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Last kills of the Luftwaffe


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David_4555
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Hi. I watched this video by Mark Felton (I know) about the last kills of the Luftwaffe on VE day. According to him, on 8th May 1945, 3 pilots scored aerial victories:

  • Gerhard Thyben (JG54) shot down a Pe-2 over the Baltic, flying a Fw-190A-8

  • Erich Hartmann (JG52) shot down a Yak-9 (and almost got involved in a fight with both Soviet Yaks and US Mustangs at once) over Czechoslovakia while flying a Bf-109G-10 (he says its a K-4)

  • Fritz Stehle (JG7) shot down an Airacobra (maybe a Kingcobra?) over Czechoslovakia while flying an Me-262A

My questions are as follow:

  • are those correct?

  • does anyone have any info about Luftwaffe victories in the last days of the war (May 1945)? I'd love to read more about this

Video here

GOA_Karaya_VR
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For what i know and read, the Yak 9 was performing some acrobatics over russian troops when Hartmann shot him down.


At least that should be correct.


Regards.

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