Hptm Blödern

[Alain57]

19/05/1940
Oostende
Ju-88 Flak
7./KG 4 5J+
Hptm Blödorn

Who were the other crewmembers and what happened with them ?

[Jim P.]

He was the Stkp. and Hajo Herrmann may have been his pilot. Herrmann talks about this a bit in his bio as I recall.

[Hans Nauta]

Hello Alain,

His standard crew consisted of:
BO Ofw Helmut Saure
BF Fw Werner Stechardt
BM Uffz Robert Schaaf

No clues wether these crew members were involved in the events of 19th May 1940

Regards,
Hans Nauta

[Peter Cornwell]

Spot on Hans, details as follows:

7./KG4 Junkers Ju88A-2 (5035). Shot down by flak and crash-landed during armed reconnaissance between Ostend and Boulogne. Hptmn E. Bloedorn (Staffelkapitän), Oberfw H. Saure, Fw W. Stechardt, and Uffz R. Schaaf all injured. Aircraft 5J+FR a write-off.
Erich Bloedorn was also acting Gruppenkommandeur of III./KG4 at this time.

[Alain57]

Hi ,
Thank you all for the information

Alain

[Tango Echo Dog]

Alain
Bloedorn later became Kommodore of KG 30 and, according to Allied intelligence, geschwader members would joking complain there was no-one stupider (bloedorn) than their Kommodore.
Tango Echo Dog

[Jim P.]

The Bloedorn/Herrmann incident I mentioned above was in Norway on 10 April I think. Their's was one of several KG 4 He111s that overshot the runway at Oslo. Does anyone else have any other info?

Also, on 31 May Herrmann was shot down off Dunkirk. His crew survived. Does anyone have anymore info on that incident.

(Both of the above are from his bio 'Eagle's Wings'. The Later incident is listed in the GQM reports.)