Heinz Vinke, final rank as Oberfeldwebel. RK on 19 September 1943 as Feldwebel. EL as nr. 465 on 25 April 1944 as Oberfeldwebel. Born 22 May 1920 at Barbyon the Elbe, Provinz Sachsen. Killed or missing ? on 26 February 1944 northwest of Dunkirk on a ocean recon mission and shot down by an RAF fighter. His crew Uffz. Dunger and Uffz. Walter missing in Bf 110G-4, wrk. nummer 740136, coded G9+KY.

In the spring of 1941 he was an Unteroffizier in 4./NJG 1 and on July 24/25, 1941 he flew his first mission. On November 1, 1941 he was in 5./NJG 1, later 11./NJG 1. On the night of February 27/28, 1942 he scored his first victory and by years end 1942 had 8 kills. April 9/10 1943 he scored 3 RAF bombers. On the night of August 17/18, 1943 he was shot down by a British night fighter and his crew was reported missing. After 27 night kills he was awarded the Ritterkreuz. by the end of 1943 he had 37 victories. January 20/21,1944 he scored his 40th. January 28/29, 1944 he shot down his 44-46th. On February 19/20, 1944 his 50-54th victories.

Around 150 missions and 54 night victories.

martin I will dig into my night fighter victory lists and see if I can obtain all 54 kills and record them here for you.

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