Loss of Oblt. Werner KÜHL 2./LG 1 JU 88A-4 L1+A night of 24./25. May 1943

[leonventer]

Hi Kurt,

Just to add to the above replies:

I checked Peter Taghon's "Die Geschichte Lehrgeschwaders 1, Band 2", and it provides a few details on the raid. A force of 32 Ju 88s of II. Fliegerkorps attacked Bone, without much success. Apparently, the Ju 88s from I./LG 1 transferred from Foggia to Decimomannu between 14:38 and 16:50. They then flew the raid from there starting at 20:50, and afterwards landed back at Foggia. Two crews from 2./LG 1 and one from 3./LG 1 were lost to nightfighters.

FYI, "MAW v4" is the 4th volume in the series "A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940-1945" by Christopher Shores, et al.

In both of these sources, the Werke Nummer of Kühl's Ju 88-4 L1+AK is listed as 141277.

Leon Venter