He111 w.nr 5477

[anderbe]

Have two small items (luftsieb – in front of the impeller) from a Jumo211A-1 and both have a tag attached to them.
The first one is from He111H-2 w.nr 5477 with code 1B+DH, wekusta 5. In Schwedtfeger and Selinger’s book ‘Wetterflieger in der Arktis’
and the more recent book ‘Wekusta’ there is a picture of a DH at Longyearbyen, flown by Fw. Rudolf Schütze.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...be/Lader_2.jpg


Second one have no positive id, but 5555 could be the w.nr of the plane – most probable also a He111.
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...be/Lader_1.jpg


Both items was ‘liberated’ after the war from Fl.Pl. Drontheim-Vaernes.
Does anyone have more on the history of these two planes?

Regards A. Berg

[edNorth]

Hi,

5555 is known, nice to have W.Nr. on the other (no fate recorded in my files).

5555 He 111 H-2 1B+EH Westa 5 (Luftflotte 5)
OPS (F) missing (100%) probably force landed at sea 13.01.1942 (Oblt. Johann Marthe missing but presumed killed in aa/19.10.42, Reg.Rat.a.Kr. Frank Weiland, Fw. Walter Zink and Ofw. Alfons Müller rep fallen in losses s/07.01.43)

cheers
ed

[anderbe]

Thanks for checking Ed
Anders

[Eric GUILLAUME]

Hello,

I have found the following :
From RL2 III 774 : 15/02/43, He 111 J Wnr 5477, FFS(C)21, Rollschaden 25% Fl.Pl. Gerdauen

From RL2 III 778 : 06/03/44, He 111 H-10 Wnr 5477, FFS(B)17, Absturz inf. Feindbeschuss, 100% Halberstadt. Fw Hans HOHLFELL, Ogfr Heinz KOLL, Gfr Peter RICHRATH, Gfr Josef SCHNEIDER, Uffz Hans LANGE, all dead.

Best regards.

Eric GUILLAUME

[anderbe]

Eric
Could the loss report on the 15/2/43 Be a typo for a H, and not a J version? Seems logical that eventually it went to a school after active service, given it survived that long.
H-10, maybe an upgrade to the old H-2..

Thanks a lot for your effort.

Anders

[Eric GUILLAUME]

Of course, it could be a typo, as well for the Wnr. ! There are many typo and many corrections in these lists.
I have a losse for Wnr. 5485, as a H-2 on 12/03/42, for Wnr. 5487 as a H-10 on 01/02/43...
I m afraid I am not a He 111 Specialist, but there are certainly some on this board.
Excuse me please for my poor English.

Best regards.

Eric