Heinz Vinke
Aerial victory claims
Foreman, Parry and Matthews, authors of Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939 – 1945, researched the German Federal Archives and found records for 53 nocturnal victory claims Matthews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing Vinke with 51 claims.

Heinz Vinke

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 53 nocturnal victory claims Matthews and Foreman also published Luftwaffe Aces — Biographies and Victory Claims, listing Vinke with 51 claims.

Chronicle of aerial victories

This and the ♠ (Ace of spades) indicates those aerial victories which made Vinke an "ace-in-a-day", a term which designates a fighter pilot who has shot down five or more airplanes in a single day.

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

– 5. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 –

1	27 February 1942	22:58	Whitley	22 km (14 mi) northeast of Leeuwarden	Z9280

2	4 June 1942	02:16	Stirling	Zuiderzee	W7537

3	26 June 1942	00:42	Halifax	Zuiderzee	W1067

4!	28 June 1942	00:42	Wellington	east of Enkhuizen	X3309

5	28 August 1942	02:32	Wellington	east of Enkhuizen	Z8403

6	5 September 1942	02:51	Halifax	9 km (5.6 mi) east of Enkhuizen

7	14 September 1942	23:48	Wellington	north of Texel	Z8505

8	16 September 1942	22:45	Stirling	6 km (3.7 mi) northwest of Bergen aan Zee	R9318

– 11. Staffel of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 –

9	17 January 1943	20:25	Lancaster	35 km (22 mi) north of Terschelling	W4321

10!	28 January 1943	00:28	Wellington

11	26 February 1943	22:28	Stirling	50 km (31 mi) west of Katwijk aan Zee	R9279

12	5 March 1943	22:35	Wellington	10 km (6.2 mi) east of Amsterdam	BK401

13	12 March 1943	22:55	Wellington	50 km (31 mi) west of IJmuiden	HZ263

14	30 March 1943	00:20	Wellington	15 km (9.3 mi) west of Zandvoort	X3965

15	9 April 1943	22:42	Lancaster	16 km (9.9 mi) northwest of Amsterdam	ED554/No. 207 Squadron

16	9 April 1943	23:49	Lancaster	15 km (9.3 mi) west of Utrecht	ED521

17	10 April 1943	00:14	Stirling	ED724/No. 103 Squadron

18	27 April 1943	02:08	Stirling	Zuiderzee	BK657

19	27 April 1943	02:34	Halifax	north of Texel	DG423

20	1 May 1943	02:26	Halifax	Muiderberg	JB803

21	13 May 1943	02:02	Lancaster	Eesterga	ED418

22	13 May 1943	02:17	Lancaster	18 km (11 mi) north-northeast of Utrecht	W4955

23	14 May 1943	03:07	Wellington	35 km (22 mi) west of IJmuiden	MS473

24	24 May 1943	02:01	Lancaster	40 km (25 mi) west of Egmond aan Zee	ED970

25	24 May 1943	02:24	Halifax	2 km (1.2 mi) west of Leiden	HR836

26	26 May 1943	02:33	Stirling	5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of IJmuiden	EH876

27	23 June 1943	02:26	Stirling	8 km (5.0 mi) east of Oosterland	EH889

28	26 June 1943	02:47	Lancaster	50 km (31 mi) west of Den Helder	EE125

29	23 September 1943	23:25	Lancaster	DV201

30	3 October 1943	21:12	Lancaster	JA972

31	3 October 1943	23:22	Halifax	west of Terschelling	DK201

32	7 October 1943	20:26	Stirling	50 km (31 mi) northwest of Vlieland	EH990

33	9 October 1943	00:28	Halifax	30 km (19 mi) south of Groningen

34	20 October 1943	21:35	Lancaster	Anreep, southeast of Assen	JB154

35	20 October 1943	22:32	Lancaster	3 km (1.9 mi) south of Nijmegen	SD555

36	11 November 1943	20:24	Lancaster	80 km (50 mi) northwest of Terschelling	HX158

37	23 November 1943	18:26	Lancaster	PQ DK-93	JA932

38	3 January 1944	01:27	Lancaster	DV401

39	14 January 1944	20:33	Halifax	ND421

40	19/20 January 1944	—	Lancaster

41	22 January 1944	21:07	Lancaster

42	22 January 1944	01:12	Lancaster	DS824

43	29 January 1944	05:10	Lancaster

44	29 January 1944	05:55	Lancaster

45	29 January 1944	06:14	Lancaster

46	30 January 1944	22:10	Lancaster	Kolhorn

47	30 January 1944	22:25	Lancaster	DS706

48	15 February 1944	22:38	Lancaster	IJsselmeer	DS426

49♠	20 February 1944	01:44	Lancaster	PQ BM-77

50♠	20 February 1944	01:57	Lancaster	PQ BM-78	DS794

51♠	20 February 1944	02:13	Halifax	PQ CK 62	LL184

52♠	20 February 1944	05:08	Lancaster	PQ HK 3-1	JA921

53♠	20 February 1944	05:34	Lancaster	15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Apeldoorn	JB609

Sentence(s)

Heinz Vinke's fourth victory was over Wellington who was shot down on 28 June 1942 east of Enkhuizen.

final_sentence: Heinz Vinke's fourth victory was over Wellington who was shot down on 28 June 1942 east of Enkhuizen.