Re: German Bomber Crash ID Help
Well,
If this location fits - I have two! It was Night-Fighter/Intruder (possibly downed by another German Night-Fighter/Intruder ?)
0345 Ju 88 C-4 "R4+BM" of I/NJG 2 (Lw.Befh.Mitte)
OPS (F) mis (100%) unk location, last contact 23:55 hrs CET [was apparently downed by another Luftwaffe night fighter intruder, crashed in flames, at 21:23 hrs at Gothic House Farm, Isle of Ely, French Drove, Gedney Hill, South-Lincolnshire, Britain, night of 17/18.04.1941] 17.04.1941 (F Obgefr. Wilhelm Beetz mis/rep killed in i/25.11.42, BM Gefr. Rudolf Kronika and BF Gefr. Johann Mittag missing <two crew found dead in the wreck after the war>; one POW)
Ref: GQM losses + Foreman: Air War 1941
and
National Achives, London: (Air Ministry War Room Report) Dived into soft clay at 21:23 hrs, Hurns Farm, Thorney, near Ely, 17.04.40, gives no markings or plates, entierely buried, one rubber fuel tank cover give date: 1.11.40.
Balss: At 22:23 hrs and ´wreck and crew recovered in October 1978´
Am I confusing / mixing locations? The Newspaper Cutting gives no date or concrete location. Plate is of Umformer U.8 (Transformer for Radio Navigational Equipment). Lieferer (Producer): C. Lorenz
Best regards
ed
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