Ju88A lost 21.10.43 Med.Area.

[steve sheridan]

Good afternoon, could anybody be kind enough to supply the loss detail for Hptm Walter Hildebrand St.Kap 3/KG26 who failed to return from an attack on Convoy MKS28 off Cape Tenes 21.10.43.
Any help appreciated.

Steve.

[Khorat]

Hi Steve,

3./KG 26 He 111 H-11 serial 110363 T1+TL (yellow T), missing near Cap Tenes/Algeria, reason unknown.
Hptm. Walter Hildebrand
Lt. Helmut Renz (B)
Fw. Ernst Kittel (Bf)
Fw. Theodor Bokert (Bs)

all missing

takeoff was Salon-de-Provence,
source source database MB/UK

khorat

[Matti Salonen]

1943-10-21, 3./KG 26, He 111H-11LT, 110363, 1H+TL, Bei Cap Tenes, Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer (Staffelkapitän) Hptm Hildebrand, Walter, vermißt
Kampfbeobachter Lt Renz, Helmut, vermißt
Bordfunker Fw Kittel, Ernst, vermißt
Bordschütze Fw Eckert, Theodor, vermißt

Matti

[steve sheridan]

Thanks ever so much Khorat and Matti, im very grateful.

This may be a long shot but im trying to establish whether this Hildebrand served with the Stabstaffel KG26 during the Polish Campaign. I have a Fw Hildebrand in my notes and im interested to confirm whether this is the same chap?

Best regs,
Steve.

[Jim P.]

Per Kaiser: "In 1938 he transferred to the HQ flight (StabSt.) of KG 26 at Luneburg. Hildebrand flew his first combat missions over Poland."

Kaiser, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kampfflieger, V.1, p.208-209

[steve sheridan]

Thanks for that Jim, is this the very same Walter? do you have any further details from Kaiser on his career up until his loss 21.10.43.

Kindest regs,
Steve.

[chuckschmitz]

From Kaiser:

RK 06.04.1944 als Hauptmann nach dem tode
EP 24.08.1942 als Oberleutenant
DK 17.10.1943 als Oberleutenant

killed while attacking an Anglo-American convoy off Cape Tenes in He 111 H-11, Werk.Nr. 110363 1H+TL
last seen making a torpedo run

Hope that helps.

Chuck

[chuckschmitz]

Are you looking for anything in particular?

Chuck

[steve sheridan]

Hi Chuck, thank you for the information on Hildebrand's awards.

I was seeking to try and establish whether the Fw Hildebrand i have recorded in my notes was the same guy lost on the 21.10.43.
The Hildebrand i have, was originally with the Stabstaffel/KG26 and flew numerous sorties during the Polish Campaign of september 1939.

Likewise, im trying to find further info on the following men with the Stabstaffel/KG26 9.39.

Lt Jacobi, ( Is this Lt Hans-Joachim Jacobi Von Wangelin future RKT recipient?)
Lt v Vleuten, ( Could this be Hans Van Vleuten later with 5/(F)122 and WIA 19.9.40?)
Fw Fullgrabe, no further detail as yet.

Best regs,
Steve.

[Matti Salonen]

1940-02-20, Stabsst./KG 26, He 111H-3, Fl.Pl. Weimar-Nohra, Absturz kurz nach Start vermutlich infolge Sonnenblendung und Aufschlagbrand. Bruch 100 %.
Uffz Heine, Kurt, +
Uffz Klein, Karl, +
Fw Füllgrabe, Alfred, verletzt

Matti