Gefr. Willi Krzossa, KG 40.

[Martin Gleeson]

Hallo all,

I am looking for help with this airman whose body was found floating in the sea off Dursey Island, County Cork, Ireland on 30 July 1941. Initially buried in Dursey Island cemetery his body was reinterred in 1959 within the new German War cemetery at Glencree in Co. Wicklow.

Can anyone please confirm that he was a crew member on FW 200 Werk. Nr. 0064 lost on 30 June 1941 over the Atlantic ? I also need the names of the rest of the crew, the reason for the aircraft loss and if possible the location of its loss.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

[Marc BENOIT]

Hello Martin,

Here's the loss :

Fw 200 C 3, WNr 0064, F8 + HH, 100 % in Atlantic

F Ofw OHRBACH Herbert
F Uffz NURBERG Hermann
Bf Fw SCHOLZ Walter
Bm Uffz WIRTH Georg
Bs Uffz NEUMANN Walter
All MIA
and Bf Gefr KROSSA Willi, killed

The Fw 200 was one of three whose mission was to find convoi OG 66 again ( take off Bordeaux 1,59; 2,00 and 2,02 am landing Brest 14,34 and 14,45 pm )
Hth
Regards
Marc

[Martin Gleeson]

Merci Marc !

That information is new to me and very helpful.

Regards,

Martin.