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[byron-]

hello Aviator,

I`ll keep it in mind if I can find anything

[David Ransome]

Steve, Byron,

Just in case you haven't got them, by process of elimination and comparison of records:

He111 H-6 4433..................1H+EP
He111 H-5 3874..................1H+AP

27 May 1942 6./KG100 loss was He111 H-6 7218 ........6N+CJ (One of my relatives died in this one)

Regards,

David

[byron-]

Hi David,

I have some more infos:

1. ) 6./KG 100

FF. Uffz. Leopold Schneider, (6N+CJ, W.Nr. 7218) 100% (KG.) mit BO. Oblt. Werner Braun (KG.),BO. Ogfr. Heinrich Rose, BF. Uffz. Karl Jansen (v.), BS. Ogfr. Albert Göhler (v.) 27.05.42 Notlandung bei Fuka, (KG = Kriegsgefangen)



2)6./KG 26


FF. Oblt. Karl-Heinz Beck, He 111 H6 (1H+EP, W.Nr. 4433) (100%) mit BO. Ofw. Herbert Schütz, BF. Uffz. Horst Brückner, BM. Fw. Hans Katen, BS. Gfr. Willi Wittig, alle (+) 26.01.42 Aufschlagbrand Iraklion



3)6./KG 26



FF. Ofw. Willi Kleinknecht, He 111 H5 (IH+AP, W.Nr. 3850) mit BO. Oblt. Alois Sporkmann, BF. Gfr. Hugo Kappes, BM. Uffz. Rolf Wienecke, alle (v) 08.05.41 Suezkanal,



We have a difference with the Werk-Nr. of 1H+AP, who can clear that please?

[David Ransome]

Hi Byron,

Thanks, I'd already got the details but don't worry about the WNr/codes difference. They are different aircraft which used the same codes but at different times.

The sortie to the Suez Canal on the 8 May 1941 was a bad one for KG26 as at least four He111s were lost :-

3850 1H+AP, 3870 1H+BC, 3885 1H+FN, 3887 1H+FP

Regards,

David

[Stig Jarlevik]

Byron

The unit Flugbereitschaft (staffel?) Siegfried 5 is another obscure unit. Barry Rosch states it was formed in 1941 using Fieseler 156. Nothing more.

Nice to have a place where it at least crashed an aircraft....

Cheers
Stig

[byron-]

surching in my wardiaries, I found the following report about an air accident in Jugoslawia.

Any ideas about the unit. Are any of the names refering to the crew?

[byron-]

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