BFS 6 Loss 19-October-1943

[Richard Mills]

I am hoping that the loss records for Luftwaffe training establishments/units survived alongside those of the operational units.

Consequently, I am trying to ascertain the details of the aircraft and crew of a Blindflugschule 6 loss on 19-October-1943 which had Major Hermann Decker within the crew.

Any help whatsoever will be very well recieved indeed.

Regards Richard.

[Matti Salonen]

Blindflugschule 6 (redesignated FFS B 36 on 1943-10-15) had only one accident on that date:
1943-10-19, FFS B 36, Ju 88 A-5, 885191, 2 km südwestlich Fl.Pl. Wesendorf, Absturz. Bruch 100 %.
Flugschüler Fw Runze, Horst, +
Funkschüler Olt Neumann, Gerd, +
Bordwart Uffz Konzmann, Kurt, +

No info that Major Decker may have been on the plane.

Matti

[Richard Mills]

Matti

Thank you very much indeed for taking the time to reply.

The date is indeed correct as can be seen by the attached, complete with BFS 6 stamp.

Are you able to help at all with this one?

Regards Richard.

[edNorth]

Schulen losses give this (same) and crew placing within.
My take is that normal crew was four (usually) except Zerstörer
or GQM, and NVM forgot him/his name ???

(088)5191 Ju 88 A-5 FFS A/B 36 (Lw.Befh.Mitte)
Non-OPS (S) crash (100%) nr Wesendorf 19.10.1943 (F Fw. Horst Runze, BF Oblt. Gerd Neumann and BM Obgefr. Kurt Konzmann killed)

[Matti Salonen]

I have no loss info of Major Hermann Decker. Therefore I suspect, that he was not involved in any flight operations, but has been killed on ground.

Matti

[Richard Mills]

Matti & Ed

Thanks for your help with this, it is much appreciated.

Is it possible that a name could be 'forgotten' on a loss register? has this been found to of happened before?

Without his name on a loss register, as Matti alluded to he may well of died in a ground incident.

Regards Richard.