Me 410 claims on daylight intercepts

[Chris Goss]

V./KG 2 lost a Me 410 near Rheydt on 5 Nov 43 and another two on 11 Jan 44 at Hesepe/Osnabrück and Fürstenau; anyone have any ideas who might have claimed them?

[MW Giles]

5.11.43


351FS/353FG Major W C Beckham P-47 - Me410 Des SW of Gelsenkirchen
350FS/353FG Lt R A Stearns P-47 - Me210 Des Venlo
351FS/353FG Capt F N Emory P-47 - Me210 Dam Rheinburg
350FS/353FG Major W J Price P-47 - Me210 Des Ruhr

358FS/355FG Lt C H Rankin P-47 - Me210 Dam Alben
358FS/355FG LtCol E L Sluga P-47 - Me210 Des Alben

63FS/56FG Capt G F Hall P-47 - Me210 Des Enschede

11.1.1944

361FS/356FG Lt R W Racine P-47 - Me110 Des NW of Hannover
359FS/356FG Capt J H Wadlow P-47 - Me110 0.50 Des Steinhuder Meer
359FS/356FG Capt J B Smith P-47 - Me210 Des Steinhuder Meer
359FS/356FG LtCol E J White P-47 - Me109 Pro Lingen
359FS/356FG LtCol D A Baccus P-47 - Me110 0.50 Des Steinhuder Meer

HQSqn/55FG LtCol J S Jenkins P-38 - Me210 Dam Dümmer See

The ranks of the pilots are their ultimate rank, not necessarily the one they held at the time of the claim (too many Lt Cols floating about)

Only have data on the 8th AF, therefore 354th and others may also have a look in, I cannot tell

[KM1957]

Pilots from all three squadrons in the 354th claimed twin-engined aircraft. They were awarded six Me 110's, one Me 210 and one Me 410 destroyed, three 110's and one 210 as probables, and eight 110's, one 410 and three Ju 88's as damaged. Except for one 410 damaged in the Brunswick area, the rest were all claimed in the general Halberstadt-Oschersleben area. If any of these may possibly fit your question and you want the names of those involved, let me know.

Kent

[Chris Goss]

Kent: Which date are we talking about as locations appear to be nowhere near the losses

[KM1957]

The 354th claims were on January 11, 1944. The group was not yet active in November 1943.

Kent

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Kent but your claims are much further east than the stated German loss locations