Need info on two Luft. pilots from II./KG30 that attacked the Lancastria on 17.06.40

[Larry Hickey]

udf,

Okay, thanks, I've reworked my 5 Staffel roster for mid-June and come up with 11 pilots, one of whom was badly injured in a crash on 16.6.40, and one of whom was away on a special mission:

Oblt. Herbert? Schneider, StaKap (a/o 14.5.40 until ??)
Oblt Erich Stoffregen (later 6. Staffel Kap)
Lt Wolfgang Mann (badly injured 16.6.40)
Lt Werner Baumbach (away on special duty)
Fw FNU Kühnast (Fw Arthur Kühnast Killed in plane crash in France with IV./KG30 on 18.9.41- probably same guy.)
Fw FNU Lorbeer
Fw Willi Erkens (promoted since Uffz on 27.4.40?)
Fw FNU Friedrich
Uffz FNU Schröder
Uffz FNU Geffgen (belly landing on 17.6.40 "Lancastria" mission)
Uffz Peter Stahl (flew on 17.6.40 "Lancastria" mission)

Does this look right? Can anyone else add any pilots, first names, or further information to help complete this 5 Staffel roster, or identify other members of II./KG30 that might have taken part in the "Lancastria" attack? Does anyone know when Oblt. FNU Schneider took command of 5. Staffel and when he departed? Does anyone know the first name of Hptm. (Erich--added by LJH) Hass (LJH spelling corrected), the referenced 4. Staffel Kap, and his dates of service as commander of that unit, which may well have participated in the 17.6.40 attack? It appears from loss data that 6 Staffel was still operating out of Norway in mid-June, and wouldn't have likely been available to participate in the "Lancastria" attack.

I just found this entry in our EoE DB for May 12th, which seems to refer to the StaKap, Oblt. Schneider, but does not seem consistent with the above info, unless, as a prisoner of the Dutch, Schneider was released almost immediately and wasn't badly injured:

"May 12, 1940: 5./KG30 Junkers 88A-1. Shot down while attacking shipping off IJmuiden by No. 264 Squadron Defiants and No. 66 Squadron Spitfires, and belly-landed with port engine alight at Hazerswoude (Netherlands) but crashed into the Hazerwoude to Koudekerk railway embankment 2.30 p.m. BS Flgr Siegfried Lahm, and BO Uffz Willi Borowka both killed, BF Fw Theophil Schwarz captured badly wounded, died May 21, FF Oberlt Herbert Schneider captured wounded – later released. Aircraft 100% write-off. (Source: Pieter Hooijmanns)"

Regards,