Rescued After 13 Days in Dingy

[Brian Bines]

The Karl Born book 'Rettung' tells of the rescue of a He111 pilot Ofw Klotz after 13 days in his dingy. The Heinkel ditched off the English east coast but a search failed. Then 13 days later a Wekusta Ju88 reported a dingy 35 miles off Borkum. A rescue He59 DB+MV crew of Ltn Vertens found the dinghy and picked up Klotz as the sole survivor, as the next section refers to the winter of 1939/40 I assume this may have been a 1939 incident. Is anymore known about this incident Klotz's unit, aircraft and crew details etc.

[Matti Salonen]

Possibly this:
1941-07-09, 9./KG 26, He 111H-5, 3947, 1H+GT, Birmingham, Notwasserung um 02.00 Uhr infolge Nachtjägerbeschuß. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Lt Adler, Günter, +
Beobachter Ofw Klotz, Werner (Durch Seenotdienst gerettet)
Bordfunker Fw Ehrenstein, Erich, +
Bordmechaniker Fw Theinert, Leopold, +

Matti

[Brian Bines]

Thanks Matti, July 41 certainly seems a better month for surviving 13 days in a dingy rather than the October to December 1939 period. My German is not too good so probably the early mention of this in the book was to illustrate an unusual rescue rather than being in date order,

Regards

Brian Bines