Problematical Jg54 pilots x Seven

[Johannes]

Hi Guys

Again problem pilots, that seem to just disappear, but as we should all know by now they would have gone somewhere, possibly training unit. Again I would be grateful for Dates's of Birth and death.

Erich Fricke

Made all his claims as an Oberfeldwebel with 2./Jg54, all i know are his claims, so what happened to him after 3rd February 1942?

18th September 1940 Spitfire 1805 hrs Nr.1
23rd June 1941 SB-2 1022 hrs Nr.2
25th July 1941 MiG-1 1945 hrs Nr.3
13th August 1941 MiG-1 1605 hrs Nr.4
23rd August 1941 MiG-1 1317 hrs Nr.5
11th September 1941 MiG-1 1518 hrs Nr.6
12th September 1941 I-153 0605 hrs Nr.7
19th November 1941 MiG-1 0825 hrs Nr.8
3rd February 1942 MiG-1 1520 hrs Nr.9


Gerhard Görlach

Made his first five claims as an Unteroffizier with 2./Jg54, the rest as a Feldwebel, again apart from his claims i know nothing more about him, what did he do for the last year of the war?

7th July 1943 P-40 20km SSW of Maloarkhangelsk 0515 hrs 250 metres Nr.1
21st October 1943 LaGG-3 1040 hrs 300 metres Nr.2
27th October 1943 LaGG-3 0928 hrs 2500 metres Nr.3
4th December 1943 La-5 1410 hrs 1800 metres Nr.4
16th December 1943 Pe-2 45km NE of Zelenogorsk 1340 hrs 3500 metres Nr.5
1st January 1944 Il-2 0910 hrs 10 metres Nr.6
12th January 1944 La-5 0850 hrs 600 metres Nr.7
13th January 1944 Jak-9 0920 hrs 200 metres Nr.8
27th February 1944 La-5 Baltic Sea 50km NE of Kunda 1255 hrs 800 metres Nr.9
6th March 1944 Pe-2 Baltic Sea 25km WNW of Hungerburg 0915 hrs 800 metres Nr.10
23rd March 1944 LaGG-3 1540 hrs 800 metrs Nr.11
26th March 1944 Pe-2 Kotka area 1058 hrs 6000 metres Nr.12
4th April 1944 Jak-9 NW of Kunda 0820 hrs 2800 metres Nr.13

Hans Pomberger

All his claims were wuth 5./Jg54 as an unteroffizier, I no nothing else about him except his claims, what happened to him after 4th August 1943?

7th June 1942 Pe-2 1835 hrs Nr.1
7th August 1942 Jak-1 1750 hrs 700 metres Nr.2
28th August 1942 Jak-7 15km NNE of Rzhev 0610 hrs 20 metres Nr.3
19th September 1942 Il-2 1635 hrs 100 metres Nr.4
31st October 1942 I-153 15km South of Spaskaja-Polist 1445 hrs 2000 metres Nr.5
4th December 1942 LaGG-3 1310 hrs 7000 metres Nr.6
13th July 1943 Il-2 40km ESE of Orel 0906 hrs 300 metres Nr.7
13th July 1943 Il-7 0912 hrs 50 metres Nr.8
13th July 1943 Il-7 0913 hrs 20 metres Nr.9
2nd August 1943 LaGG-4 SE of Schlüsselburg 1253 hrs 3200 metres Nr.10
4th August 1943 Pe-2 Mga area 0443 hrs 2000 metres Nr.11
4th August 1943 Il-2 Mga area 0448 hrs 1000 metres Nr.12


Walter Pircham

His first claim was with 6./Jg54, the other with 4./Jg54, all as an Unterofficier, apaet from his claims I know nothing about him, what did he do after 2nd July 1941?

7th April 1941 Bf109 South of Neusatz 1945 hrs Nr.1
28th June 1941 SB-2 1342 hrs Nr.2
30th June 1941 DB-3 1512 hrs Nr.3
30th June 1941 DB-3 NW of Dünaburg 1515 hrs Nr.4
30th June 1941 DB-3 NW of Dünaburg 1719 hrs 1000 metres Nr.5
2nd July 1941 SB-2 1031 hrs Nr.6
2nd July 1941 SB-2 2025 hrs Nr.7
2nd July 1941 SB-2 2113 hrs Nr.8


Erich Schröter

His last claim was as a Feldwebel, the others as an Unteroffizier, all with 5./Jg54, again apart from his claims i can find-out nothing about him, what did he do after 10th July 1941?

30th June 1941 DB-3 0650 hrs Nr.1
30th June 1943 DB-3 1235 hrs Nr.2
30th June 1941 DB-3 1445 hrs Nr.3
30th June 1941 DB-3 1500 hrs Nr.4
2nd July 1941 DB-3 1925 hrs Nr.5
10th July 1931 DB-3 SE of Pskov 0855 hrs 2200 metres Nr.6


Hans Schätzel

His first four claims were with 1./Jg76, the last with 4./Jg54, all as an Unteroffizier, except for his claims i have been unable to find any information about this pilot, what did he do after 2nd august 1940?

18th May 1940 Curtiss West of Rethel 1625 hrs Nr.1
19th May 1940 MS 405 West of Laon 1830 hrs Nr.2
6th June 1940 Curtiss NW of Amiens 2105 hrs Nr.3
6th June 1940 Curtiss NW of Amiens 2105 hrs Nr.4
2nd August 1940 Blenheim Ijmuiden area 1155 hrs Nr.5


Michael Hauer

He made his first five claims with 1./Jg76, the other two with 4./Jg54, all as an Oberfeldwebel, yet again apart from his claims I have been unable to discover anything about this pilot, what did he do after 12th August 1940?

14th May 1940 Curtiss at Sedan 1230 hrs Nr.1
16th May 1940 Po63 1147 hrs Nr.2
18th May 1940 Curtiss West of Rethel 1625 hrs Nr.3
6th June 1940 Curtiss NW Amiens 2102 hrs Nr.4
6th June 1940 Curtiss NW Amiens 2105 hrs Nr.5
1st August 1940 Blenheim Haamstede area 1700 hrs Nr.6
12th August 1940 Spitfire Dover area 0935 hrs Nr.7


Of interest was Jg54's rounding down/up to the nearest five minutes on the earlier claims.

Grateful as ever for any help with these pilots.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[Jim P.]

I found one possible match -

FW 190A-5, 410244, Pomperger, Uffz. Johann, , I., 3., JG 1, gelbe, 16 +, , , 08-Apr-44, KIA due to Luftkampf., , RLV, Prien & Rodeike, JG 1 & 11, II, p.1170, , bei Stendal, 100%, F, , ,

[Johannes]

Thanks Jim

Yes, Hans is a shortened version of Johann. Another mystery over.

Regards

Johannes