Date: 1st November 1943
Time: 18.20 hours
Unit: 3 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 6
Type: Junkers Ju 188E-1
Werke/Nr. 260198
Code: 3E + CL
Location: Church Farm, Kilmington, Wiltshire.
Pilot: Leutnant Kurt Reckin 55512/157 Killed (Born 08.09.1923 in Berlin.)
Observer: Unteroffizier Walter Overhoff 55512/152 Killed (Born 08.10.1920 in Hagen.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Karl-Heinz Siegler 55512/160 Killed (Born 18.05.1920 in Luebeck.)
Gunner: Unteroffizier Karl Weisskamp 53413B/248 Killed (Born 21.10.1919 in Luechtringen._
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was seen to approach Kilmington from above seven miles south of Frome flying low under cloud base. It circled a wood and after releasing some bombs reduced height and crashed into the ground. The aircraft blew up on impact, the wreckage caught fire and was scattered over a wide area. (See newspaper report)
The crash site in the foreground, note the slight
depression in the ground
Unteroffizier Karl Weisskamp (via Weisskamp)
The burial at Bath of all four crew members
Burial details:
This crew are all laid to rest in Bath Cemetery, Somerset.
