Stab IV/JG27 Loss, 12.07.1944.

[Joe Potter]

A Hauptmann Otto Meyer was lost near Caen in a Bf 109 G-6, has anyone the Werk Nr of his aircraft, or even better, a copy of the NVM.
Thanks
Joe

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Hi there Joe,

Bf 109 G-6 W.Nr 165 434, Hptm Otto Meyer, Gruppenkommandeur, Stab IV./JG 27, 12 July 1944, shot down at Authie, near Caen, by AA fire and MIA. Wreck found in the summer of 1944.

Source: Frappé 1999, p. 323 and courtesy of G. R. Morrison.

Cheers
Marc

[Joe Potter]

Hi Marc,
Thanks, that is the number that I was hoping for, it is mentioned in "Crashed enemy aircraft" report 245-27.07.1944, it mentions the wooden tail in some detail.
Otto Meyer is still listed as MIA, the VDK tell me that his widow was still looking for his grave as recently as 2008.
Thanks again
Regards
Joe

[Marc-André Haldimann]

You're most welcome, Joe. Any interesting reference to camouflage or tactical number in your report? There is no tactical number or sign given in Frappé 1999...

Cheers
Marc

[Joe Potter]

Hi Marc,
No, sorry, the report states that the aircraft received a direct hit in the nose from a Bofors gun when flying at low altitude, then dived into the side of a house and was badly broken up and buried in rubble, and no operational markings could be identified, only the Werk Nr.
There is no mention of the pilot.
You mention G.R.Morrison as a source, please enlighten me.
Cheers
Joe

[Marc-André Haldimann]

Thanks for the precisions, Joe.
You've got a pm.

Cheers
Marc