Ju-88 Werknumber 301348

[Alain57]

Hi ,

Who has additional information on the following lost :

21/01/1945
Antwerpen , in the river the Schelde
Ju-88 S-3 - WNr-301348
/LG 1 - L1+ GK
Hptm Hecking

Greetings

[edNorth]

Hi, not much but note type was A-4, not S-3...

301348 Ju 88 A-4 L1+GK I/LG 1 (Lw.Kdo.West)
OPS (F) missing (100%) unk location (Schelde-mündung) 23.01.1945 (Gruppenkommandeur F Hptm. Paul Hecking, B Fw. Herwig Sandber, BF Obgefr. Heinrich Kalb and BS Uffz. Kurt Meye missing)

cheers
ed

[Nick Beale]

The aircraft was one of several that LG 1 lost on a mission to mine the River Scheldt on the night of 23/24 January 1945. Several claims of aircraft destroyed were made that night by the AA batteries deployed around Antwerp to counter V-1s.

You can read more about this operation in my book Kampfflieger, Bombers of the Luftwaffe: Volume Four, Summer 1943–June 1945 (Classic Publications, Shepperton) ISBN 1 903223 50 4.

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Thank you all for the help.

Alain