Heinz Wilberg - mystery solved

[Andre Stewart]

Hi all,

For those who are interested, I can now confirm that the Oblt Heinz Wilberg who served in I./ZG2 in 1939-40 and the Uffz Heinz Wilberg who won the Ehrenpokal in Nov 1941 are actually one and the SAME GUY.

Apparently Oblt Wilberg remained with I./ZG2 until the unit was disbanded in late Sept 1940. He was then posted to Zerstörerschule Schleissheim, but must have committed a serious wrongdoing there [I cannot determine exactly from the documents alone], for in Jan 1941 he faced disciplinary action, was demoted to Flieger and sent as a recruit to re-do his basic training. After 2 months, he was posted to II./ZG26 on 1 June 1941, in time to see action in Operation Barbarossa.

As for his 13 day victories, I can confirm that 6 were claimed with I./ZG2 [1 in Poland and 5 in the Western Campaign], but with no details. The other 7 were gained with II./ZG26 in Russia [also with no details], where he saw action until end Jan 1942 when he was posted to the Nachtjagd 4./NJG4. And the rest is as we know it.

Source: Bundesarchiv

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