KG51 Losses 22.6.41 - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum

Reiner · #11 11th October 2007, 19:59

Hi Steve!

I have the diary, many fotos and some awards from Lt. Werner Poppenburg, 7./K.G.51. He flew the first and the second of his 216 missions as a Kampfflieger on 22.6.1944. The first target was airfield Stryj and the second Tarnopol.
The diary describes these two missions very precisely.
Not only in Stanislau, me unknown until today, also in Tarnopol they found several airmen tortured and murdered by NKWD. One, Ofw.Harenburg, was identified by a comrade.
The Bordfunker of the Poppenburg-crew survived the war and told me, that after these founds in Tarnopol many crews not wanted to come lively into Russian captivity.
Also I have copies of all “Namentliche Verlustmeldungen der III./K.G.51“ on the 22.6.1941.

Rene

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