Luftwaffe aircraft down in Sweden 1940

[Brian]

Hi guys


On 24 April 1940, a Bf110 of 3./ZG76 force-landed on Lake Upmasajaure. The crew was rescued by a He59. Names and information required, please.

On 2 June 1940, a Ju87 and a Ju52 were both shot down by AA guns mounted on a train, or trains. Were these two separate incidents. Any details would be appreciated.

On 6 June 1940, a Ju52 crashed near Hogdal. Ltn Sperber and crew. From which unit was this aircraft?

Cheers
Brian

[Stig Jarlevik]

Well Brian

The Bf 110 incident was on May 24th, 1940
Bf 110D-0 WNr 3154 NO+DS of 2./ZG 76 crew Fw Neurieter (F) and Stabsing. Thönes (B) and probably damaged in a combat with British Gladiators. The crew was rescued by He 59 D.ALYO from Seenotflugkommando 1 in Trondheim, led by Lt Wölke.
The incident was unknown during the war from the Swedish side and research as to what had happened did not start until the wreck was discovered in 1946.

2 June 1940
Ju 87B-2 WNr 87207 A5+IL 3./St.G 1 crewed by Fw Hans Ott(F) and Lt Günther Brack (B) shot down by AA machine gun from an armoured train. Forcelanded 14.19H 3 km east-north-east Abisko

Ju 52/3m WNr 6751 DC+SP 1./KGrzbV.106 shot down by Swedish AA fire 14.31H and very close to the Swedish/Norwegian border. Possibly from the same train as the one above.
Crew: Uffz Hans Töchler (F), Gefr Kramer (Bf) killed, Fw Franz Reichard (Bm), + 12 paratroopers: Ofw Haase (killed), Uffz Gustav Mank, Fw Walter Himmrich or Himmerich, Ufw Hermann Bansen, Hans Vorsteffel (killed), Arno Wolf, Werner Fischer (killed), Franz Langfeld (killed), Konrad Hof (killed), Walter Schnitzer (killed), Bodo Westkamp (killed), Ogefr Adolf Koch.

6 June 1940
Ju 52/3m WNr 6754 xx+Rx 2.Kp/FFS (C) 1 crewed by: Uffz Otto Reissner, Uffz Willi Riemann, Fw Ludwig Seipp, Lt Walter Sperber, all killed, shot down by a gunboat model 41 "Skagerack" and its 40 mm Bofors AA-gun m/36. Aircraft crashed on fire and was totally destroyed.

Best Regards
Stig

[Chris Goss]

The Bf 110 incident has been subject to much discussion on this site

[Peter Cornwell]

Stig,

I’m having difficulties with the casualties you have posted in relation to the Ju52/3m loss on June 2, 1940, as I cannot find many of them listed in the VDK database. Any further clarification you can offer will be much appreciated.

[edNorth]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

2 June 1940 Ju 87 B-2 WNr 87207 A5+IL 3./St.G 1 crewed by Fw Hans Ott(F) and Lt Günther Brack (B) shot down by AA machine gun from an armoured train. Forcelanded 14.19H 3 km east-north-east Abisko

Stig,

This W.Nr. caught my eye and likely is not correct. According to my notes, other aircraft around that number, it possibly could be Ju 87 B-1 W.Nr. 0870207 and "produced" at FZB (Bernburg) in about October 1938. If so there is photo of it (in some magazine) of it wearing only large number "207" on fuselage. What is your source for the incident?

(7207 is not valid number for Ju 87)

Best regards
ed

[Stig Jarlevik]

Peter/Ed

I should of course have listed my source(s) for my reply. As far as I know there has been three published histories of Axis/allied forcelandings in Sweden. If we concentrate us on the German side, the first one as in Sweden and called Haven of Refuge. In this publication the ID of the Ju 87 was still unknown. The second book was published by Monogram in 1983, The Luftwaffe in Sweden 1939-45. In that one the Ju 87 is still listed as unknown. Finally in 2007 the book Tyska Nödlandare 1939-45 was published. It is in this one that WNr 87207 is stated.

With regard to the crew and paratroopers onboard the Ju 52 nothing is listed in the first publication, but both the second and third has the names listed. I have at this stage not checked the 1983 and 2007 issues name by name, since I only quoted the 2007 book.

The author Bo Widfeldt is well known in Sweden and I know him fairley well so I can check his sources if anyone is interested.

Peter
Excuse my ignorance, but please explain what VDK database is. I probably should know, but....

Cheers
Stig

[Peter Cornwell]

Stig,

Thanks. Confirmation of the names/fates would be helpful in due course. Sorry for my shorthand, VDK is the Volksbund Deutscher Kriegsgräberfürsorge website. Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Thanks Peter

Yes I have heard about the site before. My own interest does not go that far I'm afraid, so your shorthand did not ring any bell....

Before I call Bi can you give me, either a personal e-mail, or a resume of which names you cannot locate?

Cheers
Stig

[Stig Jarlevik]

Ed/Peter

The information listed by Bo Widfeldt are ALL taken from the Swedish War Archives. The Ju 87B-2 was taken to Linkoping (Malmen) and examined, and this examination document has been located. The WNr is taken from said paper. Likewise all paratroopers names are taken from the report of the Ju 52/3m incident. All are quoted in verbatim as listed.

I also inquired about the VDK problem and Bo replied that he had been trying to contact them, but they never bothered to answer any of his letters. Most research was made on site in the Swedish War Archives during a 30 year period. Since this also ment having clearance to look into still secret files, Bo Widfeldt has handed over all his research to said organization, and it can be located under his name at site.

B Rgds
Stig

[edNorth]

Thanks Stig. I will make note of this.