23 april 1940 KG54
 

Hi !

Did this Luftwaffe-unit suffered any loss on 23/04/1940 ?

Best regards

Luc

Re: 23 april 1940 KG54
 

Siegfried Radke, Kampfgeschwader 54: Von der Ju 52 zur Me 262 (München, Germany: Schild Verlag, 1990), has no entry for a unit loss on 23 Apr. 1940.

RA

23 april 1940 KG54
 

RA,

Many thanks for your reply !

The name of Flg Franz Guenter was also mentioned, but found his name also as a crewmember of a He111 which crashed on 17/05/1940. The pilot of the plane was Fw Paul Lenz.
No other details are known to me.

Best regards

Luc

Re: 23 april 1940 KG54
 

One of three He111s of 3./KG54 shot down by fighters 17 May 1940 near Valenciennes following bombing attack on road traffic. Crew details as follows:
Flugzf: Fw Paul LENZ captured unhurt
Beo: Uffz Walter SCHLUMBERGER captured wounded
Bordf: Obergefr Gottfried ZIRPEL captured seriously wounded
Hecksch: Flgr Franz GUNTHER killed.

Re: 23 april 1940 KG54
 

It seems that there was a loss on 23.april for KG54 we know it indirectly,
because from the ltn.Kiefer 4.KG54 returned from Schw.gefangenschaft nd it's related to a loss occured on 23.april...but it could be that he returned on 23rd from a loss occured on 21st/ 2 losses are documented on 21. with forced landing on Gotland.

rt

Re: 23 april 1940 KG54
 

Hi Peter,
this plane crashed in Elouges (near Mons / Belgium).
Best wishes