ESSEX HISTORIC AIRCRAFT COLLECTION
On the 3rd March 1943 22.50 hrs
Junkers Ju88A-14
Werke nummer: 144328
coded 3E+DL
of
3/KG6.
Shot down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near
Twizzlefoot Bridge
Bunham on Crouch, Essex.
Crew of Four
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel Heinz-Herbert Falke.
Observer: Unteroffizier Hans-Erich Laube.
Wireless Operator: Obergefreiter Egon-Fritz Koch.
Gunner: Obergefreiter Walter Uhlir.
Crew,all killed and now buried at Cannock Chase:
Two Excavations were carried out on this aircraft during the 1980s
with both engines and undercarriage legs found along with a huge amount of
aircraft framing,skin panels and main wing spars
Parts are now in private collections