Details of the loss and crew fatalities Ju88A-4 Werk Nr :2079

[Alex Smart]

Details of the loss and crew fatalities Ju88A-4 Werk Nr :2079. " M2 + AK", 29/30th June 1942.
Thanks

[Alain57]

Hello ,
From Mr Balls list :
18/02/1942
IV.KG 76
Fl.Pl. Giebelstadt
Bruchlandung inf. schlechter Bodenverhältnisse
Ju 88 A-5
2079
(Bf) Ogfr. Hafenbusch, Reinhold [gef.]

Regards
Alain57

[Alex Smart]

Thanks for the info, it must have been repaired and returned to service as was lost June 1942.
My info from " The Blitz then and Now" vol 3.
Page 133.
May 30/ June 1.
" 2 Kustenfliegergruppe 106 Junkers Ju88A-4 (2079) Shot down by F/O J. C. HOOPER and F/Sgt S C HUBBARD in a Beaufighter of No.219 Sqdn, Crashed into the sea off Winchelsea at 12.23 am. Obergefr. H,Staenglen and Obergefr. E, Strotbeck buried at Rye Harbour on June 30th. Body of Uffz. G, Heinz found Off Dungeness and buried at sea June 1. Obergefr J, Zinnbauer missing. Aircraft M2+AK lost.
CWGC Has Eugen STROTBECK as buried Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery, Staffordshire 30/06/1942.

Alex.

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Youre right , here some on more on Staenglen, Hasso 21/03/1921 München erknr 73172/101
Regards
Alain57

[Chris Goss]

Alex you seem to have the information so what else are you after? There is some confusion as to the date as K Report indicates 0123hrs 31 May while the 219 Sqn claim was 0023hrs 1 June and confirmed by the F540 and German records say the Ju 88 took off before midnight on 31 May 1942

[Alex Smart]

Hi Chris, Well yes, sort of. It looks like the Burial date is a bit odd, if found/ washed ashore and buried at Rye on 30 June then how is same date given in CWGC at Cannock Chase ?
Maybe the Rye Burial was closer to the beginning of June and then transferred to Cannock Chase and finally laid to rest there on the 30th June '42.
CWGC Has date of death for Staenglen as 1st June 42.
But for STROTBECK it gives the date as 30 June '42. I wonder if it should be 30th May ?
All the best
Alex

[Chris Goss]

Cannot be 30 May and this is not the first time I have seen odd dates. According to the death card Staenglen was washed ashore 30 Jun 42 as was Strotbeck and buried at Rye 3 Jul 42. No card for the others but Heinz was confirmed dead by Berlin 1 Jul 42 and both the pilot and BO 5 Aug 42