2/123 Losses

[RT]

May be the last time he flew with Hasslinger..

[byron-]

Ltn. Franz Hesslinger was injured 22.03.42 in Tatoi, any Info about this incident? Who else was with him there?

[Chris Goss]

Remi: Good thought and according to the logbook, yes.
Byron: There is no mention in his logbook of him flying 22 Mar 42 or any accident-he flew to Tatoi from Iraklion 20 Mar 42 and then did not fly again until 8 May 42. However, there was an incident in 4U+EK 22 Mar 43. I cannot read who was with him and it could not have been serious as he was flying again 5 days later

[byron-]

Thanks Chris, obviously my info about the year 1942 wasn`t correct.

[Chris Goss]

Ok. Using Remi's theory of the last time he flew with them was when he wrote their fate, on 21 Jul 42 he wrote that his Funker, Fw (and it looks like Dobolz or Gobolz?) went missing with another crew on his 99th Feindflug. On this date, 2/123 did lose a crew but the BF was Ofw Gerhard Seidel. Hessinger's 99th was 18 Jul 42 so it would be sometime around Jul/Aug 42. Any suggestions?
As to his regular crew, I can only say that on 23 Sep 43, he flew 2/123's 4000th mission and I have photos of his crew on that day-Ofw Helmut Dorries, Ofw Herbert Huster & Fw August Fastenrodt (of interest the latter flying with Ofw Alfred Nitsch on 23 Aug 42 on the Staffel's 2000th mission)

[Brian Bines]

Qm's returns of 27-7-42 has Ju88 4U+BK wn 863 missing on 22-7-42 with Bf Fw Paul Bobelzenn and crew missing could he be your man ?

[byron-]

I think, this was the crew

FF. Uffz. Alexander Wurth (4U+BK), BO. Uffz. Otto König, BF. Fw. Paul Bobelzenn,

BS. Fw. Herbert Jellinek, alle (vw.) 22.07.42 Kreta-Haifa-Alexandrien-Marsa Matruch,