III/KG 27 Operations Aug-Sep 40

[Chris Goss]

Can anyone tell me details of the following III/KG 27 missions:

12 Aug 40 (afternoon)
6-7 Sep 40 (early AM)
11-12 Sep 40 (early AM, presumably London)

[steve sheridan]

Hi Chris I have the following if it helps.

12.8.40. Heinkel 111P of 8/KG27 took off for ops 11.36 - 15.43hrs. Target not
given. FF. Willi Lindemann on his 37th war flight! 1G+DS.

11/12.9.40. Heinkel 111P of 5/KG27 took off for ops. over London 20.00 - 00.00
hrs. FF. Oblt.Hermann Winkler in 1G+LN. 1 of 15 aircraft from II/KG27.

11/12.9.40. Heinkel111P of 8/KG27 took off for unspecified raid at 20.52 - 03.19
hrs. FF. Willi Lindemann, Oblt.Langer? This time Lindemann making his
52nd war flight!

Sorry Chris nothing for the other operation.
Best regs,
Steve.

[Chris Goss]

Thanks for this but I have the Lindemann FB & am trying to reconcile it withe the Luftflotte 3 records & these dates do not figure

[Larry Hickey]

Chris,

I did a quick search for III./KG27 for the dates specified in the Heinrich Weiss Manuscript.

12 August 1940: nothing listed.

7 September 1940:

"Harassing attacks
Between 23.00 and 04.15 hrs 10 He 111s of III./KG27 attacked following targets in ranks of nuisance attacks:

Aircraft Target SC50 SC250 Flamm-250
1 Swansea 4 1
Plymouth 16
1 Milford Haven 8
Weymouth 4 1
Falmouth 4
Yeovilton 10
1 Liverpool 10
Gloucester 4
Cardiff 4
1 Manchester 4 1
Cheltenham 16
1 Swindon 1 1
Birmingham 7 2
1 Portland 10
Portsmouth 8
1 Bristol 16 1
1 Oxford 16
1 Manchester 6 2
1 Weymouth 4
10 Totally: 146 10 4
Weight (tons): 7,3 2,5 1,0
Total (tons) 10,8

Large-scaled attack on London
The attacks on port and industry facilities situated in target area “A” in London were also continued during the night by Luftflotte 3 and 2."

I'm not sure that III./KG27 participated in the London attacks or not.

12 September 1940:

"Luftflotte 3 Target: a)Liverpool b)London Time: 12./13.9.40

Unit Time Dispatched Bombed SC/SD50 SC/SD250 SC/SD500 SD1000 F250 B1E1
Air Corps IV a) Liverpool
K.Fl.Gr.606 21.11-22.10 hrs 18 17 151 - - - - 30
III./KG27 23.20-03.25 hrs 15 9 63 7(4) - - 7 36
Totally (79%) 33 26 214 11 - - 7 66
Tons of bombs 10,7 2,8 0,0 0,0 1,7 2,4
Tons dropped totally: 17,6

One He 111 of KG27 failed to return:

8./KG27 He 111P-2 1G+DS (W.Nr.2670) 100% target: Liverpool. Flew into a balloon barrage (of no.966 Balloon Sqn) over Ellesmere Port and crashed in Stow Park Avenue no.32 in Newport. The pilot was able to bail out. Two children were killed by crashing aircraft.
Olt. Harry Wappler (INJ) (FF) POW
Uffz. Fritz Berndt (HBO) KIA
Ofw. Johannes Elster (BF) KIA
Uffz. Herbert Okuneck (BM) KIA

The majority of German bombs were dropped in northern and middle part of the city as well as in harbor facilities of Mersey. Four huge detonations as well as quickly advancing fires were observed in dock area."

Regarding the London attacks you speculated about, these were conducted by "30 bombers of Air Corps IV, which included I. and II./KG27, but NOT III./KG27.

Hope this helps.

[Fleetenkiecker]

Hello Chris,

I hope it helps.

7./KG 27 Bes. v.Beust 1G+AR 12.08.40 11.40 – 15.44 Uhr Seeaufklärung
7./KG 27 Bes. v.Beust 1G+AR 06./07.09.40 21.27 – 00.38 London-Swansee
7./KG 27 Bes. v.Beust 1G+AR 11./12.09.40 20.50 – 01.35 London

7./KG 27 Beo: Oblt. Hans-Otto Heinert 12.08.40 11.40 – 15.47 Plymouth
7./KG 27 Beo: Oblt. Hans-Otto Heinert 11./12.09.40 Liverpool

9./KG 27 Bes: Bögerding 1G+BT 11./12.09.40 21.35 – 03.25 Bristol-Cardiff-Liverpool

Regards,
Sven

[steve sheridan]

Many thanks Chris, Larry and Sven.
Really good information, I'm quite surprised that this thread as petered off like it as.
Sven do you have more information on Bogerding of 9/KG27, I have not come across this name before whilst researching KG27. Any information would be most helpful.
Best regs,
Steve.