15 Aug 1944 - six Bf-109 - around Steenwijk

[pats50]

L.S.,

Any info for these six names is welcome

15 Aug 1944 - Six Messerschmitt lost in this battle around Steenwijk
Three pilots were killed
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13:00 - Benderse (Ruinen ) - Bf-109G-6 - 440051 - 6/JG5 - Uffz. Ernst Thomas - KIA
Gelb 12 / Yellow 12

13:00 - Steenwijk (Nijensleek) - Bf-109G-6 - 441988 - 6/JG5 - Uffz. Rudolf Schierghofer

13:00 - Ruinerwold (Madeweg) - Bf-109 - II/JG5 - Lt. Paul Weitzberg

13:00 - Diever (landgoed "Oldengaerde") - Bf-109G-6 - 165544 - II/JG53 - Uffz. Karl Lampen - Age 24 - KIA
residence: Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia - initial buried in Groningen
born 10 Aug 1920 - Unteroffizier - II./JG 53 - Grave in Ysselsteyn - Block AX Reihe 10 Grab 246

13:00 - Diever ("Oude Willem") - Bf-109G-6 - 166043 - II/JG53 - Ofhr. Horst Starzinski - Age 20 - KIA
Człopa (in German Schloppe) (nowadays Poland ) - initial buried in Groningen
born 09 Nov 1923, Schloppe, Oberfähnrich - II./JG 53 - Grave in Ysselsteyn - Block AX Reihe 9 Grab 218

..:.. - Appelsha (Tilgrupsweg) - Bf-109G-6 - 19/JG53 - Gfr. E. Kölsch - WIA
wounded - brought to hospital in Assen
Gefreiter E. Kölsch - likely from Austria
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main info : "De Regio" - page 78 - W. H. de Vries - and SGLO crash log register

[drgondog]

The 355th and 479th were credited with four Me 109s destroyed between Steenwijk and Zwolle.

[Joop vd Does]

For details about the monument at the Primary School in Nijensleek near Steenwijk:
http://www.4en5mei.nl/oorlogsmonumen...entId/1_188734

[Jaap Woortman]

Pats,

See Ab Jansen "Sporen aan de hemel" part III, page 270-324.

Jaap Woortman
Study Group Airwar 1939-1945