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RT · #1 8th October 2011, 18:03

Who remembers which thread speak about losses of passenger during a TGr.30 return flight from the long forced holydays places in french cost ?
Date 1945 ?? Possible name Westphal ..,,

Rémi

Brian Bines · #2 8th October 2011, 20:57

Hi Remi, on 15th-June-2011 I asked if it was known whether Freg.Kap. Breithaupt, Oblt.zurSee Pauli and Fahn Leker were passengers in S3+AL, crew of Fw Hans Buchner, which fell to a N/F near Bastogne on 25-12-1944 (on flight from Guernsey). On 13-2-1945 S3+FH the crew of Fw. Ruckelschel were killed when their Heinkel crashed by La Rochelle, this crew included Bf Ogef. Ernst Westphal. I cannot remember if there was a thread on the S3+FH,

Regards

Brian Bines

RT · #3 9th October 2011, 12:40

So not the same , I asked because I found this Westphal in a flight on march 45, but no indication that went wrong. thks

Rémi

RT · #4 9th October 2011, 12:45

Sorry not the same Westphal, a "Fluggast" in the later case in his way back

Rémi

Brian Bines · #5 9th October 2011, 14:34

The last mention of supply flights I found was a mention in the Occupation Diary of air activity over Jersey on 13-3-1945. A report dated 15-3-1945 in the German Naval Diary says an aircraft landed in Guernsey bringing in the new Kom. of the 319th. Inf.Div General Maj. Wulf and flying out the previous Kom. Graf von Schmettow. The last NVM I have for TG/30 supply flights is for the crew of Ofw. Oswald taken POWs on 23-2-1945 (along with 3 un-named Russian officers serving in the Wehrmacht), and the last GQM entry is for a He111 10% damaged at Rhein-Main on 12-3-1945.

RT · #6 9th October 2011, 16:34

I found flights in april also at least till 18. , even a crashlanding on 15.april in prob. St Nazaire

Rémi

RT · #7 9th October 2011, 16:37

I let me ask you thru PM about this Diary Brian

Rémi

RT · #8 10th November 2011, 18:44

Last flight to the atlantic-fortress reported on 26.April, seems that after that date, probably due to the undoubted progress of the american army who seems to hv found the over-drive , the planes used /111H 6+20 Lang/
were outranged , nd used therefore to move ammunition from north to south, it has been also suggested to use an airport near Torino ,Salviniano, reducing the travel, but ...

Rémi