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Old 1st January 2016, 18:43
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1944-06-11: U-243 rescued 1 airman of a Junkers Ju 88

U-243 (Kptlt Hans Märtens) rescued one airman of a mistakenly shot down Junkers Ju 88 in M.Qu. AN 2911 (approx. 59°57'N, 04°12'E, about 90 nautical miles south-west of Bergen, Norway) at 0205hrs on 11 June 1944. Only a few minutes after the aircraft fired the correct recognition signals when passing the nearby U-1000 (Oblt Willi Müller) it directly flew over U-243 and was shot down when it failed to answer the recognition signals in time.

1944-06-11, ?, Ju 88, ? (possibly a Ju 88 D-1 of Wetterkette Südnorwegen resp. Wekusta 3)
Shot down in error by U-243, loss 100%
Bordfunker survived
Three unknown crewmen missing

This incident was already discussed in this forum: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=25869
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