Luftwaffe losses Norway 26 May 1940

[DaveM2]

All

Gladiators of 263 Sqdn engaged He 111 and Ju 52 on this day, with Flt. Lt. Hull claiming some He 111 damaged and a some Ju 52 shot down.

Does anyone have details of these aircraft (wk.nr., crew, unit etc)?

TIA
Dave

[Peter Cornwell]

1.(F)/122 Heinkel He111H. Shot down by F/Lt A.T. Williams and Sgt G.S. Milligan of No.263 Squadron over Skånland airfield and crashed in sea off Rombakken after port wing detached 12.30 p.m. FF Lt Ulrich Meyer, BO Reg Rat Friedrich Hertzing, Fw Paul Pattloch, Obergefr Heinrich Singendonk, and Gefr Werner Pohl all missing. Aircraft 100% write-off.

2./KG26 Heinkel He111. Returned damaged by Gladiators of No.263 Squadron during sortie south of Harstad and possibly that attacked by F/O Riley 4.15 p.m. BF Obergefr Kurt Möller slightly wounded – admitted to hospital in Trondheim, rest of crew unhurt. Aircraft damage state not recorded.

2./KGr.100 Heinkel He111H. Returned damaged by Gladiators of No.263 Squadron during sortie south of Harstad. Possibly that attacked by P/O Parnall 4.15 p.m. BM Uffz Heinrich Seemann badly wounded in arm and chest – admitted to hospital in Trondheim, FF [ ] Petermann and rest of crew believed unhurt. Aircraft damage state not recorded.

3./KGrzbV.106 Junkers Ju52/3m (6713). Shot down by F/Lt C.B. Hull of No.263 Squadron during sortie carrying 4./FJR1 paratroops to Bjørnefjell, Narvik, and crashed at Jordbrufjellet, Russånes, near Saltdal. Oberfw Heini Friedrichs, Fw Hans Sachs, and Fw Fritz Hoffmann believed baled out. Aircraft CM+BU 100% write-off.

3./KGrzbV.106 Junkers Ju52/3m (5636). Shot down by F/Lt C.B. Hull of No.263 Squadron during sortie carrying 4./FJR1 paratroops to Bjørnefjell, Narvik, and crashed and burned out at Storfjellet near Saltdal 4.18 p.m. FF Lt Robert Eid, BF Uffz Horst Sauer, and BM Fw Willy Hellmann all killed. Aircraft 100% write-off.
The paratroops carried all managed to bale out before the crash apart from Fw Kurt Zell who was killed.

3./KGrzbV.106 Junkers Ju52/3m. Shot down by F/Lt C.B. Hull of No.263 Squadron during sortie carrying 4./FJR1 paratroops to Bjørnefjell, Narvik, and crashed and burned out at Ekornes, Evensdal, near Saltdal 4.30 p.m. FF Uffz Peter Endres, BM Fw Anton Schairer, and BF Uffz Franz Herp (all of 1.(F)/123) killed.Aircraft BA+KH 100% write-off.
Machine received from KGrzbV.105 two days earlier. Six of the paratroops being carried also died.

1./KGrzbV.107 Junkers Ju52/3m (6108). Crashed into trees at Åmot, Østerdalen, during supply flight carrying paratroops and drop containers 12.55 p.m. Cause unknown. FF FlgrErich Röhrs, Uffz Reinhold Nehmer, Uffz Wilhelm Puttkamer, andUffz Oskar Hipp all killed. Aircraft 100% write-off.

[DaveM2]

Peter

Most excellent, many thanks

regards
Dave

[Stig Jarlevik]

Quite different from what Shores said in Fledgling Eagles, Peter

Took me a while to update that book....

One thing which surprises me is the rank of the pilot of Ju 52/3m WNr 6108. Flieger is basically Private isn't it? How could a pilot have such a low rank? Only reason I can think of is that the individual had been degraded for some reason or other (usually as punishment I suppose).

Also what has happened to the once excellent Norwegian page
http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/ ?

Looks like a joke by now....

Cheers
Stig

[alex crawford]

Hi,

Excellent information, many thanks for posting.

Also on 26th May Flt Lt Hull engaged a He111 over Saitfjord and it apparantly crashed near Mo? with both engines on fire. Lt Meyer and his crew were rescued.

Now from the above information I would assume that the Lt Meyer in question was actually in the He111 claimed by Flt Lt Williams and Sgt Milligan.

That being the case would anyone have any details on the He111attacked by Hull and another one he claimed damaged later on after he shot down the three Ju52s?

Any help appreciated.

Alex

[mathieu]

Hi,

Interesting photos of the remainders of several aircraft mentioned in post#2:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/rombaken.html
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/rusoga.html
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/ekornes.html
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/storfjellet.html
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/amot.html

[alex crawford]

Thanks for the links. It is a very informative website and much research has went into it.

Alex

[Jim P.]

There is interesting listing from the Gen.Qu. loss reports for Ju 52 WNr. 6108 which makes me wonder if the wreck seen at http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/amot.html is actually WNr. 6108 or another plane with parts from WNr. 6108?

Ju 52/3m, 6108, n.n., , , , KGr.z.b.V. 107, , , , , 09-Apr-40, Fuel line leakage. Parts used to repair another machine., Date uncertain. Between 9 and 11-Apr-40., X.Fl.Korps/Norwegen, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #1)-Vol.1, , Ort unbekannt, <60%, F, , ,