Date: 11th April 1943
Time: 04.00 hrs (German time)
Unit: 1 Staffel./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1
Type: Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4
Werke/Nr. 4881
Code: G9 + HH
Location: 1 km SE of Capelle, 3 km E of Zierikzee, Island of Schouwen, Holland.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Johannes Vogel 60936/15 Killed (Born 08.01.1920 in Thalheim.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Ludwig Ostwald 60936/16 Killed (Born 02.12.1919 in Bochum.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft took off at 03.19 hours on night operations. At 03.44 hrs a radio message was received stating that the port engine had stopped and the crew were returning to base. At. 03.55 hrs, the last message was received from this crew. At 04.00 hrs, the machine was seen to crash and both airmen were killed.
Unteroffizier Vogel is pictured first on the right whilst serving with ZG26 (Horst Wessel)
The original burial of the two fallen comrades
Unteroffizier Johannes Vogel killed in action. The draped coffin of Uffz Vogel
Burial details:
Original burial took place at the Deutscher Kriegerfriedhof Arnhem. Graves 240 and 241.
