Date: 3/4th October 1943
Unit: Stab III / Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4U/7
Werke/Nr. 5560
Code: D5 + AD
Location: SW of Guttingen, Germany
Pilot: Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund 53576/953 Killed (Born 05.03.1915 in Reichenbuch/Baden. Grave Reichenbuch.)
Radio/Op: Feldwebel Hugo-Albert Bauer 53576/1004 Killed (Born 07.11.1018 in Georg-Weierbach, Birkenfeld b. Trier, Austria. Grave Georg-Weierbach)
Gunner: Unteroffizier Johannes-Max Dittrich F.B.K./ZG76.Nr.27 Killed (Born 23.07.1917 in Oesnitz Erzgebirge. Grave Lugau/Erzgebirge.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Shot down in combat during night operation. All three crew members were killed. Rudolf Sigmund was the Kommandeur of III/NJG3, he has 29 confirmed victories, two of them were a B-24 on the 26.03.1943 and a B-17 on the 17.04.1943, both shot down during the day. Sigmund had flown 150 operations. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knights Cross) on the 02.08.1943 and the Ehrenpokal on the 29.03.1943.
Hauptmann Rudolf Sigmund
Last resting place
Burial details:
In home towns as above.
