Ju 52 losses Operation Stosser 16/17-12-1944

[Brian Bines]

Are there any listings for the Ju 52 losses for this night please, mission dropping Fallschirmjager in support of the Battle of the Bulge. The only one I have is the 'K' report for G6+DU of 10/TG4, any help greatly appreciated,

Regards

Brian Bines

[Matti Salonen]

1944-12-17, 5./TG 3, Ju 52/3mg7e, 7251, 4V+KN, Fl.Pl. Bad Lippspringe, Absturz beim Start. Bruch 100 %.
Bordfunker Ofw Krähe, Kurt, verletzt
1944-12-17, 6./TG 3, Ju 52/3m, 7558, 4V+OP, Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Ofw Cybulski, Hans, +
Bordfunker Fw Mittendorfer, Franz, +
Bordwart Fw Wiesinger, Karl, vermißt
Bordschütze Uffz Rehm, Wilhelm, +
1944-12-17, 6./TG 3, Ju 52/3mg4e, 6917, 4V+GP, Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Uffz Gibas, Hans, +
Bordwart Stfw Heine, Fritz, +
Bordschütze Uffz Behme, Kurt, +
1944-12-17, 9./TG 4, Ju 52/3mg8e, 3274, G6+ET, Monschau, Unbekannt. Bruch ? %.
Bordwart Ogfr Otten, Fritz, verletzt
1944-12-17, 10./TG 4, Ju 52/3mg8e, 3354, G6+MU, Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Uffz Gronemeier, Karl, +
Beobachter Uffz Irgej, Ewald, +
Bordfunker Uffz Deutschmann, Heinz, +
Bordwart Uffz Hinkelbein, Josef, vermißt
1944-12-17, 11./TG 4, Ju 52/3mg8e, 7433, G6+EV, Unbekannt. Bruch 100 %.
Flugzeugführer Fw Eichmüller, Erhard, vermißt
Beobachter Ogfr Kerkhoff, Heinrich, vermißt
Bordfunker Gefr Laciech, Walburg, vermißt
Bordwart Stfw Arndt, Albert, vermißt

Matti

[Brian Bines]

Matti, thank you very much for this information it is a great help to me. The 'K' report for G6+MU says it was hit by AA went into a dive and broke up crashing east of Aachen at 0245 hrs. Bm Uffz Joseph Hinkelbein is shown as a prisoner slightly injured,

Regards

Brian Bines