Date: 16th June 1943
Unit: 11 Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 3
Type: Junkers Ju 88C-6
Werke/Nr. 360143
Code: D5 + FX
Location: Karup, Denmark
Pilot: Unteroffizier Franz Hennecke Lw.Baukomp.43/VIB Killed (Born 05.02.1921 in Langscheid, Arnsberg.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Guenther Thiele 15.Komp.Ln.Rgt.I.951 Killed (Born 25.06.1922 in Grimma, Saar.)
Gunner : Gefreiter Josef Deppisch I.Fl.Aus.Rgt.32/2295 Killed (Born 19.04.1923 in Arnstein, Karlstadt.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft suffered engine failure in the port engine, pilot tried to make it back to base but crashed en-route. All three crew members perished in the crash.
Unteroffizier Franz Hennecke. Franz training in a Junkers
W34
Burial details:
Original burial at Lemvig, Denmark.
Hennecke; Grave 797A, Thiele; Grave 795A and Deppisch;
Grave 793A.
