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Ju 52 crashed south of Tarm 9/4 1940.
The aircraft belonged to 4./KG.z.b.V 9 and was coded ??
T/o Neumünster. Op: Weserübung
Together with two more Ju 52`s it was heading for Stavanger in Norway with a
Luftwaffe flak crew and their guns. When they reached the Ringkøbing area the
weather came down and it became foggy. Apparently Pilot Unteroffizier Ernst
Wandenelis and Navigator Unteroffizier Ernst Sünder lost their way and shortly
before 11:00 hours the JU 52 attempted a landing 1½ kilometre east of Vium
church.
The landing failed and the Ju 52 was a 100% loss killing all onboard less
Flt.Engr. Unteroffizier Franz Sauerland.
Doctor Reinholdt Nielsen of Tarm was alerted and drove to the crash site. He
found eight dead men spread around the wreckage and Franz Sauerland who suffered
from a broken leg. Sauerland was given an injection and taken to the hospital in
Tarm for treatment.
Those who died were Pilot Unteroffizier Ernst Wandenelis, Navigator
Unteroffizier Ernst Sünder, W/Op Unteroffizier Erich Lohr and members of the
flak crew Unteroffizier Karl Tröpfner, Gefreiter Alfons Okon, Gefreiter Wilhelm
Hochgürtel, Kanonier Gustav Berndt and Kanonier Stephan Sebastian. They were all
laid to rest in Egvad cemetery on 11/4 1940 with Fieldpriest Kieseritzky
performing the graveside ceremony.
All pictures via Hans Trier
In the 1960`s they were all transferred to the cemetery in Grove.
Sources: Report Ringkøbing Police, NA, Tarm Parish, JJ, RL 2 III/884.
Operation Weserübung
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