Battle of France video interviews with Stuka Pilot

[biltongbru]

Follow-up thread of previous threads on this topic: Here the video interviews I did with veteran Stuka pilot Dr. Heinz Migeod on 31 May 2010 of their campaign in France, he was in 2 staffel I/St.G.76 : (best to select 480p on video menu for better sound)

1) Shot down over Belgium
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1X21-pUQsw

2) Feeding the staffel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndx5BcYmvYk

3) Stuka targets in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Rv63_X7jY

4) Accidental strafing of civilians in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAfFOXpvVM

5) Miracle of Dunkirk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbuwHzW-LmM

6) Commander Walter Sigel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NLCl5MZtQk

7) Red wine in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpYjlfaZM8U

8) Sweet life in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZWsGbRQido

Any questions directed to Dr. Migeod are welcome as I see him often.

[Thomas H]

Thank you very much for this upload, very interesting!

Smart order by his commander. Maybe someone here can put a date to this event and conform the number of Spitfires lost in this encounter.

3) Stuka targets in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Rv63_X7jY

Best regards,

Thomas

[biltongbru]

Originally Posted by Thomas H

Thank you very much for this upload, very interesting!

Smart order by his commander. Maybe someone here can put a date to this event and conform the number of Spitfires lost in this encounter.

3) Stuka targets in France
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Rv63_X7jY

Best regards,

Thomas

Thanks for the complement.

I asked Heinz today about this mission and he said again it happened when they flew a mission to Calais.

I had a look in his Flugbuch and found that he flew this mission on 26 May 1940 on Calais "Zitadelle" whatever that means. They took off at 8:40 and landed at 10:30. So I presume they should have been in Calais at about 9:30 in the morning.



If one can maybe establish from the Allied point of view the following:

1) Were there any British patrols on that day to Calais?
2) If so what time was this patrol in Calais?
2) If so what kind of aircraft; Spitfires or Hurricanes?
3) If so, did they report sightings of Ju-87's in the Calais region?
4) Did they experience any losses that day?

I think that it will not be easily reported that one of your own aircraft accidently dove into the ground but maybe just reported as missing (I could be totally wrong here)

We all know today that squadron reports were always a bit exaggerated from both sides: 4 enemy planes downed can easily be 1 or 2 , we must not forget that.

I have no experience to trace the whereabouts of the RAF squadrons on that particular day but I am sure someone in the forum has the resources to get this information?

[chuckschmitz]

Great stuff. Is he out of the hospital?

[biltongbru]

Originally Posted by chuckschmitz

Great stuff. Is he out of the hospital?

Yes and is looking good again thanks. Me and my wife took them out for a drive today and had lunch at one of their old time favorite restaurants in the town of Tulbach.

[Luc Vervoort]

Many thanks for sharing this with us !

Is it possible to see a copy of the page of his logbook for 12/05/1940, the day of the crash with his Ju87 in Belgium ? Any serial of the plane in question mentioned ?

Many thanks and best regards from Belgium,

Luc

[biltongbru]

Originally Posted by Luc Vervoort

Many thanks for sharing this with us !

Is it possible to see a copy of the page of his logbook for 12/05/1940, the day of the crash with his Ju87 in Belgium ? Any serial of the plane in question mentioned ?

Many thanks and best regards from Belgium,

Luc

He was shot down 12 May 1940 and his gunner was killed....I see they did not make many notes in the Flugbuch. I also see that they wasted no time for him to fly again; 2 days after he was shot down.

I have no information on his plane ID lettering at this time.

[chuckschmitz]

Good to hear that he is out of the hospital. Please pass on my best wishes for good health. Are there any specific Wr. Nr. or aircraft codes mention in his log? With the video interviews it would make a great aircraft model project.

Chuck Schmitz

[Luc Vervoort]

Many thanks for the quick reply !

Please also pass on my best wishes.

Best regards from Belgium

Luc

[ClinA-78]

Hello,

Very interesting (and living) story! His aircraft may have fallen in Dohan at 'Les Longs Champs' where a German aircraft seemed to have crash-landed. One airman (the presumed radio) died from his wounds and laid to rest in a nearby house.

Best regards

ClinA-78