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#	Pilot (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Score (↑)	Units	Aircraft	Awards	*************Notes*************	Photo	Links	AuthorComments
1	Gangl, Hubert	Lt	9/8/1920	Vienna, Austria		2/Kü.Fl.Gr-106	Ju 88 Werk # 73045(?) "M2 + AK" (lost 7/31/42)	Wound Badge Operational Clasp	POW the night of 30/31 July, 1942 during a night attack on Birmingham England. They were shot down by a Beaufighter at 0205 hours, crashing at Hornyold Field, Malvern Wells. The pilot suffered broken ribs after bailing out, the other crewmembers were uninjured. Remaining crew (POW): Uffz Willi Nisch (geb 4/18/20), Observer; Ogefr Heinz Wohlers (geb 6/21/20), R/O and Uffz Walther Sihorsch (geb11/1/21), Gunner. British Crash Report (Secret) on file, along with two pieces of the AC, a valve and a piece of framework. Added: Based on an article in the Malvern Gazette, the target this night was Liverpool, and the bombers were dogged by search lights and night fighters once they crossed the coast. In 1962, Herr Gangl visited the place where he parachuted 20 years earlier. He met a Dr. A.P.Rowe, Chief Supt. Telecommunications Est., who felt able to disclose that the shooting down of Gangl's bomber, was the first successful use of a new kind of radar apparatus, the Mark VIII. Some accounts credit a Mosquito of No.264 Sq. for the claim, as the Mosquito carried the Mark VIII. The Beaufighters carried the predecessor radar (Malvern Gazette/Colin Fenn, Malvern)
2	Wohlers, Heinrich	Maj	1912/03/16	Altkloster, Niedersachsen	29	Stfkpt 8./NJG 1 & 8./NJG 4 (11/42), Kdr IV./NJG 4 (01/43), Kdr I./NJG 6 (08/43), Stab NJG 6	Bf 110 G-4 Werknr. 5353 in NJG 6, Bf 110G-4 Werknr. 5353 (lost 15/03/44)	RK (31/12/43) Deutsches Kreuz - Gold (27/09/43) EP (09/08/43) EK 1 & 2 Night Fighter Operational Clasp in Gold (07/13/43)	KIFA 15 March, 1944 4 km east of Echterdingen when he crashed Wk# 5353 during a landing in heavy fog. Buried Hamburg/Ohlsdorf, BN/53/714 (Rosseels). Remaining crew (KIC); Ofw Karl Kleilein (geb 12/6/1914 Kups), R/O and a Maj. Münsterer of 7 Jager Division. A Recon pilot in 1940 converted to Night Fighter pilot. Kdr NJG-6 in February, 1944. One known victory, a Halifax 2 km northeast of Consigny on 17 November, 1942. Another, a Wellington 10 km south of Brienne on 22 November, 1942. Three victories on 21 December, 1942; a "4 Mtr", a Stirling and a Wellington in the Marne areas. Another, a Lancaster 2 km S of Broich on 17 June, 1943. Two victories on 23 June, 1943; a Stirling and a Halifax. A triple victory on 11 August, 1943; a Halifax at Bad Kreuznach and a Stirling at Schaffhausen and a 2nd Halifax at Ansbach. Added: received his Knights Cross after 28 night victories. (CK)		Archive Report JB782 Operational Record

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