Date: 3rd January 1944
Unit: 1 Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
Type: Junkers Ju 88C-6
Werke/Nr. 750935
Code: R4 +
Location: Elsfleth a.d. Weser, Germany.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Rudolf Winn Baled out
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Heinz Krueger Baled out
Gunner : Oberfeldwebel Josef Rothehüser 58208/30 Killed (Born 17.04.1915 in Goch/Cleve.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down in combat, the three crew members baled out of the stricken machine. Rudolf Winn and Heinz Krueger landed safely but gunner, Josef Rothehüser fell into the Weser and was drowned.
Josef Rothehüser now lies in peace at the Friedhof in Goch (via Vaegs, Bürgermeister)
