Skybert
December 29, 2002 at 10:02 pm

Again;P/O Hill 5/2/41

Looking for information on P.O. Geoffrey Hill shot down inj a 65 sq spitfire coded YT-L, on 5 february 1941 in Normandy, near St Omer.
I have a battle report and service info on Hill, but no picture. He was POW 405 in Colditz. Looking for his picture.
Who shot him down?
Attached are pictures of the crashed plane in France inspected by Walter Oesau and others. Who could identifiy the pilots om the picture ?
I posted this one year ago but maybe someone new can pickup some leads

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By: Skybert - 2nd January 2003 at 22:43

RE: Again;P/O Hill 5/2/41

Thanks Neilly,

I found the same list.
Of these all but Heessen can be found on websites, but no pics.
Same is for Hill; can’t find any pics

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By: Skybert - 2nd January 2003 at 22:39

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Thanks ace,
I’m really at a dead end,
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By: neilly - 31st December 2002 at 09:42

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Hi Bert,

I don’t know how well this list will come out, but try looking at this site.
http://www.luftboard.ndo.co.uk/documents.htm

05.02.41 Ltn. Helmut Meckel: 11 2./JG 3 Spitfire £ nordwestlich St. Omer – Reference: JG 3 Lists f. 548
05.02.41 Ofw. Robert Olejnik: 5 2./JG 3 Spitfire £ nordwestlich St. Omer – Reference: JG 3 Lists f. 548
05.02.41 Fw. Hans Ehlers: 5 2./JG 3 Spitfire £ nordwestlich St. Omer – Reference: JG 3 Lists f. 548
05.02.41 Fw. Ernst Heesen: 1 2./JG 3 Spitfire £ nordwestlich St. Omer – Reference: JG 3 Lists f. 548

Hope this helps.
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By: SpitfireAce - 29th December 2002 at 23:30

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I saw some sort of a listing of spitfires downed over Frnce in a mag some time ago; I’ll see if I can dig it up.