Ju88 5072 of 8/KG51 lost 12-8-1940

[Brian Bines]

Seeking any details of the shooting down of the above aircraft, which I believe went down in the Channel due to fighter action. Initially this was shown as falling into Portsmouth Harbour after being hit by AA fire but this aircraft was 4078 crew of Oblt. Wildemuth. The crew of 5072 (9K+FS ?) were Ltn Paul Seidel (Freiburg incident on 10-5-1940), B Fw Fritz Lokuschuss, Bf Uffz Heinrick Fischer, Bs PK SdFhr. Ulrich 'Uli' Bigalke all missing. GQM report dated 21-9-40 then shows two men from Ltn Seidels crew washed ashore ( Lokuschuss and Fischer ?) and Ltn Seidel notified as dead in report dated 4-11-40. Looking up Ulrich Bigalke all I could find was that he was an engineer, pre-war racing driver and made two short films. Is there an RAF claim relating to this loss, was the body of Ltn Seidel recovered, is it known if he was lost with the same B and Bf who flew with him on 10-5-1940, is there an NVM for this the loss of this crew. Any background or photos for the Seidel crew and Bigalke appreciated,

Regards

Brian Bines