From Jean-Yves Lorant's interview with Fritz Gniffke (6./ JG 302) in the late 1970s
" ..Welter had downed two Lancasters during the night of 2-3 December 1943, bringing his total to 11, all returned on wilde Sausorties. On the night of 21-22 January he had run into a Mosquito north of Magdeburg, but the English pilot had managed to get away..Welter was our role model - we certainly didn't have any others - there were very few if any other wilde Sau pilots who had managed more than two victories at that time.."
Seen during the spring of 1944 at Werneuchen a FuG 218 radar equipped Fw 190 A-6 of Nachtjagdgruppe 10. (Classic Colours Nachtjäger volume captions this as a FuG 217) Both photos are extracted from Jean-Yves Lorant's Fw 190 Docavia book with the author's permission. On P235 of this volume there is picture of a line-up of Nachtjagdgruppe 10 machines. Most of the pilots and machines seving with NJGr. 10 during early 1944 were seconded from I./JG 300 including Hptm. Friedrich-Karl Müller. Click on the pics for a better view..
More Fw 190 nightfighters on this blog here, including Klaus Bretschneider's FuG 217 Neptun radar equipped Fw 190 A-7 seen at Rheine during early 1944
Really enjoying reading your blog on Luftwaffe. I was wondering if you have any information on a plane labled white 7 I believe it was in 10NJG. I haven't found any information on this plane or who flew it.
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Walter
The FuG 218 was in the first test stage in the autumn 1944. The production of the FuG 218 was supposed to be up by the end of 1944, but in reality it started production by the end of January 1945 and first deliveries February 1945 so it is a FuG 217 on the picture of the FW190 A-6 if it is dated spring 1944
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