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Re: How effective was Schrage Musik?
Dear Dennis,
The first Mosquito-kill by a He219 of the I./NJG 1 was in the night of 6/7 May 1944: this was a He219A-0. The next 9 Mosquito's were also shot down by He219A-0's, the last Mosquito fell in the night of 18/19 July 1944.
The first maiden flight of a He219A-2 (Werkenr. 290002) was on 15th July 1944 at Rostock, two days later the same aircraft made another flight at Rostock to check the communication equipment. On paper the A-2 and A-7 might have had better chances against Mosquito's, documentary evidence shows that the I./NJG 1 had no further Mosquito-kills despite a very few A-2 deliveries late July 1944 and a first A-7 delivery late December 1944...
Best regards, Marcel
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airfield Venlo in WW-2, I./NJG 1, He219-project
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