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Old 23rd January 2020, 10:47
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Re: Uffz. Hermann Strobel KIA, Nov. 17th 1940, searching personal for details

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Originally Posted by John Vasco View Post
Rolf,

I contacted Strobel's wife in the 1980s during my research intoErprobungsgruppe 210, and visited her and her daughter at their home in Germany.

Here's a photo of Unteroffizier Hermann Strobel that they allowed me to use in my book.


Note that I did not attribute any of the three Bf 110 losses to any individual pilots of the intercepting RAF squadrons in my book, since I believed the combat reports were specific enough. Czernin claimed to have damaged one before being shot down. I wrote, regarding the rest of the combat: "...Flight Lieutenant Bayne, Flying Officer Niemiec, Pilot Officer Kordula and Sergeant Cameron all claimed to have damaged Bf 110s, but none of the four pilots saw them crash..." and also: "...2nd Staffel of Erprobungsgruppe 210 lost two aircraft on this raid [...] The other aircraft was a Bf 110 E-2, S9+LK (W. Nr. 3465) flown by Unteroffizier Hermann Strobel with Unteroffizier Willi Rademacher as W/T Operator. This aircraft crashed into the Channel off Dunkirk and both crew were killed..."

Hope the above is of some interest to you.
Hi John,
thank you very much for posting the details and photo. I only have some pics showing Strobel in 1934 showing him on gliders when he started with flying gliders. Therefore very happy to see this photo and indeed it is in great interest for me. Thanks again
Rolf
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