Fw 58 or He 59 - 11 August 1940

[JoMe]

Hi

On this day, two He 50 sea rescue aircraft from SN-Flugkdo.2 (SN Flugkdo. Cherbourg) are said to have been lost.
The He59/TW+HL was lost when it rolled over during a water landing in the British Channel, another He59 (no further details are known) was seen burned out (RL2III/1147, page 48).
The Fw58 must be considered separately. At this time, the fighter units deployed on the Channel had their own sea rescue aircraft (Fw 58), which they probably used independently. Uffz Ferdinand Deckert from II./JG 54 was wounded during one of these sea rescue missions (in aerial combat). Nothing further is known about this Fw 58 either.

JoMe