Fritz Sengschmitt

[knusel]

Good evening Gentlemen,

what type of aircraft was Fritz Sengschmitt
http://www.luftwaffe39-45.historia.n....asp?vnum=1005
flying when he claimed his 15 victories ?

Michael

[PMoz99]

Hello Michael.
Don't confuse his award list on the link you posted for a career summary.
Sengschmitt transferred from 4./KG40 to ZG1 early in 1943 and was KIA in a Bf110G-2 on 11/1/44 with ZG26. I suggest most kills would have been with the ZG.
Peter

[knusel]

Hello Peter,

how come Fritz Sengschmitt is not listed by Johannes Mathews ?

Michael

[Stig Jarlevik]

Probably the same reason as your previous guy

Looking through the lists of both ZG 1 and ZG 26 known claims, he is not listed at all.

Cheers
Stig

[knusel]

Good morning Peter & Stig,

he is listed as Fritz Sengschmidt by Georg Brütting but without score.

Michael

[knusel]

Good evening,

why are the complete kill lists of the Zerstörer aces so hard to find ?

Cheers,

Michael

[TigerTimon]

Quick, apply cold water to that slight burn...

[knusel]

Good Morning TigerTimon,

is this a quotation from a movie?

Michael

[TigerTimon]

No, it's a meme. :-) Just my interpretation of the answer of Nick. Anyways, I will stop bothering you right now.

[knusel]

Johannes Mathews performed a herculean job when he compiled and presented the kill tables of all Luftwaffe aces. He rectified common mistakes and indicated the few cases where the lists are incomplete and open to addition of new data. It's astonishing that kills lists of the Jagdflieger aces have survived in a complete form in most cases while the lists of many Zerstörer aces have gaps. Let's presume the top Zerstörer scorer were Tratt, Albrecht, Weißenberger, Jabs, Schob, Heller, Kutscha, and Dassow. Complete lists are available for Tratt and Weißenberger but not for Albrecht, Jabs, Schob, Heller, Kutscha and (to my woe) Dassow. Is it because the Zerstörer aces or their seniors cared less for documentation ?