Aircrew Remembrance Society Collection of artefacts relating to Herbert Blochbergers Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5.
Mission: Reconnaissance flight to the Seine-Bay, France.
Date: 24th June 1944
Unit: 4th Staffel./Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 123
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5
Werke/Nr.27107 (Lw loss report gives Wnr. 27106)
Code: Blue 1 +
Location: Ecretteville-les-Baons, France.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Herbert Blochberger. 58225/66 Missing. (Born 07.05.1915 in Radefeld. Recovered on 23.11.1996).
REASON FOR LOSS:
Failed to return from reconnaissance mission, presumed shot down by allied fighters, possibly a P-38 Lightning. Witness states that the air combat took place at a very high altitude and that one aircraft had twin tails. Uffz. Blochberger, holder of the Deutsche Kreuz in Gold was flying as wing-man for Oblt. Werner Kohla.
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Aircrew Remembrance Society - Heritage Collection.
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5 Werke/Nr.27107 (Lw loss report gives Wnr. 27106) Pilot: Unteroffizier. Herbert Blochberger. 58225/66 Missing. (Born 07.05.1915 in Radefeld. Recovered on 23.11.1996).
Aircrew Remembrance Society - Heritage Collection.
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5 Werke/Nr.27107 (Lw loss report gives Wnr. 27106) Pilot: Unteroffizier. Herbert Blochberger. 58225/66 Missing. (Born 07.05.1915 in Radefeld. Recovered on 23.11.1996).
Aircrew Remembrance Society - Heritage Collection.
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5 Werke/Nr.27107 (Lw loss report gives Wnr. 27106) Pilot: Unteroffizier. Herbert Blochberger. 58225/66 Missing. (Born 07.05.1915 in Radefeld. Recovered on 23.11.1996).
Aircrew Remembrance Society - Heritage Collection.
Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5 Werke/Nr.27107 (Lw loss report gives Wnr. 27106) Pilot: Unteroffizier. Herbert Blochberger. 58225/66 Missing. (Born 07.05.1915 in Radefeld. Recovered on 23.11.1996).
