Major Wilhelm HERGET's Ju 88 G-1 found in Belgium!

[ClinA-78]

Dear all,

I had the pleasure to recover last Saturday the wreckage of Ju 88 G-1 piloted by Gruppenkommandeur Wilhelm HERGET (I./NJG 4 based at Florennes).
The aircraft crashed in Pont-à-Celles (North of Charleroi), hamlet "Launoy" on the 15th June 1944.
As witnessed by F/Lt. Burbridge (85 Sqn) who claimed it, the Ju 188 (sic.) crashed with a tremendous explosion. Indeed both BMW 801 were found - albeit badly destroyed - at more than 5 meters deep. Very few parts of wings and fuselage were found as like cockpit items or ammo (recovered by Bergungskommando). However we found a MG FF mounted in "Schrage Musik" device so the ID of the aircraft was 100% archieved and the mission fully accomplished (the NVM quotes vaguely RAUM Charleroi)!
The Ju 88 took off from Florennes and I hope to display the artefacts in Florennes airbase museum soon, so "la boucle est bouclée". They will be displayed along with BMW 801 of FW 190 A-7 piloted by Oblt. Otto Hummel.

From the national TV:
http://www.rtbf.be/video/detail_jt-13h?id=1848243#

http://charleroi.blogs.sudinfo.be/ar...ttu-77422.html

BEnjoy

ClinA-78