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Lt Franz Weiss JG5
Hello
Looking for information on that "guy" According to Werner Girbing in "Jagdgeschwader 5 Eismeerjager" (which dates from 1976),an Lt Franz Weiss is credited of 31 "abschuss"???. No trace of him! in "luftwaffe officer career": real and part of the mysteries surrounding the JG5,or simple error? Thanks in advance michel |
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
I've found only this, but I don't think it's the right Franz Weiss: WEISS, Franz. (DOB: 17.11.93). (n.d.) Fl.St.Ing.
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
I have Eric Mombeek's books on JG 5 to hand at the moment and there is no mention of a Franz Weiss at all!!!
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
Kracker has this....but there is no Franz Weiss as an Ehrenpokal or Deutsches Kreuz holder so god knows where that came from!!!
Magnus report? /Ian Last edited by Ian Jewison; 28th July 2019 at 23:13. |
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
Hi
It confirms my first impression that the information of Girbing is "doubtful". I also saw Kracker but I tend to have reservations about their information as in this case. On an other subject Ian,I have only the first 3 volumes of Mombeek's books,and from Monbeek on the 12/1/45 the 9 and 12/JG5 claimed 12 "abschuss" (Lancasters) ?? michel |
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
Maybe he's a character in a novel about Luftwaffe...?
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
On 12 January 1945, RAF attacked Bergen in Norway, losing 3 or 4 Avro Lancasters (Mombeek says 4, the book Westküste by Halvor Sperrbund says 3) from IX and 617 Squadrons. Claims by Werner Gayko, Heinz Orlowski and Fw Georg Lieber are known.
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
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https://books.google.no/books?id=fuy...g%2026&f=false As of 12/1-45: PD 233 Shot down by Uffz. Ludwig Kirchner and Feldw. Georg Lieber over Austrheim, Lille landøy. NG257 Shot down by Werner Gayko, reported as "brennenmd absturz" 93 km SW of Bergen. Known pos and an engine recovered. NF 992 Crashed at sea outside Fedje after midair collision with Ludwig Kirchner. Flak claimed 11, but all BS. |
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
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Re: Lt Franz Weiss JG5
Thank you very much for your help (especially for the 12/01/45)
Indeed there has been a Franz Weiss in the JG26,an Uffz shot down and wounded on 22/2/45 by Tempest,but given his rank,I don't think he has anything in commun with "my" Franz Weiss of III/JG5. It's hard to imagine that an "ace" with 31 victories,according to Girbing,is totally unknown : if only for one or two victories. The book of Girbing is no longer current (1976 ):for example,no mention of the 5 Mosquitos shot down on 15/01/45;a difficult event not to cite (I am interested in any claims,I recorded the losses but not the opponents):9/JG5 ? michel |
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