Strange case of Walter Dahl

[alessandro bray]

I don't have the information on claims 92-103 or with unconfirmed 105-116. But number 91 was achieved on 29th March 1945 and number 104 on 12th April 1945. Dahl himself states 100th on 16th March 1945(mustang) at 1156 hrs, but as I say I counted thirteen of his 133 as unconfirmed. Dahl states he was flying a Fw190, but supposedly his wingman Werner Bohnenkamp would be flying possibly a Ta152.


Kind Regards


Johannes[/quote]

Thank you Johannes,

both are in your list, but my doubt is related to the above sentence

regards

Alessandro

[Johannes]

Hi Alessandro

List states 16th March 1945 was a Lightning.

I did flick through Dahl's book, and found that Walter Loos was the witness to his first JG300 claim on 7th July 1944. I wonder if anybody has a copy of Loos's flugbuch? Sometimes a pilots mentions witnessing claims. According to Obermeier's Ritterkreuz book Loos claims nine Russian aircraft with Jg301 during 1945, I suspect they were with Stab./JG300 and with Dahl, and probably on the same days that Dahl claims.
If dahl was running some kind of scheme with Loos, then Loos would be wanting some form of reward. Easiest situation to do this is if your with the Stab, usually only flying as a group of 2,3 or 4. Guess also it would have to be the highest ranking person making the suggestion.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by alessandro bray

… number 91 was achieved on 29th March 1945 and number 104 on 12th April 1945.

Kind Regards

Johannes

14 victories in 15 days at that stage of the war? Remarkable if true.

[knusel]

Good morning Johannes,

shouldn't we spell Dahl's given name with an "h" ?
https://www.google.de/search?biw=163...=1539003246596
Cheers,

Michael