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Tony , the new crew was put together at Xmas 1940. The Captain decided to mix some old hands with the newcomers. Alfred Heinzel (pilot) was new to the staffel. Voigt, Hengst and Rister were all of kg 27 but had not flown together before. This crew was together during the battle of Britain. When they were transferred to Brest the rear gunner Max Galler was added to the crew as the compliment was increased from 4 to 5 to provide more firepower. During that fateful day on 3rd Mar 41 Gerd Rister (mechanic) went to the rear of the plane to fix Galler's machine gun which had jammed and subsequently suffered 2 fatal gunshot wounds in the back during the second attack on the ship.