Loss of He111 on 6 Sept 1939 in Poland

[Andre Stewart]

Hello all,

Can someone please provide me the loss details [unit, aircraft, crew, fate etc] of the above He111 over Poland on 6 Sept 1939? I believe the pilot's name could be Manke or something similar.

Thank you.

Best regards,
Andre

[Matti Salonen]

1939-09-06, Stabsst./KG 1, He 111H, 5584, V4+HA, 3 km westlich Myslakowice, Um 16.00 Uhr von eigener 1./ZG 2 abgeschoßen. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Olt Mauke, Alexander, gefangen
Beobachter Stfw Barzik, Karl, verletzt
Bordfunker Uffz Pawlowski, Hans, verletzt
Bordmechaniker Uffz Windisch, August, verletzt

Matti

[Laurent Rizzotti]

According to the book "Luftwaffe nad Polską Vol.III" by Marius Emmerling, this loss did not happen at 1600 hrs, but around 0715 hrs.

The book says that 2 He 111 of Stab KG 1 flew a recon of the Zakowice-Brzeziny-Łódź-Tomaszów area between 0450 and 0715 hrs. One met fighters of 3./ZG 2, 12 Bf 109D of this Staffel escorting Ju 87 of StG 77 this morning, and was shot down.

Crew names and fate are the same as in Matti's source.

Stab KG 1 flew 3 other recon sorties in late morning (no claim or loss) and 3 other in the afternoon, between 1430 and 1630 hrs, suffering again no loss but claiming a PZL shot down when attacked by 6 PZL.

[Andre Stewart]

Ahhh so it is Mauke then -- thank you, Matti.

And thank you too, Laurent for the additional info.

I have a logbook entry that says a He111 took off at 04:45 hrs and was shot down by '4 Bf109' in the area of 'Radom' [at least that's what I can make out of the writing]. This gells nicely with the account in Marius' book.

I now believe it is Mauke's logbook.

Thanks again, this is all very interesting!

rgds
andre