A bad day for the JG 2

[Danelov]

Another bad and very triste day for the JG 2: 28 Nov, 1940.
This day the Jagdgeschwader loss his Kommodore Maj Helmut Wick, a young and very skilled pilot with 55 victories at the time of his dismisse. A burst of Spitfire killed him instantanly. As related by Lt Erich Rudorffer at the number 4 in this mission, the Bf 109 continued to flight, no smoke, no fire but prived of control plunged in the Channel.

[Sokol1]

Originally Posted by Danelov

loss his Kommodore Maj Helmut Wick,
A burst of Spitfire killed him instantanly.

Different versions for Wick MIA:

"Wick was seen to bale out of Bf 109 E-4 (W.Nr. 5344) “Black < - + -“ over the Channel, "

http://www.luftwaffe.cz/wick.html
http://www.acesofww2.com/germany/aces/wick.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Wick

Sokol1

[Danelov]

Yes, I know the other versions. But the testimony of Rudorffer is the more accurate. He had saw a short distance the Bf 109, the chevrons of Wick at the fuselage and also he had identified and recognized Wick behind his oxigen mask. His testimony after his flight log, with the exact hour of depart, the exact terrain of depart(Cherboug-Querqueville), the search flight under orders of Göring at 16.30 and many other details make all the difference.