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Re: Stab KG54 loss on 12.05.1940
Pilot: Oberfw Gerhard KOPP died of wounds 30 May 1940, Observer: Lt Horst von GUNDLACH PoW to Canada, W/T: Uffz Karl-Heinz SCHULDT PoW later returned to unit, and Flight Engineer: Uffz Gustav BLOMBECKER wounded PoW later returned to unit. Lost during reconnaissance of roads around Ghent. Take/off 4.40 a.m. Last radio message received 6.09 a.m.
Herewith entry from my current work on the Battle of France Then & Now.
Stab KG54 Heinkel He111P. Shot down by Moranes of GC III/1 during reconnaissance of troop movements between Brussels and Antwerp and ditched in the Schelde at Royerssluis near Antwerp 6.30 a.m. Oberfw G. Kö pp reported died of wounds 30 May. Lt H. von Gundlach and Uffz K-H. Schuldt captured unhurt. Uffz G. Blombecker captured wounded. Aircraft a write-off.
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