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Re: Otto Hintze II./ZG 1
Otto Hintze began his military career in November 1934, breaking off his architechtural studies at Munich University. From October 1936 he flew with various units, including JG 134, JG 234 and JG 135, and was Adjutant of II./ZG 1 upon the outbreak of war. The 'Phoney War' found him with I./JG 333 at Westerwald and then from February 1940 hewas with II./JG 186. II./JG 186 was transferred to Antwerp when that city was occupied, and it was from here that he was shot down on 1st June 1940 by, he always believed, his trigger-happy wingman when enemy fighters were seen in the distance. While with II./JG 186 Hintze was appointed Staka of 4./186, and it was this Staffel that formed the nucleus of 3./Erpr. Gr. 210.
After he was repatriated in 1948, Hintze again took up architechtural studies at Munich University, and graduated in 1950.
Source: interviews and Flugbucher of the man himself.
Note: the only Flugbuch that Hintze did not have was for the Polish campaign with II./ZG 1. When I asked him why, he said that for the Polish campaign, they were issued with a separate Flugbuch, which had to be handed in at the end of hostilities. He presumed they were simply sent up the line to Luftwaffe HQ.
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