Help to ID unit of Bf110C crash 2.1.40.

[Larry Hickey]

Hello,

I'm trying to code for a data base four photos of a Bf110C that crashed at a place called Neuenkirchen, presumeably Germany, on 2 January 1940. According to the Quartermaster General reports this plane came down as a result of an engine fire. Does anyone know where Neuenkirken (New Churches) is? When I "Mapquest" this I come up with 10 separate places in Germany called by that name. The QM reports (according to the version published in the Luft Verband Journal a few years ago) attributes the unit for this loss as "KG1." This, of course, is a bomber unit instead of a zerstörer unit. I would have expected I./ZG1. Can anyone confirm where in Germany this Neuenkirchen is, confirm the unit involved, or provide any info on the crew involved or a story of the incident?

Thanx,

[Jim P.]

02-Jan-40, P, F, 100%, Bf 110C-1, 1358, n.n. (F)/n.n. (Bf), , V.(Z), LG 1, , , , , 02-Jan-40, , Notlandung due to right engine fire., Reported as I./ZG 1., , Lfl.2/Sitzkrieg, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #1)-Vol.1; Taghon, LG 1, I, p.426, , Neuenkirchen/Rheine, 100%, F

[Pawel Burchard]

Larry, try Neunkirchen instead of Neuenkirchen and you'll have another 10 possibilities

regards,
Pawel

[Pawel Burchard]

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp...3d&ambiguity=1