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Maj. W. Hoffman NJG5 meets Lancaster pilot he shot down in hospital 1945.
F/O. Kevin Muncer and crew of 166 Squadron were shot down at approximately 2145 hrs. near Grosshabersdorf on the Nürnburg raid of 16/17.03.45. F/O. Muncer baled out, badly wounded and was treated at the German Military Hospital No. 438 at Bruckburg. A little while after he was admitted, he was introduced to another patient, a Luftwaffe Officer (who Muncer recalled was a pilot but he may have been another crew member, possibly a wireless operator) whose JU88 had been shot down the same night by a Mosquito intruder. The man had come down in the same area as Muncer so it was suggested that his aircraft had shot down Muncer's before being hit by the Mosquito. The German airman was suffering from burns to the face and neck and was still at the hospital when the Americans arrived in April 45.
Now, a search of the internet reveals that Hoffman and crew were shot down by a Mosquito that night, but he was not seriously injured (one source says bruising). From my (amateur) reading of the relevant entry in the Nachtjagd Combat Archive, there were 3 other crew members, Köhler, Fryba, Modl.
Can anyone throw any more light on the subject?
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