Thread: Probable shooting down of a 2 engine German fighter on April 16/43 15 miles W. of Mannheim at 01:00
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Old 24th January 2008, 17:12
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Re: Probable shooting down of a 2 engine German fighter on April 16/43 15 miles W. of Mannheim at 01:00
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Originally Posted by acwallace View Post
Hi John
This would definately be the Hochspeyer/Berzweiler, it is about 10 miles from where the combat began. Are there any other details on this loss available?
Thank you so much for your help.
Dave Wallace
Well, if this is the one, looks like your father's a/c got an eventual Knight's Cross winner. Loss as follows:

Bf 110F-4, 4755, FRIEDRICH. Oblt. Gerhard (F)/Giesen, Ofw. Wilhelm (Bf), 30 abschusse (in Mar '45), 10./NJG 4, 17-Apr-43, Stkp., WIA due to enemy fire. Both FSA. Crashed., Nachtjagd, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #9)-Vol. 16; Höhler, Deutsche Nachtjagd, Personalverluste, p.110, Hochspeyer/Berzweiler

Obermaier says he was killed the night of 16/17 Mar '45 in combat with a Lancaster. He was awarded the KC the day before he was killed.
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