[Nick Hector]

Eduard Neumann

SPAIN

1st claim
4.9.37
I-15 ("Curtiss")
Asturias/Llanes airfield
Francisco de Haro Sola?

2nd claim
11.6.38
I-16 "Rata"
3a Esc. Grupo 21 lost one I-16 lost this day, two seriously damaged, pilot Martinez had an accident while landing break a wing and propeller (was this due to enemy action?)

WORLD WAR II

3rd claim
20.7.40/1915
Blenheim I
30km S of Portland
L1300/ND-A or FA-A of 236 sqn. Sgt. Eric Edward Lockton and Sgt. H Corcoran both KIA

4th claim
8.8.40/1355
Hurricane ("Spitfire")
40km S of the needles, Isle of Wight
238 and 257 sqns. Three losses each. 238 lost P3823 of F/L D E Turner KIA and F/O D C MacCaw KIA in P3617. S/L H A Fenton ditched WIA in P2947 about an hour later searching for these two.
257 lost P2981 of F/L N M Hall, R4094 of Sgt. K B Smith and P3058 of F/O B W J D'Arcy-Irvine KIA

5th claim
11.9.40/1705
Spitfire I ("Hurricane")
Dungeness
K9793 of 92 sqn. F/O Frederick Norman Hargreaves, KIA

6th and 7th claims
17.9.40/1630
2 x Hurricane Is
Gatwick
607 sqn, 2 losses: P3933 of Sgt. John Lansdell, KIA and P3929 of P/O G H Welford WIA and bellylanded at Tuesnoad farm (both generally attributed to Neumann)

8th claim
27.9.40/1015
Spitfire
Orpington/London
Fighter Command lost a total of 28 Fighters this day – I am not certain which was Neumann’s opponent

9th claim
15.6.41/1730
Hurricane
10km W of Fort Capuzzo
274 sqn. Three losses, W/O Charles Coudray KIA, F/S Le Bois (returned) and Sgt. Daniel

10th claim
8.7.41/0755
Hurricane
5km E of Halfaya Pass
DAF. Believed these were actually claimed the previous day against 73 sqn, 5 losses in total. V7802 of F/L Aidan Crawley POW, Z4173 of F/L P O V Green POW, Z4649 of P/O S J Leach KIA, V7757 of P/O R W K White KIA, and M9197 of Sgt. G A Jupp KIA

11th claim
27.9.41/1000
Hurricane
W of Bardia
Either P/O Lowther of 33 sqn or F/O F R Graeme-Evans POW of 451 sqn
(The other loss was caused by Homuth)

12th claim
23.11.41/1244
Hurricane I
Sidi Rezegh
RNFS. Overclaiming, 1 loss at this time: V7308 SubLt. Anthony John Claude Willis KIA. However, one of these could have been a P-40 of 250 sqn, Sgt. Donald Mair Palethorpe RCAF KIA or S/L Morris damaged (Lippert claimed at the same time)

13th claim
30.11.41/1600
Hurricane
Bir el Gobi @ 3000m
This one said to be overclaiming