[Doug Stankey]

Here is what we have in our files:

SCHWERIN, Albert von.
(DOB: 11.09.04 in Janow).
1939-40 Lt. in I./KG 26.
31.07.40 Lt., awarded the Ritterkreuz.
19.11.40 Oblt. in 1./KG 26, KIA – in He 111 H-5 that snagged a balloon cable and crashed in Essex during a night raid on Birmingham.

Looking into the Kracker Archive we find some more details:

31.07.40 lost He 111H-5 (1H+AM), WNr. 3539.
19.11.40 KIA struck a balloon cable at 2800 feet, then a second cable at 4500 feet, tearing off the starboard wing, then crashed at Beckton Marshes and exploded – all KIA.


We hope that this helps.

HLdZ
DGS