Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello,

I am trying to identify a Me 109 K-4 unit. I have got a flight log of a pilot (Heinz Rühlmann) who first flew in Russia for a reconaissance unit with Hs123 and Fw189 and then started conversion training to fighters in 1944. In March 1945 he had his first combat mission with a Me 109 K-4. From 7 March to 14 March he was stationed in Jüterbog Damm and from 15 March to 4 April (his last flight in the war) he was in Schwerin.

He also flew with a Fieseler Storch transporting a Hauptmann Kunz or Kurz during this time.

Could the unit be JG4? He first flew a Me 109 K-4 with the code „12“ and then „1“. There are short notes about combats with Russian fighters and above Berlin.

I would be glad if anybody could help to identify the unit and perhaps even find out more about Rühlmann.

Kind regards,
Roger Gaemperle

[Roger Gaemperle]

After having done some more research / requests it seems that Heinz Ruehlmann had been a member of III./JG4, flying Me 109 K-4 over Berlin at the end of the war.

I attached some of his flight log pages that show Me 109 K-4 flights. I would appreciate any help / information about this pilot or any mission he flew that is documented in his flight log.

Thanks!
Roger Gaemperle

[Roger Gaemperle]

Attached are pages 2 to 6 of Heinz Ruehlmann's Me 109 K-4 flights.

[Pawel Burchard]

Hello Roger, as you said 'your' recon-pilot did fly in Russia before 1944 - are there entries in his logbook for summer 1943? If so, any chances to exchange/buy copies of the Flugbuch pages for July and August 1943?

Kind regards,
Pawel

[Roger Gaemperle]

Hello Pawel,

I think that there are also entries from summer 1943 as the book covers 1939 - 1945. I need to check. It will just take some time for me to scan the pages as I am quite busy this week. But you don't have to pay or give anything in exchange (if you have anything Me 262 related, I would be interested, but it is not a prerequisite). I'll send some scans as soon as I have them.

Regards,
Roger

[Pawel Burchard]

Thank you Roger this would be of great help, unfortunately nothing 'primary' on Me 262 on my side.

Kind regards,
Pawel

[Andy Fletcher]

Originally Posted by Roger Gaemperle

I think that there are also entries from summer 1943 as the book covers 1939 - 1945. I need to check.

Hi Roger,

I would be interested to know which Aufklärungs unit(s) he flew with (if you can identify them) and between what dates.

Regards

Andy Fletcher

[DaveWest99]

Hi Roger,

I'm researching the Hs123 at the moment. Could you possibly let me have the deatils of Ofw Rühlmann's Hs123 flights?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give,

Dave West