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Originally Posted by Brian Bines
As regards Ff Ofw Emil Turke I wonder if he was the same pilot who flew a Ju 88 of 2/KG76 back to make an emergency landing at Grevillers after his Bf and Bd baled out over Tilbury on the 29/30-1-1944. The 'K' report naming him only gave his surname,
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Brian Bines
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Brian,
Not sure, but could be: Emil Türke was at least old enough to be a pilot at that time (DOB 26 April 1915, Freiburg) and I don't thing that Türke is a very common German surname (Any Germans on this forum who can shine a light on this?!) As I./KG66 usually took over entire crews from other Kampfgeschwader (and Beobachter Kurt Heinen also originally belonged to 2./KG76), it's quite possible that a) Heinen and Türke were already a crew with 2./KG76 shortly before transferring to I./KG66 and b) that Heinen was the successor of Türke's previous Beobachter who baled out over Tilbury. But I have to stress that this is an assumption on my part..