Luftwaffe crash at Oberpfaffenhofen 1.5.40

[Peter Cornwell]

Hi Steve,

Happy to oblige. From p414 of The Battle of France Then & Now which I hope you enjoy when it arrives:

3./KG51 Junkers Ju88A. Shot down by S/Lt Picot of GC III/9 between Nantua and Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and crashed near Dagneux, north-east of Lyons, following attack on Marseille 9.10 a.m. Oberlt P. Kibele, Oberfw M. Schulzki, Fw G. Köppel, and Uffz R. Bauer killed. Aircraft a write-off.

[steve sheridan]

Many thanks Peter, cant wait for the book to arrive!!

Best regs,
Steve.

[Laurent Rizzotti]

Hello,

I resurrect this old thread because I am interested in the fate of the second loss, described by Peter Cornwell in 2008 as:

"3./KG51 Junkers Ju88A. Shot down by S/Lt Picot of GC III/9 between Nantua and Bellegarde-sur-Valserine and crashed near Dagneux, north-east of Lyons, following attack on Marseille 9.10 a.m. Oberlt P. Kibele, Oberfw M. Schulzki, Fw G. Köppel, and Uffz R. Bauer killed. Aircraft a write-off."

The same is written in the book "Battle of France Then and Now".

But a French source (http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/201...e-en-maurienne) in 2010 said that this bomber crashed near Ambans, Savoie, while trying to reach Italy over the Alps.

And the book "Les victoires de l'aviation de chasse française, vol 2 (16 mai-4 juin 1940)", by Arnaud Gillet, has nothing about this loss and links the claim by S/Lt Picot of GC III/9 to the bomber of 8./KG 55 that was later achieved over Switzerland by two Swiss fighters.

So, I would be interested to know if Peter's entry in his database is still the same, or if new data had enabled him to change it.

Best regards

[udf_00]

All in french :
Downloadable pdf
http://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2011/08/12...ers-88-v11.pdf

http://crashavionallemand39-45.over-...-92766330.html
http://crashavionallemand39-45.over-...-88691634.html

vallée d’Ambin, hameau du Planay
Plate :
Best Nr 54835 / 12
Zeichn Nr 88.651-74
Typ U Grp JU 88 A-1