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Re: Ju 86 P loss(es) on 15 April 1941 in Ukraine
Juha -
4.(F)/Aufkl.Gr. Ob.d.L.
(Unit Code T5 + )
On 15 April 1941, Ju 86P (D-APEW) operating from Kraków experienced engine trouble while on a photo reconnaissance mission to the Kiev-Zhitomir area and came down near Rovno/W Ukraine. The crew was captured and taken to Rovno, but later liberated from Soviet captivity by advancing German troops at the end of June 1941.
[Sources:
T.Rowehl-Chronik, held by Militär Geschichtliche Forschungsamt (MGFA); G.Thomas and B.Ketley – KG 200: The Luftwaffe’s Most Secret Unit (Hikoki Pub. Ltd, 2003); C.Shores - Fledgling Eagles: The Complete Account of Air Operations During the ‘Phony War’ and Norwegian Campaign, 1940; F.K.Mason - Battle Over Britain; W.G.Ramsey (ed.) - The Blitz, Then And Now, 3 volumes; BA-MA Freiburg: RL 2 III Meldungen über Flugzeugunfälle…..(Loss Reports – LRs); NARA WashDC: RG 242 (various rolls from T-312, T-313, T-321 and T-971); W.Horst (president of the Aufklärungsflieger veterans association in Germany) – personal correspondence with the author, 1994-96); web site ww2.dk.]
There is no mention in any of the sources above about a second Ju 86 P coming down at Vinnitsa on 15 April 1941.
Larry deZ.
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