Date: 16th September 1944
Unit: 8 Staffel/Jagdgeschwader 26
Type: Focke Wulf Fw 190A-8
Werke/Nr. 171505
Code: ?
Location: Nutherveld, Belgium.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse Captured POW
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat at 18.10 hours by a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 50th Fighter Group U.S.A.A.F.
On the 16th August 44 Uffz Kruse shot down a P-51 Mustang of the 354th Fighter Group at Rambouillet, France. Two days later on the 18th August Uffz Kruse landed at a race-track with combat damage, and was told by a Labour Service officer that he was in Arras. On the 25th August he claimed a P-38 Lightning of the 474th Fighter Group near Beauvais, the pilot was James Austin.
Unteroffizier Ottomar Kruse became prisoner of war
Below; Two documents confirming his victories
