Stab II/KG76, 24.08.1940

[srob48]

24th August 1940:

Stab II/KG76.
Junkers Ju88A ( ). Sortie to Manston airfield. Shot down in combat with RAF fighters over Manston and crashed in the sea. Oblt. Karl Schulte (F) killed(washed ashore 6.9.40), Major Friedrich Möricke (B, Gruppe Kommandeur) killed. Sdfhr. Wagner (of Lw.Kr.Ber.Kp.4) and 1 NCO missing. Aircraft lost.

Can anyone help with the first name of Sdfhr. Wagner and the name of the NCO missing?

[Brian]

Hi srob48

My records show:

Elwin Bleeck-Wagner

Uffz Fritz Jacobsmeier

Information originally via Matti.

Cheers
Brian

[Matti Salonen]

First name of Bleeck-Wagner is Erwin, not Elwin.

Matti

[srob48]

Thank you Brian. I show Oberfw. Fritz Jacobsmeyer as in the third Ju88A of:

4/KG76.
Junkers Ju88A ( ). Sortie to England, shot down by RAF fighters and crashed in the sea off Manston. Lt. Hans-Jürgen Grell (F), Fw. Martin Thomas (Bs), Uffz. Alfred Wetzker (Bs) killed. Uffz. Arthur Henneberg (Bf) missing. Aircraft lost.

Junkers Ju88A ( ). Sortie to England, shot down by RAF fighters and crashed in the sea off Manston. Uffz. Jabob Krüll (F) killed. Uffz. Erich Dubs (B), Uffz. Horst Freimann (Bf), Uffz. Hans Fröba (Bs) missing. Aircraft lost.

Junkers Ju88A ( ). Sortie to England, attacked by fighters and returned to Creil A/F, France. Oberfw. Fritz Jacobsmeyer badly wounded (Died 17.09.1940). Aircraft 60% damaged.

[srob48]

I have just found a:
Lt. Erwin Bleeck, born 22.02.1914, died 18.09.1940, buried at Ysselsteyn Cemetery, Netherlands, Block BB, Reihe 4, Grab 84.
Is this the same man?