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Re: Crew of the KG51 Ju 88 (9K+AB) shot down on June 5, 1940
There are 4 KG-51 Ju-88's listed for that day in The Battle Of France Then & Now by Peter D Cornwell. Two are listed without their side numbers. The first from Stab I/KG-51 belly landed near l'Angelus at Presly and was burned out. All 4 crew members were captured unhurt (Feldwebel Diekert, Feldwebel Wagner, Unteroffizier Krichbaum & Gefreiter Schindler).
The other one listed without a side number was from 5./KG-51 and was shot down. Unteroffizier Schopf was killed. Feldwebel Doege baled out and landed unhurt but was then shot dead by a French officer. Unteroffizier Werner baled out but seperated from his parachute and fell to his death and Oberleutnant Kohl baled out and was discovered with badly injured legs west of Clairvaux three days later.
The two aircraft that are listed with side numbers are 9K+HM and 9K+KM.
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