Eric JB Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_01_2013/post-309-0-48527400-1357347987.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_01_2013/post-309-0-08760900-1357348006.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 The two men from the signatures with their post war signature. Georg-Peter "Schorsch" Eder. Adolf "Addi" Glunz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I find it amazing that he is still "missing"... Surely a plane crash does not go unoticed? I guess from US records it may be possible to see which US fighter pilots had victories that day? Nice book! Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hucks216 Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 A great example and fantastic to see the signatures of Addi Glunz & Georg-Peter Eder. It is always a great bonus when the unit's history is so well covered as it is in Caldwell's 2 volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Very nice grouping! He seems to have been quite a good pilot, scoring 4 victories in 5 months! He is not listed at the Volksbund website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Western front victories were much harder than eastern front. I knew a JG52 pilot with over 50. Once 3 in one fligjt, he did everything not to get sent west! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Western front victories were much harder than eastern front. I knew a JG52 pilot with over 50. Once 3 in one fligjt, he did everything not to get sent west! Yes, I know, that´s why I mentioned that he was quite a good fighter pilot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) Gentlemen, Thank you for your kind replies. Concerning his MIA and not being listed on the Volksbund website. I do know that the Volksbund website is far from complete. From the WASt in Berlin I did receive information, including : "Andere Erkenntnisse über seinen Verbleib besitzen wir nicht. Herr Fischer ist durch Gerichtsbeschluß im Jahre 1974 für tot erklärt worden" "Other evidence of his whereabouts we do not possess. Mr. Fischer has been declared by court order in 1974 to be dead " His wartime report shows that Edmund Fischer was flying his FW 190 A-8 W-Nr.171642 Schwarze +10 that day. "Nach der Landung fehlte Leutnant Fischer. Einzelheiten wurden nicht bekannt" "After landing lacked Lieutenant Fischer. Details were not disclosed" I do have the four books on JG.26 by Caldwell, I did a lot of research for his two volumes "The JG.26 War Diary". Further on Josef Priller's "JG.26 Geschichte eines Jagdgeschwaders", Willi Heilmann "Alert in the West", Gunther Bloemertz "Heaven Next Stop", Heinz Gomann "Und über uns der Himmel" .....and for the rest all possible books that do have JG.26 information in them. It is not that easy to know who was shot down and by whom. - 18.8.1944. 356 FG lost one P-47, flown by Lt. John R. Tillmann, who was KIA. 8128, 42-75549, 356th, 361st, 18/08/44, 2nd Lt. John R. Tillman, O-700852, KIA 42-75549 P-47D 361 QI-D Lost 18 Aug 44 - Lt. John R Tillman KIA - 28.8.1944. As 12 P.38s were claimed in the same area, around the same time, it is impossible to pinpoint an aircraft. - 25.9.1944. Two Mustangs of 129 Sq. went down in the Arnhem area, one of them must be Fischer's claim. Mustang Mk III, FB147 DV-, 129 Sq. Brenzett Kent, 8 kms W. of Arnhem, KIA F/Lt Philip Norman Howard, 126785, RAF (VR) (Of Brazil), grave 24.A.15 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Kleve. Howard was badly burned and the Germans brought him to a hospital in Gronau where he died 1.10.1944. Mustang Mk III, FX983 DV-E, 129 Sq. Brenzett Kent, on the land of Mr. Polman at Angeren 4 kms NE of Bemmel, POW F/O M. Humphries J/36029 RCAF. Both Mustangs took off at 15.34 and did have Arnhem as target. - 27.9.1944. Too many Spitfires went down that day in that area, the Squadron that did lose a Spitfire(s) were, 1, 64, 132, 317, 412, 421, 443, 453. - 12.10.1944. These three USAAF 385 Fighter Squadron did make a victory claim on 12.10.1944, one of them could be the pilot who did shot down Eduard Fischer : CROMBIE WILLIAM S JR Captain 385FS 10-12-1944 - - European 1 victory. JAMISON GILBERT L 1st Lt 385FS 10-12-1944 - - European 1 victory. JONES ALMA R 1st Lt 385FS 10-12-1944 - - European 3 victories. Best regards Eric-Jan Edited January 6, 2013 by Eric JB typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 It is just amazing that a plane can go down over Europe... and no trace of it can be found!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric JB Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 Chris, Know that there are still a lot of pilots, flight crews and their aircraft missing who went down over Europe. Best regards Eric-Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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