Ofw. Helmut Neureiter

[Dean M. Wick]

Good morning: Back in May of this year Alex Crawford initiated a thread on a Bf110 crash in Norway,I believe either the 24th, or 26th.5.40, the A/C belonging to I/ZG76. At the time there seemed to be confusion, not only on the date, but also on whether or not, then Uffz. Neureiter, was a pilot, or a Bordfunker. Chris Goss I believe had info. suggesting he was bf to Oblt. Reinhold Eckhardt. Just to perhaps confuse things further, Chris Shores, in "Dust clouds in the Middle East" States that Ofw. Neureiter was one of twelve "pilots" from 4/ZG76 sent to Iraq with Sonderkommando Junck in May.1940. John Weal, in his Osprey work, suggests that Neureiter was a pilot, and wingman to Eckardt, when he forcelanded out of fuel "on a frozen lake high in central Norway". Unfortunately no date given. It was not unheard of for the bf position to be occupied on occasion by a second pilot (ie. Gentzen/Domeier). Can anyone comment further? Regards. Dean