KG 40

[Foute Man]

Originally Posted by Oxby R

22.03 hrs 01/11/41 : 7/KG40 Heinkel III [H-6] 4430 coded F8+KR en route Liverpool downed P/O Shipard/Oxby Beaufighter X7540 over Anglesey. 4 crew all KIA : Lt G. Leins; Uffz A Tepe; Uffz G Fischer; Gefr R Terstegen.

08/11/41 FW-200 3/KG40 described by Chris (above) attacking convoy OG76 location Western Approaches. Fighters were Martlets.

12/11/41 : Do-217 4/KG40 lost shipping strike east coast - also described by Chris' post above thought the dates might be useful. No further KG40 losses for Nov 41 in the UK far as I can see. Several KG40 losses December '41 though.

Was Gefreiter R Terstegen a Dutchman? His name looks more Dutch/Belgian than German. I know several Dutch pilots joined the Luftwaffe, but little is known about their fate and (small) numbers.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Resurrecting an old thread, but here are two links that should help Chris to remove the ??? on the location of the 12 November loss:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happisburgh_Lighthouse
http://maps.google.fr/maps?hl=fr&q=Happisburgh

[Chris Goss]

The ? came from German records-if they had access to wikipedia......