Date: 30th January 1944
Unit: 3 Staffel / Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
Type: Junkers Ju 88C-6
Werke/Nr. 751002
Code: R4 +
Location: Drievörden, Kreis Bentheim.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Karl Mönster 60803/28 Killed (Born 06.07.1921 in Gelsenkirchen.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Karl Gundelach 60803/7 Killed (Born 16.11.1921 in Bremen.)
Gunner : Obergefreiter Johann Lingk 4.A.Fl.Ausb.Rgt.522300 Killed (Born 26.04.1923 in Allenstein.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
Whilst engaged on a day mission this aircraft was shot down during combat with incoming Boeing B-17 bombers, all three crew members perished.
From L to R; Uffz Ernst Licht, Uffz Karl Mönster and unknown airman (via Licht)
Burial detail:
Karl Mönster was taken to Altstadtfriedhof, Gelsenkirchen, Feld 8. (Family grave)
Karl Gundelach, Friedhof Osterholz. Grave 1136.
Johann Lingk, Catholic Friedhof, Wuppert, Vohwinkel. Feld H Nr.93.
