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.

A Boulton Paul Defiant nightfighter, this example from No.410 RCAF Squadron, RA-R 
RAF A.I.1.(g) Report revealing facts regarding the wreckage
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.


