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Re: KG26 losses Norway April 1940
7./KG26 Heinkel He111H-3. Shot down by Skuas of No. 803 (FAA) Squadron (Lt W.P. Lucy and P/O A.G. Johnson) during armed reconnaissance between Dombås and Åndalsnes, and crash-landed at Bøvra Bjorli 1.15 p.m. FF Oberlt Hans-Ludwig Steinbach and BO Fw Hans Gießen both captured unhurt, BF Gefr Kurt Sips and BM Uffz Willi Liermann both captured wounded and admitted to hospital in Andalsnes – later released. Aircraft 1H+AT 100% write-off.
4./KG26 Heinkel He111H-4. Shot down by Skuas of No. 803 (FAA) Squadron (Lt W.P. Lucy and Sub Lt G.W. Brockensha) during armed reconnaissance sortie and ditched in Moldefjorden 12.55 p.m. BO Fw Karl Babkuhl killed, FF Hptmn Eberhard Schnorr von Carolsfeld (Staffelkapitän), BF Oberfw Walter Cramer, and BM Oberfw Heinz Vogel took to dinghy and captured. Aircraft 100% write-off.
4./KG26 Heinkel He111H-4. Shot down west of Kristiansund by RAF Skuas of No. 800 (FAA) Squadron (Lt G.E.D. Finch-Noyes, Lt E. Taylour, and PO H.A. Monk) and crashed in flames south of Digerhalsen in Kjørsvika 12.55 p.m. FF Fw Karl Pflüger, BO Uffz Hans Träumer, BF Uffz Gerold Simdorn, and BM Oberfw Jakob Best all killed. Aircraft 100% write-off.
(But refer TOCH thread 2/09 ???)
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