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TG30 He111 25-12-1944
According to a book on the occupation of the Channel Islands a Fahnrich Leker (Kriegesmarine?) sailed a small boat from the French Port of Granville to Jersey with 4 others. A few weeks later he was due to be flown back to Germany and took off from Guernsey at 0342hrs on the 25th. but he and Freg.Kap. Breithaupt, Oblt z See Pauli and an unknown wounded soldier were killed when their aircraft was shot down by US fighters near Bastogne.
An NVM/WASt shows that He111H-20 S3+AL 701404 fell to an allied fighter and crashed by St. Etienne, Bastogne on the 25th Dec. FF Fw Hans Buchner and B Uffz. Willi Kramer botn wounded Bf Uffz Franz Bechtold, Bw Ofw. Hans Klietsch and BD Uffz. Gerhard Cruner all missing. I believe a P-61 crew of 422 NFS claimed a Ju88 near St.Vith (0645hrs). Is anymore known about the loss of this Heinkel, the missing crewmen and whether this was the aircraft Fahnrich Leker was on, Thanks Brian Bines |
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Re: TG30 He111 25-12-1944
More likely TGr. 30 (Transportfliegergruppe 30) operating from Zellhausen - their He 111s flew right over the Bastogne area outbound and inbound.
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Re: TG30 He111 25-12-1944
Hi Brian and Larry,
Slightly off topic, but none-the-less interesting: On 45/03/18, Fw. Jazick test flew two TG 30 He111s, including a similarly marked S3+AL, from Großostheim to Zellhausen. Steve Sheflin |
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Re: TG30 He111 25-12-1944
Nothing more about the He 111, but on this page there are some extra details about how the five Germans escaped from Granville:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville_Raid It is also said they were shot down returning to Germany in "early 1945" |
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Re: TG30 He111 25-12-1944
Thanks guys for the help, the Granville Raid details were a great help. The info. I had from the Channel Islands book was that only Leker, of thoes who escaped from Granville, was being flown back on 25th Dec. This and the details of the other passengers on the flight coming from German records on the Channel islands. I tried to look up any other comfirmation this was all I found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Breithaupt and http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-4...aupt-Fritz.htm which shows the date of his death as 25th.Dec (albeit west coast of France). I do not know if there is any burial details for Breithaupt, Pauli or Leker, I am afraid I do not seem to be able to manage the GraveSearch site,
Regards Brian Bines Last edited by Brian Bines; 16th June 2011 at 13:19. |
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Re: TG30 He111 25-12-1944
Here are the entries for Fritz Breithaupt & Carl-Theodor Pauli. The only entry I could find for anyone with a surname of Leker and who died in December (of any year) was for a soldier who died in a Soviet PoW camp near Tula in December 1945.
Last edited by hucks216; 30th June 2014 at 13:31. |
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