Hello,
I have the following entry in my database for 6 June 1940:
Noting the withdrawal of the Allied from Narvik, the German Navy had put the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau to sea, supported by the cruiser Hipper, to seek out and destroy as much as possible of the retreating Allied shipping. As they headed out past Trondheim, 11 He 115s undertook reconnaissance sorties in support, from which the He 115 C WNr 2761 DC+GL of 3./KüFlGr 506 flown by Uffz Willi Rohs failed to return. It was probably lost in Norwegian Sea.
Crew (all missing):
Uffz. Willi Rohs (pilot)
Fw. Josef Wirth (observer)
Ogefr. Karl Schreiber (radio)
Source:
http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
http://www.historisches-marinearchiv...ere_value=1077
"Fledgling Eagles: the Complete Account of Air Operations During the Phoney War and Norwegian Campaign, 1940", by Christopher Shores, with John Foreman, Christian-Jacques Ehrengardt, Heinrich Weiss and Bjorn Olsen. ISBN 0948817429
The first source above lists another He 115 lost this day in an accident (at start or landing) in Trondheim seaplane base. The unit is shown as 2./KüFlGr 506 and there was no casualty, but there is no other detail.
Can someone confirm this second loss ?
Thanks in advance
Laurent