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Re: Ju88A1 8/KG4 missing 12?-10-1940
Brian,
This loss occurred on October 12, 1940, as follows:
8./KG4 Junkers Ju88A-1 (2123). Sortied to London but crashed in the sea 2 miles south-west of Landguard Point while diving to avoid searchlights off Felixstowe 8.02 p.m. (Ff) Hptmn Waldemar von Glasow (Staffelkapitän), (Beo) Uffz Walter Gruner, (Bf) Uffz Emil Herz, and (Bs) Gefr Werner Giesecke all missing. Aircraft 5J+AS lost.
Wreckage later recovered by trawler and landed at HMS Ganges, Shotley.
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