KGr.100 August 1940 ??

[Chris Goss]

Photos I believe in my book on the He 111 pages 104-107. Aircraft captain was a Lt Oswald Lochbrunner and it was 15 Aug 40 but there is confusion as a number crash-0landed/got lost. No idea where Quedenau came from and nothing came down in UK

[Peter Cook]

This is what I have:

BOB Then and Now - Pg. 573 - 15/08/1940
1/KGr100 - Heinkel He 111H-1 - Failed to return from operational sortie. Exact cause unknown. Lt. Lochbrunner and three NCOs missing. Aircraft a write-off.

BOB Combat Archive - Vol. 4 Pg. 559 - 15/08/1940
August 15th-16th - Night Operations - 1/KGr100 - He111H-4 - Went down in the sea, taking Lt Lochbrunner and his three crew with it. 24 aircraft of KGr100 took off between 20.56 and 23.32 hours for the Midlands. Four aircraft had technical problems... bombs fell near to the Morris Commercial Car Works outside Birmingham where overhead cables were brought down and water and gas mains broken.

Peter

[robert]

BOB combat archive is full of mistakes concerning German losses.
According to logbook of Lochbrunner on 15.8.40 he made back and crashed on landing outside his base with 20% of damage. He was probably posted MIA before he made contact with his unit and this missing report was never cancelled.

Robert