Thread: Red-Cross marked He59s July 1940
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Old 26th August 2009, 11:21
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Re: Red-Cross marked He59s July 1940
I can add the following details:
23.07.1940 He 59N W.Nr. 838 D-AKAR of Seenotflugkdo. 4.
100%. Missing, probably shot down, while on ASR-sortie from Cherbourg.
Fw. Degel, Fw. Luppe, Gefr. Rosenthal and H.Gefr. Filz all reported missing.

28.07.1940 He 59N W.Nr. 1851 D-ASUC of Seenotflugkdo. 3.
100%. Shot down by enemy fighters during an ASR-sortie in the English Channel in pos. 51 degrees 12 mins. north and 10 degrees 40 mins east.
Oblt. Erich Chudziak, Uffz. Ernst Melzer, Uffz. Josef Baumüller and Gefr. Willi Paddags all missing. Uffz. Josef Buess rescued.

28.07.1940 He 59N W.Nr. 1989 D-AROO of Seenotflugkdo. 3.
100%. Shot down by enemy fighters while on an ASR-sortie.
Fw. Niwiadowski (F), Lt.d.R. Helmut Sandgaard (B) and Gefr. Feugel (Bf) all wounded. Gefr. Berg (Bm) and Obgefr. Nüchter both missing.

15.08.1940 He 59E W.Nr. 2606 D-AFFK of Seenotflugkdo. 4.
100% in Pl.Qu. 6997. Forced landing due to fire from a Lockheed Hudson.
Lt.z.See Siegfried Bömer (B) killed. Remaining crew injured.
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