Ju 188 loss

[Adam]

Can someone give me the details of a Ju 188 lost around 01:00 on 21/22 March 1944 to the guns of S/L Bunting

Thanks in advance.

Adam

[mhuxt]

Osprey 9 says more or less the following:

Mosquito crew were directed to a contact, which was Ju 188 E-1 3E+BK of 2./KG 6 (Leutnant G. Lahl). Mosquito chased e/a through tight turns and steep climbs before firing multiple bursts from 250 yards astern. E/A crashed and exploded near Butlers Farm, Shopland, Essex, with four crew KIA and one POW.

Aces High gives the location as Great Wakering.

Also note that Bunting and his radar operator (F/L C.P. Reed according to another of Martin Bowman's books) also shot down a Ju 88 at about 00.45, details here:

http://www.sweffling.freeserve.co.uk/cavendish.htm

Cheers,

Mark

[edNorth]

Hi mxhut,
did the Ju 188 E-1 have a W.Nr. ?

(as im curious person)...

[mhuxt]

Hi ed:

Sorry, checked my references but can't find a Wrk.Nr. for you.

cheers,

Mark

[edNorth]

Hi
Ok, thanks anyway ....
ed

[Dave Wadman]

The entry in The Blitz - Then & Now (vol.3, p.352) gives the W.Nr. as 260326.

Of the crew only Uffz.E.Kosch survived after baling out injured.

HTH

Dave

[Adam]

Don't suppose anyone knows the target for the aircraft/gruppe that night, or is that pushing my luck too far?

Tah

[mhuxt]

Cheers Dave, duly added to my notes.

Adam, I believe all the Luftwaffe aircraft in the raid were sent to attack London. Whether or not they had specific targets within London, I don't know.

[Chris Goss]

The official loss report states:

Ju 188 3E+BK, Operations in the West, 22 Mar 44. Missing from an attack on London. 2/KG 6
Lt Guenter Lahl (pilot)
Uffz Julius Fromm (observer)
Ogefr Erich Schiml (radio operator)
Uffz Rudolf Budrat (gunner)
Uffz Erwin Kosch (gunner).

It also details DoB, service number and place of birth