Full Werknummer for loss on 17.05.1944

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi, guys.

Finally some moments away from work and family (some sort of dinner or other arrangement every day through the holiday season )

Have some problems reading the complete Werknummer for a He 111 H lost on May 17th 1944 with Flzg.Führ.Sch. B 10 - so if someone could help me before the next Freiburg trip I would be grateful.

I read the partial WNr 5_89, the second digit is unreadable on my microfilm copy.

Part of the crew was injured, namely the pilot Fw. Karl Mittelbach and a pupil Uffz. Helmut Hanusa.

Regards,
Andreas B

[RT]

Hello Andreas,

I hd just the first 5 at one time, but probably from the NVM came 5589

Rémi

[Matti Salonen]

I have also made an educated guess that it is 5589, although at WASt we can find 5366, DA+XW. However, there might be some other problems, too, because at WASt we can also find a report of similar accident on 1944-05-03 under LKS 10 with same crew, both WIA, and same aircraft 5366, DA+XW. Question is, are these two crashes one and a same or were those unlucky guys crashing two He 111s (5366 and 5589) in two weeks? In the first crash location is Grabkow bei Sommerfeld (Lubsko) and in the second Fürstenwalde, which of course is a lead to two separate occasions.

Matti

[RT]

And nothing to sort-out from STKZ , DA+XW, plane probably built during the spring of 1939 ...

Remi