Heinkel 111 7/KG55 loss 13.03.1941
 

13 March 1941 He111 P-2 7./KG55
Gl+MR Wk Nr 2806 (P) Oblt. Walter Hesse
(58246/58) Staffelkapitän PoW (O) Fw. Gottfried
Groschopf (58246/252) PoW, (W) Ofw. Bernhard
Manek (58246/109) killed and (FE) Fw. Helmut
Klein (67020/54) killed. Crashed at Wood Farm,
NE of Bramdean, Hampshire, during a mission to
Liverpool. Shot down by P/O A.J. Hodgkinson
and Sgt. B.E. Dye in a Beaufighter from No. 219 Sqn.

For a time Ofw. Bernhard Manek and Fw. Helmut Klein were buried in our local graveyard. Does anybody know anything of their personal history, or indeed that of any of the others in the crews?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Re: Heinkel 111 7/KG55 loss 13.03.1941
 

I was in touch with the Observer some years ago but he is long passed away. If you want personal details, you could ask WASt in Berlin but it is unlikely that you will get much

Re: Heinkel 111 7/KG55 loss 13.03.1941
 

Thanks, Chris.

Re: Heinkel 111 7/KG55 loss 13.03.1941
 

All we have concerning Hesse is:

HESSE, Walter.
(DOB: 20.04.11).
25.09.40 Oblt., appt Staka 7./KG 55 (to 13.03.41).
13.03.41 Oblt., Staka 7./KG 55, POW - shot down by 219 Sqdn. crashed at Wood Farm, NE of Bramdean, Hampshire, during a mission to Liverpool.
01.09.41 promo to Hptm.

HLdZ
DGS