Date: 13th February 1944
Time: (Not known).
Unit: 4 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 6
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-4
Werke/Nr.300362
Coded: 3E + CM
Location: Believed lost in English Channel.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Hermann Weisserth. 73176/225 - Missing. Born 28.06.1921 in Klingenglattbach
Observer: Feldwebel. Siegfried Henze. 73176/226 - Missing. Born. 22.08.1917 in Hattorf b. Osterode.
Radio/Op: Obergefreiter. Franz Wagner.73176/220 - Missing. Born.08.07.1922 in Aschau/Oberwart.
Gunner: Obergefreiter. Martin Thiele. 73176/228 - Missing. Born. 16.06.1919 in Obergrauschwitz.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Kampfgeschwader 6 lost five Ju 88‘s which failed to return from this mission. It is not known at this present time the reason for the loss of Uffz. Weisserth‘s machine.
Obergefreiter. Martin Thiele – Lost without trace (Hall/Brownless).
Sunset over the sea, in memory of all those missing in action (net)
Burial detail: None – All crew missing in action.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless with thanks to Steven Hall. December 2013