Oblt. Hans Bucholz KG 40

[schnellmeyer]

I would be very grateful if anybody could please tell me who was the co-pilot on Oblt. Hans Bucholz's crew while flying with 1/ KG40 .

[schnellmeyer]

Can anybody help please ???

[Matti Salonen]

In May 19, 1941, when they crashed near Irland, the copilot was Ofw Otto Kroke.

Matti

[schnellmeyer]

Thanks for your help Matti . I recently picked up some original photos of Hans Bucholz and his crew .One of the photos carried "Oberleutnant Bucholz mit Besatzung 1941" on the back but another one of the photos showed a crew member getting out of a Fw 200 and it was captioned "2. Flugzeug fuhrer von der Besatzung Oblt.Bucholz . This photo could possibly show Ofw. Otto Kroke ?

[Frans A]

schnellmeyer,
The name of Buchholz is written with 2 h's
Frans A

[schnellmeyer]

Yes , you are right Frans A , sorry it was a mistake by me and I should have seen the correct spelling on the back of the photos too as it is " Buchholz " .

[alessandro bray]

Hi

the names of Oblt Buchholz's crew members on the day he was shot down (19.05.1941) are:

ofw Otto Kroke (2. pilot)
ofw Paul Schmidt (1. radio operator)
uffz Erhard Milde (2. radio operator)
ofw Erich Kielke (mechanic)
fw Kurt Brattke (Mg gunner)
Friedrich Keller as metereologist

[schnellmeyer]

Hi Alessandro , thanks for your help and names of Hans Buchholz's crew on the day they crashed off the Irish coast . I believe most of the crew survived the crash landing , a pity Hans did not.

[Chris Goss]

Buchholz and Schmidt were the 2 who died when F8+DH/0060 was shot down by a single 12-pdr shell fired by the SS Umgeni 300 miles west of Donegal Bay at 0715 hrs. The trouble is was Kroke the regular 2nd pilot-does the photo show a rank?