Lg1 14/05/1940

[Luc Vervoort]

Hi !

This unit lost 3 He111h near Brussels on 14/05/1940.
The pilots were Oblt Rupert Muellauer, Oblt Georg Preuss and Fw Bruno Meininger.
Who knows the other crewmembers ? Where did the planes crash ? Who shot them down ?

Many thanks and best regards

Luc

[Brian]

Hi Luc

According to 'Twelve Days in May' the three Heinkels fell to Hurricanes of 79 Squadron and Moranes of GCII/8. I will check my records to see if I have crew details.

Cheers
Brian

[Norbert Schuchbauer]

Hi Brian,
I do not have a Obltn. Preuss. There is a Obltn. Fromme listed in the Gen.Qu. loss reports. Unfortunately the non officers are only listed as Besatzungsmitglieder not by name.

Regards,

Norbert

[Chris Goss]

Crew were Oblt Rupert Muellauer, Ofw Herbert Oberheide, Fw Karl Brakmann, Fw Wilhelm Krueger-Stab II/LG 1
Oblt Georg Preuss, Ofw Ernst Eggert, Ofw Gerhard Fischer, Fw Heinrich Duevel-Stab II/LG 1
Fw Bruno Meining, Ofw Erwin Weber, Gefr Rudolf Freytag, Uffz Fritz Struwe-5/LG 1

Preuss was in L1+XC and crashed near Boom and says he was shot down by Morane 406s

[Jim P.]

Additional info per Taghon history of LG1: Oberheide was pilot of Muellauer crew, Eggert pilot for Preuss. Mullauer machine coded 'L1+UC'.

[Luc Vervoort]

Brian,Norbert,Chris and Jim P.,
Many thanks for your information.

The Volksbund website supplied the following additional details:
The entire crew of Fw Bruno Meining,Ofw Erwin Weber,Gefr.Rduolf Freytag and Uffz Fritz Struwe got killed and is presently buried at Lommel German War Cemetery. For Gefr Freytag the Volksbund is also mentioning that he got killed " raum Bierghes ".
Ofw Ernst Eggert and Fw Henrich Duevel also got killed and are also buried at Lommel German War Cemetery. (The two other crewmebers Oblt Georg Preuss and Ofw Gergard Fischer became pow).
Ofw Karl Brakmann was also killed and is also buried at Lommel. No details know about the 3 other crewmembers.

Best regards

Luc