Date: 10th December 1942
Unit: 6 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 6
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-14
Werke/Nr.144321
Coded: 3E +
Location: Catenanouva, near Gerbini, Sicily.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Karl Spengler – Killed. Born: 17.11.1913 in Krombach.
Observer: Not known.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Herbert Rauter – Killed. Born: 18.07.1922 in Wien.
Gunner: Profmeister. Theodor Gundlach – Killed. Born: 25.05.1914 in Klensby.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Crashed on take-off and burnt out at Catenanouva by Gerbini all killed - source "Wir flogen gegen Westen" the KG6 history by Jan Horn.
Pilot; Karl Spengler (via Wolfgang Graf).
Death notice for Karl (via Wolfgang Graf).
Burial details: Those who lost their lives now rest in the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof in Motta, St. Anastasia.
Karl Spengler; Endgrablage: Gruft 4 Reihe 15 Platte 9 Sarkopharg 27
Herbert Rauter; Endgrablage: Gruft 4 Reihe 15 Platte 9 Sarkopharg 54
Theodor Gundlach; Endgrablage: Gruft 4 Reihe 15 Platte 9 Sarkopharg 49
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with special thanks to Wolfgang Graf and Brian Bines and the VDK. June 2014.