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Kursk air raid 2.Jun.43: strange He111 with 6 crewmembers?
Hello gentlemen,
during the well-known great air raid against Kursk 2.Jun43 Luftwaffe has suffered some losses.
According one of the acts with AA claims, one of the He111 was downed on the way home and crashed in Ugroedy area (w. of Kursk). The plane was burned away. Crew: 1 KIA, 1 WIA and 4 POW, altogether 6 person, as written in the act.
Probably in reality wounded man was among 4 POW so it was He111 with usual 5 crewmembers. But maybe the act info is correct and 6th person was involved (war reporter, for example)? Unfortunately names of the airmen are absent in the act.
It seems the sole He111 missing during the raid with whole crew, mentioned in GQM returns, was WNr 110074 (G1+HT) from 9./KG55. But in daily intelligence summary the evidences of an undisclosed POW from II./KG55 (participant of the raid in question) are mentioned. It is additional puzzle.
Best regards,
Andrey
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