Loss of Oblt Reinhardt Hein, 2./JG 54

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

I'm trying to find the place where Oblt Reinhardt Hein, the Staffelkapitän of 2./JG 54, was lost on 6 August 1941.

Osprey JG 54 book says he was brought down by enemy anti-aircraft fire close to the Baltic coast and show a picture of his aircraft examined by Soviet soldiers.

Rosipal list says he was hit in an air battle and belly-landed between the lines, the location being given as "BuchtLuga1kmv.d.Str.Kinsis.-Narwa,10 kmö.Kins".

Both agree that he was captured.

The Luga Bay is well north of Narwa, and was not a battlefield at the time... My guess is that Narwa Bay was the right place. My ided was to find "Kinsis" or "Kins", but I have been unable to find so a place either in Estonia or in Russia north of Narwa.

A possibility could be Kivioli, 80 km west of Narwa ???

If anybody had the original loss report, I would be interested to know if it was reported correctly by Mr Rosipal.

Thanks in advance for any help