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Re: Looking for further crew info on two KG30 Ju88 Casualty Incidents 9 Oct 1939
Gentlemen,
Many thanks for the excellent additional information on Uffz Hans SELK. I cannot vouch for the crew positions as stated - I do not have the NVM and these details originated from the records of the late Heinrich Weiss. But the statement that SELK may have been FF is noted with interest and agrees with WASt information previously provided by Matti Salonen a well-known and respected member of this forum. Matti lists this as a III./KG30 loss on 8 October 1939 (the date of death of SELK as recorded by the VDK) and notes it was on a Heimatflug rather than the Feindflug on 9 October 1939 described by Weiss. The QMG Returns record the loss to I./KG30 on 9 October 1939 during a sortie over the North Sea with all four crewmen, including Oberlt KAHL, reported missing.
4D was certainly the unit code for KG30 but the aircraft serial and codes as currently listed were also provided by Matti whose information is usually reliable. Hopefully, he may add his own comments to this thread but if anyone can offer further data on this loss I would be grateful.
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