Luftwaffe over Scapa Flow

[Peter Cornwell]

Dave,

I can only offer you the following and have nothing whatsoever on your other queries. Are you sure of those dates ?

October 17, 1939: 2./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Suffered direct hit by AA fire during attack on British Fleet in Scapa Flow and exploded in Pegal Burn on the island of Hoy in the Orkney Islands 11.15 a.m. (Ff) Oberlt Walter Flämig, (Beo) Gefr Hans Attenberger, and (Bs) Uffz Rudi Faust killed. (Bf) Uffz Fritz Ambrosius baled out and captured badly wounded and burned. Aircraft 4D+EK 100% write-off.
Remains of this aircraft, the first to crash on mainland Great Britain, and three of its crew were scattered across an area of a quarter mile. They are buried at Lyness as Unknown Airmen.

March 16, 1940: 3./KG30 Junkers Ju88A-1. Lost bearings during return flight following attack on Scapa Flow and, low on petrol, belly-landed on Magelundegård Farm near Købelev, north of Nakskov on the Danish island of Sjælland, 11.30 p.m. (Ff) Uffz Siegfried-Werner Mattner, (Beo) Obergefr Hans-Erich Voß, (Bf) Uffz Erich Klose, and (Bs) Obergefr Fritz-Wilhelm Gottlebe arrested at Birkemosegaard Farm near Vindeby on March 18 and held at Hald, near Viborg, until the German invasion on April 9. Aircraft 4D+AL fired by crew 100% write-off.

[ISLANDER]

Hi Peter,

Thanks for your help, we were in touch a few years ago regarding the Ju-88 at Pegal Burn & the one at Flotterston,Sandwick, which was shot down by Lt T.R.V.Parke in a Martlet on Christmas day 1940.

To be honest Peter, dates are as they appeared in `Sky Over Scapa` but are vague, so this is also a process of elimination as well,to squash all the rumours of suspected ditchings etc.

Your mention of the one on 16/3/1940 has at least put this to rest, we know now that this aircraft is not in Orkney, so thanks for that.

Incidentally I have visited the Pegal Burn aircraft twice and there are still a few small pieces to be found, though mainly alloy skinning.

Regards.
Dave.