Ju 88 Crash April 1941, Aberdeen

[alanatabz]

Hi All

Looking for details on a Ju 88 that crashed in April 1941m may have been 11th July 1941

May have been

(1) Near St Cyrus (several references)

(2) Near Torry Battery , Aberdeen

Anybody any ideas?

[Chris Goss]

April or July 1941 is a big span! A Ju 88 came down north of Montrose 14 July 41. Nothing 9-12 July 1941 or on land in April 1941

[alanatabz]

Hi Chris

It was 14th July, the photo was wrongly stated as April 1941.

Scotland's people list the names of the crew but information is incorrect (spelling and one surname only)

The info I have is:-

Junkers Ju 88A-1, S4+HH of 1/Kustenfliegergruppe 506
The aircraft was from Westerland

The crew on the aircraft were Leutnant zur See Eduard Erich Becker, Unteroffizier Gerhard Gebauer, Obergefreiter Fritz Otto Foese and Unteroffizier Hans Steggemann.

[alanatabz]

A question

They 4 crew were buried at Sleepy Hillock Cemetery in Montrose.

In 1954, a mother of one visited the graves.

In the 1960s, the airman were re-interred to Cannock Chase. Any idea how I would find out when in the 60s?

[Chris Goss]

Cemetery records or:

https://www.volksbund.de/volksbund.html

[alanatabz]

Thanks Chris

Dilemma

Obergefreiter Fritz Otto Foese (Cannock memorial)

or

Obergefreiter Fritz Otto Fose (volksbund)

Any idea which one would be correct?

[Chris Goss]

I would say Föse; his EKM was 73038/21 according to K Report

[edNorth]

Föhse in GQM

[alanatabz]

I got some more info from the Volkbund

Couldn't see when the airman were moved from Sleepyhillock Cemetery to Cannock Chase, sometime in the 60s, any idea how to find this out?

[alanatabz]

I now have another query

Was the aircraft S4+HH or S4+KH?

http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seel...n/Jahr1941.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/Kra...base/?q=becker