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Re: Reinhard Heydrich air victories?
Hello
There are a few photographs of Heydrich and his aircraft.
1. In Norway he flew with 6. /JG 77. The only success he had was not being killed when he overturned his aircraft. The aircraft was coded Yellow 3 + -, thus a standard marking for the unit. I have a few photographs in my collection showing Heydrich with this unit.
2. The SS runes marked aircraft was used while he had a short spell with JG 1, a few photographs exist of this aircraft also, and has been published amongst other places by Ries in his 'Dora Kurfurst und Rote 13' series.
3. The aircraft he used on the eastern front is not known. A photograph showing a bellylanded aircraft with a single SS rune from the unit is not the aircraft flown by Heydrich, but the aircraft of Georg Schirmböck. The rune marking is attributed to his Jungvolk attachment.
Regards,
Andreas B
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