Convoys PQ1 to PQ16 Luftwaffe losses

[Brian Bines]

Possible PQ 16 Hunters:-

25-5-42 III/KG30 Polar See Unknown Ju88 A-4 140138 4D+IT
FF Fw Martin Irrgang m
B Ogef. Hans Recha m
Bf Ogef Hans Muller m
Bs Gef Heinrich Jungeland m

25-5-42 III/KG30 Polar See possibly due to AA Ju 88A-4 1456 4D+CR
FF Ltn Arther Schbert m
B Ogef Rudolf Geppert m
Bf Ogef Karl Weber m
Bs Uffz Franz Allweiler m

26-5-42 I/KG26 'H' Fl.PL. Banak crashed and burnt out He111 H-6 4817
Ff Uffz Helmut Walter +
B Uffz Martin Barmutz +
Bs Uffz Wilhelm Baugmann +
Bf Uffz Georg Harger +

27-5-42 I/KG30 NordMeer ditched following AA fire Ju88 A-4 2061 4D+DH
Ff Uffz Max Puryre m-+
B Uffz Kurt Heuer m-+
Bf Uffz Paul Zeschke m-+
Bs Uffz Ftefan Kuvanzs m-+

27-5-42 I/KG30 Fl.Pl.Banak crash following AA fire Ju88 A-4 142073
Ff Oblt Friedich-August v.Starck +
B Uffz Mathias Zilk +
Bf Uffz Rikelaus Deindl +
Bs Uffz Albert Beselt +
Crew buried Botn-Rognan one site gives this as probaly own Flak

27-5-42 III/KG30 ditched following engine failure Ju88 A-4 1226 4D+ER
Ff Ltn Horst Midke m
B Uffz Heinrich Ludwig m
Bf Ogef Alfred Stein m
Bs Gef Konrad Rudigale m

27-5-43 I/Kg40 Jan Majen Island Enemy Fire
Bf Ofw Friedrich Findeuisen +

28-5-42 1/KFGr.106 Crash by Kistrand on start He115C 3250
Ff Hptm Walter Staack +
B Ltn Peter Kruse +
Bf Fw Friedrich Ossenkopp +
crew buried Botn-Rognan

30-5-42 I/KG30 Fl.Pl. Banak crashed on start Ju88 A-4 2068
Ff Ofw Fritz Muller + buried Botn-Rognan
B Uffz Walter Bachmeister inj
Bs Gef Karl Maier inj

30-5-42 II/KG30 Eismeer believed fell to fighters Ju88 A-4 4D+CM 1760
Ff Oblt. Siegfried Scharff m
B Fw Herbert Wendt m
Bf Gef Georg Tischler m
Bs Obfahn Alfred Eromin m

Source GQM and 'Deutsche Flieger unter dem Nordlicht'

Regards

Brian Bines

NB another possibility on 25-5-42 is Fw200C 0080 of 3/KG40 crashed on T/O Varnes on combat mission Ff Ofw Wilhelm Lohmann and Bm Fw Erich Seifert killed plus 4 inj.