Date: 24th February 1944
Unit: 2 Staffel/Kampfgeschwader 100
Time: 22.44 hours
Type: Heinkel He 177A-3
Werke Nr. 2222
Code: 5J + PK
Location: Chequers Farm, now the Lamberhurst Golf Club, Lamberhurst, near Tonbridge, Kent. England.
Pilot: Oberleutnant Wilhelm Hundt 214651/123 Killed (Born 04.05.1922 in Essen.)
Observer: Unteroffizier Wolfgang Michaelis 214651/81 POW (Born 28.09.1922 in Halle/Saale.)
Radio/Op: Obergefreiter Adolf Kreiser 67450/1565 POW (Born 24.03.1923 in Ulm.)
Flt/Engineer: Unteroffizier Konrad Keusch 214651/69 POW (Born 22.11.1919 in Roeschitz/Horn.)
Gunner: Feldwebel Ernst Graf 55531/108 Missing (Born 15.12.1920 in Trier.)
Gunner: Unteroffizier Rolf Luce 55531/109 Killed (Born 21.12.1919 in Arnsberg.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by F/Lt P. F. L. Hall and F/O R. D. Marriott in a Mosquito of No.488 (NZ) Squadron.
Extract from A.D.I. (k) Report No.97/1944.
Whilst approaching the target at a height of about 12,000 feet, this aircraft was attacked by a night fighter. The underside of the fuselage caught fire and the aircraft crashed in flames, the Observer, Radio Operator and Flt Engineer baled out.
This crew's previous operation was when they took part in an attack on London on or about the 18th February when, however, they turned back before reaching the target. They had been in France for about two weeks before which they had been in training at Lechfeld.
Unteroffizier Rolf Luce - killed in action
R.A.F. Officer inspects the remains of Oblt Hundt's He 177 at Chequers Farm
Burial detail:
Oblt Hundt Block 1. Grave 5 and Uffz Luce Block 1. Grave 4 at the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs.
