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12.08.1940 3./KG 51 Junkers Ju 88A-1 Wnr.3134 Oblt. Graf Location: Horse Pasture Farm, Westbourne, near Thorney Island, Sussex, England. +
Mission: Attack on R.A.F. airfields.

Date: 12
th August 1940

Time: 12.15 hrs.

Unit: 3 Staffel ./Kampfgeschwader 51

Type: Junkers Ju 88 A-1

Werke Nr.3134

Code: 9K + EL

Location: Horse Pasture Farm, Rowlands Castle, Westbourne, near Thorney Island, Sussex.

Oberleutnant. Hans Graf – Killed.

Oberfeldwebel. Horst Guenther Czepik – Killed.

Unteroffizier. Walter Floeter – Killed.

B/M: Gefreiter. Gunther Fleischmann wounded, landed Hayling Island.


REASON FOR LOSS:


Started from Melun, south of Paris at 12.30 hrs. Attacked by fighters at 9,000 ft., the wireless operator being killed and an engine hit. The aircraft went into a spin and the crew bailed out. The aircraft broke up in the air, the rear gun position landing outside the Operations Room at Thorney Island aerodrome.

Markings: E in yellow. A blue shield with a white starfish in the centre, yellow patch in centre of starfish. Upper surfaces dark green, under wing grey.

Crash 1
Wreck of the Junkers at Horse Pasture Farm under guard (Burgess Collection)

Crash 2

Burial detail: West Thorney, Sussex, England.

Graf 1ccCzepik 2ccFloeter 3
ccccOblt. Hans Graf + (Ellis)cccccccc ccccccccccccOfw. Horst Czepik + (Ellis)cccccccc ccccccccUffz. Walter Floeter + (Ellis) ccccc


Researched by Melvin Brownless with special thanks to Pat Burgess +,Nigel Parker, Simon Parry and Clive Ellis. March 2015.