Can any one help with the above as I can’t find much info about this.
In particular am interested in the fate of the crew as I believe they were taken into captivity and presumably survived the war.
Does any one know of any photographs are available of the aircraft or crew.
I believe the aircraft number was 260391
Many thanks
By: MacRobert's - 19th September 2015 at 18:49
All the following comes from “The Blitz – Then and Now – Volume 3” published by After the Battle:-
“April 18th/19th 1944 – Junkers Ju188E-1, (Werk Number 260391), coded U5 + BN, of 5/KG2 Hit at 18,000ft by 3.7 ins AA fire from Gun Sites E1 (Chadwell Heath), E9 (Wanstead) and W1 (Enfield). Crashed into Number 14, Seven Kings Road, Ilford, Essex at 0118am.
Lt H. Schymczyk, Uffz H. Ziehm , Uberfw R. Rogner baled out and taken prisoner. Uffz J. Schultz baled out seriously injured and died of his injuries on 21st April. Obergefr A. Hoeke baled out but parachute failed to deploy and he fell to his death on the roof of a building in the Council yard at Ley Street, Ilford.
Four occupants at 14, Seven Kings Road, were killed in the incident – fuel from the crashed Ju188 ignited in their cellar shelter, where they were burned to death. They were Mr & Mrs Edwin Foyster, Mrs Winnifred Lee and Miss Stella Palmer.
Hope this helps? I’m sure other forumites will point you in the right direction when it comes to establishing the final fates of the surviving crew?
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September 19, 2015 at 5:05 pm