Date: 23rd July 1943
Time: 7.25 a.m.
Unit: Wettererkundungsstaffeln 2
Type: Junkers Ju 88D-1
Werke/Nr. 430030
Code: Not known.
Location: Crow Head, Dursey, west of Cork, Ireland.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Hans Auschner 67189/72 Killed.(Born 24.11.1920 in Kattowitz.)
Meteorologist: Regierungarat Bruno Noth 67189/57 Killed.(Born 19.12.1910 in Nuremberg.)
Radio/Op: Gefreiter Gerhard Dümmler 67189/74 Killed.(Born 26.08.1923 in Donndorf.)
Gunner : Obergefreiter Johannes Kuschidlo 67189/73 Killed.(Born 30.04.1921 in Zaborge.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was detailed to carry out a reconnaissance sortie to the NW of Ireland. Hit a hill at Crow Head in fog 100 feet below the summit.
All four crew members perished in the crash.
Memorial plaque in memory of the four fallen fliers near to the crash site.
Burial details:
The four crew members are interred at Glencree, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
