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Date: Sunday 18 May 1941
Time: 02:34 LT

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator: 77 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z6578
MSN: KN-P
Fatalities: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: near Rotem, Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg - Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:30 LT for an operation to Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Kurt Loos of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth Gray RAFVR 742207 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Norman Brook Pell RAFVR 758164 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas William Archibald Crone RAFVR 969953 [Killed]
Sergeant Harry Fraser RAF 949933 [PoW]
Sergeant Allan Morris RAF 994380 [PoW]

  1. Orig. Foto englische RAF Flugzeug Wrack Whitley in ROTEM b. Maaseik Belgien 1941 | eBay
  2. Orig. Foto englische RAF Flugzeug Wrack Whitley in ROTEM b. Maaseik Belgien 1941 | eBay
  3. Orig. Foto englische RAF Flugzeug Wrack Whitley in ROTEM b. Maaseik Belgien 1941 | eBay
  4. Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V Z6578, Sunday 18 May 1941
 
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Date: Thursday 10 April 1941
Time: 23:32 LT
Type: Handley Page Hampden Mk I
Owner/operator: 144 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3066
MSN: PL-
Fatalities: Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: 2 km SW of Neeroeteren, Maaseik, Limburg - Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff for an operation to Düsseldorf, Germany.
Over Belgium, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and engaged by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 C-4 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. In the engagement, the Messerschmitt collided with the Hampden and was substantially damaged (15%). The Luftwaffe pilot managed to bring the aircraft back to base.

The RAF crew is buried at Adegem, Maldegem, Belgium:

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Noel James Kerr RAFVR 81041 (NCO:741858 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 July, 1940) [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Robert James Hamilton RAFVR 85676 (NCO:758057 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 October, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Jack Howell DFM RAF 552601 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Ronald Wickens RAFVR 909288 [Killed]

It was Frank first victory 1 10 April 1941 23:32

  1. Orig. Foto RAF Flugzeug Wrack Handley Page Hampden bei MAASEIK Belgien 1941 | eBay
  2. Orig. Foto RAF Flugzeug Wrack Handley Page Hampden bei MAASEIK Belgien 1941 | eBay
  3. Orig. Foto RAF Flugzeug Wrack Handley Page Hampden bei MAASEIK Belgien 1941 | eBay
  4. Accident Handley Page Hampden Mk I X3066, Thursday 10 April 1941
  5. Hans-Dieter Frank - Wikipedia
 
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German

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Sigel, Walter Obstlt 1/12/1906 Ulm Donau Kdr I/StG-76 (9/39 Nieder-Ellguth, 8/40 Caen), I/StG-3 (3/42), Kdr StG-3 (5/42 N.Africa) , Stab Jafu Norway (5/44) Ju 87B in StG-76, Ju 87R "S1 + AB" in I Grp, Ju 87D-1 Trop "S7 + AA" (8/43), Ju 87D-1/Trop "S7+KS", Fi 156F-1 Werk # 1411 "W% + BK" (lost 5/8/44) RK(7/21/40)-EL(9/2/42)

Deutsches Kreuz - Gold(4/24/42)

EK 1 & 2
Wound Badge
Dive Bomber Oper.Clasp w/"300" hanger KIFA 8 May, 1944 in an Fi 156 (Storch) as a passenger on an inspection tour near Faettenfjord,Trondheim. The pilot, Oblt Gerhard Bolz, flew into a defense cable stretched across a narrow valley, protecting the Tirpitz. All three buried at Havstein, Trondheim (Flyvrak Norway). Wounded in French Campaign on 10 May, 1940, while his RO/Gunner, Ofw Herzog, was killed. Derna, Libya 5/42. 300+ missions. Alternate spelling: Siegel.


  1. Ritterkreuzträger Major Sigel, Kommandeur einer deutschen Stuka-einheit vor dem Start zum Feindflug.
  2. Kracker Luftwaffe Archive
 
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German Walther Lehn + 20-07-1943 Tuesday

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Aus dem Nachlass der Jagdflieger der Luftwaffe Unteroffizier Walther Lehn (° 14.08.1921).
Ab 1940 Ausbildung als Pilot, ab Winter 1940-'41 auf dem Fliegerhorst Garz (Usedom).
In 1942 in Prenzlau, im Winter 1942-'43 Ausbildung als Jagdflieger in Werneuchen.
Frühjahr 1943 bei der 1./ Jagdgruppe West in Landes De Bussac, Frankreich.
Sommer 1943 nach der Ostfront mit der Stabsstaffel der Jagdgeschwader 51.
Anfang Juli 1943 schon 3 Luftsiege (MiG-3), aber leider dann am 20. Juli 1943 gefallen,
bei Absturz seiner Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-5 "Schwarze 10" (Werknummer 23).

  1. Orig. Foto Pilot Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Flugzeug Flugplatz PRENZLAU 1942 - JG51 KIA | eBay
  2. Orig. Foto Pilot Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Flugzeug Flugplatz PRENZLAU 1942 - JG51 KIA | eBay
 
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