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Heinz Knoke, and Saburo Saki on the Axis side....
Heinz Knoke describes shooting down this B in his book “I Flew for the Fuehrer.” The other 66th Squadron aircraft shot down that day was Sad Sack (#
Heinz Knoke
German politician (1921–1993)
Heinz Knoke (24 March 1921 – 18 May 1993) was a World War II Luftwaffeflying ace. He is credited with 33 confirmed aerial victories, all claimed over the Western theatre of operations, and claimed a further 19 unconfirmed kills in over 2,000 flights.
His total included 19 heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).[1]
Early life
Knoke was born the son of a policeman on 24 March 1921 in Hamelin. On 6 July 1938, whilst watching an air display, Knoke made his first flight, a fifteen-minute joy ride in an old transport aircraft and took the preliminary examination for entry into the Luftwaffe.
On 15 November 1939, Knoke underwent flight training at No. 11 Flying Training Regiment Schonwald, near Berlin and in August 1940 attended Jagdfliegerschule 1 (Werneuchen) under instructor Flight Sergeant Kuhl, an experienced operational pilot who had already seen action in both the invasions of Poland and France.