| 12 January 1941, Heinrich Schwalde |
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| Heinrich Schwalde |
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12 February 1941, Junkers 88A-5, coded A6+HH,
Burkard Endres, Werner Presia, Walter Schnee and Wilhelm Wilken |
On 12 February 1941, the aircraft of the 1st Aufklärungsstaffel of the Aufklärungsgruppe 120, took off, probably from the Norwegain airbase of Sala, for a reconnaissance sortie to Kinnairds Head, Scotland. In low clouds it crashed in Pittairie Wood, near Monifieth, Angus, east of Dundee, at 1020 hrs. The four crew were all killed. |
| Burkard Endres |
Werner Presia |
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19 April 1908, Bamberg
12 February 1941
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02 April 1915, Breslau (Wrozlaw)
12 February 1941
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1st Aufklärungsstaffel
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| Walter Schnee |
Wilhelm Wilken |
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30 July 1917, Heidelberg
12 February 1941
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19 February 1914, Parkentin, Rostock
12 February 1941
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12 March 1941, Heinkel 111, coded G1+OP,
Leonhard Kuznik, Heinrich Ludwinski |
The Heinkel 111 of the 6th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 55 were shot down on 12 March 1941 by the night fighter Hurricane V7752 piloted by Sergeant Robin McNair. The He 111 came down on the Fisher and More High School, Milton Road, Widnes, Cheshire.
Of the five crew, two were killed, three were taken PoW:
Hauptmann Wolfgang Berlin (Observer) - POW
Oberfedwebel Karl Single (Pilot) - POW
Unteroffizer Xavier Diem (Wireless Operator/Gunner) - POW
Feldwebel Leonhard Kuznik (Flight Mechanic/Gunner) - killed
Feldwebel Heinrich Ludwinski (Gunner) - killed. |
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| Leonhard Kuznik |
Heinrich Ludwinski |
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16 October 1913, Bottrop
12 March 1941
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23 July 1914, Wattenscheid
12 March 1941
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| 20 April 1941, Gerhard Schumann |
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| Gerhard Schumann |
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Unteroffizier
19 January 1920, Lübeck
12 January 1941
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7th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 4
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11 May 1941, Heinkel 111h-5, coded A1+CL,
Helmut Meister, Adolf Schurff and Edmund Wylezol |
A crew of the 3rd Staffel Kampfgeschwader 53. They died on a mission against London when their aircraft was shot down by a nightfighter and crashed at Gore Farm, Upchurch, Kent. |
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| Helmut Meister |
Adolf Schurff |
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23 September 1912, Rüstringen
11 May 1941
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18 April 1920, Königswinter
11 May 1941
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Edmund Wylezol |
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06 November 1912, Gleiwitz (Gliwice)
11 May 1941
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| 25 April 1942, Günter Brixius and Adolf Liebig |
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The original grave marker are preserved by St. David's church, Glascwm, Powys,
where both soldiers were originally buried. |
| Günter Brixius |
Adolf Liebig |
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Oberleutnant
02 July 1916, Essen
25 April 1942
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12th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 3
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05 August 1916
25 April 1942
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| 12 December 1942, Georg Rapp and Rudolf Sprenger |
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| Georg Rapp |
Rudolf Sprenger |
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Gefreiter
22 March 1923, Habitzheim, Dieburg
12 December 1942,
north-east of Dieppe
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11 October 1923, Weigsdorf, Zittau
12 December 1942,
north-west of Dieppe
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24/25 March 1943, Dornier 217E-4, coded U5+DL,
Fritz Kalbfleisch, Karl Lahr, Walter Frank and Friedrich Freyh |
On the night of 24 to 25 March 1943, the attack that the Luftwaffe launched against Edinburgh resulted in almost complete failure. Of the 52 machines of KG2 and KG6 that took off from their Dutch bases, five returned earlier because of technical problems and a further ten were lost through crashes or "enemy influences". Of the remaining 37 aircraft, only 14 managed to reach Edinburgh, the rest scattered their bombs on various alternative targets in northern England and Scotland.
Weather reconnaissance flights over the target area in the late afternoon had indicated that there would be little cloud over the town that night. However, on arrival, crews found the district completely overcast, with a solid bank of cloud reaching from 600 feet to 3000 feet high. Unable to see the target, crews bombed on dead reckoning, apparently with only limited success.
The aircraft of the 3rd Staffel Kampfgeschwader 2 crashed at Madan Law, Cheviot Hills, Northumberland. |
| Fritz Kalbfleisch |
Karl Lahr |
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10 Juni 1913, Lauberbach, Hesse
24 March 1943
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16 March 1922, Laustrop, Dortmund
24 March 1943
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| Walter Frank |
Friedrich Freyh |
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22 June 1920
24 March 1943
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04 Mai 1921
24 March 1943
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17 May 1943, Focke Wulf 190 A-4,
Wilhelm Schicke |
. . . As if to emphasise the perils of operating the Focke Wulf 190 in the fighter-bomber role at night, I./SKG10 lost another Fw 190 A-4 (Serial number 45838) on the night of 16/17 May 1943, but this time to the guns of a Mosquito night fighter of 85 Sqdn flown by Fg Off. J. D. R. Shaw and Fg Off. A. L. Lowton with Uffz. Wilhelm Schicke killed as his aircraft dived vertically to destruction at Higham, near Gravesend in Kent at 02.02 hours. . . . |
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20 February 1921
17 May 1943
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I./Schnellkampfgeschwader 10
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09 July 1943, Dornier 217K-1,
Wolfgang Bernhard, Erwin Freiermuth, Erwin Stiermann and Hermann Zink |
. . . On 9 July Lintott obtained his fourth victory when, he and Gilling-Lax shot down a Do 217K-1 piloted by Oberleutnant Hermann Zink of 6./KG2. Zink and his crew crashed at Detling and were all dead. The GCI controller who had put Lintott onto the raider saw two blips on his CRT merge and stay together for seven minutes: then they had faded. Two miles from where the Dornier fell the Mosquito crew were also found dead in the wreckage of their aircraft. |
| Wolfgang Bernhard |
Erwin Freiermuth |
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29 November 1920
09 July 1943
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12 May 1922
09 July 1943
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| Erwin Stiermann |
Hermann Zink |
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19 March 1922, Augsburg
09 July 1943
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17 Oktober 1913, Cannstadt
09 July 1943
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| 21 January 1944, Helmut Neumann |
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15 July 1923
21 January 1944
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20 February 1944, Junckers 88A-4, coded B3+MP,
Gerhardt Klunker, Gerhard Grosspietsch, Harald Meyer, Helmut Schäfer |
Started about 20.00 hrs with seven aircraft of the 6th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 54 to attack London carrying 500 kg HE and ten 50 kg incendiary bombs. At about 12,000 ft over the Thames Estuary very intense AA fire was encountered. As crew were on their first War Flight and unsecure of their position, they dropped the bomb load and headed for home. At that moment the tail was hit by AA fire and the pilot gave the order to bail out, the observer doing so with great speed and came down on the shore near Leysdown, on the Isle of Sheppey. He took shelter in an empty look-out post and gave himself up the next morning. An aircraft was seen to come down in the sea.
The observer, although considerably shaken and frightened by his experience resolutely refused to give much information under interrogation.
Unteroffizier Gerhard Klunker (Pilot) didn't find a grave in Cannock Chase cemetery. He is probably never be found. |
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| Harald Meyer |
Hellmuth Schäfer |
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23 October 1923, Hamburg
20 February 1944
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6th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 54
Son of Johannes Ludwig Meyer and
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23 August 1919, Polenz, Bautzen
20 February 1944
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Son of Erwin Schäfer
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24 February 1944, Junkers 188,
Friedrich Wilhelm von Pawelsz, Bruno Schievelbein, Adalbert Thimian
and Fritz Otto, Michael Hofmockel |
This aircraft was shot down by F/Lt R. C. Pargeter and F/Lt R. L. Fell in a Mosquito of No. 29 Squadron.
At around 21.55 hours Mosquito saw the JU-188 of Lt. Pavelsz to the east. A chase ensued and enemy aircraft wrongly identified as a Me 410 (was infact Pawelsz Ju 188). Several short bursts were given at varying ranges, 200 yds - 50 yds during the dog fight in which the enemy aircraft was constantly in and out of the searchlights, but the A.I. contact was maintained. Finally F/Lt Pargeter from slightly below gave a burst into the belly of the aircraft then pulled up the nose and gave a burst from 50 yds astern seeing the starboard engine and whole of fuselage a sheet of flame. Enemy aircraft went down in a slow spiral and was followed by search-lights and seen to blow up on the ground at 21.59 hours. A fix was then obtained N of West Malling.
The A.I.(k) Report No.92/1944 states the following:
This aircraft was approaching the coast of Kent when a fire occurred in the tail unit. The radio operator and gunner baled out, and the aircraft crashed with the pilot and observer still onboard. According to local reports, some cannon or M.G. fire was heard in the air shortly before the aircraft was seen to crash. |
The crew was:
Leutnant Friedrich Wilhelm von Pavelsz (killed)
Unteroffizier Fritz Otto (POW)
Unteroffizier Michael Hofmockel (POW)
Obergefreiter Bruno Schievelbein (killed)
Gefreiter Adalbert Thimian (killed) |
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| Friedrich Wilhelm von Pawelsz |
Bruno Schievelbein |
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03 January 1921, Stolp
24 February 1944
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22 December 1922, Neustettin
24 February 1944
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22 January 1923, Praust
24 February 1944
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14 March 1944, Operation "Steinbock"
Horst Becker, Paul Kohn and Heinz Litschke |
The soldiers were lost during the Opreation "Steinbock" against London. |
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| Paul Kohn |
Horst Becker |
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18 June 1923
14 March 1944
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6th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 6
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24 April 1922, Blusenbach
14 March 1944
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4th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 2
Ju-188E-1, coded U5+BM |
Heinz Litschke |
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23 October 1916, Hochlar
14 March 1944
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4th Staffel Kampfgeschwader 2
Ju-188E-1, coded U5+BM |
Leutnant Paul Kohn
Shot down by a Beaufighter of 68 Squadron RAF. Caught fire in the air and crashed into empty buildings at Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, which collapsed onto the burning aircraft. Aircraft totally destroyed.
The crew was:
Leutnant P. Kohn (killed), Unteroffizier G. Donzyk (killed), Unteroffizier C. Prodehl (died next day), Unteroffizier H.-R. Eger (POW)
Leutnant Horst Becker and Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Litschke
On its way to target when attacked by a night fighter at about 16,000 ft. It dived vertically into the ground with the starboard engine and outer wing on fire, wreckage being spread over a wide area. This aircraft was shot down by S/L Edward N. Bunting (DFC) and F/L C. P. Reed (DFC) in a Mosquito (MM 476) of No. 488 Squadron.
The crew was:
Leutnant Horst Becker (killed), Unteroffizier Gerhard Bartolain (killed), Unteroffizier Albert Lange (killed),
Unteroffizier Günter Göcking (killed), Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Litschke (killed)
Extract from Form (F) Personal Combat Report 488 (NZ) Squadron S/L Bunting.
One Mosquito XIII S/L E. N. Bunting DFC (Pilot) and F/Lt C. P. Reed DFC (Nav/R) was airborne Bradwell Bay 21.55 hours under North Weald control (Controller F/Lt Fox-Male). On going over to searchlights pilot gave Gauntlet and investigated an arew of several beams, picking up a contact with the enemy aircraft dropping window (silver foil strips). S/L Bunting continues as follows:- I climbed from 16,000 feet to 20/21,000 on making contact which was at three miles range, 25 degrees above, 20 degrees off and estimated the enemy aircraft to be travelling at 160/170 mph. During the chase I was lit by searchlights many times, but closed in and obtained a visual at 300 yards of a Ju 188 doing mild evasive. I opened fire from 120 yards, dead astern with a two and a half second.vThe starboard engine began to burn and the enemy aircraft went down vertically to starboard. The fire went out temporarily but shortly afterwards there was a large flash from the ground. I orbitted and gave fix which control confirm as M.1735 and this is now known to be the position at which a Ju 188 has been found near Great Leigh's. |
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| 12 October 1944, Rudolf Seidel |
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20 September 1908
12 October 1944
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| 01 December 1944, Hermann Klaes |
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16 December 1912
01 December 1944
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| 09 December 1944, Arthur Richter |
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Stabsbootsmann
02 September 1896
09 December 1944
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| 12 December 1944, Paul Grunwald and Detlef Jacobsen |
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| Paul Grunwald |
Detlef Jacobsen |
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13 April 1906, Kampfheide, Wollstein
12 December 1944
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2nd Coy. Grenadier Regt. 3
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Pionier
15 May 1926
12 December 1944
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The church register of the lutheran church of Rosche, destrict of Uelzen, tells about a burial in the churchyard what took place on 28 November 1948.
Paul Grunwald, b. 13 April 1906, d. 12 December 1944 in a British hospital. |
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| 20 December 1944, Hans Wagner |
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22 April 1926
20 December 1944
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| 25 December 1944, Heinz Baier |
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11 September 1926
25 December 1944
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| 26 December 1944, Heinz Seeling |
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12 March 1916, Schöppenstedt
26 December 1944
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