Date: 7/8th July 1944
Unit: 2 Staffel / Kampfgeschwader 54
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-4
Werke/Nr. 6762
Code: B3 + CK
Location: In sea off the Orne Estuary, NE of Caen, France.
Pilot: Oberfähnrich Theo Eisinger 67412/361 Missing (Born 31.12.1923 in Köslin/Pommern.)
Observer: Obergefreiter Hans Malz 67184/447 Missing (Born 22.10.1923 in Pritzerbe/Potsdam.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Edwin Scholz 67412/803 Killed (Born 17.07.1923 in Neukirchen/Moers.)
Gunner: Gefreiter Ernst Duile 67412/364 Missing (Born 25.09.1924 in Augsburg.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft and crew failed to return from a mine-laying operation to the Orne Estuary. The cause of this loss is not known.
Unteroffizier Edwin Scholz - killed in action
Burial details:
The body of Uffz Edwin Scholz was washed up on the south coast of England and laid to rest at St. Anne's Cemetery, Gosport. The remaining three crew members are still listed as missing in action.
