Ju 88 with Hohentwiel radar "+RH" loss May 1945

[Roger Gaemperle]

@Jim, thank you for the additional information. Do you have a copy of Fw. Hans Hasenmueller's Flugbuch? Why did they fly from Norway to Cirava and then back to Germany? Did they pick up people in the Courland pocket to evacuate them?

@Gerhard mentioned that two of the crew were Deutschbein & Heine. Who was the pilot and what was the role of the two others?

@Snautzer, thank you. I came across the same link while searching for 204th AAA and noticed the Fw 190 D-9 in the photo series that is known to have been found at Eschwege. So that seems to confirm that the 204th AAA was indeed in Eschwege.

@Ed, thank you for the info regarding the type and W.Nr.

@Chris, I was not referring to these particular photos, but your photos show the same aircraft and I can confirm that the code on the fuselage of this aircraft was +RH

So in summary, is the following correct?:

Ju 88 D-1/D
4N+RH
W.Nr. unknown
Former 1.(F)/22, at the time of loss attached to Halbstaffel 1.(F)/120
Crew: Deutschbein, Heine, Hasenmueller

Unclear to me:
- What were the roles of the crew members.

Just found the following account by Orv Iverson, 926 Signal Battalion, Company A, who was at Eschwege on 8 May 1945 (http://home.earthlink.net/~iversonom/veday1.html):

"The 3rd day after V-E day. A couple of these(ed:Stuka tank bombers) flew in and landed at our field at Eschwege. Both were short on fuel and exceedingly happy to have made it to an American airfield. (Eschwege airfield is just across the river from what was then Russian territory.) These 2 Ju-87s had been based on a island off the coast of Norway and used against allied convoys to Russia. Later the same day, a Ju 88 came stooging across the field but, in that he neglected to lower his gear, our field AA opened up on him. (Usual poor shooting) but he dropped below a nearby hill and bellied it in. --about 8 jerries were out waving white flags when our L-5 flew over."