18.2.1945 / Fw. Oskar Bösch / Pe-2

[KrisJG3]

18.2.1945 - Fw. Oskar Bösch ; A/c: 11 ; 14./JG 3 ; Pe-2

Does anyone have information on where this plane was shot down (area) and at what time it could have been? A Luftwaffe archival document, if it exists, is welcome. Any information is welcome. Was it an attack on a larger group of bombers escorted by fighters in the Reetz / Stargard / Arnswalde area?
BR

Kris

[VtwinVince]

Kris, give me a little time and I'll go through my Boesch file.

[Nick Beale]

Some relevant extracts from Bundesarchiv RL 7-6/14, page 0289 (free to download):

Tagesabschlußmeldung Lfl.Kdo. 6 vom 18.2.45

IV./JG 3
46 Fw 190 freie Jagd Raum Lübkow und Begleitschutz für Panzerjäger.
Feindsichtung und Luftkampf mit mehreren Il-2 und Jägern.
4 Abschüsse:
2 Il-, 1 La-5, 1 Pe-2 (Einzelheiten werden nachgemeldet)

Verluste:
Personell:
vermißt … Uffz. Reimann (IV./JG 3) …

Materiell:
a) Totalverluste …
1 Fw 190 (IV./JG 3) bei Landung Überschlag, 70%
1 Fw 190 (IV./JG 3) durch Flak abgesch. …
c) beschädigt
1 Fw 190 (IV./JG 3)

[KrisJG3]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

Some relevant extracts from Bundesarchiv RL 7-6/14, page 0289 (free to download):

Tagesabschlußmeldung Lfl.Kdo. 6 vom 18.2.45

IV./JG 3
46 Fw 190 freie Jagd Raum Lübkow und Begleitschutz für Panzerjäger.
Feindsichtung und Luftkampf mit mehreren Il-2 und Jägern.
4 Abschüsse:
2 Il-, 1 La-5, 1 Pe-2 (Einzelheiten werden nachgemeldet)

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Where was this place? I suppose that in February 1945 it was not in today's Germany (Lübkow - 17217 Penzlin).
So somewhere around Pommern (Operation Sonnenwende) area of Pyritz/Stargard/Reetz/Arnswalde?

[Rottler]

Hello Kris,

Lübkow is a typo. Correct is Lübtow, a community in the district Pyritz.

Regards
Leo

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Rottler

Hello Kris,

Lübkow is a typo.

Regards
Leo

A genuine Luftflotte 6 typo by the way, not one of mine!

[KrisJG3]

That's what I thought, thank you for your help.

4 Abschüsse:
2 Il-, 1 La-5, 1 Pe-2 (Einzelheiten werden nachgemeldet)

By the way - maybe it is known in what area the Pe-2 was shot from this report (or where the first air contact took place)?

@VtwinVince
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Kris

[Nick Beale]

I did have a quick look for a »Nachmeldung« and I didn’t spot it but there are thousands of pages of Luftflotte 6 files you can explore.