Date: 21st February 1945
Unit: 2 Staffel/Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
Type: Junkers Ju 88G-6
Werke/Nr. 622699
Code: 4R + DK
Location: Laaren, Holland.
Pilot: Unteroffizier Rudolf Kursawe 60801/27 Killed (Born 06.05.1920 in Breslau.)
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier Ernst Licht 60803/24 Baled out wounded (Born 03.12.1924 in Duisburg.)
Gunner : Unteroffizier Paul Jaehnigen 208495/33 Baled out wounded (Born 12.12.1922 in Essen.)
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was shot down by an RAF night fighter, where the hunter became hunted! The pilot Rudolf Kursawe being the only fatality.
Unteroffizier Ernst Licht (via Licht)
Uffz Licht with pilot, Uffz Kursawe. Uffz Licht on the left together with Uffz Jaehnigen
Burial details:
Rudolf Kursawe was originally laid to rest at the Ehrenfriedhof Enschede, Holland. Grave No. 197.
