Date: 26th May 1940.
Unit: 1 Staffel/Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 123.
Type: Junkers Ju 52/3m.
Werke Nr. ?
Code: BA + KH (III./KGr zbV.106).
Location: Ekornes, Evensdal in Saldtal-Norway.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Peter Endres 1.(F)/123 Nr. 61. (Born 19.03.1908 in Essen). Killed.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Franz Herp 1.(F)/123 Nr. 34. (Born 17.05.1914 in Gernsbach). Killed.
Gunner: Feldwebel. Anton Schairer 1.(F)/123 Nr. 49. (Born 17.01.1913 in Ueberlingen/Bodensee). Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Failed to return, believed shot down at 16.30 by Caesar Hull in a Gloster Gladiator. Nine soldiers lost their lives in the crash including three members of 1.(F)/123 who were detailed to carry out this transfer flight. Six passengers, five from 4/Fallschirm-Regiment 1, Gefr Walter Bellmann, Obgefr Ernst Buttcher, Jaeger Werner Schemmel, Gefr Wilhelm Geiger and Jaeger Harry Ludeke.
In addition Fw Karl Linek of Fallschirmschule 1, Witstock.
Feldwebel. Schairer and right, Unteroffizier. Herp (Schlichting/Brownless)
Original Kameraden grave marker for this crew. (Schlichting/Brownless)
Burial details:
The graves of these three aircrew can be found in the Kriegsgraeberstaette in Trondheim Havstein, Norway
Uffz. Peter Endres. Grave No. 49
Uffz. Franz Herp. Grave No. 50
Fw Anton Schairer. Grave No. 51
Researched by Melvin Brownless A.R. Society. Historian and Archive holder of 1/(F)123 1939-42.
