[Brian Bines]

Hello,

This is what I have :-

535560 - Suffered a fire in number 4 engine and was destroyed in emergency landing, crew assumed safe so no NVM

535743 - The NVM for the loss of Oblt. Waterbeck, shot down Hindhead Surrey, shows he was flying this aircraft. However examination of the wreckage shows he was flying 535747. A Luftwaffe report on aircraft with technical problems shows that 535473 developed a fire in the right engines while at 5000m and crashed, no location shown. Once again crew assumed safe so no NVM

535741 - Crew of Oblt. Botterbrodt failed to return from attack on London NVM shows all crew missing, no report of any bodies recovered as far as I know.

535745 - NVM states Beim Anflug z. Nachtangriff auf London Gesturzt. Westl. Rouen/Westfr. Ff Ofw Hugo Fleischer and four other crewmen killed, it would appear the Bm survived.

As well as this He177s 2224, 2221 returned (abgebrochen) with technical problems a Bs in 5736 had 'hohenkrank' altitude sickness so aircraft returned, and 5740 returned due to a overheated engine.

All the above are shown as on 21-01-1944. As regards Ofw Neuenfeldt on 12/13-07-1944 all the crew baled out without injury so there would be no NVM,

Hope this helps

Regards

Brian Bines