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Help Please Naming German Pilot
Hello Paul
Theo Boiten and Rod Mackenzie arrive to the conclusion in NachtJagd War Diaries that it was Hauptmann Fritz Söthe of 4./NJG 4 who was possibly responsible for the downing of the aircraft of your wife's uncle. This was his 17th victory. The only information that I can add about Hauptmann Fritz Söthe is that he was born on 20 September 1914 at Lohfeld in Minden and claimed 18 victories, including one by day. He was shot down and wounded in Bf 110 G-4 (W.Nr. 140 083) at Rozay-en-Brie on 12 June 1944 and shot down and killed in Ju 88 G-1 (W.Nr. 714 153) at Lambrecht-Neustadt on 28 September 1944 the victim of a RAF Mosquito night-fighter. Posthumously he was awarded the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold on 1 January 1945. I hope that this helps.
Horrido!
Leo
Last edited by Leo Etgen; 16th November 2010 at 18:40.
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