Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Gruppenstab I
He 219 A-0
WNr. 190070

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Gruppenstab I
He 219 A-0

This aircraft made the Uhu's combat debut on the night of June 11/12, 1943 flown by Major Werner Streib with his radar-operator Unteroffizier Fischer. It was equipped with FuG 202 Lichtenstein BC A.I. radar operating on a frequency of 490 MHz, nose aerials being of the clumsy Matratze (Mattres) type.

Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, 2. Staffel
Münster-Handorf airfield
He 219 A-2

Flown by 22 year-old Leutnant Kurt Heinz Fischer on a daylight training exercise from Münster-Handorf airfield on November 1944. Surprised by Hawker Tempest F.Mk.Vs of No 56 Squadron RAF on armed reconnaissance, this Uhu was shot down over Reckenfeld, near Greven in Westfalen, Fischer being killed.