NJG Helden

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-4/R3/R8/B2/M3, G9+CC, Stab II./ NJG 1, Düsseldorf airfield, December 1944.

Pilot Hptm. Adolf Breves
R/O Sn-2 Ofhr. Walter Telsnig
Gunner/Radio operator Fw. Alfred Ofers

Hptm. Adolf Breves was Gruppenkomandeur of II./NJG 1. He scored a total of 17 night aerial victories.

Breves achieved his 13th victory on the night of 18 Dec 1944 when at 2239hrs he shot down a British Mosquito Mk XXX from No. 85 Squadron RAF near Düsseldorf airfield. G9+CC was fitted with FuG 220 Lichtenstein SN-2d radar, the newer Eberspächer exhaust flame dampers, and armed with Schrägemusik and bomb brackets under the wing. Two of the MG 151/20 fuselage guns had been removed.