Rolf Pingel

[Nick Hector]

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Rolf Pingel

SPAIN

1st claim
5.6.37
I-15 ("Curtiss")
Was this Tomas Baquedano Moreno of the Basque Esc. shot down soon after take off at Somorrostro? Murdered in parachute (CO of 22 Escuadrilla after Crespo)

2nd claim
8.7.37/after 1805
SB-2
Madrid/Aranjuez
Hoeness also claimed.
Grupo 12? Both pilots actually attacked the same machine (slight overclaiming). Crew believed KIA. Did the crew include Alexis T Chercassof? (said to be shot down in an SB by Fiats on 7.7.37 over Brunete, baled out POW?

3rd claim
12.7.37
SB-2
Segovia, 50 km N of Villanueva de la Canada
Grupo 12? Navigator of this one, Viktor Grigorevich Lebedev, was KIA. Also, Enrique Basanta suffered an accident trying to land with damage in Sisante after combat in Villanueva de la Canada

4th claim
12.7.37
I-16 Type 5 "Rata"
I-16 pilots Miniaev (4 Esc, KIA) and Baumler lost this date plus also possibly I-15 pilot Bozhko Petrovic in CA-118 of 1 Esc. Chatos and definitely I-15 pilots I Karpov and Sheliganov (both also from 1 Esc)

5th claim
16.7.37
I-16 Type 5 "Rata"
Aranjuez/Fuenlabrada
Russian volunteer Mikhail Yakolevich Fedulov KIA

6th claim
22.8.37
I-16 Type 5 "Rata"
4? I-16 were shot down in northern front, one republican pilot died and the other was saved by parachute atributed to germans, I-16 Boris Aleksandrovich Smirnov shot down, pilot wounded in the crash. Also lost two I-15s lost this date: Miguel Galindo Saura WIA-POW over Cantabria and Angel Martin Gonzalez over Vega de Pas, 20Km S of Santander (some sources say he was lost 12.8.37)

WORLD WAR TWO

7th claim
Mureaux 113
Near Ensdorf
No.4 of GAO 1./506, Lt. G Leleu and Sous Lt. Moll both KIA

8th claim
30.9.39/1150
Battle I
W of Saarbruecken
This one said to be K9484/JN- of 150 sqn. P/O J R Saunders and AC 1 D L Thomas both KIA, Sgt. G J Springett POW

9th, 10th and 11th claims
14.5.40
2 x MB151s and a Blenheim
Details pending

12th claim
26.5.40/1055
Hurricane I
Chuffily-Roche, NW of Vouziers
Serial unknown/TP-H of 73 sqn. P/O Frank Sydenham KIA

13th claim
11.6.40/1155
MS 406
Reims-Epernay
No. 821 of GC I/6. Capt. Lefoyer baled out WIA near Loivre, 10km N of Reims

14th claim
11.6.40/1210
D.520
Reims-Epernay
No. 49 of GC I/6. Cne Rivals de Mazeres WIA near Epernay

15th claim
15.8.40
Hurricane
Possibly 234 sqn, either R6988 of P/O C H Hight (NZ) KIA, R6985 of P/O V Parker POW or P9363 of unknown pilot damaged. Possibly also claimed against 152 sqn. Three losses: K9954 of F/L B P A Boitel-Gill made it back to base safely, aircraft written off; R6910 of P/O H J Akroyd made it back to base severely damaged; R6968 of unknown pilot, also damaged

16th claim
18.8.40/1532
266 sqn? They certainly lost X4061 and X4066 Destroyed on the ground during a strafing attack at this time….

17th and 18 claims
29.8.40/2006 and 2007
2 x Spitfires
Dungeness
Judging by timings alone, were these actually the two 501 sqn Hurricanes lost at 1920-1930 BT? R4223 of Sgt. William J Green baled out, rescued safely plus P3102 of F/L John Albert Axel Gibson (NZ) baled out slightly WIA

19th claim
31.8.40/1845
Spitfire
S of London @ 5000m
Fighter Command lost 39 planes with 14 pilots KIA

20th claim
7.9.40/1925
Spitfire
Tonbridge
41 and 222 "Natal" sqns. Only loss was Sgt. J McAdam of 41, pilot safe P9340 written off

21st claim
14.9.40/1650
Hurricane I
SE of Maidstone
253 sqn. Overclaiming, only 2 losses: P3804 of Sgt. J A Anderson, WIA and P5184 (Sgt. William Burley Higgins, KIA?)
(versus 4 claims)

22nd claim
28.9.40/1440
Hurricane I
Maidstone
Believed to be V6617/GN-R of 249 sqn. P/O Albert Gerald Lewis WIA (time doesn't quite match up exactly)

23rd claim
5.11.40
Spitfire IIA
E of Gravesend
9 sqn. Either P7427 of F/S George "Grumpy" Unwin safe or P7545 of P/O Frantisek Hradil, KIA

24th claim
16.6.41/1635
Blenheim IV
SE of Boulogne
59 sqn. 2 losses: V6386/TR-G of P/O P P Villa POW but crew all KIA and TR-Y of P/O D E Kennedy and crew all POW
(the other was claimed by Priller)

25th claim
16.6.41/1652
Spitfire
S of Dungeness
74 and 92 sqns. Both unit CO's were forced to crashland on the English coast: W3174 of 74 sqn. S/L John Colin Mungo-Park and R7218 of F/L C B F Kingcombe both safe

26th claim
22.6.41/1610
Spitfire V
W of Dunkirk
609 and 611 sqn, losses were: PR-T of 609 "West Riding" sqn, P/O F X E de Spirlet WIA, R6923 of 92 "East India" sqn and R7209 of 611 sqn, F/O P S C Pollard KIA. W3215 of 609 sqn was damaged, Sgt
T C Rigler safe

27th claim
27.6.41/2143
Spitfire V
near Roubaix
Believed to be X4668/E of 74 sqn. F/L John Colin Mungo-Park DFC KIA

28th claim
2.7.41/1250
Hurricane IIB
S of Dunkirk
Z3094 of 71 "Eagle" sqn. P/O W I or W T Hall WIA-POW