german he 111 crew

seeking info on a heinkel he 111
from 11/kg26
shot down over suez canal
1. major helmet bertram have his pow records
2.let horst folter have is pow records
3.unteroffizer kurt holst have is pow records
4.werner.lissmann have his pow records

seems they were shot down on 17th jan 1941
seeking photos of these men
found many news paper report s on helmet bertram seems to been made a lt conl also did any of the men hold the iron cross etc
as seem the men where sent to western australia and held in a pow camp
marrinup a one hour drive from rockingham and the other camp was jarrahdale
they mostly cut wood
crash reports etc anything that can be of use as i think these men need some respect today as they where doing the same thing to save there homes

[Chris Goss]

The crew was:
Lt Hans Folter-pilot
Maj Helmut Bertram-observer
Uffz Kurt von Holst-radio operator
Uffz Werner Lissmann-flt eng
They were shot down by Flak attacking Suez in He 111 H--5, Werk Nummer 3848 coded 1H+GM
Bertram was in command of II Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 26. He would have been promoted later to Oberstleutnant. Iron Crosses were a very common award

[Nick Beale]

The crew's unit was II./KG 26 (Roman numerals). This distinction was important in how the Germans named their formations, so you could end up chasing the wrong unit if you miss it.

KG 26 (Arabic number) 26 was made up of four Gruppen (with Roman numbers). Each Gruppe was made up of three Staffeln (with Arabic numbers). 11./KG 26 (Arabic number) was a Staffel within IV./KG 26, which hadn't formed at the time your crew was taken prisoner.

thanks guys does any one known a web site to find their service records mike

[cpaige5@hotmail.com]

Just to add a few tidbits of info:
There is a book published in Australia called Stalag Australia. Its about the 1400 German PoWs that were moved to Australia during the war. Most of them captured on the high seas, North Africa early 1941 battles and a few from Crete and Greece. Lt Col Bertram was the highest ranking Luftwaffe PoW there. This info is from that book.

[edwest2]

The author of this book is Barbara Winter and it was published in 1986. It is shown as out of print on amazon.com