[Peter Cornwell]

I currently have the following losses listed on 15 August 1940:


I./KG30 Junkers Ju88A. Failed to return from attack on Driffield and combat with fighters 1.30 p.m. No crew casualties recorded. Aircraft 100% write-off.

I./KG30 Junkers Ju88A. Failed to return from attack on Driffield and combat with fighters 1.30 p.m. No crew casualties recorded. Aircraft 100% write-off.
No further information was documented on the above two losses and it is possible that they are subject of incorrect reporting.

2./KG30 Junkers Ju88A. Landed at Oldenburg damaged by fighters during sortie to attack Driffield 1.30 p.m. Fw [ ] Stepukat, Uffz [ ] Scheiter, Gefr [ ] Lohmann, and Gefr [ ] Schönheber all unhurt. Aircraft 4D+KK damage state not recorded.

3./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-5. Shot down by Sgt A.L. McNay of No.73 Squadron during sortie to bomb Driffield and belly-landed at Hamilton Hill Farm, Barmston, south of Bridlington, 1.25 p.m. Harried by Sgt J. Hopewell of No.616 Squadron during landing. FF Uffz Ludwig von Lorentz, BO Uffz Heinrich Kenski, BF Obergefr Heinrich Prumann, and BS Gefr Johann Göbel all captured unhurt. Aircraft 4D+KL fired by crew 100% write-off.
Propeller blade, Junkers engine plate, and various other labels souvenired at the time, donated to Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum at Flixton.

4./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-5. Belly-landed at Oldenburg airfield damaged by fighters during sortie to attack Driffield 1.30 p.m. No crew casualties. Aircraft 40% damaged but repairable.
One of a number of 4./KG30 aircraft attached to 7. and 8./KG30 the previous evening in order to bolster the attack.

4./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-5. Shot down by P/O D.S. Scott of No.73 Squadron during sortie to attack Driffield and crashed and exploded at Alburn Farm, Fraisthorpe, south of Bridlington, 1.30 p.m. FF Fw Rudolf Bihr, BO Fw Robert Pohl, BF Uffz Severin-Günther Kürsch, and BS Uffz Arnulf-Georg Neumeyer all killed. Aircraft 4D+DM 100% write-off.
Due to the severity of the crash only Robert Pohl and Severin Kürsch could be identified on their burial in Bridlington Borough Cemetery, the remains of Arnulf Neumeyer and Rudolf Bihr both being buried there as 'Unknown' and later re-interred as such in the Soldatenfriedhof at Cannock Chase. Following further investigation, they were formally identified by the German War Graves Authority in 2002.

7./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1 (8048). Port oil cooler damaged by fighters during sortie to attack Driffield and belly-landed near Hunmanby, south-west of Filey, 1.30 p.m. Possibly that claimed by F/O P.E.G. Carter of No.73 Squadron. BF Fw Georg Henneske killed, FF Oberlt Werner Bachmann, BO Uffz Werner Evers, and BS Flgr Robert Walther captured unhurt. Aircraft 4D+DR 100% write-off.

7./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Shot down by fighters during sortie to attack Driffield and crashed in the North Sea 1.30 p.m. FF Lt Wolf-Dietrich Riede killed, BO Uffz Fritz Hartwich, BM Uffz Peter Panhuysen, and BF Flgr Richard Ulbrich all missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.
The 4D+CR and 4D+LR both failed to return from this sortie.

7./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Shot down by fighters during sortie to attack Driffield and crashed in the North Sea 1.30 p.m. FF Fw Bernhard Gutow, BO Uffz Kurt Meier, BF Uffz Gerhard Kuhn, and BS Gefr Karl Orneschick all missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.

8./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Crash-landed in Holland damaged by fighters off east coast of England during sortie to attack Driffield 1.30 p.m. BF Fw Heinz Przygodda slightly wounded, rest of crew unhurt. Aircraft 4D+KS 60% damaged - write-off.

8./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Crashed on landing at Aalborg-West damaged by fighters off east coast of England during sortie to attack Driffield 1.30 p.m. Pilot unhurt, BO Uffz Joachim Rosin, BS Uffz Werner Jünnemann, and BF Fw Alfred Schumann all slightly wounded. Aircraft 75% damaged - write-off.
Crew allocations between the above two aircraft believed correct as shown.

8./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Returned to Aalborg-West slightly damaged by fighters off east coast of England during sortie to attack Driffield 1.30 p.m. BS Fw Siegfried Matschke slightly wounded, rest of crew believed unhurt. Aircraft damage state not reported - repairable.

© Peter Cornwell 2016