Ju 52 lost 6th April 1945

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Kummer, Alfred (Flight Sergeant)
Unit:
Flugzeugführer 11./Transportgeschwader 2
Awarded on:
November 18th, 1944
Awarded in recognition of his record as a transport pilot on all fronts. By the time of his reception of the Knight’s Cross he had completed a total of 585 front flights.
Flew a total of over 600 front flights.

Does anyone know of a photo of him ?

Very few transport aircrew were awarded the Knights Cross. Not a "glamorous" service and overlooked.

I was looking in the book Hitler's Final Fortress-Breslau 1945 for any reference to the flight. All I could find was " The last wounded were flown out of Breslau on April 7, the final flight into the fortress of an "Aunt Ju" occurred the following night.

In Aircraft&Legend Junkers JU52 by Heinz Nowarra

" The greatest supply operation by transport aircraft during the last months of the war both in terms of scope and losses, was the supply of Breslau, which was encircled Feb15. No figures are available on the activity of transport planes during the supply of Breslau ,but it is known that 165 transport aircraft, mainly JU52s and their crews were lost,During the night of 6/7April the last three JU52s landed in the besieged city and took with them on their return flight 52 wounded and 2 aircrew.

Although they could no longer land, on May 1 seven JU52s once again dropped supplies above the city. Two Fiesler Fi Storch landed and collected transport glider crews. On May 6 Breslau capitulated.

Bill