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1 Apel, HansFhr9./NJG-1 (Fritzlar)Bf 110 G-4 Werk # 440135 "G9 + OT" (lost 12/12/44), Bf 110 Werk # 5072 (lost 21/02/45)
probably at least EK 2

at least Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze
WIA when shot down by a Mosquito XXX of the 85th Squadron with Pilot S/Ldr. Burbridge and the Navigator F/Lt. Skelton, on patrol in support of the bomber command attack on the German city of Essen) near Dorsten by Allied Night Fighters opposing the RAF night raid on Essen the night of 12 December, 1944. Remaining Crew: Gefr Klaas Visser (Dutch), Gunner (KilledInAction (KIA) on his birthday, 24/12/21 in Amsterdam); Uffz Walter Trenck, R/O; Hptm Erich Zenker, WIA also a pilot, acting as gunner. Visser is buried in the local cemetery at Marl-Brassert. Apel and Trenck survived, but were later KilledInAction (KIA) on 21 February, 1945 during aerial combat SE of Störmede, by an RCAF fighter piloted by F/L D.A. McFayden of No. 406 Sq. (RCAF Claims List).


2 Hoevermann, ErnstLt1923/05/31(CK)Berlin-Lichterfelde (CK)2Stab III./NJG 2 (03-10/44 CK),Ju 88 G-1
EK 1 & 2

probably Night Fighter Operational Clasp in Bronze		KilledInAction (KIA) 14/15 October, 1944 during aerial combat with a Mosquito of RAF No. 85 Sq., piloted by S/Ldr B. Burbridge, at Avenwedde (Boiten). One known victory, a "4 mot" 120 km ENE of Fundef. "Ida" on 31 March, 1944. A 2nd, a Halifax 30 km E of Brussels on 28 April, 1944. Buried in Gütersloh.
3 Morlock, Wilhelm "Willi"Ofw27/04/15 (CKönig)163/NJG-1Bf 110 & He 219 ()
Deutsches Kreuz - Gold
EP


EK 1 & 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		KilledInAction (KIA) 5 November, 1944 during aerial combat with a Mosquito, crashing near Ibbenbüren/Westphalia (Boiten). Two nights prior to his death, he downed six enemy AC, opposing the Düsseldorf raid. One known victory, a "2 mot" 20 km N of Hamster on 27 May, 1944. A "4 mot" on 28 May, 1944, no location. A double victory on 1 June, 1944; a Lockheed Hudson 2 km SE of Tholen and a Halifax into the sea off Walcheren. A double victory on 17 June, 1944; both "4 mots", one NW of Tilburg, the other at Radio Beacon "Brisbar". A double victory on 22 June, 1944, both "4 mots" at Venlo. A "4 mot" at Radio Beacon "Münster" on 9 October, 1944. Six victories, all "4 mots" S of Düsseldorf on 2 November, 1944. Added: Allegedly shot down by Squadron Leader Brans Burbridge, his Radop was KIA too (CKönig)

KTY Photo added
4 Runzel, ErnstOblt16/NJG-1Bf 110 EK 2
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		MIA 4/5 November, 1944 near Urdenbach (Düsseldorf) in the River Rhine, shot down by a Mosquito of RAF No. 85 Sq., piloted by S/Ldr B. Burbridge. Source: T. Boiten.
5 Sarzio, GustavUffz56/NJG-1, added: II./ NJG 1 (11/44) (CKönig)Added: Bf-110 "G9 + JP" (lost? on 10/11/44) (CKönig)EP


EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 4/5 November, 1944 at Viersen/Rheinland during aerial combat with a Mosquito of RAF No. 85 Sq., piloted by S/Ldr B. Burbridge (Boiten). One known victory, a "4 mot" at Feindbögen (Feindhoren?) on 13 June, 1944. A "4 mot" at Deelen on 17 June, 1944. Two "4 mots" on 21 July, 1944; one near Beacon "St Trond", the 2nd W of Beacon "Deelen". Another "4 mot" on 13 August, 1944, no location given. Added: MIA? 10 November, 1944. MIA entry found in an official document dated 21/12/44 from Luftgau-Kommando VI Münster. Took off from Düsseldorf (CKönig)


L-R: Uffz. Heinrich Conrads (Bordfunker KIA 4/5 November 1944),, Uffz. Gustav Sarzio and Ogefr. Roman Talarowski (Air-gunner KIA 12-13 June 1944)
Image taken on the occasion of the award of the EK Il to the crew of 6./NJG1 following their first Abschuss on 12/13 June 1944. (KTY)
6 Schmitz, Gerhard6/NJG-3 (Grove De.)Ju 88G-1 Werk # 710579 (lost)Wound Badge (9/11/44)
Night Fighter Operational Clasp		WIA 11 September, 1944 during aerial combat with a Mosquito of RAF No. 85 Sq., piloted by S/L Burbridge and Nav. F/L Skelton. Near Odense Denmark, the Mosquito closed in and downed the Ju 88, which crashed on a farm near Hojme, west of Odense. Schmitz bailed safely, but broke a leg upon landing. His unnamed Gunner Bailed safely without injury. R/O Uffz Heinrich Heckmann was found next to the crashsite, severely wounded, was taken to a hospital, but died that same day. He is buried in the AllesoCemetery on 13 September, 1944, but transferred to the Odense Cemetery in the 1960s. Source: Air War over Denmark.

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