13th May 1940 He 111 of 1./KG 4

[Bas Maathuis]

Hi Larry, Pieter,

The letter is an answer from the burgomaster of municipality IJsselstein to the head of police in Amsterdam regarding missing members of the German Luftwaffe, dated 4th November 1941.

“…. I have the honor to inform you that on May 13th 1940, a German aircraft crashed at approximately 2.00 hrs p.m. in a meadow along the Lagendijk. It was a twin-engine aircraft, supposedly a Junker, number 2166. The aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Mr. Jurrianus Peele, living at Langendijk 101 was an eyewitness. The crew of four were taken prisoner by Dutch soldiers and brought to Lopik. There were no casualties. After the Dutch capitulation a motorcar was requisitioned by the NCO, the aircraft commander, who stated his name was: Paul Bargykowski. He and the other crewmembers left for Emmerich.

Signed by burgomaster of IJsselstein ”

Btw, Pieter may be right about the Wnr of 5J+DA. Jaap Woortman did some research on the He 111 losses over Holland and found that He 111 Wnr.2909 was written off on April 6th 1944.
Source: RL 2 III/778.