Date: 4th October 1943
Time: 12.30 hrs
Unit: 1 Staffel (F)/Aufklärungsgruppe 22
Type: Junkers Ju 88D
Werke/Nr. 1682
Coded: 4N + EH
Location: North sea.
Pilot: Leutnant Johannes Hoss 60004/159 Killed/Missing(Born 12.11.1921 in Sinzig/Rhein.)
Observer: Feldwebel Otto Blasig 60004/92 Killed/Missing(Born 11.01.1913 in Frankfurt/Main.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Friedrich Krieger 60004/155 Killed/Missing(Born 28.01.1920 in Voelklingen.)
Gunner: Unteroffizier Alfons Fischer 60004/154 Killed/Missing(Born 21.08.1920 in Frauenberg._
REASON FOR LOSS:
Aircraft missing over the North sea, shot down by fighters after being engaged by very heavy A.A. fire from British convoy.
Aircraft took off from its base in Norway at 10.47 hours for a sea reconnaissance mission over the North sea. Radio message from aircraft at 12.15 hours said over British ships and encountering very heavy A.A. fire. One of the crew shouted a warning at 12.30 hours of enemy fighters. No more was heard from them.
Leutnant Johannes Hoss - missing in action (via S. Hall)
Letter from Hauptmann Bock to the father of Johannes regarding the loss of his son. Note: Hptm Friedrich Bock was killed in action on 02.12.43 (see Luftwaffe losses)
Burial detail:
Not known.
