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#	Pilot (↑)	Rank	Born	Place	Score (↑)	Units	Aircraft	Awards	*************Notes*************	Photo	Links	AuthorComments
1	Eckardt, Reinhold A.K.	Oblt	3/26/1918	Bamberg	22	I/ZG-52, 2/ZG-76 (5/40), 6/NJG-1 (1/41), Stab II/NJG-1 (6/41), Stfkpt 4/NJG-1 redesig. 7/NJG-3 (4/42)	Bf 110 "G9 + HP" (25% dam 1/9/41; aerial combat, crew OK) & Bf 110D-3 Werk # 4301 "G9 + FP" (5/11/41) in 6/NJG-1, Bf 110E-2 Werk # 4494 "D5+AR" (lost 29/30 July, 1942)	RK(8/30/41) Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(9/7/42 Post.) EK 1 & 2 Destroyer & Night Fighter Operational Clasps	KilledInAction (KIA) 30 July 1942 after combat with a RAF #102 Halifax II R9442 "DY-R" at Kampenhout, 9 km N of Melsbroek, near Brussels after his third RAF bomber victory of the night. He had to bail out and became entangled in the tailplane. His Radio Operator, Fw Frank, bailed safely. 3 Day victories as a destroyer pilot plus 17 AC destroyed on the ground. Night Fighter Pioneer. One known victory, a Whitlet at Erlecom, 5 km ENE of Nijmegen, the night of 9-10 January, 1941. His 2nd, a Blenheim on 9 May, 1941, no location. His 3rd, a Whitley of RAF No. 115 Sq. into the sea off Husum, 11 May, 1941. His 4th, a Halifax on 23-24 June, 1941. On 28 June, 1941, he downed 4 RAF aircraft, two Whitleys and two Wellingtons, over Hamburg. A Hampden on 30 June, 1941, no location. Two Wellingtons on 16 September, 1941, no locations. A Halifax II of RAF No. 102 Sq. near Hamois (Namur), 6 km NNE of Ciney Belgium the night of 27-28 April, 1942. Two Wellingtons on 1 June, 1942; one 2 km west of Bitsche, the other at Mörscheid. Three victories on 30 July, 1942; a Stirling, a Halifax (above mention) and a Lancaster in the Rocroi/Compte areas. Added: The Lancaster I was from No.50 Sq., R5728 "VN-L". The Lancaster, burning, flew a long way before exploding above Braine-le-Comte. One of the engines broke through the roof of a school house that served as shelter for German troops, killing six soldiers of the 23rd Inf. Div. (John Jones). Alternate spelling: Eckhardt.		Archive Report W5618 Allied Losses Database Whitley T4203 Operational Record Paul McGuiness RAAF Archive 460 Sqd Wellington Z1413 1942-05-06

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