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Old 31st March 2024, 17:46
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Re: Lt Luma*of 418 Sqn

Further to my last post it would seem the Ju 34 clamed by Luma was in fact the Arado 96 at Luxeuiil the crew of this and the pilot of the Bu 131 now buried at Andilly . A claim on the 24th March for a Bf109 with its undercarriage down was later confirmed as a Ju 34 showing mis identification as a possibility . The two crewmen killed in the He 111 crash are buried at Berneuil on the west coast of France which would confirm the 4th FG claim .
Further to the Ju52 shot down by Luma a friend checked the Balss losses for March 1944 and could not find an entry to match this . However on the VDK site the following two servicemen are shown as being killed at Vernois on the 21st March and now buried at Andilly :-

Ogef Eduard Bartl born 01.02.1921
Oberzahlmeifer Franz Kraus b 30.01. 1913

If the location is Vernois les Mance this is quite close to the Frence site ( https://www.ju52archiv.de/Ju52.pdf ) giving the crash location as Bois de la Ferne . If connected to an aircraft loss would these two names names help to identify Luma's claim

Two More names ;-

Fw Günther Fuchs 21.03.1944 + at Vernois born 01.12.1916 buried Andilly
Hpt Günther Hartwig 21.03.1944 + at ? born 14.09.1913 buried Andilly on Officers Careers Summaries as a Staff Officer

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