Re: Crew names He.111 of KG 26
Steve/Kjells,
Amen to that. I currently have the following:
29 May 1940: 2./KG26 Heinkel He111H-4 (5682). Shot down by F/Lt P.G. Jameson of No.46 Squadron during anti-shipping sortie over Rombaksfjord and Beisfjord near Narvik. Crashed and exploded on mountainside at Mortensfjord 3.15 a.m. FF Uffz Heinz Simon, BO Oberlt Hans-Ludwig von Plato, BF Fw Erich Füssel, and BM Obergefr Ferdinand Stiller all killed. Aircraft 1H+LK 100% write-off.
2 June 1940: 1./KG26 Heinkel He111H Both engines damaged in attacks by F/Lt A. Williams and Sgt H.H. Kitchener of No. 263 Squadron near Ballangen, south-west of Narvik, during sortie to attack Bardufoss 12.30 p.m. Belly-landed and burned out at Bukkevatnet. FF Oberfw Otto Poser, HB Fw Hans-Heinrich Hatlapa, and BM Fw Franz Henkel all captured unhurt, BF Uffz Bernhard Schulte captured slightly wounded. Aircraft 1H+BH 100% write-off.
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