Ludwig Nitsch 38 "kills"...?

[Andrei Demjanko]

Stig

These reports were issued for upper HQ's, not for troops. As subordinated Army HQ's made their daily reports to Heeresgruppe so liasion officers of Luftwaffe (and Kriegsmarine) formations in the given area made daily reports advising it of activities of their branches of Wehrmacht. They are brief summaries of what Lfl. reported to OKL, not propaganda or morale boosters

In the case of Nitsch, if his Soldbuch survives, it will give the answer. Also the answer could be found in the interrogation report by Swedish Air Force. If Nitsch had any awards (and it means he had confirmed aerial victories), there must be mention of them during his interrogation and evaluation of his papers

[sveahk]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

In 1945 he was quite young (18 years sounds a little too young but may perhaps indicate when he joined the Luftwaffe?).
Cheers
Stig

According to the Swedish "Centralregistret", naming all the German POWs in Sweden, Ludwig Nitsch was born in Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim 20 June 1920.

Regards Hans K

[sveahk]

Obviously there's a swedish book about the FW 190 Nitsch flew to Sweden - and now restored has returned to Sweden. If I have understood it right, two of the pilots who flew this specific plane during the war, Franz Eisenach and "our" Ludwig Nitsch, are portrayed in the book.

It's called "En svensk Focke-Wulf 190 : En dramatisk svensk-tysk flyghistoria" (A swedish Focke-Wulf 190: A dramatic swedish-german flight history) and is written by Christer Bergström.

I haven't read the book but would be most interested to hear if somebody has - and especially if Nitschs "38 kills" are mentioned in the book...!?

https://vaktelforlag.se/produkt/en-s...-flyghistoria/

[Stig Jarlevik]

Published three months ago....

No I have not bought it either.

Cheers
Stig

[Christer Engdahl]

Originally Posted by sveahk

Obviously there's a swedish book about the FW 190 Nitsch flew to Sweden - and now restored has returned to Sweden.

As I understand it, the original "Nitsch Fw-190" was returned to Russia a while after the wars end. The one which recently "returned" to Sweden is a new build by FlugWerk which has been painted to represent the "Nitsch Fw-190".

[Mikael Olrog]

Just ordered the book to see how it handles the issue of the 38 victories.

The aircraft is said to contain parts of Nitsches Fw 190 that was left behind in Sweden. But I guess the story will be told in the book! :-)

[Christer Engdahl]

Originally Posted by Christer Engdahl

As I understand it, the original "Nitsch Fw-190" was returned to Russia a while after the wars end.

Today, I had a conversation on this subject. I can't find my source for the quoted statement and there is also the possibility that the original was not returned to Russia but was scrapped in Sweden. Sorry for any confusion.

Originally Posted by Mikael Olrog

Just ordered the book ...

Mikael, it probably won't shed any light on the above confusion but did you get the book?

[edwest2]

More information:


http://www.forcedlandingcollection.s...141-Fw190.html
https://luftwaffeinprofile.se/Fw%20190%20Nitsch.html
https://www.flugrevue.de/klassiker/f...-eingetroffen/




Best,
Ed

[Mikael Olrog]

Book not yet published, still waiting for it do be delivered!

[Christer Engdahl]

Thanks guys for your responses. The reason for my question is that I found an article which has been published in Sweden, leading the readers to believe that the aircraft is the original, flown to Sweden by Ludwig Nitsch and not a replica.

For those of you who read Swedish:

Motorkörning av Focke-Wulf 190 på Hässlö

I only hope that this misinformation doesn't get into the book!