Hi Brian (and Jaap and Rob)
You could expect I would show up in this thread
!
Some small details to Jaap's list:
07.10.44 Wnr 160969
5K+DS hit the Southern antenna of the Sonne-Electra system at Groet-Petten. The exact crash time is 19.29 hrs
FF: Fw Lothar GALL, ErkM 54595/18 (KIA)
BO: Fw Mathias OBERMAYER, ErkM 53452/150 (KIA)
BF: Fw Heinz DAHMS, ErkM 54595/23 (KIA)
BM: Uffz Peter IRMTRAUD, ErkM 71061/586 (KIA)
BS: Obgefr Kurt BUSCH, ErkM 71069/350 (KIA)
10.10.44 Wnr Unknown
exact crashtime is 01.15 hrs. The crew was rescued. The wreckage was recovered after the war, see atttached image.
25.11.44 Wnr 110304
A1+BH didn't crash 10 miles West of Texel (as stated in the Combat Report), but 10 km W of Egmond.
FF: Fw Kurt HILLMANN, ErkM 53543/793 (KIA)
BO: Uffz Rudolf MARTIN, ErkM 215508/122 (MIA)
BF: Fw Ludwig KALBER, ErkM 53543/195 (MIA)
BM: Uffz Jürgen HAUSER, ErkM 53543/196 (MIA)
BS: Uffz Josef FAUERNIG, ErkM 65060/1 (MIA)
Best regards,
Hans Nauta