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Re: First ejection-seat use?
Hello,
I can confirm that the 2./NJG 1 crew which escaped by ejection seat use on 11th April 1944 was rewarded by Ernst Heinkel himself because they were the first people who escaped by ejection seats during combat.
Apparantly you haven't checked the German loss registers, but the He280 story is true: on 13 January 1943 the He280 V-1 (Werkenr. 001) from the Erpr.Stelle Rechlin crashed east of Lärz due to technical failure(s) and was 85% damaged. According to Smith & Kays 'German Aircraft of the Second World War' the pilot may have been Helmut Schenk.
All the best, Marcel
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airfield Venlo in WW-2, I./NJG 1, He219-project
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