World War 2 in the Air

FW-190D-9 to protect Me-262

07.10.1944. Luftwaffe, Western

7th of October 1944 9/JG54 (commander Wilhelm Heilmann) and 12/JG54 (commander Hans Dortenmann) flying FW-190D-9 “Dora-9″ were moved to Hesepe and Achmer airfields accordingly. They were covering Kommando Nowotny operations there.

It was done beacuse of extreme Me-262 vulnerability during take-off and landing processes. On the 7th of October USAF’s P-51s has shot down two Me-262 immediately after take-off from Achmer airfield and one Me-262 was destroyed during its take-off rolling.

Source: Willi Heilmann “Alert In the West: A Luftwaffe Pilot on the Western Front”

Posted by Pavel

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  1. le livre de wilhelm heimann a ete publie en français sous le titre (alerte a l’ouest )traduit par henri thies édition rené juillard paris et cela le 10 novembre 1954 n°d’édition 1.066 impression 285.ce livre est le meilleur avec celui de peter hans (la derniere rafale)

    am 06. 06. 2007 um 01:53 Uhr von MATH FELLOW

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