[Hans Nauta]

Hi Laurent,

Hope to have some answers for you:
- full name is Werner Schunter
- no time of take off or loss known as the part of the KTB Flughafenbereich Amsterdam covering that date is missing
- as far as I know II/NJG2 was formed from 4./NJG1 at 1st November 1941. On 15th January 1942 Uffz Zipperlein must have been at 6./NJG2. Using old forms may be a plausible explanation
- No Do 217 was lost that date, the nose gunner probably shot up a wooden mock-up at a dummy airfield. A kind of rail track system was used for a dummy aircraft, resembling a taxiing or landing aircraft. I do have another report which states that the rounds were observed to go through the enemy aircraft, what matches with the situation of a wooden dummy.

The Interception and Tactics Reports of Bomber Command don't contain an entry what can be linked with the loss of the Bf 110. The Raid Track of that night shows that the route of 1 and 2 Group was right across the place where Uffz Zipperlein's Bf 110 was lost. No aircraft 1 or 2 Group were lost, but Wellington DV515 of 311 Squadron of 3 Group was lost without trace. It might be possible that both Bf 110 and Wellington collided during the attack or happened to be shot down simultaneously...

Perhaps Theo Boiten may be able to add something.

Regards,
Hans