He111s III/KG3 and KG53 in late 1944

[Chris Goss]

Of interest, TG 30 lost 3 aircraft resupplying Dunkirk 26-27 Oct 44 but no locations are given

[Jaap Woortman]

Brian,

Scharl(Fr.) is in Friesland. One of the 12 counties in the Netherlands.
(F.) would be France.

Jaap

[Brian]

Thanks Jaap - I need to brush up on my geography!

Cheers
Brian

[Hans Nauta]

Hi Brian,

With regard to your note of Wnr 700666 (not 7000666!) A1+FN I've filed this He.111 as lost over the North Sea in the night of 5/6th November 1944. The complete crew is still missing.
FF: Ofw Paul FLIR
BO: Obgefr Fritz PLÖGER
BF: Uffz Hermann Andergassen
BF: Obgefr Willi Marr
BS: Uffz Herbert HÜBSCH

This He.111 was probably shot down by the Mosquito NF.XIX TA389 of F/Sgt Neal and F/Sgt Eastwood.

Although I don't know (yet) at which time and which position this claim was made, a German source reported a crashed aircraft at 19.09 hrs local time 2-3,5 km W of Den Helder. It was suspected that it concerned a Luftwaffe aircraft as between 18.30 and 19.10 hrs several aircraft crossed the coast near Den Helder on route to England. Search lights of the coastal batteries illuminated the sea, while 3 vessels searched the area in vain.

Regards,
Hans Nauta

[Brian]

Thanks once again.

I understand that a number of III/KG3 Heinkels were destroyed on the ground at Beauvais-Tille airfield during a bombing raid, possibly on 11 June 1944. Can anyone provide further details?

Cheers
Brian