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Two losses from the mediterranean theatre - please help!
Can anyone tell me details (crewman,plane,markings, cause of loss etc.) for the losses of these two successful recon-crews, both in the mediterranean area:
1.) Major HELMUT ORLOWSKI, Kommandeur Aufkl.Gr. 122, lost at sea near Pescara/Italy on 08.11.43. Crew still missing? 2.) Lt. Alfred Gemsjäger/ Lt. Andreas Finke, 6.(F)/122, crashed near Brescia in northern Italy on 02.09.1944. There graves are now in Costermano on the german war graves cemetary. Was the plane from the last one the following: Ju188D-2, "F6+BP", lost 1.9.44 near Cremona? greeetings, bakerman. |
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Re: Two losses from the mediterranean theatre - please help!
8-11-43
Stab(F)/122 Ju88D-1 W.Nr 430593 4U+UH MajorHelmutOrlowski, Hptm Karl-Heniz Hibiy, Ofw Abert Kelbsch All killed. NE of Pescara Jäger This was an aircraft from 1(F)./123. The following claim relates to this loss – 8 Nov 43; 1/Lt Clarence F. Musgrave; 65th F.S. 57th F.G. 1-Ju88; 1m off Pescara. |
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Re: Two losses from the mediterranean theatre - please help!
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With the second of these, I always had the date as 2 September 1944 and I understood the cause to be an accident. |
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Re: Two losses from the mediterranean theatre - please help!
Gemsjaeger & Finke (with Ofw Kurt Roeschmann) were lost in a Ju 188 D-2, F6+BP Wk Nr 150234 north of the town of Cremona on 2 Sep 44
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Re: Two losses from the mediterranean theatre - please help!
the exactly crash point is Casalbuttano (Cremona)
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