Date: 10th April 1941
Time: 11.05 p.m.
Unit: II Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 1
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-5
Werke/Nr. 4203
Code: V4 + FV
Location: Greenlanes, Arncott, South of Bicester, Oxfordshire.
Pilot: Feldwebel Walter John Killed
Observer: Feldwebel Josef Berger Killed
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Erich Sadegor Killed
Gunner : Unteroffizier Heinrich Schmid Killed
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by P/O R. P. Stevens DFC in a Hurricane of No.151 Squadron during attack on Birmingham. Crashed and burned out South of Bicester, Oxfordshire.
A.I.(g) Report 182/8 states the following; Ju 88A-1 crashed at 23.05 hours on 10.04.41 at Murcote. Oxon.
Map reference; L0505. Identification markings not accertainable. Works No. 4203 made by Dornier Werke, Junkers licence in August 1940.
Engines Jumo 211B made by Junkers of Dessau. Only one engine number accertainable vis. 7208. Aircraft crashed as a result of fighter action.
Three .303 strikes found in the tail. The aircraft broke up on impact and was badly burnt. Only two MG15s were found, the positions of which were not accertainable. The remains of two external bomb racks also found, as well as two small pieces of armour. Crew 4. all killed.
Recovery of Ju 88 during 1990 revealed a cylinder block & head from one side of a Jumo engine
A makers label
Piece of Luftwaffe uniform collar picked up at time of crash now in the Mike Croft collection
Burial details:
Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs. Joint Grave. Block 9. Grave 8.
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