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Top Aces in Night Fighters
Evidently Schnauffer gained all his victories in 110s but there's little info on the top scorers in other night fighters. It seems that Wittgenstein was the top Ju 88 pilot but he also flew 110s--how many in 88s? And what about the He 219 (Modrow?) and Do-217? Those are of course separate from the Wilde Sau units.
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Re: Top Aces in Night Fighters
Hi,
Below is my list of He 219 aces pilot//He 219 claims/all claims (including non-confirmed)/date of death Hptm. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow 33 34 Ofw. Wilhelm Morlock 17 17 4/5 nov 1944 Hptm. Werner Baake 15 41 Oblt Heinz Strüning 18 (or 19) 57 24/25 dec 1944 Oblt. Josef Nabrich 12 19 27 nov 1944 Maj. Hans-Dieter Frank 7 57 27/28 sep 1943 Lt. Otto Fries 6 17 Maj. Hans Karlewski 6 11 Oberst Werner Streib 5 67 Hptm. Manfred Meurer 5 65 21/22 jan 1944 Oblt. Wilhelm Henseler 5 10 Ltn. Ewald-Werner Hittler 5 5 Total number of claims for Heinkel He 219 type is 172 including 135 by He 219 ace pilots. Sources are: various He 219 books, Nachtjagd War Diary, Luftwaffe Night Fighter Combat Claims 1939-1945. |
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Re: Top Aces in Night Fighters
Thank you Gizmo, your reply is much appreciated. It's revealing that three-fourths of the Uhu victories were obtained by 12 crews. Perhaps that's understandable for anyone who's tried navigating at night without GPS!
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