Date: 9th December 1940
Unit: 8 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 77
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-5
Werke/Nr.3191
Coded: 3Z + ES
Location: North Stifford, near West Thurrock, Essex, England.
Pilot: Leutnant. Hans Guhre 65108/63 - Killed. Born 13.01.1916 in Chemnitz.
Observer: Unteroffizier. Eugen Knöller 65108/59 - Killed. Born 06.04.1920 in Höfen.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Werner Hassdenteufel 65108/? - Killed. Born 11.04.1919 in Elversberg.
Gunner: Unteroffizier. Josef Kleiber 65108/631 - killed. Born 31.12.1915 in Bölten.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft was hit by AA fire while flying at 17,000 ft., dived into the ground and exploded on impact. Armament: traces of four MG 15 found and small pieces of armour.
Extracted from A.I.(k) Report No.966/1940 adding additional information about two members of the crew who were killed.
Soldiers/Home Guard pick over the wreckage of the ill-fated Junkers (Archive).
Cannock Chase, German Military cemetery (Archive).
Burial detail:
All four crew now rest at the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs, England.
Eugen Knoeller - Block 9, Grave 59. (Joint).
Werner Hassdenteufel - Block 9, Grave 59. (Joint).
Hans Gure - Block 9, Grave 60. (Joint).
Josef Kleiber - Block 9, Grave 60. (Joint).
Researched & compiled by Melvin Brownless A. R. Society, June 2012.
