Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

Dear superniedy , I felt so excited after reading your post! I always have a special interest regarding the fates of soldiers during wwii. I am very happy that I help you a little to your survey by scanning this photo. If I can help you in anyway please let me know.
Tasos

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

hey tasso...i realy thank you very much for the picture! i realy cant tell you how great it was for me to see the plane of my gradfather...its a pity that my gradfather died a couple of years ago...i am sure he would be also sooo interessted about what happend to his ju88 he always told me about...;)
when i'll be back in germany in a couple of month i am sure i gonna ask you for some more help...you are greek? cause i found a page in the net of a greek diving group which made more fotos of the wreck...i wrote them in english,but the havent answered me yet...but at the moment i cant remember the name of the webpage..but i got it back home in my laptop....

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

http://www.ufr-team.com/servicedet.asp?id=1
found the page again....maybe you could try to get some more informations?? would be very cool...;)

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

Hello superniedy. Yes I am greek..It's a very interesting site , I will try to contact with them , although at first look I didn't find anything related to your grandfathers' Ju-88. We will be in touch.

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

http://www.ufr-team.com/english/servicedet.asp?id=149

Over the Northern eye. A Junkers-88 at the lighthouse of Psathoura
i tried to translate it with google...but it was a horrable translation ;)

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

but in that pdf,they are talking bout holst,elsasser,richter and john...
this is the crew that got missed in october 1942...
but the the radio operator in that plane was my grandfather paul niedermueller...

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

Dear superniedy , I will try to translate for you the most important points of this article.
The author talks about his adventure , when he went to Psathura Island with a greek captain , mr.Drosos Drosakis , in order to see the wreck of the Ju-88.In their first attempt they managed to spot only the canopy and the tail-rudder of the plane. Finally , they found the wreck lying at 32 meters depth . They search for the identification plate but they didn’t find it. They take with them one maschine gun , a flare-pistol , a lamp , and some instruments from the broken panel. They gave all this stuff to the Greek Airforce museum in Athens.
The author also found an interview taken from the son of the lighthouse-man. He describes the whole incident which happened at the 27th of May 1942 at 02:00 . (Note that the lighthouse during the duration of the war was out of order.) He saw the Ju-88 ditching in the sea near the island. The crew left the plane quickly and got in the lifeboat. The family who lived at the lighthouse helped them to find their way to the small island . The Greeks offered them food but they refused to take it (they afraid of being poisoned) and preferred to ate some fresh onions from the garden. The crew after taking a bath went for sleep but during the whole night always someone of them was asleep . One of them was born in Austria and he was talking Italian so he managed to talk with the father and told their story. The route of the Ju-88 was from Tobruk to Sicily but , due to enemy fighters , they headed for the North Aegean where they left short of fuel. After that the crew left the island with a boat and after some days they reached Alonissos. One of the crew left a photo to the family as a souvenir. The lifeboat left by the german crew was used by the family to make hand-made shoes.
Later the author came in contact with foreign history researchers and he gathered further information for the incident. Most of the information came from Radke’s book about KG 54. He continues his research for the pilot Hasso Holst.
Hope this helps.
Tasos

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

hey tasos,sorry for that late answer..but thank you very much for translating that page for me...its realy interesting!!
well in the end i am back in germany and finaly i had some time to copy the page of my grandfathers logbook...

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

damn...how can i upload a jpeg picture??

Re: Ju88 Loss Data for I./KG 54, October 1942
 

Have a look ove rhere:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=883

Regards,
Rudi.