Re: Crashed Ju-88 (?): Battle of the Bulge
Good afternoon Herbstnebel !
There are some candidates for your Ju 88. The sources are the book of Michael Balss "Die deutsche Nachtjagd -Personalverluste in Ausbildung und Einsatz" (Balss I) and the so called "Vermisstenbuch", a listing of Luftwaffe missing cases Dec. 1944 - March 1945, compiled by Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (Gen.Qu). Available by BA-MA as file RL 2 III/1170 e.g.
- 23/24 Dec. 1944 4./NJG 4 Ju 88 G-1 710891 (3C+HM)
vermisst:
Ofw. Bachmann, Heinz F
Uffz. Schröder, Wilhelm Bf
Ofw. Ertl, Georg Bw
reason and location of the loss: unknown.
source: Balss I, page 419 + Gen.Qu. dated 31. 1. 45, no. 35
- 23/24 Dec. 1944 5./NJG 4 Ju 88 G-1 711299 (3C+HM)
vermisst:
Fw. Stänglen, Hans-Dietrich F
Uffz. Krumbiegel, Karl-Heinz Bf
Obgefr. Dießner, Ferdinand Bw
reason and location of the loss: unknown. (Balss I mentiones: Westfront)
source: Balss I, page 419 + Gen.Qu. dated 31. 1. 45, no. 36
- 23. Dec. 1944 III./NJG 2 Ju 88 G-4 620587 (4R+BV)
vermisst:
Ltn. Möckel, Wolfram F
Uffz. Stendke, Gerhard Bf
Uffz. Harling, Johann Bs
reason and location of the loss: unknown.
source : Gen.Qu. dated 1. 1. 45, no. 68
- 23. Dec. 1944 II./NJG 2 Ju 88 G-6 620170 (4R+BN)
vermisst:
Ofw. Lubenack, Karl F
Ofw. Haarmann, Günther Bf
Ofw. Haug, Alfred Bs
reason and location of the loss: unknown.
source : Gen.Qu. dated 1. 1. 45, no. 68
On my opinion, cases # 1 +2 may match up with your request. There were some other losses of Ju 88 this night, but they all have known crash-locations or no fatal casualties occured.
Hope it helps and all the best !
Horst Weber
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