Hptm Walter Fenske

[paul peters]

Good evening everybody,
Is there anybody on the board who can tell me what happened to Hptm Walter Fenske (I.NJG1, 9NJG2, NJG5, NJGr10) on 28 March 1944 and where he is buried. I cannot find his grave on the site of the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraeberfuersorge.
Where can I find a photo of him?
Tia,
paul

[RT]

In 28 th for sure nothing, on 26 th he died Bf110g-4 740006 Crash no location hv you more ???

Rémi

[paul peters]

Remi,
The date of 28 March 1944 is from the site http://jpgleize.club.fr
I do not have the crash-site.
paul

[Chris Goss]

Fenske first flew with V/LG 1. There are photos of him in Von Eimannsberger's book on that unit. I have one photo of him in a group of 3 but shows him mainly from the back left.

[Alain57]

Hi Paul ,

Please find here a picture of Walter Fenske.

Alain

[Stig Jarlevik]

Remi/Paul

Balss in his second book says the WNr was 740003, can you confirm that 740006 is correct?

Also Walter Fenske was not on any operational flight and the crew which died with him were:
Techn. Insp. Helmut Hansen
Fw Alfred Steiner

The staffel is quoted as the third (ie 3./NJG 10)

Maybee one should not read too much into the Techn Insp. above, but the flight COULD have been a testflight where Fenske carried a technical controller aboard, and that this was a daylight flight.

The coming night was certainly one to remember for our own member Peter Spoden, who was wounded that night but luckily survived the ordeal.

Cheers
Stig