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Old 7th December 2023, 21:50
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Is this Hauptmann Helmut Miersch?
Good evening,

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The above photo comes from a recent auction on eBay.com. It shows a German pilot atop Arado Ar 234 B-2 W.Nr. 140596 F1+HT at Stavanger-Sola, Norway in the summer of 1945. Is this Hauptmann Helmut Miersch who, while staging it to England, made an emergency landing at Eelde, Netherlands?

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Old 7th December 2023, 22:20
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Re: Is this Hauptmann Helmut Miersch?
Unlikely, because he is wearing an Uffz. belt buckle?
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Old 8th December 2023, 13:35
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Re: Is this Hauptmann Helmut Miersch?
Thank you, John. There were two pilots of that rank who successfully flew Ar 234s of KG 76 to Norway on 5 May 1945: Uffz. Ludwig Rieffel and Uffz. Harry Thimm.
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Re: Is this Hauptmann Helmut Miersch?
Great photo, but I also have doubts that this is an officer.
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Old 8th December 2023, 20:31
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Re: Is this Hauptmann Helmut Miersch?
Anything from Flieger to Oberfeldwebel is possible with that belt buckle....
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