Loss He.111 KG53 (KG3?) on 25th November 1944

[Soren Flensted]

Hello Chris
You might be able to crack this: On 3/1-45 at 21:30 hours a aircraft crashed at Bjerndrup Ostermark near Kliplev in southern Denmark with the loss of all onboark. I think that it was a He 111 of Kg 53 ? The crew must have been laid to rest in Flensburg.Can you sheed light on this ?

[Chris Goss]

Easy! He 111 Wk Nr 110264 A1+GK of 2/KG 53. Uffz Herbert Juergens + 4 killed and buried 8 Jan 45 at Leck

[Soren Flensted]

Hi Chriss
Thanks a lot. Do you have the four names of the rest of the crew ? Just so I get it right on my home page when I get to 1945. Is there any indication of why it crashed ? From local hold it seems as if Jürgens tried an emergency landing but hit a small dyke.

[Chris Goss]

Fhr Franz wiethaupt, Uffz Heinz Wagner, Ogefr Erich Kesmitzki, Ofw Herbert Lange. 'Nach Rueckgekehrt in Folge Bodenberuhrung abgestuerzt'

[Soren Flensted]

Hi Chris
That was very fast. Thank you.

[Soren Flensted]

Chris
Today I visited the cemetery at Kirchstrasse in Leck where the 5 man crew of He 111 werknummer 110264 of 2./KG 53 crashed on 3/1-45 is buried.
I found four more graves from the same date. Do you know if 2./KG 53 lost more aircrafts in Northern Germany on that day ?
From 3/1-1945 these four persons rest next to each other:
Herbert Rose born 8/4-18
Heinz Kowalski born 2/5-21
Gerhard Taschner born 29/12-18
Hans Olm born 19/7-22.

[Chris Goss]

Wk Nr 162378 coded A1+DK crashed at Tinglev on the return. There was also a Gefr Gerhard Taeschner