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Old 30th November 2014, 13:13
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Question HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?

Hi, Please can you help?

The day of the ill-fated crash on the 8/8/44, Adameit flew an A-8 (modified A-5) (W.N. 155960) out of airbase near Wenden. Is this correct?
Also Adameit flew an A-6 (W.N. 550528) out of Dougavpils? Petserie? airbase, July 1944?
Is this correct?
If you have any info to add to this doesn't matter how trivial, I would love to know, thank you.
Does anybody know of a profile of Adameit's A-8 that I can look at, either in a book or decal sheet?

Just found, 'During a chase with a Soviet II-2 Sturmovik over the Soviet lines on 7th August 1944 he went missing near Dünaburg, probably killed in action. Clearly an error? Dunaburg was the name for Dougavpils.

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Old 30th November 2014, 17:01
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Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?

I have allways wondered if any A-8s were modified/rebuilt A-5s, as they were quite different planes. The A-8 and A-9 had the 115 liter tank in the fuselage, and the A-5 could not have that installed. I guess that all A-5s were rebuilt as A-5s and nothing else.

I know that many believe that A-8s were rebuilt as D-9s, but I have not seen any evidence for that other than the D-9 prototypes.
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Old 30th November 2014, 17:14
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Dynaburg (ger.) = Daugavpils (lit.) = Dzwinsk (pol.)
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Old 30th November 2014, 18:09
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Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?

Sorry, Pawel, all of the wartime German maps and documents say Dünaburg.


Dünaburg (LAT) (e. Daugavpils, Dvinsk) 180 km SE Riga. Total of 7 airfields identified, 3 of which were used by the Luftwaffe:

Dünaburg-Griva (LAT) (e. Daugavpils-Grïva, Dvinsk) (55 51 N – 26 29 E)
General: emergency landing ground in SE Latvia 180 km SE Riga and 5 km SW of Daugavpils.

Dünaburg/Ost (LAT) (e. Daugavpils/East, Dvinsk) (55 53 N – 26 40 E)
General: landing ground in SE Latvia 180 km SE Riga and 7.3 km ESE of Daugavpils and S of the Daugava River.

Dünaburg/West (LAT) (e. Daugavpils/West) (55 54 N – 26 26 E)
General: landing ground in SE Latvia 180 km SE of Riga and 6 km NW of Daugavpils.

Dünaburg/West was the main one.

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Old 30th November 2014, 20:06
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Hello meeterhunter

Can I please ask you what is the source for your information that he was flying a Fw 190 A-8? All of the information that I have seen states that he was flying Fw 190 A-5 "Black <<" (W.Nr. 0155 960) of Stab I./JG 54 at the time of his loss and that this occurred in aerial combat with eight to 10 Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft 10 kilometers east of Kreuzburg near Dünaburg. It does appear that he flew Fw 190 A-6 "Black <<" (W.Nr. 550 528) in July 1944 and I would assume that his last aircraft looked very similar to this one. I hope this helps.

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Old 30th November 2014, 21:08
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Hi Leo,
Sorry I will try and track it down the answer to your A-8 question, but it sticks in the memory. The A-6 does look very similar to the 'A-8', going by Ron Cole's interpretation and comparing with Claes Sundin's A-6. But as you know just about every German plane had a different paint job.
One last thing, 155960 crashed east of ergli on 8/8/1944, didn't it?

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Old 30th November 2014, 22:30
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Hello Don

I have always seen that he went missing on 7 August 1944. I./JG 54 had Fw 190 A-4, A-5, A-6, A-7 and A-8 subtypes on strength in August 1944 but the werknummer is definitely that of a Fw 190 A-5. I hope that you find everything you want to know about the last mission of this interesting ace.

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Thanks Leo.
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Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?

Hi,

Ademeit went missing mid-afternoon of 7 August 1944. The Germans recorded his aircraft as FW 190 A-6 WNr. 5960, although that is actually an A-5 WNr. Location was ten kilometres east of Kreuzburg, modern Krustpils, Latvia, just north of Jakobstadt, modern Jēkabpils, Latvia.

This was a I. Gruppe sweep from Riga-Skirotava, with several aerial victories claimed against Jak-9s and Il-2s.

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Re: HORST ADAMEIT LAST FLIGHT?

Hi,

His aircraft was an UPGRADED A5...this is without a doubt.

A wreck of an upgraded A5 was identified in this area (and also the only known loss in the area) a few years ago. This specific wreck had ALL the features of a A5 (specific to the A5), with A8 features...such as larger prop blades, radio, and armament.

It was 99% identified as Horst Ademeit...due to date of loss (eye witness accounts), wreck location, and type.
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