Jochen Marseille wingman at I.(J)/LG 2 Aug 1940

[andy bird]

Realise Reiner Pottgen was Marseille's wingman in North Africa, could anyone tell me who it was in August 1940.

Cheers

Andy Bird

[Chris Goss]

He was such a junior pilot at that time it is more likely that he was the Rottenflieger. Unless you were a senior pilot or ace, it is unlikely that he would have had the same Rottenführer/flieger for a whole month. Possible he flew alongside his St Kap Oblt Adolf Buhl but I have no evidence to prove or disprove this

[andy bird]

Cheers Chris,
Apparently he was with his wingman when he received a letter from Maria Vassiltchikov on 24 August 1940. Whom he had met the prevous summer. According to papers in Berlin State Archive.

Andy

[Chris Goss]

With his wingman where? He had only been with his unit 2 weeks by that time so was still very much a new boy with no victories. Who was this Maria?

[RT]

To add that during his time at the LG2, he broke as many planes than he will hv victories later in Afrika....nearly as many

Rémi

[Teresa Maria]

Maria Vassiltschikov was Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein's girlfriend, but I don't think Marseille was Wittgenstein's wingman. I might look it up (I have both pilots' biographies), but it seems unlikely.

Originally Posted by andy bird

Cheers Chris,
Apparently he was with his wingman when he received a letter from Maria Vassiltchikov on 24 August 1940. Whom he had met the prevous summer. According to papers in Berlin State Archive.

Andy