8. Luftwaffe losses against Bristol 1940/44 Aircraft Identification Markings Bomber, Heavy Fighter (Zerstörer) and Reconnaissance units identified their aircraft by a four character coding system painted on the fuselage sides. The first two characters, to the left of the fuselage cross, were an arbitary identification code peculiar to each Geschwader or independent Gruppe. The third character was the individual aircraft identification letter, and the fourth and final letter in the code identified the Staffel according to a rigid sequence. For example an He 111 coded G1+AH :- The G1 to the left of the fuselage cross was the code for KG 55, while the H on the extreme right indicated that the aircraft belonged to the 1st Staffel (of the 1st Gruppe). The A was the identification letter of the individual aircraft within the Staffel. In addition all aircraft carried throughout their lives their own individual Werk Nummer (Wnr.) or airframe serial number which had been allocated by the manufacturer. Principal Luftwaffe Ranks Officers Generalfeldmarschall (Gen. Feldm.) = Marshal of the RAF Generaloberst (Gen. Oberst.) = Air Chief Marshal General der Flieger (Gen. d. Fl.) = Air Marshal Generalleutnant (Gen. Ltn.) = Air Vice Marshal Generalmajor (Gen. Maj.) = Air Commodore Oberst (Oberst) = Group Captain Oberstleutnant (Oberstlt.) = Wing Commander Major (Maj.) = Squadron Leader Hauptmann (Hptm.) = Flight Lieutenant Oberleutnant (Oblt.) = Flying Officer Leutnant (Ltn.) = Pilot Officer Leutnant zur See *(Ltn.z.S.) = Sub Lieutenant * A Naval rank held by some members of mixed Airforce/Navy crewed units e.g. KGr 606, KGr 806. Non-Commissioned Officers Stabsfeldwebel (Sfw.) = Warrant Officer Oberfeldwebel (Ofw.) = Flight Sergeant Fahnenjunker-Fw. (Fhj-Fw.) = Cadet Sergeant Major Feldwebel (Fw.) = Sergeant Unteroffizier (Uffz.) = Corporal Other Ranks Obergefreiter (Ogefr.) = Leading Aircraftsman Gefreiter (Gefr.) = Aircraftman First Class Flieger (Flg.) = Aircraftman Second Class Civilians Engaged in Military Activities Sonderführer (Sdf.) = Kriegsberichter War correspondents who usually flew as gunners. Luftwaffe Aircrew Categories Flugzeugführer (F) = Pilot Beobachter (B) = Observer (Navigator/BombAimer) Bordfunker (Bf) = Wireless (W/T) Operator Bordmechaniker (Bm) = Flight Mechanic Bordschütze (Bs) = Gunner Bombenschütze (Bsz) = Bomb Aimer (not fully trained) Kampfbeobachter (Kb) = Combat Observer (not fully trained)   The Losses 04.07.40: Target BAC Filton: III/KG 54. He 111P, Wnr.2480, B3+DM (previously used by 4/KG 54) Ltn. Hans-Heinrich Delfs (F) kille d Uffz. Gerhard Bischoff (B) killed Uffz. Hermann Krack (Bs) killed Uffz. Heinz Karwelat (Bf) POW injured Intercepted on return flight over Weston-s-Mare and severely damaged by Spitfires of Yellow Section, 92 Sq. (Pembrey) - P/O. H.D.Edwards, P/O. C.H.Saunders and Sgt. R.H.Fokes. Crashed at 15.25 hrs at Longmoor Farm, Gillingham, Dorset. Saunders and Fokes landed alongside the wreck and assisted in rescue work. 11/12.07.40: Target Avonmouth & Portishead: I/KG 51. Ju 88A of 3/KG 51 Ofw. Josef Rattel (F) killed 1 NCO injured 2 others uninjured This aircraft was unable to precisely identify the target because of intense flak. It suffered engine failure on the return flight and crashed and burnt out at Varnevil while on approach to landing. 11/12.07.40: Target Avonmouth & Portishead: I/KG 51. Ju 88A of I/KG 51 4 NCO's missing Failed to return and probably crashed into the sea. 21.07.40: Reconn. over airfields in Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Portsmouth area: 4(F)/14. Do 17M, Wnr.780, 5F+OM of 4(F)/14. Oblt. Georg Thiel (B) POW injured Fw. Fritz Bohnen (F) POW injured Uffz. Alfred Werner (Bf) POW injured Intercepted by the Hurricanes of A Flight, 238 Sq. (Middle Wallop); S/Ldr. Harold Fenton, F/Lt. Donald Turner, F/O. C.T.Davies, P/O. J.S.Wigglesworth and Sgt. L.G.Batt. The Dornier was shot down and crash-landed at Nutford Farm, 1 mile north of Blandford, Dorset at 15.00 hrs. During the combat Hurricane P3767, flown by P/O. C.T.Davies, was damaged by return fire. 03/04.08.40: Target Bristol area: III/KG 55. He 111P G1+IR of 7/KG 55 Ofw. Gerhard Geissler (F) killed Uffz. Karl Ohmann (B) missing Uffz. Walter Weber (Bf) missing Uffz. Werner Thieme (Bm) missing Uffz. Friedrich Westphal (Bs) missing Shot down by Flak over the English Coast. 09.08.40: Reconnaissance over Filton and Yeovil: 3(F)/123. Ju 88 of 3(F)/123. 1 NCO killed Intercepted and damaged at 06.55 hrs by a Hurricane of 213 Sq. (Exeter) flown by P/O. W.M.Sizer. Aircraft returned to base with 25% damage. 11/12.08.40: Target Bristol Docks: II/KG 27. He 111H-3, 1G+AC of Stab.II/KG 27 Maj. Friedrich-Karl Schlichting ( ) POW Ofw. Gunther Löhning ( ) POW Ofw. Willi Bendrich ( ) POW injured Ofw. Herbert Frey ( ) POW Maj. Hans-Jurgen Brehmer ( ) POW injured Shot down returning from a mission to Bristol Docks (possibly intercepted at 00.19 hrs by a Hurricane of 87 Squadron). Crew all baled out. Aircraft crashed 02.00 hrs at Sturminster Marshall, near Wimborne, Dorset. Schlichting was the Gruppenkommandeur and Brehmer was Adj.Chef Genst.d.Lw. 11/12.08.40: Target BAC Filton: III/KG 55. He 111P, 1G+HT of 9/KG 55 Uffz. Herbert Schmidt (F) killed Uffz. Siegfried Held (B) missing Uffz. Bubel (Bf) injured Fw. Paulussen (Bm) injured Both engines damaged in a fighter attack during the outward flight to Bristol. Crashed and burnt at Rambervilliers, France, during return flight. 14.08.40: Target Armed Reconn. over West Country: III/KG 27. He 111P, 1G+NT of 9/KG 27 Oblt. Ernst Ohlenschlager (F) POW Uffz. Kurt Sulzbach (B) POW Uffz. Adolf Blumenthal (Bf) POW Fw. Nikolaus Jug (Bm) POW Gefr. Kurt Kupsch (Bs) POW Shot down by Spitfires of Blue Section, 92 Sq. (Pembrey). Force landed 18.00 hrs at Charterhouse, near Cheddar, Somerset, having jettisoned its bombs at Edington Burtle. Kupsch was promoted to Uffz. via the Red Cross 1/7/42. 14.08.40: Target Armed Reconn. over West Country: III/KG 27. He 111P, 1G+OT of 9/KG 27 Ltn. Otto Uhland (F) POW Uffz. Josef Krenn (Bm) POW Obgefr. Hans Ramsetter (B) POW Gefr. Gerhard Rother (Bs) POW Uffz. Edo Flick (Bf) POW injured Shot down by Spitfires of Blue Section, 92 Sq. (Pembrey). Crashed 18.05 hrs at Cann's Farm, near Puriton, Somerset, having jettisoned bombs in the Burnham-on-Sea area. 14.08.40: Target Armed Reconn. over West Country: III/KG 27. He 111P of 9/KG 27 Hptm. Josef Riedel (F) missing Uffz. Adelhard Witt (B) missing Fw. Ernst Haumann (Bm) missing Gefr. Emil Wolf (Bs) missing Uffz. Hans Dolata (Bf) killed Shot down by Spitfires of Blue Section, 92 Sq. (Pembrey). Crashed into the sea between Barry and Steep Holm Island at 18.00 hrs. Dolata's body was washed up at Portishead on September 12th 1940 and is buried at Weston-s-Mare Cemetery. 22.08.40: Reconnaissance over Filton: 3(F)/123. Ju 88A-1, 7A+AL, of 3(F)/121 Ogefr. W.Kuhweide ( ) killed Ltn. R.Pfundtner ( ) POW injured Oblt. Baudler ( ) POW injured Flg. A.Leber ( ) POW injured Crashed at 16.00 hrs at Upcott Farm, Beaford, nr. Okehampton, Devon. Shot down by Spitfires of Green Section, 152 Sq. (Warmwell) following an attack by P/O. W.Beaumont. 29/30.08.40: Target Bristol as alt. for Liverpool: I/KG 27. He 111H, Wnr.3438, 1G+EL of 3/KG 27 Oblt. H-J. Hünerbein ( ) POW Uffz. J. Schlosser ( ) POW Uffz. D. Siebers ( ) POW Obgefr. P. Walpert ( ) POW died later Caught in searchlights over Bristol and shot down by a Spitfire of A Flight, 92 Sq. (Bibury) flown by F/L. A.R. Wright. The abandoned aircraft crashed onto a house at Downton, Hale, near Fordingbridge, Hants. at 23.45 hrs. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: I/KG 55. He 111P, Wnr.6305, G1+BH of 1/KG 55 Fw. Fritz Jürges (F) POW injured Hptm. Karl Köthke (B) POW Gefr. Rudolf Weisbach (Bf) POW Fl. Otto Müller (Bs) POW injured Uffz. Josef Altrichter (Bm) POW died same day Attacked by P/O. J.S. Wigglesworth in a Hurricane of 238 Sq. (Middle Wallop) and P/O. J. Curchin in a Spitfire of 609 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Force-landed at Westfield Farm, Studland, near Swanage, Dorset at 12.10 hrs. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: II/KG 55. He 111P, Wnr. 2126, G1+DN of 5/KG 55 Oblt. Gottfried Weigel (F) POW Ofw. Alfred Narres (B) POW Uffz. Karl Gerdsmeier (Bm) POW Gefr. Karl Geib (Bs) POW Fw. Georg Engel (Bf) POW injured Shot down by A.A. fire from Portbury gunsite (237 Battery, 76th HAA Rgt.). Aircraft abandoned by crew and crashed at Racecourse Farm, Failand, near Bristol at 11.50 hrs. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: II/KG 55. He 111P, Wnr.1525, G1+EP of 6/KG 55 Hptm. Helmut Brandt (F) POW injured Ofw. Günter Wittkamp (B) killed Ofw. Rudolf Kirchoff (Bf) killed Uffz. Hans-Fritz Mertz (Bm) killed Gefr. Rudolf Beck (Bs) killed Starboard engine hit and aircraft severely damaged in attacks by F/O. I.N. Bayles and Sgt. K.C. Holland in Spitfires of 152 Sq. (Warmwell), as well as P/O. J.R. Urwin-Mann and Sgt. R. Little in Hurricanes of 238 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed at Church Farm, Woolverton, near Frome, Somerset at 12.02 hrs. Hptm. Brandt was Staffelkäpitain. 25.09.40: Target Filton: II/KG 55. He 111P, Wnr.1579, G1+AP of 6/KG 55 Oblt. Helmut Kindor (B) injured Uffz. Erich Turek (Bs) injured Damaged by fighters in combat over England. Crash-landed at Caen, France 50% damaged. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: III/KG 55. He 111P, Wnr.2803, G1+LR of 7/KG 55 Oblt. Hans Brocker (F) killed Oblt. Heinz Harry Scholz (B) killed Uffz. Kurt Schraps (Bm) POW Uffz. Josef Hanft (Bs) killed Uffz. Günter Weidner (Bm) killed Attacked by P/O. N.le C. Agazarian in a Spitfire of 609 Sq. (Middle Wallop) and P/O. J.R. Urwin-Mann in a Hurricane of 238 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Also engaged by P/O. R.F.G. Miller in a Spitfire of 609 Sq. Crashed on "Chatsworth", Westminster Road, Branksome Park, Poole, Dorset at 12.08 hrs. Oblt. Brocker was Staffelkäpitan. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: III/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.3591, 3U+GS of 8/ZG 26 Gefr. Heinz Schumacher (Bf) killed Fw. Walter Scherer (F) POWinjured Port engine set on fire in attacks by P/O. W.D. Williams in a Spitfire of 152 Sq. (Warmwell) and P/O. H.C. Mayers in a Spitfire of 609 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crash-landed at Well Bottom, near Boyton, Wilts at 12.15 hrs. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: III/ZG 26. Bf 110C, Wnr.3263, of III/ ZG 26 Crew rescued unhurt by Seenotdienst. Ditched in the English Channel following combat with RAF fighters over Weymouth. 25.09.40: Target BAC Filton: III/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.2194, of III/ZG 26 Crew unhurt Damaged by fighters over English Channel. Crash-landed at Theville airfield, France. Aircraft 60% damaged. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: Epr Gr 210. Bf 110D-3, Wnr.3378, S9+DH of St/Epr Gr 210 Hptm. Martin Lutz (F) killed Uffz. Anton Schön (Bf) killed Attacked and badly damaged by a number of pilots. Believed finally shot down by F/L. A.H. Rook in a Hurricane of 504 Sq. (Filton). Crashed at Busseys Stool Farm, Tarrant Gunville, Dorset at 12.00 hrs. Hptm. Lutz was Gruppenkommandeur. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: Epr Gr 210. Bf 110D-0, Wnr.4270, S9+DU of 2/Epr Gr 210 Fw. Friedrich Ebner (F) POW injured Gefr. Werner Zwick (Bf) POW injured Port engine disabled in attacks by F/L. A.H. Rook in a Hurricane of 504 Sq. (Filton); and starboard engine damaged in attacks by P/O. M.H. Constable-Maxwell in a Hurricane of 56 Sq. (Boscombe Down). Force-landed at The Beeches, Preston Hill, Iwerne Minster, Dorset at 12.00 hrs. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: Epr Gr 210. Bf 110D-3, Wnr.3888, S9+JH of 1/Epr Gr 210 Ltn. Gerhard Schmidt (F) killed Fw. Gerhard Richter (Bf) killed Engaged by Hurricanes of 504 Sq. (Filton), finally shot down by P/O. B.E.G. White. Dived vertically into the ground and burned out at Bradle Row, Kimmeridge, Dorset c.12.00 hrs. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: Epr Gr 210. Bf 110D-0, Wnr.2248, S9+GK of 2/Epr Gr 210 Oblt. Wilhelm Rössiger (F) missing Ofw. Hans Marx (Bf) missing Crashed into the sea off the Dorset coast following combat with RAF fighters c.12.00 hrs. Oblt. Rössiger was Staffelkäpitan. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: I/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.2162, U8+FK of 2/ZG 26 Ofw. Hans Tiepelt (F) killed Uffz. Herbert Brosig (Bf) killed Both engines set alight in an attack by F/O. M.E.A. Royce in a Hurricane of 504 Sq. (Filton). Exploded at the Stapleton Institution, Fishponds, Bristol at 11.45 hrs. Tiepelt and Brosig are buried in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: I/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.3352, U8+GL of 3/ZG 26 Ltn. Joachim Koepsell (F) POW Uffz. Johann Schmidt (Bf) killed Engaged head-on and petrol tank set on fire. Probably that attacked by Sgt. H.D.B. Jones in a Hurricane of 504 Sq. (Filton) but possibly that claimed by F/O. T.H.T. Forshaw in a Spitfire of 609 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Abandoned aircraft crashed at Haydon Farm, Radstock, Somerset at 11.45 hrs. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: II/ZG 26. Bf 110C-7, Wnr.3629, 3U+IM of 4/ZG 26 Oblt. Artur Niebuhr (F) killed Obgfr. Klaus Theisen (Bf) killed Both engines disabled in attacks by P/O. M.E. Staples in a Spitfire of 609 Sq. (Middle Wallop); further attacked by P/O. A.R. Watson in a Spitfire of 152 Sq. (Warmwell). Exploded over Salters Wood, Middle Bere Farm, near Arne, Dorset at 11.45 hrs. Oblt. Niebuhr was Staffelkäpitan. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: III/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.3297, 3U+FT of 9/ZG 26 Gefr. Georg Jackstedt (F) POW injured Gefr. Emil Lidtke (Bf) killed Collided with Spitfire X4107 of 609 Sq. (Middle Wallop) which crashed at Chesilbourne near Piddlehinton, Dorset killing P/O. R.F.G. Miller. The Bf 110 came down at Bellamy's Farm, Piddletrenthide, Dorset at 11.45 hrs. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: III/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.2168, 3U+BD of St.III/ZG 26 Oblt. Hans Barschel (F) missing Uffz. Klose (Bf) missing Shot down into the sea off the Dorset coast during fighter combat at 11.50 hrs. 27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: III/ZG 26. Bf 110C-4, Wnr.3290, 3U+DS of 8/ZG 26 Uffz. Fritz Schupp (F) POW injured Gefr. Karl Nechwatal (Bf) POW injured One engine disabled and set alight in attacks by P/O. A.R. Watson in a Spitfire of 152 Sq. (Warmwell). Force-landed 1 mile SW of Kimmeridge, Dorset at 11.45 hrs. 24/25.11.40: Target Bristol: KGr 606. Do 17Z, Wnr.2796, 7T+HT of 1/KGr 606 Obgfr. Albert Hoferichter (F) POW Ltn.z.See Martin Saueracker (B) POW Uffz. Heinrich Weiss (Bf) POW Uffz. Kurt Eislet (Bm) POW injured After dropping 10 SC 50 on Bristol aircraft flew into balloon barrage site 64/11 at Plymouth Harbour having becoming lost due to British Meacon countermeasures (St. Malo beacon was being Meaconed by Templecombe). Crashed on Penlee Point, Cornwall at 22.40 hrs. 24/25.11.40: Target Bristol: II/KG 55. He 111H-4, Wnr.3092, G1+KN of 5/KG 55 Ofw. Werner Müller (F) missing Ltn. Gerhard Heiland (B) missing Sfw. Heinrich Heidt (Bm) killed Sdf.(PK2) Emil Weihmüller (Bs) missing Fw. Heinrich Gaick (Bf) missing Shot down by Portsmouth AA guns while on return flight from Bristol. Crashed into the sea off St.Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight at 19.40 hrs. 02/03.12.40: Target Bristol: KGr 606. Do 17Z, Wnr.3618, 7T+KL of 3/KGr 606 Ltn. Helmut Anders (F) missing Ltn.z.See Karl Ganske (B) killed Ogefr. Willi Dembeck (Bf) killed Uffz. Paul Tüsselmann (Bm) killed Crashed near Brest soon after take-off. Probably came down in the sea. 06/07.12.40: Target Bristol: III/KG 77. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.5149, of III/KG 77 Oblt. Otto Tüdemann (F) injured Fw. Johann Merz (B) injured Fw. Gerhard Wähler (Bf) injured Uffz. Gerhard Röhmisch (Bs) injured Crew baled out near Bieberach am Rhein, aircraft crashed at Dijon, France on the return flight from Bristol. 06/07.12.40: Target Bristol: II/KG 27. He 111P-2, Wnr.1415, 1G+BP of 6/KG 27 Ltn. Manfred Enderlein (F) killed Fw. Gunther Erwin (B) missing Fw. Paul Tappe (Bf) killed Uffz. Werner Pattke (Bm) killed Failed to return. Later found crashed near Champagnale. Crew deaths confirmed 2.2.41. 06/07.12.40: Target Bristol: I/KG 51. Ju 88A-1, Wnr.5048, of I/KG 51 Ofw. Arnim Baussert (F) killed Ofw. Hugo Helms (B) killed Fw. August Konrad (Bf) injured Gefr. John Henry (Bs) injured Crashed near Melun, France following an engine failure on the return flight from Bristol. Konrad and Henry baled out. 12/13.12.40: Target Bristol: III/KG 27. He 111 of III/KG 27 Uffz. Martin Peper (Bm) killed Uffz. Rudolf Kraner (Bs) injured At 00.30 hrs F/Lt. H.Speke flying a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop) was vectored onto a bomber flying at about 5200 metres over Ringwood in Hampshire. The enemy aircraft was identified as a Heinkel but, as Speke closed in, he discovered that the dimmer on his gunsight had failed. Despite being dazzled, he opened fire and saw strikes made on the bomber before it dived away. 03/04.01.41: Target Bristol: III/KG 3. Do 17Z-2, Wnr.3328, of 8/KG 3 Crash-landed at St.Trond-Brusthem at 04.53 hrs with 55% damage. No crew casualties. 16/17.01.41: Target Avonmouth: I/LG 1. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.6123, L1+LK of 2/LG 1 Ltn. Max Zodrow (F) killed Uffz. Engelbert Lipps (B) killed Fw. Paul Gülzow (Bf) killed Uffz. Bruno Finke (Bs) killed Last contact was when it made a W/T transmission at 05.21 hrs to advise that it was on its return flight. Presumed crashed into the sea. This could be the aircraft claimed destroyed by the Cardiff AA guns. 16/17.01.41: Target Avonmouth: KGr 100. He 111H-2, Wnr.5441, 6N+CL of 3/KGr 100 Fw. Erwin Schul (F) missing Uffz. Heinz Bolle (B) missing Fw. Engelbert Buck (Bf) missing Gefr. Karl-Heinz Kayser (Bs) missing Last reported at 20.46 hrs on the return flight that it was estimating radio beacon Max near Caen in ten minutes. Presumed crashed into the sea. 22.02.41: Target Parnall Yate: II/KG 27. He 111H-3, Wnr. 3247, 1G+GM of 4/KG 27 Ltn. Berndt Rusche (F) POW Fw. Georg Jankowaik (Bf) missing Gefr. Erich Steinback (Bs) missing Uffz. Heinrich de Wall (Bm) killed Fw. Albert Ranke (B) killed Probably crippled by AA fire from A Troop, 236 Battery, 76 HAA Rgt. from the Markham Farm, Easton in Gordano, gun site it then struck the cable of barrage balloon 27/29 which tore off its port wing, before crashing on the water's edge at Portbury Wharf, Portbury, Somerset, at 14.12 hrs. Ranke and de Wall are buried in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. 16/17.03.41: Target Avonmouth: I/KG 51. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.7134, of I/KG 51 Uffz. Karl Lindemeyer (F) killed Gefr. Fritz Ettig (Bf) killed Uffz. Willi Maurer (B) killed Gefr. Josef Stadler (Bs) killed Crashed near Villaroche due to faulty servicing. 16/17.03.41: Target Avonmouth: I/KG 51. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.8124, 9K+AK of 2/KG 51 Ltn. Egon Arz (F) POW Obfw. Oskar Reimer (B) POW Fw. August Konrad (Bf) POW Fw. Otto Hoferrichter (Bm) POW Suffered double engine failure. Last radio call "Emergency landing in England". Crashed at RAF Chilmark, Dinton, Wilts at 23.40 hrs. 16/17.03.41: Target Bristol: II/KG 1. Ju 88A-1, Wnr.6255, of II/KG 1 Fw. Heinrich Hoben (F) killed Uffz. Hans Kugelsetter (Bf) killed Uffz. Helmut Wetzel (B) killed Fw. Heinrich Brunstein (Bs) killed Crashed between Beaumont and Cherbourg due to fuel shortage. 16/17.03.41: Target Bristol: II/KG 76. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.241, of II/KG 76 Fw. Heinz Richter (F) killed Ofw. Dietrich Mertens (B) killed Fw. Rudolf Bloch (Bf) killed Fw. Hans Gorke (Bs) killed Crashed near Le Havre soon after take-off. 16/17.03.41: Target Bristol: II/KG 76. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.2213, of II/KG 76 Ogefr. Karl Ronzinski (Bf) injured Gefr. Hans Müller (Bs) injured 2 other crewmen unhurt. Ran out of fuel returning from Bristol, crew baled out over France. Aircraft crashed near Chartres. 16/17.03.41: Target Bristol: II/KG 76. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.542, of II/KG 76 Uffz. Wilhelm Batels (F) injured Gefr. Hermann Model (B) injured Ogefr. Heinrich Hanss (Bf) injured Gefr. Wilhelm Baszik (Bs) injured. 90% damaged in crash landing near Chatêaudun. 03/04.04.41: Target Avonmouth: III/KG 1. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.4224, V4+AR of 7/KG 1 Ltn. Ernst Menge (F) missing Uffz. Wilhelm Hahn (Bf) missing Uffz. Robert König (B) missing Uffz. Wilhelm Schreiber (Bs) missing Believed that shot down by F/Lt. J.Cunningham and Sgt. C.F.Rawnsley in a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop) following an AI attack. Aircraft disintegrated and pieces hit the Beaufighter. Crashed into the sea south of the Needles, Isle of Wight at 00.50hrs. 04/05.04.41: Target Avonmouth: III/KG 26. He 111H-5, Wnr.3595, 1H+ED of Stab.III/KG 26 Ofw. Erich Blüher (Bf) killed. Gefr. Mathias van Kaldenkerken (Bs) kille d. Ofw. Herbert Rose (F) POW Fw. Georg Fietzek (B) POW Uffz. Ernst Groschle (Bm) POW Target Avonmouth, bomb load 1 SC 500 and 16 AB. Shot down during run-in to target by F/O. Edward Crew and Sgt. Norman Guthrie following an AI attack by Beaufighter R2252 of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed at Reading's Farm, St Lawrence Wick Road, Hewish, near Weston-s-Mare, Somerset at 22.25 hrs. Blüher and van Kaldenkerken are buried at Weston-s-Mare. 11/12.04.41: Traget Bristol area: III/KG 27. He 111P-2, Wnr.2002, 1G+HT of 9/KG 27 Uffz. Leo Röth (F) killed Ofw. Wilhelm Franke (B) killed Uffz. Walter Rüggeberg (Bm) killed Uffz. Fritz Unterieser (Bf) killed Shot down en route to the target by Sq.Ldr. J.Cunningham and Sgt. C.F.Rawnsley in a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Also claimed by Sgt. F.O. Jankowiak and Sgt. J.Lipinski in a Defiant of 307 Sq. (Colerne). Crashed at Prowers Farm, Lydlinch, Dorset at 01.35 hrs. 11/12.04.41: Target Bristol area: III/KG 1. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.6304, of III/KG 1 Ofw. Friedrich Greiner (F) killed Uffz. Karl Grauber (Bf) killed Obltn. Richard Sayk (B) killed Fw. Franz Grys (Bs) killed Crashed on return and burnt out on Abbeville airfield. 11/12.04.41: Target Bristol area: III/KG 26. He 111H-5, Wnr.3629, 1H+GD of Stab.III/KG 26 Obfw. Hans Büttner (F) unhurt Obfw. Heinz Tiemann (B) injured Uffz. Anton Ehm (Bf) injured Fw. Arthur Balken (Bm) killed Failed to return. Crew baled out over occupied territory. Aircraft probably crashed into the sea. 11/12.04.41: Target Bristol area: II/KG 54. Ju 88A-5, B3+GN of 5/KG 54 Uffz. Karl Funke (F) missing Fw. Josef Höhnhorst (Bf) missing Gefr. Heinz Bretschneider (Bs) missi ng Gefr. Horst Heller (B) missing Failed to return, probably crashed into the sea. 11/12.04.41: Target Bristol area: III/KG 55. He 111P-2, G1+GS of 8/KG 55 Gefr. Bruno Rode (F) missing Uffz. Erich Rähse (B) missing Uffz. Walter Ulbricht (Bf) missing Gefr. Karl Berger (Bm) missing Ditched in the Channel north of Cherbourg as a result of engine failure following combat with a nightfighter on return flight. 14/15.06.41: Target BAC Filton: KGr 100. He 111H, Wnr.3248, 6N+DK of 2/KGr 100 Ofw. Adalbert Knier (F) killed Uffz. Werner Kuhnert (B) killed Uffz. Werner Schmalfuss (Bf) killed Fw. Heinrich Laubesheimer (Bm) kille d Uffz. Gunter Muller (Bs) killed This aircraft which took off at 23.19 hrs was shot down by F/O. K.I. Geddes and Sgt. A.C. Cannon in a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed at Plumber, near Sturminster Newton, Dorset, at 00.55 hrs. 04/05.07.41: Target Filton Airfield: III/KG 27. He 111H-5, Wnr. 4087,1H+FR of 7/KG 26 Ltn. Siegfried Baden (F) POW Fw. Ernst Witt (B) POW Gefr. Ludwig Kügel (Bf) POW Ogefr. Eduard Köppel (Bm) killed Shot down by F/Lt. Patten and F/Sgt. Moody in a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed 01.25 hrs at Vallis Farm, Great Elm, Murdercombe Bottom, near Frome, Somerset. 08/09.07.41: Target Filton Airfield: KGr 100. He 111H-3, Wnr.5725, of KGr 100 Oblt. Ferdinand Cartes (Bm) killed Uffz. Alosius Menzel (Bs) POW died later Damaged 60% following night-fighter attack over the Bristol Channel. 26.08.41: Reconnissance over Bristol & Birmingham: 1(F)/123. Ju 88D-2, Wnr.0369, 4U+HH, of 1(F)/123 Ltn. Rudolf Lauer (B) interned Ltn. Ludwig Stockbauer (F) interned Gefr. Herbert Schulze (Bf) interned Gefr. Gerhard Drechsel (Bs) interned Crashed at 18.34 hrs at Belgooly, Old Head of Kinsale, Co. Cork, Eire. Shot down by F/O. R.G.O.J.Mouchette and Sgt. Hamilton in Hurricanes of 615 Sq. (Valley). 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: IV/KG 2. Do 17Z-1, Wnr.2507, U5+GW of 12/KG 2 Uffz. Siegfried Kukla (F) missing Gefr. Karl Küsters (B) missing Uffz. Karl Graf (Bf) killed Uffz. Hans Jansen (Bm) killed This aircraft appears to have become lost probably due to "Meacom" activity.It sent an "SOS" at 22.26 hrs and at 23.45 hrs was intercepted and attacked 40 miles south of Worthing by S/L J.G.Topham DFC and F/L Strange on Beaufighter II X7690 of 219 Sq. (Tangmere). At 00.16 hrs it received a D/F/ fix from Paris-Villacoublay giving a position 40 miles NE of Cherbourg. It then homed on Caen from the NW and at 00.34 hrs signalled "Landing - Pankcake Landing", but appears to hve crashed into the sea as it was called between 00.35 and 00,59 hrs without reply. The bodies of Graf and Jansen were subsequently recovered from the sea. 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: IV/KG 3. Ju 88A-6, Wnr. 3459, 5K+DW of 12/KG 3 Oblt. Günther Brixius (F) killed Ofw. Walter Kreinenbrock(B) POW Gefr. Paul Kochon (Bf) POW Fw. Adolf Leidig (Bm) killed This aircraft took off at 21.36 hrs from Brussels-Evere briefed to intrude over night fighter airfields in the Wiltshire area to disrupt night flying. The crew subsequently became lost over England due to "Meacon" activity and at 22.35 hrs was claimed damaged by Cardiff HAA gun site J16B on Flat Holm Island in the Mouth of the River Severn (351/112 HAA Rgt). It was initially picked up by the Gun Laying Radar at a range of 42,000 yards and engaged with 6 rounds of 4.7" at a height of 8000 feet. The target, which was tracked through 180 degrees, then lost height disappearing at an altitude of 6000 feet and a distance of 1900 yards before crossing the coast near Chepstow. The Junkers then flew up the Wye Valley before being shot down by F/O Wyrill and Sgt Willins in Beaufighter X7933 of 255 Sq (High Ercall), crashing at 23.50 hrs at Lan-haylo Farm, Gwaunceste Hill, Builth Wells, Brecon. The crew, originally buried in Glascwm churchyard were later moved to the German Military Cemetery at Cannock Chase. 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: Kü Fl Gr 506. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.1540, S4+MH of 1/Kü Fl Gr 506. Uffz. Michael Bartl (F) missing Ltn. Joachim Ritzmann (B) missing Uffz. Fritz Schmidt (Bf) missing Fw. Max Burdenski (Bs) missing Shot down by F/L Neyder and Sgt Wozney in Beaufigher II T3358 of 307 Sq (Exeter). Crashed into the sea 15 miles south of Beer Head abouit 22.20 hrs. Four parachutes seen before the aircraft went down in flames and its destruction was confirmed by the Royal Observer Corps and Convoy "Stencil". 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: II/KG 40. Do 217E-3, Wnr.5090. Crashed and destroyed at Courseulles sur Mer, near Caen, due to engine failure after crew had successfully baled out. Probably the aircraft claimed destroyed by Portland 4 (Southwell) HAA gun site (418/140 HAA Rgt) at 23.38 hrs and called without reply at 00.22 hrs. 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: III/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.1165. Signalled "Engine Damaged" at 23.31 hrs and later homed on Caen-Carpiquet airfield from the NW before crash-landing there, 50% damaged. 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: II/KG 40. Do 217E-4, Wnr.5361. Crash-landed (30% damaged) at Rennes airfield due to engine troubles and was probably the aircraft ordered to jettison its bombs on the emergency dumping ground at 04.44 hrs. 25/26.04.42: Target Bath: II/KG 40. Do 217E-4, Wnr.1120, F8+EM of 4/KG 40 Fw. Herbert Gregs (F) killed Obgfr. Helmut Tomschi (Kb) killed Uffz. Karl Kainzinger (Bf) killed Uffz. Adolf Lenz (Bs) killed Pilot dazzled by searchlight at Site MPB 9 on Pentridge Hill, Handley, Dorset (4/2 SL Rgt). Crashed 05.05 hrs at Bottlebush Down, Handley Cross. Tomschi, Kainzingler and Lenz subsequently buried in Cranborne Cemetery. Thisd aircraft appears to have already been in difficulty having first been called by Rennes, without reply, from 04.42 hrs, and they continued until 07.58 hrs, while Nantes also tried unsuccessfully between 06.57 and 07.10 hrs. 26/27.04.42: Target Bath: IV/KG 2. Do 217Z-3, Wnr.4236, U5+BW of 12/KG 2 Ltn. Helmut Schobbert (F) missing Gefr. Kurt Motz (B) missing Uffz. Heinrich Stadler (Bf) missing Gefr. Johann Plschek (Bm) missing Damaged at about 01.40 hrs by Hurricane IIC Z3778 of 87 Sq (Charmy Down) flown by P/O Grantham whilst at between 1500 and 2000 feet over Lansdown, near Bath. Called on the Tactical Frequency between 02.59 and 04.14 hrs but without reply and appears to have crashed into the English Channel during the return flight. 26/27.04.42: Target Bath: IV/KG 4. He 111H-5, Wnr.3590. Damaged whilst northbound near the northern edge of the Portland Gun Defended Area by Beaufighter I X7571 of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop) flown by F/L Crew and P/O Duckett at 01.05 hrs. The aircraft was followed back by GCI until it faded loosing height. It was probably the aircraft which reported "Flying on One Engine" and is known to have subsequently forced landed at Avord airfield 30% damaged. 26/27.04.42: Target Bath: IV/KG 30. Ju 88A-5. Probably damaged near Bridport by Beaufighter II T3358 of 307 Sq (Exeter) flown by F/L Neyder and Sgt Wozny. At 00.47 hrs, outward bound to Bath, this aircraft signalled "Engine Damaged" and at 01.07 hrs "Port engine out of action - intermittently jettisoning bombs". Returned safely. 26/27.04.42: Target Bath: IV/KG 55. He 111H-5, Wnr.5319. Ofw. Willi Schulz (Bm) killed At 02.15 hrs whilst returning from Bath at 4500 feet the aircraft was intercepted near Bristol by Defiant I N3370 of 125 Sq. (Colerne) flown by P/O White and P/O Gavegen. This was probably the aircraft which was initially controlled by Caen and signalled it intended landing there due to a damaged engine, but later homed on Rennes from the NW whrer it finally put down. 26/27.04.42: Target Bath: Kü Fl Gr 106. Ju 88D-1, Wnr.1293. Uffz. Leo Peier (Bs) killed Intercepted at about 01.14 hrs flying at 11,000 feet and 10 miles south of Exmouth by Beaufighter II T3382 of 307 Sq. (Exeter) flown by F/O Pietrzyk and F/O Krawiecki. This was probably the aircraft which was plotted in the Casquets area, west of Alderney, at 01.30 hrs. It then made an emergency landing at Dinard-St.Briac airfield 60% damaged. 23.05.42: Target Avonmouth: Erprobungs und LehrKommando 17. He 111H-6, Wnr.4627, 6N+FR of Ergr.u.Lehr Kdo 17. Hptm. Siegfried Langer (F) killed Oberfw. Gerhard Schmidt (Bf) killed Fw. Dietrich Hoffmann (Bm) killed Fw. Paul Gaidies (Bf) killed Gefr. Willi Worring (Bs) killed Forced down by W/Cdr. J.Cunningham DSO, DFC and Bar and F/Lt. C.F.Rawnsley, DFC, DFM and Bar, in a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed at Elcombe Farm, Alvediston, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, at 17.05 hrs. Hptm. Langer was the Staffelkäpitan. 27/28.06.42: Target Weston super Mare: I/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.4207 of I/KG 2. Technical fault. Crash-landed west of Evreux airfield 45% damaged. 27/28.06.42: Target Weston super Mare: I/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr. 5473, U5+CL of 3/KG 2 Fw. Wilhelm Schludecker (F) injur ed Oblt. Hans Reiss (B) injured Uffz. Alfons Bemelmans (Bf) injured Fw. Heinrich Buhr (Bs) injured Engine failure on take-off, crash-landed Evreux-Fauville, 60% damaged. Oblt. Reiss was the Staffelkäpitan. 28/29.06.42: Target Weston super Mare: II/KG 2. Do 217E-2, Wnr.5365, U5+BP of 6/KG 2 Uffz. Rudolf Blankenburg (F) uninjured Uffz. Horst Schwandt (B) uninjured Uffz. Heinrich Depping (Bf) uninjured Uffz. Max Feiget (Bm) uninjured Intercepted near Taunton byMosquito DD638 of 264 Sq (Colerne) flown by F/O. Hodgkinson and Sgt.Roe. Crash-landed near Creil at 03.05 hrs. 28/29.06.42: Target Weston super Mare: III/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.5379, of 7/KG 2 Uffz. Michael Peters (F) killed Fw. Josef Prinzensing (B) killed Uffz. Peter Schwab (Bf) injured Gefr. Konrad Bierl (Bm) killed Intercepted by Hurricane II BE581 of 1 Sq (Tangmere) flown by F/Lt. Kuttelwascher. Crashed at Trevieres near Caen. 100% destroyed. 28/29.06.42: Target Weston super Mare: III/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.5490. Suffered engine failure and force-landed at Montdidier. 60% damaged. 01/02.07.42: Target Bristol: II/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.4268 of 4/KG 2 Uffz. Josef Hesch (B) killed Ofw. Alwin Kuhlmann (Bm) injured This aircraft was intercepted near Coutances by a Hurricane of 1 Sq (Tangmere). 2 crewmen baled out one being killed and one injured. The aircraft was then safely landed at St.André with 10% damage. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 2. Ju 188E-1, Wnr.260219, U5+EN of 5/KG 2 Ltn.Werner Siebert(F)POW injured Uffz. Klaus Holst (Kb) POW Uffz. Matthias Josephs (Bf) POW Fw. Hermann Sagel (Bm) POW Gefr. Marcel Rozycki (Bs) POW This aircraft loaded with 2 AB 1000, 4 BC 50 and 6 LC 50 took-off at 22.32 hrs and was shot down en-route for Bristol by F/O. Russell and F/Lt. Weir in a Beaufighter VI, MM 850, of 68 Sq. (Fairwood Common). Crashed 00.10 hrs at Walnut Farm, Coxley, Wells, Somerset. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217K-1, Wnr.4497, U5+GR of 7/KG 2 Fw. Emil Krings (F) missing Uffz. Hermann Erich (B) missing Ogefr. Reinhold Braczyk (Bf) missing Uffz. Willi Grossmann (Bd) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217 of III/KG 2 Caught fire after landing at Nantes, crew uninjured. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 6. Ju 88 of 6/KG 6 Fhj.Fw. Günther Tobor (F) missing Ogefr. Karl-Heinz Menzel (B) missing Uffz. Theodor Burkard (Bf) missing Fw. Gerhard Thon (Bd) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 6. Ju 88 of 7/KG 6 Ltn. Herbert Blass (F) killed Ogefr. Helmut Spaltmann (B) missing Fw. Richard Roth (Bf) missing Uffz. Gerhard Schiller (Bs) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 6. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.144551, 3E+FT of 9/KG 6 Uffz. Günter Blaffert (F) POW injured Ogefr. Gerhard Hartung (B) killed Ogefr. Josef Helm (Bf) missing Gefr. Adam Kurz (Bs) missing This aircraft took-off at 21.30 hrs loaded with 1 AB 1000 and 1 500kg H.E. to bomb a factory on the banks of the River Severn on the western outskirts of Bristol. It was shot down by W/Cdr. K.M.Hampshire DSO and F/O. T.Condon in a Mosquito XVII of 456 Sq. RAAF (Ford). Crashed 23.45 hrs at Beer, Devon. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 6. Ju 88 of 9/KG 6 Uffz. Alfred Hahn (Bs) killed This aircraft was claimed damaged by AA fire over Yeovil at 00.01 hrs. Hahn was killed when he baled out near Chelborough, Dorset without the aid of a parachute which was found at Halstock. The remaining crew returned safely to base. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 30. Ju 88A-4, Whr.550241, 4D+EP of 6/KG 30 Uffz. Walter Tutschek (F) POW Ogefr. Otto Bauch (B) POW Uffz. Hans Wirth (Bf) POW Ogefr. Karl Wiedner (Bs) POW injured This aircraft loaded with 1 AB 500 and 1 500kg H.E. and 10 50kg H.E.'s was shot down by F/Lt. H.D.McNabb and P/O. J.L.N.Hall in a Beaufighter VIf, KW 981, of 406 Sq. RCAF (Exeter). Crashed at 23.50 hrs at Willis Farm, Clapton, near Berkeley. Gloucestershire. Maps recovered from the wreckage showed the turning point at the mouth of the Usk ringed in red together with the time 23.58 hrs. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 30. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.301518, 4D+AR of 7/KG 30 Uffz. Helmut Heimpel (F) killed Uffz. Ernst Schmidt (B) killed Uffz. Matthias Berg (Bf) killed Uffz. Werner Neubert (Bs) killed Shot down by an Intruder. Crashed at Nessy, near Cherbourg. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: St/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.141211, B3+UA of Stab/KG 54 Ltn. Wolfgang Fritz (F) POW Ogefr. Gunter Bärmann (B) POW Gefr. Heinrich Schwenzer (Bs) POW Uffz. Heinrich Schink (Bf) killed This aircraft loaded with 2 AB 1000's was accredited to the Weston-super-Mare AA guns but said by crew to have suffered a fire in the faulty left engine after attacking the target. The smoke filled aircraft was abandoned and crashed at 23.55 hrs at Delean Peat Works, Blakeway, Westhay, near Wedmore, Somerset. Schink is buried at Weston-s-Mare. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, Wnr. 142276, B3+KL of 2/KG 54 Ofw. Werner Goertz (F) killed Fw. Ferdinand Fuchs (B) killed Uffz. Walter Lindner (Bf) injured Uffz. Franz Sitzwohl (Bs) killed Crashed in the Aisne Canal, near Juvincourt, on return from Bristol. Lindner baled out. 27/28,03.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.550401, B3+FK of 2/KG 54 Ltn. Friedrich Kerkhof (F) killed Uffz. Gunter Pfauder (B) POW injured Uffz. Rudolf Teismann (Bf) POW injured Ogefr. Werner Decho (Bs) POW This aircraft loaded with 2 AB 1000's took-off at 21.30 hrs and was shot down en-route for Bristol by S/Ldr. H.V.Ellis and F/Lt. J.M.Craig in Mosquito XVII, HK260, of 219 Sq.(Colerne). Crashed at 23.57 hrs at Hestercombe Manor House, Upper Cheddon, near Taunton. 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.144551, B3+BL of 3/KG 54 Ofw. Hans Brautigam (F) POW Ogefr. Kurt Chalon (B) POW Ogefr. Alfred Maleztki (Bm) POW Uffz. Robert Belz (Bf) killed This aircraft loaded with 3 AB 500's was shot down by W/Cdr. K.M.Hampshire DSO and F/O. T.Condon on Mosquito XVII of 456 Sq. RAAF (Ford). Crashed at 23.50 hrs at Walrond's Park Farm, Isle Brewers, near Ilminster, Somerset. Belz's body was found at Isle Brewers 13/4/44 27/28.03.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 66. Ju 88S-1, Wnr.301509, Z6+FN of 5/KG 66 Fw. Wilhelm Schmidt (F) missing Uffz. Heinz Kunczak (B) missing Uffz. Franz Kraus (Bf) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 2. Ju 188, Wnr.180413, U5+LH of 1/KG 2 Ofw. Georg Rösler (F) missing Uffz. Friedrich Kreihsel (B) missing Uffz. Rudolf Fietz (Bf) missing Fw. Günter Hosters (Bs) missing Ogefr. Emil Weissbrich (Bsz) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 2. Ju 188E-2, Wnr. 180414, U5+GH of 1/KG 2 Ltn. Wolfgang Christoff (F) killed Fw. Horst Huffaky (Bs) killed Ogefr. Theophil Joretzki (Bs) killed Uffz. Heinrich Schnuer (B) killed Ogefr. Wolfgang Biegerl (Bf) killed Shot down by 3.7 inch AA guns from 17,000 feet and crashed at 02.15 hrs at Salterns Wood, Arne, near Wareham, Dorset. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217M-1, Wnr.6324, U5+HS of 8/KG 2 Uffz. Klaus-Dieter Bohm (Bf) injured Engine fire south-west of Caen, crew baled out. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217M-1, Wnr.6256, U5+IT of 9/KG 2 Uffz. Heinrich Rosemann (F) killed Ogefr. Kurt Deutrich (B) killed Ogefr. Franz Harnoth (Bf) killed Uffz. Willi Tettschlag (Bd) killed Crashed near Savigny, France 00.30 hrs en-route for Bristol. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 6. Ju 88 of 5/KG 6 Uffz. Karl Geher (F) missing Gefr. Franz Hartmann (B) missing Uffz. Josef Getzinger (Bf) missing Uffz. Alfred Stenzel (Bd) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 30. Ju 88, Wnr.142570, 4D+OM of 4/KG 30 Uffz. Alwin Schlemm (F) missing Gefr. Gerhard Klinger (B) missing Gefr. Horst Steinmetz (Bf) missing Uffz. Franz Rametsheiner (Bs) missing Failed to return and was probably lost at sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 30. Ju 88A-14, Wnr.144501, 4D+FM of 4/KG 30 Uffz. Rudolf Detering (F) POW injured Uffz. Johann Agten (B) POW injured Uffz. Walter Kempter (Bf) POW Uffz. Helmut Trauwald (Bs) killed This aircraft loaded with 1 AB 1000 and 10 50 kg Phosphorous I/B's was shot down en-route for Bristol by S/Ldr. E.G.Barwell DFC and F/Lt. D.Haige in a Mosquito XVII of 125 Sq. (Hurn). Crashed at Manor Farm, Hill Deverill, Wiltshire, at 02.10 hrs. Trauwald is buried at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath. 23/24.03.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 30. Ju 88 of 4/KG 30 Uffz. Karl Wenzhann (F) injured Wenzhann was injured bailing out following being shot down by a night fighter. The rest of the crew were uninjured. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 54. Ju 88, Wnr.800939, B3+KH of 1/KG 54 Uffz. Günter Fedler (F) missing Uffz. Walter Marke (B) killed Uffz. Heinz Reinecke (Bf) missing Ogefr. Franz Woznick (Bs) missing Failed to return and crashed into the English Channel. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 54. Ju 88, Wnr.1226, B3+GL of 3/KG 54 Ltn. Gerhard Jandke (F) injured Uffz. Bernhard Frank (B) injured Uffz. Horst Seeck (Bf) injured Uffz. Karl Wolle (Bs) killed Crashed force landing 2 km SW of Tour en Bessin, near Caen, France, on return from Bristol. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, B3+HR of 7/KG 54 Uffz. Heinz Strobel (F) missing Uffz. Maximilian Brachtel (B) missi ng Uffz. Werner Holl (Bf) missing Uffz. Josef Götz (Bs) missing Failed to return presumed crashed into the sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, B3+FS of 8/KG 54 Ltn. Stephan Pauli (F) missing Uffz. Werner Perlik (B) missing Uffz. Karl-Heinz Behling (Bf) missing Uffz. Walter Wickborn (Bs) killed Failed to return crashed into the sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, B3+DT of 9/KG 54 Ltn. Erhard Uebel (F) missing Fw. Josef Lichtl (B) missing Uffz. Erhard Granow (Bf) missing Fw. Hans Adam (Bs) missing Failed to return probably crashed into the sea. 23/24.04.44: Target Bristol: IV/KG 101. Ju 88 of Erganzungs-Staffel IV/KG 101 Uffz. Hans Bauer (F) killed Uffz. Josef Krekeller (B) missing Uffz. Eugen Ritz (Bf) missing Uffz. Karl Bachus (Bs) missing Failed to return crashed into the sea. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 2. Ju 188A-2, Wnr.160089, U5+HH of 1/KG 2 Fw. Heinz Mühlberger (F) POW injured Fw. Werner Heinzelmann (Bs) killed Ogefr. Ewald Steinbeck (Bs) killed Uffz. Artur Krüger (Bf) killed Ogefr. Willi Eberle (B) killed Shot down en-route to Bristol by F/O. A.S.McEvoy and F/O. M.N.Austin in Mosquito XVII HK 246 of 456 Sq. (Ford). Crashed at 02.00 hrs at Greenlands Artillery Range, Larkhill, Wilts. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 2. Ju 188A-2 of I/KG 2 Crashed into the sea off Guernsey. Crew baled out and rescued unhurt. Possibly shot down by a Beaufighter of 406 Sq. (Winkleigh). 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 2. Ju 188E-1 of II/KG 2 Crashed on return to Vannes. Crew unhurt. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217M-1, Wnr.6396, U5+DR of 7/KG 2 Uffz. Günter Zimmermann (F) missing Ogefr. Johann Grabner (B) killed Uffz. Heinz Steigemann (Bf) missing Gefr. Johannes Priebs (Bs) missing Failed to return, probably lost at sea. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217K-1, Wnr.4421, U5+BR of 7/KG 2 Uffz. Helmut Dahm (F) missing Ogefr. Kurt Weprek (B) missing Ogefr. Friedrich Fischer (Bf) missing Ogefr. Günther Schiewe (Bd) missing Failed to return, probably lost at sea. Possible shot down by F/Lt. Surman in a Mosquito of 604 Sq. (Hurn). 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217K-1, Wnr.4410, U5+MR of 7/KG 2 Ltn. Johannes Domschke (F) killed Uffz. Emil Chmielewski (B) POW injured Uffz. Waldemar Jungke (Bf) POW injured Uffz. Otto Schott (Bs) POW injured Took-off at 00.40 hrs loaded with 4 500 kg H.E.'s and was shot down en-route for Bristol by F/O. R.G.Jeffs and F/O. E.Spedding in a Mosquito of 488 Sq. (Zeals). Crashed at 02.04 hrs at Camel Cross Cafe, West Camel, near Yeovilton, Somerset. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: III/KG 2. Do 217K-1, Wnr.4454, U5+FR of 7/KG 2 Uffz. Franz Hildebrandt (Bs) POW Shot down into the sea 30 km south of Torquay probably by S/Ldr. Mansfield in a Beaufighter of 68 Sq. (Fairwood Common). 14/14.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 6. Ju 188A-2, Wnr.180441, 3E+DH of 1/KG 6 Uffz. Gottfried Biedermann (F) missi ng Uffz. Georg Malek (B) missing Uffz. Walder Ziener (Bf) missing Fw. Karl Hartmaier (Bs) missing Gefr. Franz Hense (Bs) missing Failed to return, probably lost at sea. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 6. Ju 188A-2, Wnr.180440, 3E+MH of 1/KG 6 Oblt. Karl von Manowarda (F) POW injured Ofw. Ernst Fröhlich (Bf) POW injured Fw. Heinrich Kaiser (B) killed Fw. Holf Wolf (Bm) killed Ofw. Paul Schmaler (Bs) killed Shot down by a Mosquito of 264 Sq. (Hartford Bridge) which was lost in the combat. F/Lt. C.M.Ramsay DFC baled out, F/O. Edgar DFC killed. The Ju 188 crashed at 02.25 hrs at Manor Farm, West Woldham, Selbourne, Hampshire. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 6. Ju 188A-2, Wnr.180436, 3E+BK of 2/KG 6 Uffz. Ernst Holst (F) missing Ofw. Walther Hielschem (B) missing Uffz. Emil Machwart (Bf) missing Uffz. Kurt Wieners (Bs) missing Gefr. Siegmund Urban (Bs) missing Failed to return, probably lost at sea. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 6. Ju 188A-2, Wnr.160069, 3E+LK of 2/KG 6 Ltn. Gerhard Wentz (F) POW Uffz. Karl Fritsch (Kb) POW Uffz. Hilmar Korf (Bf) killed Uffz. Karl Hoyer (Bs) killed Gefr. Gerhard Büttner (Bs) killed Took-off at 00.30 hrs loaded with 2 1000 kg H.E.'s and was shot down en-route for Bristol. Although the destruction of this aircraft was officially credited to F/Lt. J.A.S.Hall and F/O. J.P.Cairns in a Mosquito of 488 Sq. (Zeals) it seem more likely that F/O. R.G.Jeffs and F/O. E.Spedding were the victors, also in a Mosquito of 488 Sq. The Ju 188 crashed in the grounds of Inwood House, Temple Combe, near Henstridge, Somerset at 02.00 hrs. Korf and Büttner are buried in Haycombe Cemetery in Bath. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 6. Ju 188A-2, Wnr.180411, 3E+ML of 3/KG 6 Fw. Hans Pax (F) killed Uffz. Heinz Schwöbel (Bf) killed Suffered engine failure over the Channel coast and crashed at St.Hellier, Jersey. Schwöbel baled out but was killed, other crew members baled out over France. 14/15.04.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 30. Ju 88, Wnr.301324, 4D+AC of Stab.II/KG 30 Fw. Walter Hallen (F) missing Gefr. Guido Frauscher (B) missing Uffz. Hans Ueckermann (Bf) missing Uffz. Peter Ostler (Bs) missing Failed to return, probably lost at sea. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: II/KG 30. Ju 88, Wnr.550449, 4D+BN of 5/KG 30 Ltn. Walter Bierbrauer (F) missing Oblt. Rolf Sellmann (B) missing Uffz. Alois Krebs (Bf) missing Uffz. Helmut Bierle (Bs) missing Failed to return, probably lost at sea. 14/15.05.44: Target Bristol: I/KG 54. Ju 88A-4, Wnr.088560, B3+NH of 1/KG 54 Uffz. Drago Verhove (F) missing Uffz. Heinrich Schumann (B) missing Uffz. Robert Schneider (Bf) missing Ogefr. Georg Fellner (Bs) missing Failed to return probably lost at sea. Other German Aircraft Brought Down Locally 14/15.03.41: Target Glasgow: II/KG 55. He 111P-4, Wnr.3096, G1+IP, of 6/KG 55 Oblt. Eckehardt Henschke (F) killed Fw. Franz Harter (B) killed Fw. Heinz Krüger (Bf) killed Fw. Willi Smolinski (Bm) killed Intercepted in the vicinity of Codrington by F/O. Keith Geddes and Sgt. A.C.Cannon in a Beaufighter of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Shot down and crashed with full bomb load at Brinkmarsh Farm, Whitfield, nr. Falfield, Glos. at 21.40 hrs. Crew all buried at Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol. 07/08.05.41: Target Liverpool: St/KG 27. He 111P, Wnr. 1647, 1G+NA of Stab/KG 27 Oblt. Johannes Maron (B) POW Ofw. Heinrich Ronge (F) POW Fw. Heinz Dietrich (Bf) POW Uffz. Heinrich Eggert (Bm) POW Ogfr. Helmut Hilger (Bs) POW Shot down by F/O. G.Howden in a Beaufighter of 600 Sq. (Colerne). Crashed at Stock Lane, Langford near Weston-s-Mare, at 22.55 hrs en-route for Liverpool. 16/17.06.41: Target Gloster Aircraft Hucclecote: KGr 100. He 111H-2, Wnr.5462, 6N+CH of 1/KGr 100 Uffz. Franz Koster (B) killed Oberfw. Heinz Ittner (F) killed Gefr. Wolfgang Porada (Bf) killed Gefr. Heinz Keul (Bs) killed Uffz. Heinz Berwig (Bm) killed Shot down en-route to Hucclecote by P/O. W.M.Gosland and Sgt. Phillips in Beaufighter R2085 of 604 Sq. (Middle Wallop). Crashed 01.20 hrs at Home Farm, Maiden Bradley, Wilts. Body of Uffz. Berwig not discovered until 11/3/44 and subsequently buried at Haycombe Cemetery, Bath. 23/24.07.41: Target Birkenhead: I/KG 30. Ju 88A-5, Wnr.3457, 4D+DL of 3/KG 30 Uffz. Wolfgang Hosie (F) POW Fw. Paul Zimmermann (B) POW Ogefr. Franz Sander (Bf) POW Ogefr. Robert Riemann (Bs) POW Took off from Lanveoc-Poulmic at 23.35 hrs to bomb the docks at Birkenhead. On return it was mislead by the Meacon transmitter at Lympsham, Somerset, and low on fuel landed intact at RAF Broadfield Down (Lulsgate Bottom), Wrington, Somerset at 06.20 hrs. 17/18.05.43: Target Cardiff: I/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.5497, U5+EK of 2/KG 2 Uffz. Joachim Tröger (F) POW Uffz. Wilhelm Schmidt (B) killed Uffz. Werner Grothe (Bf) killed Uffz. Erich Gratz (Bm) killed Collided with Do 217 U5+DL at 03.10 hrs. Crashed in the sea off Woodspring Bay, Somerset. Werner Grothe is buried at Weston-s-Mare. 17/18.05.43: Target Cardiff: I/KG 2. Do 217E-4, Wnr.5305, U5+DL of 3/KG 2 Ltn. Emil Holthaus (F) missing Uffz. Fritz Richter (B) killed Uffz. Heinrich Schumacher (Bf) killed Uffz. Willi Petzke (Bm) killed Collided with Do 217 U5+EK at 03.10 hrs. Crashed in the sea off Woodspring Bay, Somerset. Richter is buried at Greenbank, Bristol.   NEXT