Loss of Oblt. WILHELM KÜSTER, Wekusta 26

[bakerman]

Hi friends!
Looking for more details about the loss of these successful weather-pilot, Oblt. Wilhelm Küster, Wekusta 26.
In Veit Scherzer's Ritterkreuz-book you will read the following :
missing 25.11.1942 in Northern Africa, mission to Philippville/Algeria.

Küster was decorated with the Knights Cross 6 months after his death in May 1943.
Who can give me more details? Which plane, markings, names and fates from his crew?

[Andy Fletcher]

Wilhelm Küster was also a recipient of the DKiG, which he was awarded on 16Jul42 as an Oblt with Wekusta. 26

Best Regards

Andy Fletcher

[Jim P.]

Ju 88D-1, 430340, KÜSTER, Oblt. Wilhelm, , , Wekusta 26, weiße G, 4U+GH, , , 25-Nov-42, MIA with crew, probably due to Luftkampf with enemy fighters., RK. Aircraft from 1.(F)/123?, Mittelmeer, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #7)-Vol.12; Urbanke, Lw im Focus #10, p.18, , (Bucht Algier u. Kap Sorrat), 100%, F, ,

[Stig Jarlevik]

Bakerman

In the book Wekusta by Kington/Selinger the crew was (in addition)
Reg Rat Gustav Weber (Met B leiter)
Uffz Hans Kronz (Bf)
Fw Gellner (Bm)

There is also a picture of Wilhelm Küster + others that are credited to himself (or a namesake) via Petrick/Selinger
Cheers
Stig

[Jim P.]

Slowly getting crew names added to my database, but have a long ways to go!!

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi.

The loss record as it appear in the GenQu records:

http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=129287

Seems to be a few discrepancies with regards to names, but this is not uncommon.

Also, it seems that this aircraft had a previous association with (F)/123 as most other losses in my database with the 4U code stems form this unit.

Also, the location (Bucht Algier u. Kap Sorrat) indicates that the mission they flew were to recon these locations.

Regards,
Andreas B

[bakerman]

Fantastic! Many thanks to all!

To Andreas Brekken : How can I get some more GQ loss records from this website ? Searching for some losses from german bomber- and recon-crews.

bakerman.