Junkers 88 shot down May 4, 1941, Bourne, Lincs

[Resmoroh]

All the very best to you and your Lady both at the ceremony and in the many years to come!!!
Rgds
Peter Davies

[namrondooh]

Good Luck Dennis

[Tom Allett]

Yes, hope it goes well Denis; and thanks.

[Tom Allett]

Sorry, more questions…
Does anyone know a source that would enable me to determine what crew positions Gefr R Dachshel (POW), Reinhold Kitzelmann (KIA) and Karl Focke (KIA) occupied? Adam Becker was the pilot but that is all I know.
Also, any suggestions regarding how I could find out what happened to POW Gefr R Dachshel - and what his first name was..?

Does anyone know a potential source of photographs of these men?
I presume I would have to contact a branch of the German authorities but I have never tried such a thing before – any suggestions?

Thanks,
Tom

[Tom Allett]

For those interested in the background to this story, I visited the local newspaper archives today to search for any mention of the JU88's unexploded bomb that was said to have eventually been found in either September 1961 or '64 but I couldn't find any mention of it.
As an aside, there were two stories about wartime incendiaries that were handed in at the same local police station within a week. One had been used as a doorstop until a visitor suggested it might still be live!

[Tom Allett]

Can anyone tell me where 8/KG1 was based at the time of this incident (May 41) ?

[ian94avenge]

8/KG1 - The third Gruppe of KG1 were based at Roye-Amy from March/April 1941

Ian

[Tom Allett]

Many thanks Ian - I had never even heard of the airfield.
Regards,
Tom