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Erich

In your researching of the Luftwaffe, have you ever found a Uffz Heinz Filopwitz?  He was the Pilot of a Me 110, with NG1, who shot me down over Laon, France, on April 21/22, 1944.  We were his first Kill, and the rest of my crew on their first operation (I was on my 13th as a spare).

I have often wanted to thank him for giving me my great adventure with the French Resistance.  I understand he was in a crash later in the war, but no results of this accident have been found.

I also claim to have saved Andrew Mynarski for his Victoria Cross 2 months later.  If Filipwitz had not shot us down, the plane carrying Mynarski was next in line over the target.

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Greetings John

I have Unteroffizier Filipzig and crew in a Bf 110G-4 from II./NJG 1 claiming a Halifax at 00.26 hrs.  12km Northwest of Laon in the night fihter claims listing in my data base.  yes his first victory.  let me look further on his career though the listings to see of anything else on the man for you

Erich ~ and thank you for the story in regards to your shoot down.  John were you in a Hali or ?  just want to get the story straight and what was the code of your craft please ?  Am also curious if you remember was the attack from the rear or underneath ?

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John I did not see any more victories for the LW pilot in the night fighters but did find the crash in 4./NJG 1, Heinz was flying an He 219A-0 one of the very few issued to II./NJG 1 as they flew Bf 110G-4's in II. gruppe.  Heinz came in for a very bad landing which snapped the back of the He 219 with a portion of it landing on it's head.  Heinz was wounded but his R/O whose name is not given was unhurt.  this happened on June 3./4. 1944 at the airfield at Deelen Holland.

I'll keep searching for more if he returned to combat or was taken out due to this crash......

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Erich,

Thanks for the information about the other crewmembers.
Do you know the Werknr of the aircraft of Gerhard Raht?
According to Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims from Foreman,Matthews and Parry, Heinz Rökker claimed 4 aircrafts that night:
2 Four-eng  North of Düsseldorf
B-25           Flugplatz Saint-Trond
Mosquito Flugplatz Saint-Trond
Very interesting to hear that you have intervieuwd Anton Heinemann, I would have liked to hear his version of the facts of the night of 15/16 of March 1945.
Greetings from Belgium

Alexander

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Alexander

I have interviewed Rökker several times as well and he still does not know 100 % what he shot down whether it was a Mossie nf or not in the St. Trond area.   Personally I would take your claims book you mentioned and use it as a door end, Dr. Boitens book due next spring 08 is what you are going to want for critical claims and bio information on at least 1500 LW pilots and crewmen.  It will be fantastic

soory no Werke nummer for Rahts Stab I./NJG 2 Ju 88G-6 ......... yet

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Hello,

I've a few eyewitnesses who have seen the KB-835 coming down in flames over the city of Landen and crashed just near the city. The aircraft broke in 2 pieces just before the crash.
It was an immense explosion and a enormous crater where you easely could put 3 or 4 house in it.
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Alexander


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Hello,

I would like to share the next pictures of the graves of the crew of KB835 with other forum members!
Greetings from Landen, Belgium

Alexander



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Alexander,
Thank you so much for all this information on KB835. I've beenfollowing your forum for quite a while now. One day I will be able to tell you why I am so Interested! Sorry to be so circumspect but I have to have permission from someone else before I can give any details. Some friends and I would like to visit Belgium and see some of the things you've talked about first hand. Do you have an exhibition of your findings? I can't tell you how much your research has meant to me.
Thank you again, Di

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Hello Di,

We've organized an exposition last year and some witnesses could give us some very interesting details about the crash like the crashlocation of the 2 parts of the KB-835 and some people also said that there's still a part of the aircraft under the ground.

I've an interrogation report, Bomber Command Loss Card, death certificat and the statement of the witnesses...another interesting detail...the witnesses didn't know each other but all told +/- the same story! The reports were give to me by other researchers who were kind enough to share the information with me.
I respect your silence and if one day you want to contact me...well... you can reach me at the next address: airwar.landen@yahoo.com
I'm thinking about other things like a monument for Allied crews who died on the territory of our city Landen..but that's for the future.....

Another detail...
The inscription "His name I oft recall..." under my name "ALEXANDER" is the inscription which can be read on the grave of P/O Kossatz!

Regards and greetings from Belgium,

Alexander
-- Edited by alexander at 10:03, 2008-07-29

-- Edited by alexander at 06:57, 2008-07-30

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Hello,

I could find some information (see attached pictures) about the KB835 on the Bomber Command Loss Card.
Can anybody help me to decipher what this means?
Thanks,

Alexander



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Hello Alexander,
The first one is H2S, a downward-looking radar that showed a "picture" of sorts on a screen of the ground below, regardless of whether there was cloud cover or not.  It was evident if a plane was fitted with H2S because of the large dome on the underside near the fin area.  Associated with H2S is the second abbreviation F/P which is Fishpond: again a display which showed the presence of aircraft to the rear, but it couldn't distinguish between friendly or enemy.  An experienced operator could see the steadily moving tracks of other bombers, or the rapidly moving tracks of enemy fighters.  Some crews liked H2S and Fishpond, others didn't.  The problem with H2S was that the nachtjagd developed Naxos, a piece of equipment that could home in on the H2S transmissions.

The other one about bomb load isn't so clear: the first appears to be a 4000lb High Capacity (blast) bomb, I suspect the others are incendiaries, normally in SBCs (Small Bomb Containers), but I don't know what HIB stands for, nor the specific Mk VI.  The other bit I can't decipher, but there were obviously 1600 of them altogether so I would think there was a mixture of 4lb and 30lb incendiaries.  This is an extract from my website www.galgos.co.uk
Area bombing: incendiary and blast -one 4000lb "Cookie" plus twelve Small Bomb Containers (SBC) containing either two hundred and thirty six 4lb or twenty four 30lb incendiaries

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Max,

Thank you very much for the explanation about the different codes!

Regards,


Alexander



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