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Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Hello,
on 19/08/1944 Fl/Lt Plisnier of 350 (Belgian) Squadron shot down a Ju-88 near Brussels. This was the first confirmed kill made by a Spitfire MkXIV. I'd like to know the unit of the destroyed Ju-88 and the names and fait of the crew. Best regards, Serge |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Serge, the only listings I have are landing accident crashes by nightfighters and one by LG1 that says it was downed by a nightfighter.
Sure of the date and claim? |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Hello John,
I've a copy of combat report which stated 19/08/1944 at 08:05 Best regards, Serge |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Well, looks like a case of mistaken ID. Me 410s were frequently mistaken for Ju-88s. Maj. George Preddy claimed 4 Ju-88s on 18-July-44 but the gun camera film clearly shows Me 410s. Hey, it had 2 engines and a big rudder!
Neither side was as good as ID'ing types as we are, today! |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Hi,
Fw Karl Küster died on 20/08/1944 and was initially buried at Brussels (later transferred to the German War Cemetery at Lommel). Could he have been one of the crewmembers of the plane in question ? Best regards Luc |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Hi Luc:
No such name listed on any of the Ju-88 losses, and, there are no 410 losses for the date. There is only 1 He 111 loss, but that's in Romania. Of course, we are missing 1000s of damaged listings from 1944, so who knows? |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
According to NVM Fw Karl Küster was killed 1944-08-19 at Londerzeel, 17 km nordnordwestlich Brüssel in Do 217 M1, 722964, U5+IL of 3./KG 2.
Matti |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Hello Matti,
Thank you for this aditional info. Was this after combat ? Do you know perhaps around what time he crashed? best regards, Serge |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Unfortunately no other info except, that it was an operational flight (Feindflug).
Matti |
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Re: Ju-88 shot down near Brussels on 19/08/44
Hello ,
18/08/1944 St-Truiden airfield 2km east Ju-88 Crashlanding 2./NJG4 Lt Marstaller Wolfgang (KIA) 62529/37 21/02/1924 Sulzbach an der Kocher Uffz Hurny Erhard ( KIA ) 6259/36 radio 12/01/1921 Halle/Saale Obgfr Dietzmann Kurt ( WIA ) 62529/41 29/10/1920 Gera Regards Alain57 |
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