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rickback4444

8th September 2011 23:11

Crew details for 4/KG40 loss - 21.05.1941

Hi,

In The Blitz Volume 3 Ken Wakefield lists the loss of a 4/KG40 Heinkel over the North Sea on the 21st May 1941. Can anyone provide details over the names and fate of this crew?

Thanks

Rick

Chris Goss

8th September 2011 23:59

Re: Crew details for 4/KG40 loss - 21.05.1941

Wk Nr 3900 F8+GM was lost over the Atlantic not far from Iceland not North Sea. Ofw Hans-Joachim Dürfeld, Ofw Hans Breuer, Fw Friedrich Harnisch, Uffz Josef Lutz all killed/missing

Johann Palsson

9th September 2011 00:32

Re: Crew details for 4/KG40 loss - 21.05.1941

F8+GM flew in to a mountain at the east coast of Iceland in bad weather.

Regards,
Jóhann Pálsson

Chris Goss

9th September 2011 08:45

Re: Crew details for 4/KG40 loss - 21.05.1941

Johann is of course correct. Although the QMG's returns said Nordsee, all 4 are buried at Fossvogur Cemetery, Reykjavik

RT	28th February 2012 21:55

Re: Crew details for 4/KG40 loss - 21.05.1941

21/22 Mai 02h15 brit. time , wonder if it was usual to see He111 under these skies ??

Rémi

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