24th September 2024, 11:30
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Alter Hase
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Norwich, originally Liverpool
Posts: 1,147
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Re: Spitfire Claim by Uffz. Mutan of II./ZG 76
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Originally Posted by Johannes
Hi
Ranks actually go down as low as flieger, but not usually among pilots with other crew members, and they nearly but not always outranked their crew members. Some officers were demoted to flieger as punishment.
Ranks got lower towards the end of the war also. With II./ZG 76 after France May 1940 claimants ranks got higher on average.
Kind Regards
Johannes
P.S
Guess you know that bordfunkers claims seemed to count towards the pilots score, but the mikrofilms give the credit to the gunner himself, but they do not indicate whether gunner or pilot, so you need to know your crews. Also gunners nearly always claimed fighters i.e Spitfires.
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11th August 1940
1./ErpGr. 210 Messerschmitt Bf110C-6. Shot down by RAF fighters following attack on convoy east of Harwich and ditched in the sea with starboard engine alight 12.00 p.m. Pilot Gefreiter Christian Weiss killed, Bordfunker Obergefreiter Richard Keilhaupt missing. |