Date: 10th November 1944
Unit: 3 Staffel./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2
Type: Junkers Ju 88G-6
Werke/Nr.620576
Coded: 4R +
Location: Wahnhausen, near Kassel, Germany.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Georg Bolte. 63659/183 – Killed. Born 19.11.1921 in Rheine.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Lothar Firlus. 62707/241 – Killed. Born 29.05.22 in Etzdorf.
Gunner: Unteroffizier. Ernst Manigel. 63659/226 – Killed. Born 20.04.22 in Lubitze.
REASON FOR LOSS:
After night hunting mission whilst landing at Kassel-Rothwesten near Kassel/Wahnhausen the aircraft crashed killing all on board. Uffz. Georg Bolte was taken back to his home town at Rheine for burial in a private grave. Uffz. Lothar Firlus and Uffz. Ernst Manigel were laid to rest at Kassel Hauptfriedhof, grave numbers 57-601 and 568.
L to R Wagner, Manigel, Firlus, Bolte. (Schmitz)
Left to right: (Schützen); Ernst Manigel (Beobachter); Horst Wagner (Flügzeugfhr.); Georg Bolte (Funker) Lothar Firlus (Schmitz)
Georg Bolte and his crew pictured with another unidentified crew (Schmitz)
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Lothar Firlus at Nordhausen 10.09.1943 (Schmitz) ccccccccccccccccccc Lothar Firlus (Schmitz)ccccccccc
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with special thanks to Chuck Schmitz (U.S.A.) for providing all photographs in remembrance of this crew. July 2014.