Loss of Major Dudeck, III./TG 2

[bakerman]

Major Gerhard Dudeck, Kommandeur III./TG 2, his plane crashed on 04.11.44 (4th November) and he was captured by british troops and became a POW until Aug 1947.
Any infos of this loss, location, crew, aircraft?
Thanks in advance!

[PMoz99]

According to Luftwaffe Officer Career Summaries -

04.11.44 Maj., Gruppenkommandeur and flying as observer in 7./TG 2 Ju 52 (8T+PR) that force landed near Vanista/Greece after getting lost and running out of fuel while evacuating wounded from Macedonia; POW uninjured.

Peter

[Merlin]

Ju 52 WNr. 641401, correct location was Vanitsa/Greece.

[RT]

50 km west of Saloniki
"S Vöslau UNG, 15h25 räumung verw,Zwischenl, Esseg S 16h00 N 20h30 festgenom, v, Banden zgl z, Briten 3xMG15"
Rémi

[RT]

Dudeck RKT, flew from beg. i.e Polish campaign, to quite the end at least for this part of the front ...

Rémi

[Larry deZeng]

Additional information on Dudeck's loss can be found in:

CSDIC/CMF/A.495 (interrogation report);
ULTRA HP9776


L

[byron-]

Correction: The plain force landed near Jannitsa (not Vanitsa), as Remi wrote, 50 km NW of Salonika. The crew was:

FF. Oblt. Helmut Pixberg Ju 52 (8T+PR)100%, 04.11.44 Notlandung bei Jannitsa,
mit BF. Uffz. Hermann Fischer, BS. Ofw. Josef Wiemer, BM. Uffz. Herbert Brückner,
Gast im Flgz., FF., hier als BO. Major Gerhard Dudeck (Kdr. der Gru. III)