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Ltn. Friedrich Jirmann's mysterious bellylanding
Thanks to Ed West's wonderful posts in the eBay: German Interest thread, I am able to see logbooks with Me 262 flights. In his post #1288, the third flugbuch is that of Ltn. Friedrich Jirmann. One page contains Me 262 flights whose times are confirmed in Jan Horn's opus, Das Flurschaden-Geschwader (2010).
However when checking for Jirmann's career path in DeZeng and Stankey, I found this entry: "JIRMANN, Friedrich. (D.O.B.: 25.12.22). 14.02.45 Lt., pilot 5./KG 51 unhurt? - Me 262 A-2a belly-landed at Essen-Mühlheim due to technical fault." On pp. 237-8 of his book, Horn confirms this incident: "13 Me 262, davon 9 Maschinen der 5./KG 51 (Rheine) und vier Maschinen der 4./KG 51 in Essen-Mulheim warden am 14. Februar 1945 zu Angriffinen auf Feindansammlungen im Raum Kleve-Kranenburg-Gennep eingesetzt. In Rheine starten von der 5. Staffel gegen diese Ziele zwischen 07:30 Uhr und 08:50 Uhr unter anderen Hptm. Abel, Fw. Witzmann und Oblt. Richter sowie von der 4./KG 51 Lt. Jirmann in Essen-Mulheim … Leutnant Friedrich Jirmann 4./KG 51 muss mit der 9K+AM (Werk-Nr. 110538) infolge technischer Mängel auf dem Flugplatz Essen-Mulheim Eine Bauchlandung machen, wobei ein Schaden von 30 Prozent ensteht…" However, in continuing his narrative of 14 February 1945 on p. 240. horn also gives: "Vom Flugplatz Kitzingen startet Lt. Jirmann mit der Me 262 A-2a (9K+PM) um 09:10 Uhr zu einem Werkstattflug. Er landet danach um 09:39 Uhr wieder in Kitzingen." This confirms the only entry for 14 February in the logbook. If Jirmann did not bellyland W.Nr. 110538 on 14 February, who did? best regards, Jim |
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