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Re: Heinz Wilberg - mystery solved
Hello Johannes,
That story is besides the truth I am afraid: it was the NJG 1 that defended the main routes to the industrial Ruhr area, with Gruppen at Leeuwarden (IV./NJG 1), Twente (III./NJG 1), Deelen (Stab NJG 1), Venlo (I./NJG 1) and St.Trond/Belgium (II./NJG 1) so it was logical to reinforce these units with crews waiting 'in vain' in other parts of occupied Western Europe and the Third Reich.
It was Josef Kammhuber who decided to deploy crews of other nightfighter Geschwader and ordered these to reinforce the NJG 1 Gruppen on the airfields mentioned above.
Fw. Wilberg was one the many pilots who spent a short spell at the I./NJG 1 in Venlo, he is named twice on still existing duty rosters.
All the best, Marcel
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airfield Venlo in WW-2, I./NJG 1, He219-project
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