5.ZG1 11.July 43

[John Vasco]

I would suggest two different aircraft flying on the same mission. That's what I understood from using the NVM for those two for 'Sting of the Luftwaffe'. NVMs are usually more accurate, as they were used for notifying relatives of the loss/wounding of a family member. NVMs don't mention any uninjured crewmen, obviously, so it is perfectly feasible to expect that Gerdes's Bordfunker survived uninjured, as did Blind's pilot.