Date: 29th June 1943
Unit: 5 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 6
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-14
Werke Nr.144720
Location: St. Palais, near Royan, France.
Pilot: Leutnant. Gerold Wöhrl - Killed. Born 12.01.1924 in Friedersreuth.
Observer: Unteroffizier. Aloisius Bahles - Killed. Born 08.07.1920 in Green.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Heinz Reschke - Killed. Born 07.10.1922 in Berlin.
Gunner: Obergefreiter. Franz Petter - Killed. Born 21.10.1922 in Reutlingen.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft crashed and was 100% destroyed, no further details are known.
Family death notice for the pilot, Lt. Gerold Wöhrl (Matthe)
German Military War Cemetery at Berneuil, France.
Burial details:
Gerold Wöhrl and his crew now rest together in the Kriegsgräberstätte in Berneuil France.
Block 2 Row 9 Grave 289.
Block 2 Row 9 Grave 288.
Block 2 Row 9 Grave 286.
Block 2 Row 9 Grave 287.
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The death notice of Uffz. Erich Fischer.
Burial details: None found on the German (VDK) website.
Researched by Melvin Brownless A R Society with thanks to Mike Matthe and Matti Salonen, July 2012.
