INformation Concerning the Loss of Leutnant Josef Gehring - 11.08.1941
 

Hi,

Please can anyone provide the loss details of Leutnant Josef Gehring who was killed on a bombing mission on the 11th August 1941.

I have attached his death acrd for your interest,

Many thanks as usual

Rick

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Re: INformation Concerning the Loss of Leutnant Josef Gehring - 11.08.1941
 

11-8-1941 IV/KG76 Ju88A6 2398 'H' Fl.Pl. Wels 'Hindernisberuhrung' ? Ff Ofw Fritz Suppin, B Lt Josef Gehring, Bf Gef Karl Boak ( umlaut over o) all killed Bs Gef Otto Aiehert inj.
Not an operational flight, not certain what the Hindernisberuhrung means an accident ?

Re: INformation Concerning the Loss of Leutnant Josef Gehring - 11.08.1941
 

Hello,

Rickback thank you for the info about Josef Gehring.

I'm trying to locate the birthdates, -places and burial places of the whole crew. Can't find anything about those who were killed in VDK nor in Weltkriegsopfer.de.

"Hindernisberührung" means " hit an obstacle ".

If anybody has more info, thanks in advance.

Re: INformation Concerning the Loss of Leutnant Josef Gehring - 11.08.1941
 

VDK will mostly list men buried in military cemeteries, or military parts of cemeteries, or missing.

In most cases, airmen killed in training accidents in Germany are not listed by VDK, and I guess their bodies were returned to the family for private burial.