Thread: Uffz. Wilhelm Braatz - Bf109 - 30/09/1940 near Tonbridge
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Old 4th August 2017, 15:31
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Re: Uffz. Wilhelm Braatz - Bf109 - 30/09/1940 near Tonbridge
Hello Jon,

Gen.Qu. loss report from October 7, 1940:
30.9. 9./JG 54 Feindflug (England) Absturzort unbekannt Bf 109 E-4 5116 100% Uffz Braatz vermisst.
Correction from November 6, 1940:
Uffz Braatz gefallen.

Jagdfliegerverbände Teil 4/II:
30.0.40 9./JG 54 Uffz Wilhelm Braatz gefallen Luftkampf, Absturz östlich Tonbridge Bf 109 E-4 5116 gelbe 6+.

Luftwaffe Kracker database:
KIA 30 September, 1940 in aerial combat with Spitfires east of Tonbridge-Kent, crashing at Dairy Farm, Golden Green. He may have been wounded this date, as his death was recorded as 3 October, 1940 (M. Croft).


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Leo
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