III/KG77 crew lost 3.6.40

[steve sheridan]

Hi can anybody confirm the loss of the following.

3.6.40 Oblt Kapsch 9/KG77 f/ldg nr St Omer. 1man baled out wounded, 2 crew slightly wounded, and 1 unhurt.

3.6.40 Fw. Patrzich 8/KG77 also forced landed nr St Omer but all the crew were killed in the crash.

I've looked in Peter Cornwell's excellent " Battle of France Then and Now" but without success.
Kindest regs,
Steve.

[Matti Salonen]

Correct date is 3.7.1940.

Matti

[steve sheridan]

Yes Matti you are totally right.
The source came from Nick Beale's Luftwaffe Loss Reports from his excellent Ghost Bombers updates for June 1940. Apparently a report was drafted stating the loss of these two a/c on 6.7.40 Original source from Ultra files.
Do you have any identification for these two a/c.
Kindest regs,
Steve.

[Peter Cornwell]

8./KG77 Dornier Do17Z. Crashed 7 km south of Boulogne, cause not stated. FF Fw Werner Patrzich, HB Uffz Wilhelm Kuske, BF Uffz Rudolf Pfeiffer, and HS Gefr Walter Mair all killed. Aircraft 100% write-off.

9./KG77 Dornier Do17Z. Believed crashed on return badly damaged by AA fire following nuisance raid over Maidenhead. FF Oberlt Hermann Kapsch, HB Uffz Karl Schwarzbach, BF Gefr Kurt Thiemicke, and BM Uffz Ernst Goldhorn all wounded. Aircraft 100% write-off.

[steve sheridan]

Many thanks for the crew detail Peter, much appreciated.
Kindest regs,
Steve.