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Re: RAF nightfighter claim on Ju 88 22/23rd Feb 1944
Hello Stephen, Chris, David and Brian,
Stephen, underneath the details.
The other Ju 88 losses which match with the claims of S/Ldr Anderson of 410 Squadron are:
Ju 88A-4
Wnr 550291
B3+EN
5./KG54
FF: Uffz Horst HECHLER (23) ErkM 60029/112 (MIA)
BO: Uffz Harry MÖBIUS (22) ErkM 60029/125 (MIA)
BF: Uffz Adolf SEITZ (23) ErkM 67164/81 (MIA)
BM: Obgefr Heinz TWITTENHOFF (24) ErkM 60029/123 (KIA)
The body of Obgefr Twittenhoff washed ashore on 12th June 1944 in the vicinity of beach pole 36.3 near Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, and was buried as unknown Obgefr at Bergen cemetery. At the time of the burial his service number was known. On 16th April 1957 his body was reinterred at Ysselsteyn.
Ju 88A-4
Wnr ?
3E+?T
9./KG6
FF: Uffz Friedrich BIEBERSTEIN (23) ErkM 53565/194 (MIA)
BO: Fw Heinrich ERNST (24) ErkM 53565/195 (KIA)
BF: Fw Karl LANDENBERGER (25) 53565/159 (MIA)
BM: Uffz Heinz EXNER (23) ErkM 53565/196 (MIA)
Fw Ernst washed ashore on 6th May 1944 in the vicinity of beach pole 8.8 near Groote Keeten and was buried on 8th May 1944 at Bergen cemetery.On 16th April 1957 his body was re-interred at Ysselssteyn
Unfortunately Code and Wnr are not on the NVM for this loss.
Difficult to say, but B3+EN may have been the victim at 23.43 hrs. This Ju 88 was claimed at position N.1353 which is about 40 km E of Felixtowe, while 3E+?T may have been the victim at 00.03 hrs at position M.9421 which is about 20 km ESE of Clacton-on-Sea. This because of the home base of Melsbroek of the latter, but it's a very thin assumption and not backed up with evidence and cannot be taken as granted.
David,
Nice to hear of you again. Other claims that night don't match with the position of B3+JP which was found almost intact on Buxley Sand, the dead crew still on board so perhaps a ditch was attempted by the crew. So perhaps this Ju 88 was one of the damaged a/c claimed by 85 Squadron?
Chris,
I've no material which identifies losses of V/KG 5, but Ulf Balke mentions 5 losses by V/KG2 in his book, but none of these specified in his loss lists.
Brian,
Nice to hear from you too. Yes, the time 22.15 hrs doesn't make much sense in relation to your information. When the time is taken as uncertain there is still no matching claim with the position of the wreckage. Perhaps this Ju 88 wasn't shot up by night fighters after all but victim of the ack-ack...
Best regards,
Hans Nauta
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