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barkas

22nd May 2011 18:17

Lt. Günther Schmidt of NJG 5

Hallo,
please, do you know more about the fate and military career of Lt. Günther Schmidt ?
On nightfight 2./3. January 1944 he bailed out Bf 110 wnr.720005 "C9+EK" and injured, in this time he was member of 2.Staffel NJG 5.

Frans A

22nd May 2011 21:48

Re: Lt. Günther Schmidt of NJG 5

Barkas,
He was KIA on 20-02-1944, but I don't know where.
Frans A

Laurent Rizzotti

23rd May 2011 10:56

Re: Lt. Günther Schmidt of NJG 5

Lt. Günter Schmidt of 2./NJG 5 and his radio/gunner, Uffz. Hans Leyendecker, were posted missing on 20 February 1944 when their Bf 110 G-4 WNr 5440 C9+AK did not return from a day battle against the 8th Air Force (that started its "Big Week" this day).

No loss place is known but the gunner was washed ashore on March 1944, so this crew was lost at sea, probably in the North Sea put possibly in the Baltic (given the base of I./NJG 5 then and the USAAF targets this day, both are possible).

Source:
Michael Balss NJG losses book

Snautzer

27th August 2023 12:24

Re: Lt. Günther Schmidt of NJG 5

deathcard Hans Leyendecker https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/thread...3#post-1871115

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