Benno Eder

[cbe2009]

Hello!
This time I am seeking some information on Benno Eder, from JG 2.
He was St.Kpt. and in tthe aces list, I have seen him listed with 6 victories.
Did he fell in aerial combat April 27, 1944 and if so, what plane did he fly?
My guess is a Fw 190A-?
Is the markings on his airplane known and maybe the W.nr.?
Thank You in advance.
Christian

[Brian Bines]

I do not know if this is of any help I have a list of JG 2 casualties which for 27th April 1944 gives Maj. Kurt Ubben (Kdre.) killed and Lt. Karl-Heinz Elsner wounded. It would appear that if Benno Eder was shot down this day he suffered no injuries, and his name does not come up after this date. However Ltn. Elsner was later reported missing in the Caen area on 16th July 1944.

[cbe2009]

Hello Brian!
Thank You for the reply!
This could turn out to be a mystery, because i have a death card from the period with his picture on it.
It says, he was a St.Kpt. in a JG, was awardw EK I & II.
Born May 10. 1922 in Neumburg vorm Wald and Eder is burried in Pau in southern France.
Could this be another Eder, that we do not know anything about?
All the best
Christian

[Brian Bines]

Hello Christian,
I beleive the Fighter action involving JG 2 and JG 26 on 27th. April was in the Reims area, if Benno Eder is buried at Pau could he have been serving with a training unit at the time? I have no information on such losses, however a couple of years ago the French magazine Avions had a series covering the losses of Luftwaffe 'second line' units in France during 1944. Unfortunately I only obtained the three magazines covering January to March, if April was covered in a later edition perhaps this could help,
All the Best
Brian

[Laurent Rizzotti]

The publication of the loss list of German schools in France in the magazine Avions was stopped after the article on March 1944 . They claimed at the time that they will continue the serie "in the future".

[Brian Bines]

Thanks for the information about Avions I hope the series continues in the future. Looking at the loss lists for January to March 1944 it shows JG 101 had several losses in the Pau area is there a possibility Benno Eder served with this unit?

[cbe2009]

Laurent and Brian!
Thank You for all the help. It is appreciated!!!
I have looked through my JG 26 book, written by Caldwell. the Reims area is correct.
Is Benno Eder not an unusual name and could he have been flying in JG 2 earlier in the war and there have claimed his 6 victories?
Christian

[Tom Semenza]

The following 6 claims for Lt. Benno Eder are from Tony Woods' Claims Lists West 1942 & 1943 (the first claim can also be found in Prien's "Jagdfliegerverbände ... Band 7"):

30.12.42 (1.) B-17
03.01.43 (.) B-17
28.06.43 (.) B-17
04.07.43 (.) B-17 HSS
30.07.43 (.) B-17
06.09.43 (.) B-17

The first 5 claims were with 9./JG 2 and the last with 2./JG 2.

Best Wishes,

Tom

[cbe2009]

Thank You very much Tom!
All the best
Christian

[Fredo Hara]

Hello Christian,
Just for compare with your sterbild, you have a photo (no good quality) of Benno Eder in the book of Hoger Nauroth "Jagdgeschwader 2 Richthofen, Eine Bildchronik" page 193.
Fredo