Re: Who shot down Hptm. Pingel, Kommandeur of I/JG 26.
Hello,
His name was Jan Śmigielski.
His last rank was F/Lt, probably survived the war with total account 2-0-2 victories.
The problem is that I couldn’t find a victory listed for him on 10 July 1941 !
I also couldn’t find any victories of 306 Squadron on 10 July, the only successes of this unit in this month were on 6th or 7th and then on 23rd and (probably) 24th.
Victories of Jan Śmigielski found by me:
30.12.1941 Sgt Śmigielski – 1-0-0 Bf 109 14.15 S Brest
31.12.1942 W/O Śmigielski – 0-0-1 Fw 190 14.40 SE Berck
15.02.1943 W/O Śmigielski – 1-0-0 Fw 190 14.22 N Calais
25.09.1944 F/O Śmigielski – 0-0-1 Fw 190
Could it be, that info about Śmigielski is incorrect?
Regards
Nef
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