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III/KG26 15-16 Aug 1940 Aircraft Code and WkNr
Hello I am brand new to this forum which I have run acrossed over the last few days. If this info is already posted I apologize but I did not find it.
I have found information on the Aviation Safety Network and a couple of other sites that show the following Losses for III/KG26 on 15-16 Aug 1940. Does anyone have any further information on what the WkNr of these craft would be or what other aircraft in the Staffel (A, B, C etc) they might be? Also is the information below accurate? HE111 H-4 8/KG26 (1H+FS), The aircraft is thought to have been shot down by Spitfires of 72 Sqn form Acklington, the aircraft crashed into the sea Fw Fritz Baldauf pilot pow Lt Adolf Renner observer pow Ogfr Wilhelm Rössinger wireless operator pow Gefr Walter Lorenz mechanic pow Uffz Christoph Schumann gunner pow HE111 H-4 8/KG26 (1H+?S) The aircraft had its target as Usworth it was shot down by fighters Oblt Hans von Lüpke pilot killed Ofw Karl Hennicke observer killed Uffz Max Knauer wireless operator missing Uffz Karl Schlick mechanic killed HE111 H-4 8/KG26 (1H+?S) The aircraft had its target as Usworth but it was shot down by fighters after bombing the Sunderland area, ditched off the Durham coast. Crew picked up by a He 59 seaplane D-AFFK of Seenotflug Staffel IV but was shot down again by a Hudson VX-V of 206 Sqn and again ditched in the sea. Crew climbed on wing of He 59 trying to keep aircraft from overturning, A Dornier Do24 seaplane was badly damaged landing on the rough sea to attempt to rescue the two aircraft crews. After a cold night on the He 59 wing a German minesweeper came on the scene but had to wait till the aircraft drifted out of a mine field before it rescued the crews from the He 59 and took it in tow and rescued the crew of the Do24. The He 59 turned turtle just before it was towed into Norderney Harbour and was sunk by gunfire from the minesweeper Oblt Hermann Riedel pilot ok Fw Willi Scholl observer ok Fw Paul Süssenbach wireless operator ok Ofw Karl Müller mechanic ok HE111 H-4 8/KG26 (1H+?S) The aircraft had its target as Usworth it was shot down by fighters into the sea Oblt Horst von Besser pilot missing Uffz Franz Brehem observer missing Uffz Alfonz Rehm wireless operator missing Uffz Eberhard Hofmann mechanic missing Uffz Franz Reichelt gunner missing HE111 H-4 8/KG26 (1H+?S) The aircraft had its target as Usworth it was shot down by fighters into the sea Uffz Heinz Puschstein pilot missing Lt Wolfgang Burck, observer missing Uffz Hans Karl Klug wireless operator missing Uffz Hans Hoffmann mechanic missing Uffz Karl Lotz gunner missing HE111 H-4 8/KG26 (1H+?S) The aircraft had its target as Usworth it was shot down by fighters into the sea 1 killed 3pow Thank You !! |