Loss of Uffz. Josef Dischl + 11.01.1943

[Melvin Brownless]

Hi to all,

Searching for further information on the loss of Observer Uffz. Josef Dischl on the 11th January 1943 on the East Front. Aircraft & crew details would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com

I have added the death notice of Josef in the hope that it helps.

[Melvin Brownless]

Can Matti, Jim P & Brian add anything further please!

Regards,

Melvin

[Brian Bines]

Hi Melvin,

The best I can make out from the GQM entry is He111H-6 4/KG27 4553 - Ff Oblt Albert Grepp +, B Uffz Uffz. Josef Dischl +, Bf Uffz. Klein inj., Bm Uffz. Lennniger +, Bs Uffz Ludwig Decker inj. Aircraft crashed on landing approach to Pitomnik,

Regards
Brian Bines

[Melvin Brownless]

Great! Many thanks Brian for your efforts, very much appreciated!

Melvin

[Jim P.]

Sorry, been away for a couple of days. To add to Brain's information:

He 111H-6, 4553, Gropp, Oblt. Albert, , II., 4., KG 27, , 1G+FP, , , 11-Jan-43, Killed in crash during landing due to striking the ground. B & Bm also killed, Bf & Bs injured., , Lfl.4/Eins.Osten, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #8)-Vol.13; Waiss, Boelcke-Archiv, V, p.30, , Fl.Pl. Pitomnik, 100%, F, B Uffz. Josef Dischl, Bf Uffz. Herbert Klein, Bm Uffz. Ernst Lenniger & Bs Uffz. Ludwig Decker, 11.40,

[Melvin Brownless]

Hi Jim, Very pleased you are back! Thanks to your efforts, Brian can update his crew list as his copy of the report is difficult to read, and I can now prepare a page of remembrance for Josef.

Can you let me know your surname Jim so that I can correctly credit you.

Kind regards,

Melvin

www.aircrewremembrancesociety.com

[Brian Bines]

Jim, thanks for that the Christian names were hand written and I could not make all of them out, and some of the vowels in the surnames were hard to make out,

Cheers

Brian Bines