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Mission: Minelaying sortie over Thames Estuary, London

Date: 16/17th October 1940

Time: 2.00 a.m.

Unit: 2 Staffel/Kampfgruppe 126

Type: Heinkel He 111H-4

Werke.Nr. 6955 or 5706

Code: 1T + BB

Location: Creaseys Farm, Hutton near Brentwood, Essex, England

Pilot: Leutnant Kurt Newald 53577/? POW

Observer: Unteroffizier Konrad Glaeser 53577/? Killed (Born 06.06.1916.)

Radio/Op: Gefreiter Hans-Joachim Granetz 53577/? POW

Gunner: Gefreiter Hans Twrdik 53577/? Killed (Born 06.09.1918.)

REASON FOR LOSS:

This aircraft was shot down by P/O F. D. Hughes and Sgt F. Gash of No.264 Squadron in a Defiant night fighter. Enemy aircraft crashed at 02.00 hrs.. at Hutton.

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A Boulton Paul Defiant nightfighter, this example from No.410 RCAF Squadron, RA-R


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RAF A.I.1.(g) Report revealing facts regarding the wreckage

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Intelligence officer sifts through the wreckage of the Heinkel with the help of the police

Burial details:
Konrad Gluser Block 1 Grave 445. Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs.
Hans Twrdik Block 1 Grave 363. Cannock Chase. Both airman originally buried in the Hornchurch Cemetery, Essex.

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