Besatzung information required (LW bomber crew?)

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Good night to all.

I am looking for more details about one crew, that I believe flew on bombers with the Luftwaffe. There is no other information on the back of the picture than that:

UNSERE BESATZUNG
v.L.
Gefr. Fr. Deicke (Bordfunker)
Uffz Fr. Schur (Flugzeugfuhrer)
Uffz. Fr. Osthof (Bombenschutze)
Fl. W. Manzke (Bordschutze)

I tried to find any of those on the LW airmen list of Aircrew Remembered, but got no joy.

Matti, you probably may have any of them on your huge list, if they were killed in action. However, if they survived, if may be impossible to track them.

Anyway, any information about units flown (possibly KG) or fate, most welcomed.

Adriano B.

[Matti Salonen]

They flew together at least at this time:
1942-02-08, 7./KG 77, Ju 88 A-4, 0883604, Nördlich Korfu (Kerkira)
Flugzeugführer Uffz Schur, Franz, verletzt
Kampfbeobachter Uffz Osthof, Fritz, verletzt
Bordfunker Gefr Deicke, Fritz, verletzt
Bordschütze Gefr Manzke, Werner, verletzt
Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %. Besatzung mit Fallschirm abgesprungen.
Schur, Osthof and Manzke obviously survived the war, but Deicke was MIA 24 April 1943.

Matti

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Dear MATTI,

Again I am in debt with you! Thanks a lot for giving me their full names and Squadron (KG 77) information, plus the chance of tracking their relatives, since some may have survived....

Most sincerely yours,
Adriano B.