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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