SWITZERLAND
World War II
NAME VICTORIES AIRFORCE COMMENTS Lindecker, Werner 2 [1+1] Fliegertruppen Streiff, Victor 2 Fliegertruppen Ahl, Albert 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen Aschwanden, Erwin 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen Hönning, Walo 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen Roubarty, Jean 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen Schenk, Paul 1 Fliegertruppen Wachter, Alfred 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen unknown 2 [0+2] Fliegertruppen 1) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 2) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 3) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 4) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 5) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 6) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 7) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 8) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 9) unknown 1 [0+1] Fliegertruppen 10)
| 1) | Two enemy aircrafts (Messerschmitt BF 110C, II./ZG 1) were shot down in the combat of pilots of Fliegertruppen with German Luftwaffe in 4th June 1940. It's too hard to say to which of these pilots od Fliegertruppe - Benait, Heiniger, Kuhn, Aschwanden, Egli, Ruffer - ascribe the victory, or a share on it. Source: Polák Tomáš - Proti všem, z historie švýcarského vojenského letectva 1939-1945, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No.16-17, 1993, Šnajdr Miroslav - Pád Paříže (Letecká válka v desti červnových dnech roku 1940), Votobia, Olomouc 2000, str. 73-77. |
| 2) | On 1st January 1944 two pilots of a five-member group of Fliegertruppe - Dättwyler, Bach, Eha, Bär, Meierhoffer - attacked on enemy aircraft Fiat RS14 and they shot it down. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 3) | On 5th February 1944 two pilots of D.3801 Fl.Kp.12 shot down German DO 215. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 4) | On 13th April 1944 Swiss pilots shot down American Boeing B-17G-5-BO of a serial number 42-31184 owned by 447th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 5) | On 24th April 1944 Swiss pilots shot down American Boeing B-17G-50-BO (42-102446), 384th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 6) | On 6th June 1944 Swiss pilots shot down German Ju 52/3m close to Baulmes, west of Yverdon. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 7) | On 20th June 1944 Swiss pilots shot down American Consolidated B-24G-10-NT (42-78194), 450th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 8) | On 10th October 1944 Swiss pilots shot down P-47. It concerned of a fighter aircraft Republic P-47D-22-RE of a serial number 42-26063, 2N-L, from 505th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, which was piloted by 2nd Lt. Jerald Conlan. Except Swiss pilots the aircraft was attacked also by anti-aircraft artillery. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 9) | On 27th February 1945 Swiss pilots of D.3801 shot down an American Consolidated B-24J-15-FO (42-51093), 15th Air Force. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
| 10) | On 27th February 1945 Swiss pilots shot down American Boeing B-17G-55-VE (44-8248), 97th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force. Source: Polák Tomáš - c.d. |
Sources & Literature
- Anthoine, Roger: Messerschmitt chez les Helvétes, in Aero Journal, No. 14, Aug-Sept 2000, Aero Editions, Fleurance, France.
- Balous, Miroslav: Doflug D-3802, D-3803, 1. část, in Letectví + kosmonautika, No. 23, 1995.
- Chmel, M.: Válečník mnoha armád, M.S.406 v cizích službách, part two, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No. 27, 1994.
- Michulec, Robert: Messerschmitt Bf 109, 6. část, AJ-Press, Gdańsk 2003.
- Polák, Tomáš: Proti všem, z historie švýcarského vojenského letectva 1939-1945, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No.16, 1993.
- Polák, Tomáš: Proti všem, z historie švýcarského vojenského letectva 1939-1945, in Aero Plastic Kits Revue, No.17, 1993.
- Šnajdr, Miroslav: Pád Paříže (Letecká válka v desti červnových dnech roku 1940), Votobia, Olomouc 2000.
- Avions No.84, March 2000.
- Gleize, Jean-Paul: Aces, http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/aces/homeaces.htm.
- Magnus, A.: Air Aces Home Page, http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/airaces1.htm.
