Losses of II/KG 26 on 28May42

[Nokose]

Does anyone know if II/KG26 had any damaged or lost He-111 on the 28May42 due to air combat or just MIA? Also if so who was the pilot? This would be over the Black Sea.

[Norbert Schuchbauer]

There were no losses that day for II./KG 26.

Norbert

[Nokose]

Thank you Norbert for the fast response but another source states the incident that I'm looking for is the 29May42. It seems that a He-111 intercepted two MBR-2 from the 82 OMRAE ChF over the Black Sea. The He-111 shot down the MBR-2 of Kapitan Georgiy Aleksandrovich Kumeyko (KIA) and the second MBR-2 claimed the destruction of the He-111. The II/KG 26 was performing anti-shipping at the time but there appears to be no claims for this MBR-2.

[Jim P.]

This seems the most likely candidate -

He 111H-6, 7317, Barbrock, Fw. Walter, , II., 4., KG 26, weiße L, 1H+LM, DJ+CE, , 30-May-42, MIA with crew, cause unknown., , Lfl.4/Eins.Osten, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #6)-Vol.9; Schmidt, Achtung-TorpedosLos!, p.353, , (Schwarzes Meer), 100%, F, B Uffz. Josef Gemünd, Bf Ogefr. Friedrich Büschner & Bm Uffz. Helmut Schneider, ,

[Nokose]

Jim, is it possible that Barbrock took off on the 29May but wasn't declared MIA until the 30th? The He 111 was listed as using forward firing weapons to shot down the flying boats.

[Jim P.]

Possible I guess. Or maybe an inattentive clerk typing the date of notification vs. the date of the loss? It would be interesting to see the WASt/NLV for this loss.

[Nokose]

Yes, maybe someone can check what the new book on KG26 has on getting it for this date.