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Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
Dear All,
presently I'm working on some crashes here in Black Forrest/Germany. In the night from March 15th 44 to March 16th 44 the RAF run a bomber mission against Stuttgart. Based on the "Bomber Command War Diaries" (Middlebrook/Everitt) the RAF lost 41 aircraft. The Lancaster DV194/CF-F was shot down at 23:21pm near Obereschach/Black Forrest.The German pilot whot shot the bomber down was a "Unteroffizier" Koch. Does somebody know the night fighter unit Koch belonged to? In addition I'm also looking for the prename of Koch and if he survived the war. Unfortunately I could not find that details. Thanks a lot in advance Rolf |
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Re: Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
NJ Combat Archive 1944 Part 1 - Theo Boiten
22:35 Uffz Robert Koch of 6/NJG1 claimed a Lanc near Rosenheim, near Mussig 6km SE of Selestat (Theo has this down as ME558 of 101 Sqn) He has Fw Alfred Rauer of 3/NJG1 as the victor over DV194 near Freudenstadt at 22:58 hrs For completeness Uffz Gerhard Koch of 1/JG301 claimed two Lancs near Stuttgart at 23:25 and 23:35 hrs A different publication has the 22:35 claim as Lt H Koch of 11/NJG3, but I would tend to defer to Theo on this Martin |
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Re: Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
Very probably he survived the war:
1944-10-07, 5./NJG 1, Bf 110 G-4, 440130, G9+MN (G9+HN?), Deutsch - Belgische Grenzgebiet Flugzeugführer Fw Koch, Robert, gefangen Bordfunker Uffz Ferster, Heinrich, + Bordmechaniker Uffz Karg, Ernst, + Absturz nach Flakbeschuß. Bruch 100 %. Matti |
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Re: Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
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based on your info I tend to Uffz. Gerhard Koch. Robert Koch who claimed a Lanc near Rosenheim is too far away from Black Forrest which is close to Stuttgart. Thanks again Rolf |
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Re: Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
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appreciate your help. Thanks a lot Rolf |
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Re: Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
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Cheers Stig |
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Re: Searching for Nightfighter Pilot Koch,
Thanks Stig
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