Hauptmann Heinz Bollhorn

[Chris Goss]

Trouble is Adriano nobody knows for sure his unit let alone aircraft or aircraft details!

[Marcel van Heijkop]

Originally Posted by Adriano Baumgartner

Just for curiosity and interest:
a) Which was the werknummer of this machine and its codes?
b) Ju 188 A or Ju 88 S?

A.

Hi Adriano,

Unfortunately, my losses list based on the WASt ends around 11 April 1945...Late losses such as Hauptmann Bollhorn occurred during the last days of a collapsing Reich and were likely never recorded properly...

So, no idea about WNr. or Kennzeichen (apart from "Z6" i.e. I./KG66 possibly). Based on the aircraft of the eyewitnesses (in the same Staffel), Bollhorn's machine could have been a Ju 188 D-3.

Best regards,

Marcel

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Chris and Marcel,

Thanks for the information.

But, what about the Intelligence Reports, on the Allied side? If an AAA Battery claimed the machine, they must have submitted a report...though am not sure if the wreckage was found or discovered. Usually, (at least in the UK in 1940 and later) they would have sent Intelligence "guys" to check the wreckage and try to find identities, etc...but am not sure if by 1945 they still were doing this.

Was the wreckage ever found? This could be interesting to the grandson of Uffz. Losse...
or the relatives of Hptm Bollhorn either.

Sad story....weeks by the end of the war...

A.

[Chris Goss]

Unlikely that the Allies would have had the time or interest for intelligence reports at that time and as to the unit responsible, that too will be hard (but not impossible) to determine