"Alarmstart" on 14.04.1945 ----> 2 losses
 

Hi members,

On Saturday 14.04.1945, there was an "Alarmstart" for 16./JG 5 at "Rygge" airfield in Norway.
The 2 pilots, Uffz.Heinz Schoppert and Uffz.Willi Voltmer (Voltmer had just come back from Honeymoon), took off on at roundabout 16.26 (norwegian time)
Anyway both of them failed to RTB and its said that they met between 10-20 P-51 Mustangs somewhere over Skagerak were they were shot down.

Does anybody have any clue wether there were pilots from the 19.Sqdn. or 65.Sqdn. that shot them down ??
And where over Skagerak did it take place ??

Jagdkommando

Re: "Alarmstart" on 14.04.1945 ----> 2 losses
 

Hi,

S/Ldr Peter Hearne of 19 Squadron claimed 1 - Bf.109 escorting a Coastal Strike

Cheers

Bruce Lander

Re: "Alarmstart" on 14.04.1945 ----> 2 losses
 

But both pilots were shot down that day. Non of them came back.
There are also something with time of incident here that doesn't quite match the time of the "Alarmstart" and the time of S./L. Joseph Peter Hearn's kill. In April 1945 the time in Norway and U.K was exactly equal. Summertime etc.included. That's documented....
Maybe oen of the pilots from 16./JG 5 or IV./JG 5 if u like, was killed due to an accident.

Jagdkommando