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Old 6th August 2009, 19:03
Laurent Rizzotti Laurent Rizzotti is offline
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Re: Loss of Oblt Reinhardt Hein, 2./JG 54

Thanks to all, especially Andreas for the original loss report. I will stick by it and ignore the other location given by the JG 54 loss list.

I spent some times on Google Map, but as the location was given on the road between "Kinsis" and Narwa, and east of "Kinsis", I searched a place west of Narwa.

By looking at the map, Kingisepp is on a line between Luga Bay and the base of I./JG 54 at the time, Mal. Owsischtschi (called Samra-See by the Germans, it was near the Russian lake of Ozero Samro, southeast of Narwa). So it is possible that Hein was on a mission whose target was in or near Luga Bay, was hit and force-landed on the way back near Kingisepp. The indication "1km v.d.Str. Kinsis.-Narwa, 10 km ö. Kins". could be OK by replacing "east of" by "west of", but all of this is speculation and I will just keep the location given the original report.

Thanks again

Laurent
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