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Re: Küstenfliegergruppe 506
All we have in our files is:
WEBER, Heinz? 00.40 Oblt., appt Staka 1./Fl.Erg.Gr. (See) (to 07.41). 10.11.41 Oblt. Staka 2./Kü.Fl.Gr. 506 MIA – Ju 88 A-4 shot down by AA from HMS Quantock while attacking a convoy off Ravenscar, North Yorkshire, crashed near the cliffs at Blea Wyke Point. Believed buried anonymously at Thornby.
According to Kracker's database:
Weber, Heinz. - Oblt. - Stfkpt 2./Kü.Fl.Gr -506 Ju 88A-4 Werk # 1409 "S4 + HK" (lost)Bomber Operational ClaspMIA 10 November, 1941 after being shot down by gunfire from the escort destroyer HMS Quantock while attacking a convoy off Ravenscar, North Yorkshire. The Ju 88 took numerous hits and climbed steeply away, bursting in flames shortly afterwards, crashing at the foot of the cliffs at Blea Wyke Point. Remaining crew: Ofhr Karl Schültze, Observer (KIA), Ofw Werner Hanel, wireless operator (KIA) and Uffz Artur Gräber, gunner (MIA). The bodies of Karl Schültze and Hanel were recovered and buried at the Acklam Road Cemetery, Thornaby-on-Tees. It is believed that Weber and Gräber are also buried at Thornaby in two graves marked "Ein Deutsche Soldat".
Hopefully this will help
HLdZ
DGS
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