Ofw. Riese, Shot down around Octbober 9th 1944

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BV+WG is an He 51

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks
Stig

[Trendle]

Hi Rolf,

as i go through my loss lists of October 1944 this morning, i think i found the guy you`re searching for:

Sunday, October 8th 1944 -> 16.55

Lieutenant Futch 50th Fighter Group Bf 109 * Near Freiburg/Brsg. - Germany 16.55
2./NAGr. 13 / Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 / Reconnaissance flight - Rhine - eastern Alsace / Dogfight with P-47 Thunderbolt - Captain Futch - 50th Fighter Group - 9th USAAF / Crashed in a wood near Vöhrenbach, between Villingen and Furtwangen, Schwarzwald (Baden-Württemberg) - Deutschland / Oberfeldwebel Joachim Riewe / Bailed out – unharmed

Regards

Fred

[Trendle]

PS:

i read about that dogfight (which extended from Triberg to Vöhrenbach) many years ago in a book from Hermann Riedel, either "Auswegslos" or "Halt schweizer Grenze". A lot of Civilians and Soldiers were Witnesses of that incident.

[Rolfeb]

Originally Posted by Trendle

Hi Rolf,

as i go through my loss lists of October 1944 this morning, i think i found the guy you`re searching for:

Sunday, October 8th 1944 -> 16.55

Lieutenant Futch 50th Fighter Group Bf 109 * Near Freiburg/Brsg. - Germany 16.55
2./NAGr. 13 / Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 / Reconnaissance flight - Rhine - eastern Alsace / Dogfight with P-47 Thunderbolt - Captain Futch - 50th Fighter Group - 9th USAAF / Crashed in a wood near Vöhrenbach, between Villingen and Furtwangen, Schwarzwald (Baden-Württemberg) - Deutschland / Oberfeldwebel Joachim Riewe / Bailed out – unharmed

Regards

Fred

Hi Fred,
This sounds good to me. Would you be happy to tell me the source you found this information? As Riewe was unharmed, there are no docs like NVM etc.
Thanks a lot in advance.

So far we do not know the exact place of crash, which is definitely a challange to find.

Rolf

[Trendle]

Hi Rolf,
as i told you already years ago, Werner K. and i meet 2005 a former mechanic of NAGr. 13 near the former landing ground in Hüfingen, a Man named Horst Neumann. He gave me a few Weeks later a list on which accidents and crashes were listed handwritten. At End of War Mr. Neuman get stuck in Hüfingen, because his Homeland Ostpreussen was now in russian hands. Amongst other things he told me about a crash of a Bf 109 of NAGr. 13 near the Buildings of „Maria Hof“ in Hüfingen….
Regards

Fred