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Old 10th June 2018, 00:15
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Re: Junkers Ju88 in Rye Bay 1940

Luftwaffe Crash Archives Vol 5 has the following: 4 October 1940 Ju88A-1 Wn 6116 coded L1+EP 6/LG1. At sea, off Jury's Gap, Rye, East Sussex. Aircraft was seen to crash into the sea whilst being pursued by 2 fighters. Gefr Peter Schoffmann 53548/236 Killed. Washed ashore at Dover on 18th November and now buried at Cannock Chase 5/71. Uffz H Kirchenbauer No Known Grave; UffzE Kroos NKG; Uffz W Jahn NKG.

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