Heinz Strüning
Aerial victory claims
Foreman, Parry and Matthews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 56 nocturnal victory claims.

Heinz Strüning

Section Title: Aerial victory claims
Table Section Text: Foreman, Parry and Matthews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 56 nocturnal victory claims.

Chronicle of aerial victories

Claim	Date	Time	Type	Location	Serial No./Squadron No.

– 1. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –

1	23 November 1940	18:40	Wellington	50 km (31 mi) west of Scheveningen

2	15 February 1941	09:15	Hudson	75 km (47 mi) east of Great Yarmouth

3	15 February 1941	19:58	Wellington	65 km (40 mi) east-northeast of Southend-on-Sea

4	7 May 1941	02:08	Wellington	Peterborough

5	9 May 1941	23:30	Wellington	over the North Sea

6	5 July 1941	01:57	Wellington	vicinity of Bircham Newton

7	19 August 1941	01:20	Blenheim	vicinity of Grantham

8	19 August 1941	02:00	Blenheim	vicinity of Grantham

9	13 October 1941	22:20	B-17	vicinity of Upwood

– Ergänzungsjagdgruppe of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –

10	26 January 1942	22:35	Whitley

11	29 April 1942	01:15	Boston	5 km (3.1 mi) southeast of Noordschans

12	9 May 1942	01:02	Stirling

13	20 May 1942	00:56	Stirling

14	31 May 1942	00:27	Boston

15	2 June 1942	03:10	B-24

16	2 June 1942	03:25	Wellington

17	6 June 1942	03:35	Stirling

18	20 June 1942	03:27	Wellington

19	26 June 1942	01:13	B-24

– 8. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –

20	22 July 1942	01:45	Halifax	14 km (8.7 mi) south of Utrecht

21	26 July 1942	02:30	Wellington	northeast of Amersfoort

22	30 July 1942	03:55	Wellington

23	10 September 1942	22:50	Wellington	12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Helmond

24	16 September 1942	23:34	Wellington

– 2. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

25	14 May 1943	01:49	Halifax	10 km (6.2 mi) north of Breskens

26	14 May 1943	02:26	Halifax	60 km (37 mi) west of Walcheren

27	24 May 1943	02:14	Stirling	18 km (11 mi) south of Utrecht

28	26 May 1943	02:33	Wellington	Loosduinen

29	28 May 1943	01:54	Mosquito	15 km (9.3 mi) southeast of Gouda

30	17 June 1943	02:06	Halifax	10 km (6.2 mi) northwest of Euddorp

31	22 June 1943	02:02	Lancaster

32	23 June 1943	02:39	Halifax	16 km (9.9 mi) east of Utrecht

33	25 June 1943	02:49	Lancaster	30 km (19 mi) west of Schouwen

34	25 June 1943	02:56	Halifax	20 km (12 mi) west-northwest of Schouwen

35	25 June 1943	03:02	Stirling	25 km (16 mi) west of Schouwen

– 3. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

36	14 July 1943	01:40	Halifax	Venlo railway station

37	23 August 1943	01:43	Lancaster	20 km (12 mi) east of Eindhoven	ED701/No. 103 Squadron

38	31 August 1943	03:20	Halifax	20 km (12 mi) west of Mönchengladbach

39	31 August 1943	03:45	Halifax	west of Mönchengladbach

40	31 August 1943	03:45	Halifax	60 km (37 mi) west-southwest of Mönchengladbach

41	1 September 1943	01:05	Halifax	Brandenburg

42	25 March 1944	00:30	four-engined bomber	230° from Dortmund

43	11 May 1944	00:15	Lancaster	18 km (11 mi) northeast of Bruges

44	13 May 1944	00:48	Halifax	15 km (9.3 mi) south-southeast of Brussels

45	22 May 1944	01:32	Lancaster	north of Fessenhout

46	23 May 1944	01:14	Lancaster	vicinity of Giessen

47	25 May 1944	00:47	Halifax	vicinity of Leopoldsburg

48	25 May 1944	01:15	Viermot	Off Ostend

49	3 June 1944	00:36	Halifax	Schouwen Island

50	6 June 1944	02:30	Mosquito	Noord Brabant	NS950/No. 515 Squadron

51	17 June 1944	01:07	four-engined bomber	beacon "Gorilla"

52	17 June 1944	01:13	four-engined bomber	beacon "Gorilla"

53	22 June 1944	01:13	Lancaster	Venlo

54	22 June 1944	01:17	B-17	vicinity of Maastricht

55	22 June 1944	02:30	four-engined bomber	beacon "Hamster"

56	19 July 1944	01:55	Mosquito	50 km (31 mi) west of Berlin

Sentence(s)

Heinz Strüning claimed his ninth aerial victory on 13 October 1941, taking place over a B-17 in the vicinity of Upwood.

final_sentence: Heinz Strüning claimed his ninth aerial victory on 13 October 1941, taking place over a B-17 in the vicinity of Upwood.