Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum  

Go Back   Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum > Discussion > Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces

Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 19th April 2009, 19:43
Orla Kragh Jensen Orla Kragh Jensen is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Posts: 17
Orla Kragh Jensen is on a distinguished road
Leutnant Peter Horn, JG51

Leutnant Peter Horn was attached to 1./JG51 from 1941 to 1943. He is credited with 11 aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
During his Luftwaffe service, Peter Horn is decorated with Iron Cross 2. Klasse and Iron Cross 1. Klasse.
Can anyone help finding documentation for the 11 victories?
Peter Horn was one of the 8 Danish airmen accepted to do service with the Luftwaffe.

Thanks in adwance.

Orla
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 20th April 2009, 20:39
Mikkel Plannthin Mikkel Plannthin is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Posts: 288
Mikkel Plannthin
Re: Leutnant Peter Horn, JG51

Orla
The 11 victories are as far as I remember quoted in Aders, Gebhard and Werner Held, Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders" : eine Chronik : Berichte - Erlebnisse – Dokumente, Motorbuch Verlag, 1985 (ISBN: 3613010453).

The information is also quoted in Neulen, Hans Werner, In the Skies of Europe. Air Forces Allied to the Luftwaffe 1939-1945, The Crowood Press Ltd., 2000.

But I have seen no reference to further (1st hand) sources. Tony Wood's claims records are of little help here, as different pilots named Horn are credited with 9 victories, but only one by a 9./JG51 pilot (a Gefreiter).

Regards
Mikkel Plannthin
__________________
Britain's Victory, Denmark's Freedom. Danish Volunteers in Allied Air Forces During the Second World War
fb.me/britainsvictorydenmarksfreedom
www.danishww2pilots.dk - a resource on Danish aircrew during the Second World War
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Ju188 lost in France Eric Larger Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 16 16th December 2011 00:47
information about Peter Henn/Alfons Schertl loreto Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 2 18th August 2009 02:45
Passion for Flight - Peter Bagshawe SteveB Books and Magazines 4 25th September 2008 11:30
Another JG51 victories question Mikkel Plannthin Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces 3 23rd January 2008 02:56
Seeking Peter Arnold re UB425 Alex Smart Allied and Soviet Air Forces 13 1st March 2005 13:37


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 16:28.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004 - 2018, 12oclockhigh.net