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1943-08-24: U-340 rescued 5 airmen of a Focke-Wulf Fw 200
U-340 (Oblt Hans-Joachim Klaus) rescued 5 airmen of a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 from a rubber dinghy in M.Qu. CG 1631 (approx. 41°57'N, 11°50'W, about 140 nautical miles west of Vigo, Spain) at 0335 hrs on 24 August 1943. The survivors stated their aircraft had been shot down and was forced to ditch at 1800hrs on 23 August.
1943-08-23, 7./KG 40, Fw 200 C-5, 0214, F8+NT
Shot down, loss 100%
Flugzeugführer Ofw Billing, Alfred, survived
Uffz Jacobi, G., survived
Bordfunker Uffz Hirschfeld, Otto, survived
Uffz Lelewel, K., survived
Bordschütze Uffz Stanjewski, Josef, survived
Bordmechaniker Ofw Gentsch, Hans, + (failed to leave the sinking aircraft)
Last edited by Rainer; 3rd January 2016 at 11:37.
Reason: Update crew names (thanks to Brian Bines)
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