One for your book, it now appears from my research that one of the two RAF Whitleys which crashed into a balloon 15th August 1940 near Eastleigh was involved in a friendly fire incident before the collision and crash.ġ4-15 August 1940 Headquarters No.4 Group 16 391) but had been wounded in the incident. Hohagen was forced to bail out of his Bf 109 G-6 (W.Nr. However, he had made a mistake in identification and had shot down a Bf 109 G-6 flown by the Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG 27, Hauptmann Erich Hohagen (56 victories, RK). On 1 June, Steinmann claimed a RAF Spitfire shot down. He was serving with 3./JG 27 when he recorded his first victory on, a RAF Typhoon fighter-bomber shot down over the Channel. On 6 October 1942, Steinmann was posted to the Gruppenstab of I./JG 27 based on the Channel front (). He then underwent conversion training to become a fighter pilot. He later served as Technischer Offizier with II./Fliegerkorps. Steinmann served with 3./KG 53 from 1939 to 1941. He joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 and trained as a bomber pilot. Wilhelm Steinmann was born on 15 January 1912 at Nürnberg. Found this one, although I am sure you do have it.įantastic subject you will be writing on.we will be waiting for the series.
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