Re: Oblt/Hptm Karl-Heinrich Matern
Thanks to Vince, a little more on him. Pre-war he trained as a Beobachter, wounded by Flak with Stab II./SKG 210 on 29 Aug 41 near Iwanowskoje. On 20 Dec 42, now with 6./ZG 1, he landed to pick up a crew that had crash-landed behind Soviet lines (Ofw Wilhelm Dibowski and Uffz Kurt Maier?). Credited with 12 air combat victories but I can only find 2 on 30 Oct 42, 31 Oct 42, 1 Nov 42, 5 Nov 42, 18 Dec 42. No PERS 6 file on him at BAMA
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