SG 4 March 25 1945

[Michal]

I am looking for any information about six or seven Fw 190F shot down on March 25 1945 over territory of Moravia. They probably belonged to SG 4. Could somebody help me?

Thank you

Michal

[Ota Jirovec]

Hello Michal,

These Fw 190s were shot down by P-51 pilots of 307th FS, 31st FG USAAF. This fighter group claimed 6-0-0 Fw 190s south of Olomouc at 12:25 hrs. One of the US pilots, 1st Lt Norman C. Skogstad distinguished himself with shooting down 4 Focke-Wulfs in this encounter.

Hope this helps a little,

Ota

[Michal]

Hallo Ota,

thanks for this info. I know it but I am interesting if somebody could confirm that planes belonged to SG 4 and if SG 4 had some losses on that day. The other "scorers" that day were:

Cpt. William J. Dillard (308th FS)
2nd/Lt Lowell W. Felt (307th FS)
1st/Lt Donald D. Vanwinkle Jr. (307th FS).

All from 31st FG.

Michal

[Ota Jirovec]

Hello Michal,

Yes, the Focke-Wulfs were from I./SG 4 that has lost at least 6 Fw 190s on this date, 5 of them in the Prostějov area, 1 near Olomoc (all crashed confirmed by reports of local gendarmerie). Six SG 4 pilots were KIA. These were for certain: Ofw. Kurt Schlosser (Fw 190F-9 426054 white 6), Ofw. Heinrich Palluck (Fw 190F-8 5800600 white 1) and Uffz. Ernst Faustmann (Fw 190F-8 931879 white 10). The others were possibly Gefr. Ludwig Kulzer, Lt. Walter Schneider and Uffz. Ernst Metlinsky.

I should add that Capt William J. Dillard did not "score" in combat with these Fw 190, but has claimed a Bf 110 which unfortunately turned out to be a Soviet recce Petlyakov Pe-2 that crashed in the vicinity of Německý Brod (Deutsch Brod). None of the VVS crew survived this friendly-fire accident.

Hope this helps,

Ota

[Michal]

Díky Oto,

it helps.

Michal