Ju 88-crew, unknown unit

[Pawel Burchard]

Some time ago there was a photograph for sale on ebay.de depicting crew after 10.000 Feindflug in front of Ju 88, place and date was given as Kirowograd 17-Aug-1943 and the names were (as I can decipher from the preview) Uffz. Berll, Uffz. Deansch, Uffz. Bohnstädt and Gefr. Fischer. Can anyone tell from what unit the crew was? I presume K.G. 3, K.G. 51 or some Aufkl.-Staffel.

Kind regards,
Pawel

[RT]

Decyphering not bad, I hv for 5.12.43 a loss from 3.kg51, crew vermisst,
uffz Bohnsted bf, Bartl F, Fischer b, Steileder bs, could you pls repost the link or picture I missed that one

rt

[Pawel Burchard]

Many thanks RT, do you mean 3. Staffel or III. Gruppe? Picture attached.

Kind regards,
Pawel

[RT]

Great thks Pawel for the picture, 3.staffel, one more time the names differ from one ''official'' source to an other..

rt

[Pawel Burchard]

It is all a bit weird...

- according to Dierich's 'Kampfgeschwader 51' in December 1943 I./K.G. 51 should be in Germany flying Me 410s, and III./K.G. 51 disbanding at Illesheim/Germany

- Dierich also gives Ogefr. Hellmuth Steigleder as MIA in Russia in December 1943 (the only Gruppe there at that time was II.)

Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Pawel

[RT]

I am guilty, but 3 is very near from 6 on the board, the unit is 6.kg51
to Feind Flak, location PQ 81263 Ju88a-4 300129 9K+EP

rt

[Pawel Burchard]

That fits perfectly, big thanks RT.
...by the way (according to LUMA) this should be approx. 20 km SEE Korosten in Ukraine.

Kind regards,
Pawel

[RT]

In a PRIEN book you could find a big map with all coordinates for PQ, not very accurate big highly useful to hv quickly a good idea of location

reg.

Remi