JGr.176 (09/1939)

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Hello

In JFV TEIL 2 P.549(Prien)
Oblt.Rhinow and Uffz.Köpke,Zusammenstoss in der luft...absturz bei Triberg (29/09/1939)

According to Shores (fledgling eagles) and several french sources:

Shot down by GC II/4 (wolfersheim)...27/09/1939!!

Where is the error?

michel

[Peter Kassak]

We went with the date 29.9.1939 in our ZG 76 book as the date of their loss in mid air collision.
Maybe the 27.9. was a mistake due to a similarity of claims of French airmen.

Peter

[Rolfeb]

You can find the loss in the Military Archive dated 29.09.1939. I strongly beleive it was the 29th.
Just looked it up.
I´m interested in the mission itself. Any details?
Thanks Rolf

[Peter Kassak]

It was an air collision during mission...no further details.
"...pursued a French aircraft northeast of Freiburg. During the attack attempts, a pair of Bf 109s collided with each other. A Staffelkapitän Oblt. Friedrich-Karl Rhinow got out successfully of his crippled aircraft. His colleague Uffz. Ernst Köpke wasn´t so lucky and remained trapped in his Bf 109. Both Bf 109 crashed near Triberg."

[Rolfeb]

Thank you Peter

[robert]

This collision took place at 11.45 hrs

[Rolfeb]

Originally Posted by robert

This collision took place at 11.45 hrs

Hi Robert,
thanks for the info. May I ask you which source you used for the collision time?

Thanks again
Rolf

[robert]

Hans Ring and Peter Cornwell

[Rolfeb]

Originally Posted by robert

Hans Ring and Peter Cornwell

Thank you