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Old 15th August 2005, 18:04
Laurent Rizzotti Laurent Rizzotti is offline
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Re: Research for a crashed Ju88 5.5.41 in Britain

Your plane was Ju88A-5 WNr 0656 M2+DK of 2/106. Shot down by a nightfighter and dived into houses at the place you said. Two civilians killed, two later died of injuries and 2 injured. German crew (Oblt zur See R Metzger, Oblt E Jürgens, Ofw H Beeck and Fw H Jänicken) all baled out and taken prisoner.

Source : "The Blitz then and now, volume 2"

Metzger was probably the plane captain while Jürgens was the pilot. In KGr 106 (a maritime unit, that explains the naval rank of Metzger) they were usually not the same man.

The civilian victims were

GREEN, ELSA PRIMROSE
http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cas...sualty=3158428

JOWETT, HERBERT
http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cas...sualty=3158429

BOYD, SARAH (DOW same day)
http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cas...sualty=3158424
BOYD, JOHN ARTHUR (DOW 10 June) http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/cas...sualty=3158423
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