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Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
Hello,
I am trying to identify a Me 109 K-4 unit. I have got a flight log of a pilot (Heinz Rühlmann) who first flew in Russia for a reconaissance unit with Hs123 and Fw189 and then started conversion training to fighters in 1944. In March 1945 he had his first combat mission with a Me 109 K-4. From 7 March to 14 March he was stationed in Jüterbog Damm and from 15 March to 4 April (his last flight in the war) he was in Schwerin. He also flew with a Fieseler Storch transporting a Hauptmann Kunz or Kurz during this time. Could the unit be JG4? He first flew a Me 109 K-4 with the code „12“ and then „1“. There are short notes about combats with Russian fighters and above Berlin. I would be glad if anybody could help to identify the unit and perhaps even find out more about Rühlmann. Kind regards, Roger Gaemperle |
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
After having done some more research / requests it seems that Heinz Ruehlmann had been a member of III./JG4, flying Me 109 K-4 over Berlin at the end of the war.
I attached some of his flight log pages that show Me 109 K-4 flights. I would appreciate any help / information about this pilot or any mission he flew that is documented in his flight log. Thanks! Roger Gaemperle |
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
Attached are pages 2 to 6 of Heinz Ruehlmann's Me 109 K-4 flights.
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
Hello Roger, as you said 'your' recon-pilot did fly in Russia before 1944 - are there entries in his logbook for summer 1943? If so, any chances to exchange/buy copies of the Flugbuch pages for July and August 1943?
Kind regards, Pawel |
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
Hello Pawel,
I think that there are also entries from summer 1943 as the book covers 1939 - 1945. I need to check. It will just take some time for me to scan the pages as I am quite busy this week. But you don't have to pay or give anything in exchange (if you have anything Me 262 related, I would be interested, but it is not a prerequisite). I'll send some scans as soon as I have them. Regards, Roger |
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
Thank you Roger this would be of great help, unfortunately nothing 'primary' on Me 262 on my side.
Kind regards, Pawel |
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
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I would be interested to know which Aufklärungs unit(s) he flew with (if you can identify them) and between what dates. Regards Andy Fletcher |
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Re: Me 109 K-4 Unit? Schwerin Jüterbog Damm --> Ofw Heinz Rühlmann
Hi Roger,
I'm researching the Hs123 at the moment. Could you possibly let me have the deatils of Ofw Rühlmann's Hs123 flights? Thanks in advance for any help you can give, Dave West |
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