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Re: Loss of Ju88 - 18/19 May 1941 - near Yelverton, Devon
Not a good night for 606 on what was their first mission with the Ju 88 They were tasked to attack a convoy 200 km NW of Ireland and lost Hptm Wolf Beitzke (St Kap 2/606) & crew believed to be off Falmouth. Lt Werner Neudeck (2/606) crashed 6 km west of Thierry Harcourt on the return-he was killed, one was fatally injured, one badly injured, one lightly injured. Oblt Helmut Eiermann (1/606) crashed at Lannion on the return-he and another were killed and it looks like 2 were injured. Also another flown by Oblt Peter Schnoor of 3/606 belly landed back at Lannion with 25% damage. Finally you had Hitschfeld (who was an Oblt not Oblt zS), Nowaki, Kasten & Knör (note the correct spellings of the names of 2 of them). No night fighter claims so it would appear to be accidents/Flak got them all-Ofw Mast had the sole of his flying boot shot away by Flak
Last edited by Chris Goss; 29th October 2013 at 13:39.
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