crash near Boulange/Moselle on 10 May 1940

[Matti Salonen]

1940-05-13, 3./ZG 26, Bf 110 C, Vaudétré bei Warmeriville, 17 km nordöstlich Reims
Flugzeugführer Fw Ernst, Ulrich, +
Bordfunker Gefr Hoffmann, Theodor, gefangen
Absturz infolge Beschuß von Hurricanes der 1 und 73 Sqn westlich Vouziers. Bruch 100 %. Mit Fallschim abgesprungenn. Flugzeugführer am Boden geschoßen.

Matti

[Stig Jarlevik]

Tricky this, when an individual is using names where both can be used as a given and/or family names.

Matti
Since the Germans could have had no idea which enemy units that shot them down, you must have
added those details from elsewhere.

Cornwell believed at the time of writing that both crew were killed but it was Hoffmann that was shot
trying to escape capture while Ernst was just killed in an unknown way.

Do we know for certain that Hoffmann was actually made a POW? Does he appear at any point after
the BofF?

B Rgds
Stig