Uffz Wolfgang Kirschbaum

[Peter Cornwell]

Matti,

I make no claim that it's 'better' but here is the information that I have. Regret that I have nothing on Uffz HOFFMANN.

2./KüFlGr. 806 Heinkel He111J. Badly damaged by escort Hudsons of No. 224 Squadron (P/O Bradshaw, P/O Greenway, and P/O Hurley) during attack on British naval flotilla RZ and ditched in the sea off Denmark during return flight 3.30 p.m. BF Fw Rainer Herchenbach and FF Uffz Wolfgang Kirschbaum both killed, BO Lt zur See Heinz Brücker and BM Fw Friedrich Berges both missing. Aircraft M7+BK 100% write-off.
This aircraft radioed that it was making a forced-landing but required no assistance. The bodies of Wolfgang Kirschbaum and Rainer Herchenbach later came ashore on the Danish coast and were both originally buried at Hansted.