|
Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
11 May 1942 - Ju 88 loss near Selsey Bill
340 Squadron (Capitaine Fayolle) is reported to have shot down a (reconaissance?) Junkers 88 around 19:45hs near Selsey Bill, on the 11th May 1942. This victory is well written on the book "La vieille Équipe" from Dupérier and I would like to identify it.
Thanks Adriano |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Re: 11 May 1942 - Ju 88 loss near Selsey Bill
Ju 88 D-1, 1173, 4U+GH, 1.(F)/123. Ofw Wilhelm Hollerweger, Lt Adalbert Santer, Uffz Günther Gross, Gefr Albert Tatan missing
|
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: 11 May 1942 - Ju 88 loss near Selsey Bill
Hello Chris,
I had tried earlier this site: http://www.wiki.luftwaffedata.co.uk/...._Gr._123_1942 But got no joy...Strangely Dupérier do report that the crew should have been very important, since the Luftwaffe sent a number of fighters and boats to search for the crew on his "War Diaries" (La Vieille Équipe), pg.132, from which I do quote on the original French Language: "L'appareil devait compter dasn son équipage quelque haute personalité de la Luftwaffe, car les Allemands envoyèrent sur les lieux bon nombre de chasseurs, ainsi que plusieurs vedettes de sauvetage; mais tout cela en vain." Thanks for sharing the machine and crew. Very interesting. Adriano |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Re: 11 May 1942 - Ju 88 loss near Selsey Bill
Maybe they radioed before they crashed which gave an indication of the crash location. It would then be SOP to try & find them. No evidence I can see that they were that important
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Athens-Tatoi | Andy Mitchell | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 24 | 3rd May 2020 11:50 |
ju 88 loss on | Peter Kassak | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 2 | 19th January 2016 15:07 |
Ju 88 Loss 'Bei Gent' | Chris Goss | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 8 | 16th December 2015 11:50 |
11.04.1944 Bay of Biscay battle ZG1 vs. RAS 151 sqn 248 sqn | FrankieS | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 10 | 24th October 2012 19:44 |
Ju 88 A-4 WNr 1612, lost on 15 or 16 January 1942 | Laurent Rizzotti | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 4 | 16th January 2012 11:54 |