
The squadron was assigned to the Sollum-Mersa Matruh sector. On 11 May, Frost and his wingman Lieutenant Ken Whyte shared the destruction of a lone Heinkel He 111 bomber attacking a convoy bound for Malta. Whyte described the action: "I remember our first combat together. While on a shipping patrol we were vectored on to a He 111. Jack made his favourite three-quarter attack which had brought him success in Abyssinia. I attacked from the rear. We each claimed half a share in its destruction. On 16 May, Frost destroyed a Junkers Ju 88, for his ninth victory, but was hit by cannon fire damaging his port elevator.
On 28 May 1942, he was involved in a shared victory over a Messerschmitt Bf 109, his first. (The pilot, Feldwebel Willi Langer was killed.) At this stage, Frost's total tally stood at 15 Axis aircraft destroyed.
Frost was appointed commander of No. 233 Wing on 31 May, but his replacement at 5 Sqn, Andrew Duncan (see picture), was shot down and killed by Oberleutnant Otto Schulz.[5]
On 16 June, whilst escorting Douglas Bostons, Frost and other P-40 pilots encountered Bf 109s from Jagdgeschwader 27, near Bir Hakeim, Egypt. Rod Hojem, one of the South African pilots involved in this combat commented: "There was one hell of a dogfight, and after it was over I can clearly remember Jack calling up the squadron on the R/T, "Form up chaps I am heading North", and that was the last we heard of him Frost's aircraft and remains have never been found and his fate remains unclear. Some sources suggest that Frost fell victim to one of the most prominent German aces, Hans-Joachim Marseille, who scored six of his 158 victories that same day It has also been suggested that another German Experte, Günter Steinhausen (who claimed four kills that day) may have shot down Frost.

[rickback4444]

Hi,

Can anyone provide information on the loss of Ltn. Erni Ascher who was a fighter pilot killed in action over Italy on the 9th December 1943?

Thanks

Rick

[rickback4444]

Hi,

Can anyone provide information on the loss of Feldwebel Anton Weidemann who was killed on the 15th April 1944?

Thanks

Rick