Lt. Hans Sieckenius 6/JG51 Hungary 1944

[giglio]

Dear all,

Lt. Hans Sieckenius (born 1925!) of 6./JG51 was KIA on 06.11.1944 in Lake Balaton area. My impression is that he and Lt. Kurt Hammer (also 6/JG 51) were the only two casualties of the day.

Does anyone have detailed info on Lt. Sieckenius or the combat? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Giglio

[Jim P.]

Bf 109G-14, 780881, Sieckenius, Ltn. Hans, 12~, II., 6., JG 51, , , , , 06-Nov-44, KIA due to Luftkampf with P-51s., , RLV, WASt; Ring, JG 51 loss list, p.54, , 6km nordwestlich Sümeg (Plattensee), 100%, F, , ,

[giglio]

Thanks Jim.

I found this in "Day Fighters in Defence of Reich" by Caldwell:

6 November 1944, 15th Air Force dispatches B-24s and B-17s, targets Vienna...escort 227 P-51s claims 4-2-1.

Perhaps Andrew knows more specifics, since he's working on a II/JG51 book (which I really look forward to) ?

[Jean-Yves Lorant]

The two pilots were shot down by P-51s in the Tapolza area, as you can read on the attached document, which is a wartime list found in Unteroffizier Mikoleit's photo album.

Best regards
Jean-Yves Lorant

[giglio]

Merci M. Lorant, this is really helpful.

I was wondering if you have any photo of the said pilots from Mikoleit's album?

Best regards
Giglio

[Jean-Yves Lorant]

Hi Giglio

The pilots appearing on these photos mostly taken in Imely, Raab and Wezsprem are: Oblt Schneider, Lt Kühlein, Lt Ehses, Fj-Uffz Heinisch, Uffz Dahnert, Uffz Stadler, Uffz Mikoleit, Uffz Müller, Uffz Jacobi, Uffz Heidenreich, Uffz Klein and Uffz Blazejewicz. Some others are unknown to me, so far I can see they dont seems to be officers.

So - there is no photos of Sieckenius and Hammer in this album. Sorry.

Best regards
Jean-Yves Lorant

[giglio]

Thank you Jean-Yves, much appreciated for taking time out to answer my question.