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Ju 88A-5 serial number 7117 crashed in the Channel 4/5-1941 The Ju 88 belonged to 6./KG 77 and was coded 3Z+FP. The aircraft was last heard from by radio when it was near the south coast of England. It crashed/ditched into the sea at 12:15 hrs and was a 100% loss. Pilot Oblt Martin Baumann, Radio operator Fw Wilhelm Hopfer drowned and have no known graves. Observer Ofw Karl Auernhammer was found washed ashore on Uggerby beach in Denmark, on 6/9-1941 and identified by a name tag in his shirt. He was laid to rest in Frederikshavn on 8/9 1941. Gunner Oberfeldwebel Emmerich Schieting survived and was rescued by a ship and captured. Note: The date of death given on Auernhammer`s grave stone is actually the day his body was found on Uggerby Beach.
Sources: RL III 1176, Jørn Junker, Steve Roberts, Michael Balls, Grave cards Frederikshavn, Auernhammer death certificate, Frederikshavn parish register.
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