Thread: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
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Old 6th March 2021, 10:37
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Re: Location of place called 'Mittelfüssen' (?), 25 km NW of Düsseldorf (noted in late 1943 Nachtjagd claim)
Dear all,

Thanks for all your interesting replies, these are the claims details:

Lt. Albert Bergerhoff: 1 7./NJG1 Lancaster Mittelfüssen (?), 25 km NW Düsseldorf: 5.500 m. 20.02 Düsseldorf raid, unidentified. Note: victory confirmed on 12.7.1944

The location 'Mittelfüssen' is recorded in the OKL/RLM Abschusssfilm, the location '25 km NW of Düsseldorf' is recorded in Bergerhoff's Flugbuch, which I have studied recently, and which was indeed sold on Ebay.

Problem is that I have not found a Bomber Command crash near the location of 25 km NW of Düsseldorf. Neither have I found a Bomber Command Combat report of a 'heavy' that was engaged and (severely) damaged in this area/around this time, which could explain the Bergerhoff Abschussmeldung. So for the time being, this will remain a mystery.

Cheers, Theo
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