Date: 29th April 1943.
Unit: 4 Staffel / Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 123
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4
Werke/nr. 14764
Coded: Blue 3 +
Location: In sea, 25 N 30 miles NW of Fecamp, France.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Willi Quante. 69004/221 Killed.
Born 14.11.1921 in Rauxel.
Reason for loss:
This pilot, together with Leutnant Ernst Sensbach were flying on a course 30 miles SSE, off Selsey at zero feet when intercepted by two Typhoon IB's of No. 486 (N.Z) Squadron. P/O Frank "Spud" Murphy flying as yellow 2 and F/O A. H. Smith in Yellow 1. Both Messerschmitts were lost to the guns of these two pilot's, crashing into the sea with no survivors.
Above left: Willi Quante in the cockpit of his Me 109 via
Quante. Right: Willi's grave via Jolie
Burial details:
Willi's body was washed ashore near Wissekerke /Insel Nord
Beveland, Netherlands. Originally buried at Friedhof
Vlissingen, Grave Nr. 246. Later transferred to the
Deutschen Soldatenfriedhof Ijsselsteijn. Grave Nr. 177.
Researched and updated by Melvin Brownless (Aircrew
Remembrance Society) December 2010
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