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Old 28th December 2015, 20:47
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Re: 2x Do24 losses in the Med, June 1942

To summarize our discoveries so far:

1942-06-14, 3./KG 54, Ju 88 A-4, 140216, B3+TL
Cause?, loss 100%
Flugzeugführer Lt Müller, missing (possibly Lt Müller, Wilfried, +)
Uffz Kurtz, survived
Uffz Springmeier, survived
Gfr Scheer, survived

According to aircrewmembered.com this aircraft was shot down by AA fire from the British merchant ship TROILUS in the "Harpoon" convoy to Malta, but that is not possible because the convoy sailed from Gibraltar to Malta and 140216 was apparently lost while operating against the "Vigorous" convoy that sailed simultaneously from Alexandria to Malta. They also state that Lt Müller must have survived this crash and went MIA in 140123 on 11 October 1942, but it is probably a misidentification as they list him as Hermann Müller, while according to Radtke his name was Wilfried Müller and his body was recovered by an Italian torpedo boat on 19 June.

1942-06-15, 7. Seenotstaffel, Do 24 T-2, 0031, CH+EW
Crash landing at sea during rescue mission, loss 100%
Uffz Forster, survived (possibly Bordmechaniker Uffz Forster, Adolf)
Uffz Fuhrmann, survived
Uffz Westerkowsky, survived (possibly Bordschütze Uffz Westerkowsky, Alfred)
Ogfr Jedermann, survived (possibly Bordfunker Ogfr Jedermann, Ernst)
Ogfr Ritzrau, survived (possibly Flugzeugführer Ogfr Ritzrau, Wilhelm)
Ogfr Wallraff, survived (possibly Bordmechaniker Ogfr Wallraff, Karl)

U-431 (Kptlt Wilhelm Dommes) rescued all six crewmen of the Dornier and three crewmen of the Junkers in M.Qu. CO 5393 (approx. 34°09'N, 24°26'E, about 50 nautical miles south of Crete) at 2250hrs on 15 June.

1942-06-14, 7./JG 53, Bf 109 F-4/Trop, 10163, Weisse 6 + I
Cause?, loss 100%
Lt Hesse, Heinrich, survived

According to aircrewremembered.com the Messerschmitt was shot down during aerial combat with a Beaufighter of either No. 252 or 272 Sqn RAF. While dornier24.com mentions that he had been shot down by the South African fighter pilot Lt Van der Spuy.

1942-06-15, 7. Seenotstaffel, Do 24 T-2, 0049, CM+IO, Pl.Qu. 23 Ost 3402
Crashed on take-off at sea during rescue mission & scuttled by U-83, loss 100%
Flugzeugführer Ofw Sost, Hans, survived
Ofw Jänsen, survived (possibly Bordmechaniker Ofw Jansen, Peter)
Uffz Förster, survived
Ogfr Münch, survived
Ogfr Möller, survived (possibly Bordmechaniker Ogfr Moller, Robert)
Ogfr Schulz, survived (possibly Ogfr Schulz, Willi)

U-83 (Kptlt Hans-Werner Kraus) rescued all six crewmen of the Dornier and Lt Hesse in M.Qu. CO 5688 (approx. 33°03'N, 23°54'E, about 60 nautical miles north of Tobruk) at 2300hrs on 15 June.

Any corrections or additions are welcome.
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