Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

Hi to all - Here comes another challenge for sunday:
Taking a look at "Die Wildente , issue 21, from 1959" ("The Wildente" is the bulletin dealing with the former german Propaganda companies - "PK") I found some names related to Luftwaffe Kriegsberichter Kompanie 5 (LWKBK5) who died when shot down or crashed with german aircrafts. Seems the listing covers only the early war period (1940/41), when the LWKBK5 served in north germay (airwar in the North Sea / Denmark / Norway) and afterwards on the Western Front / Battle of Britain up to mid 1941:


Sdf (Z) Heinz Holzapfel (Film) , shot down

Flg. Adolf Tausendfreund (Film/Bild) - crashed

Flg. Hans Alt (Wort) - shot down

Flg. Cornelius Mildenberger (Bild) - shot down

Uffz. Heinrich Martin (Bild) - shot down

Sdf (Z) Emil Weihmüller (Wort) - shot down

About Weihmüller I found in this forum the following information : missing in action 25.11.1940 . On that day there were He115 from 2./KüFlg 506 and Bf110 from 4./ZG76 over England / North Sea.

Heinz Holzapfel is said to have died on 10.9.1940.

Does anybody have information about unit / date / place ?
Any information welcome!

FELDPOST

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

Fw. Heinz Holzapfel, gef, 11.9.1940 St.St. KG 55 Fl.Pl. Villacoublay -Bruchlandung- 100%
Flg. Hans Alt, gef., 25.8.1940 9./KG 55, Ärmelkanal, 1 mi vor Hastings, Abschuß durch Nachtjäger 100%
Flg. Cornelius Mildenberger, gef., 9.5.1941, 3./KG 55, Ärmelkamal vor Portland, Dorset, Abschuß durch Beaufighter
Uffz. Heinrich Martin, KG, 10.5.1941, 2./KG 55, Ärmelkanal, Ursache unbekannt, 100%
Sd.Fhr. Emil Weihmüller, vermißt, 25.11.1940, 5./KG 55, Ärmelkanal, 300 m vor Rame-Head, südwestl. Plymouth, Absturz infolge Flakbeschuß, 100%

Can´t find a loss of Tausendfreund.

Regards
khorat

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

Thank you very much , khorat

that was quite a quick response ! Not yet 12 o´ clock and 5 of 6 possible answers given (!)

Interesting, they were all serving with Kampfgeschwader "Greif". Probably "Tausendfreund" is also related to KG 55?

Best regards
FELDPOST

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

1941-08-04, 5./St.G 77, Ju 87R-1, 5482, S2+MN, Raum Kiew, Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Fw Bühler, Walter, gefangen
Bordschütze (Rundfunkberichter) Flg Tausendfreund, Adolf, +

Matti

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

Hello Feldpost.

Would it be possible for you to scan the article?

Junker

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

Hi experts,
thank you very much for this great work.
it just took 2 1/2 hours for the complete answers !!!


ju55dk - You will get the scans !
I have sent you a pm some minutes ago

FELDPOST

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

By the way, just another fate of Lw KBK 1:

Major Karl Cranz ,from LWKBK1 was shot down in France (May/Jun1940) , survived as PoW and was discharged at the end of the campaign.

Any information , when and where his aircraft was shot down?

FELDPOST

Re: Crashed and shot down : war reporters of Lw KBK 5
 

Hi

Probably this one?

http://www.aviationhistory.no/ref_db...?lossid=135826

Regards,
Andreas B