Date: 24th May 1944
Time: Not known.
Unit: 4./Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 123
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5
Werke/Nr. 27108
Code: Not known.
Location: SE of Carentan, Normandy, France.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Heinz Luginger. Killed Born 23.08.1922 in Gangkofen.
REASON FOR LOSS
This aircraft was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire in error. Heinz Luginger was killed in the ensuing crash of his aircraft which was classified as 100% destroyed.
Unteroffizier Heinz Luginger with a Bf 109G of the 4th Staffel./(F)123 (via M. Brownless)
Death notice which was produced by the family of Heinz in his memory. (via C. Berring)
Heinz Luginger now rests in the German Military Cemetery at St. desir-de-Lisieux, France.
Burial detail:
Block 1. Row 9. Grave 194.
Researched by Melvin Brownless & Rüdiger Kaufmann (2009)
