05.04.1942 II./KG30 Junkers Ju 88A-4 Wnr.(88)1506 Oblt. Barrenscheen

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Mission: Murmansk, Soviet Union.

Date: 5th April 1942

Time: 03.20 hours.

Unit: II Gruppe./Kampfgeschwader 30

Type: Junkers Ju 88A-4

Werke Nr. (88)1506

Code: 4D + LM

Location: Lakselv Finnmark, Norway.

Pilot: Oberleutnant. Günter Barrenscheen - Killed. Born 13.08.1918.

Observer: Unteroffizier. Albert Hoelpert - Killed.

Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Alfred Recksch - Killed.

Gunner: Unteroffizier. Max Gries - Killed. Born 26.09 1917.

Main image - Oblt. Günter Barrenscheen pass photo. (Matthe)

REASON FOR LOSS:

Damaged by Russian AA-fire during a mission over Murmansk.

This aircraft crashed due to involuntary contact with the ground and was 100% destroyed.

Burial detail:

Oblt. Barrenscheen buried Botn-Rogan Block B Grave 468, both Uffz. Holpert and Uffz. Recksch believed buried Botn-Rogan, and Uffz. Gries buried Botn-Rogan Block A Grave 1080.

Note: If anyone visits, or is located near to this cemetery, would you kindly photograph these graves for us please. You will of course be credited on this page of remembrance.

Researched and compiled by former member M.Brownless for the Aircrew Remembrance Society, with thanks to Mike Matthe and Matti Solonen and Kjell Sorensen for their contributions of photographs and research details, March 2012.

Page reconstructed and updated by Alexander D King, April 2025.

Death notice prepared by Günter's father Walter in memory of his son. (Matthe) Translation: "Thank you for sharing our tears in our grief for our Son, Günter who died as an airman".
Crash site of Oblt. Barrenscheen's Ju 88 (Sorensen)
Large and small pieces of wreckage still litter the area. (Sorensen)
Found in 2008 between rocks at the crash site by Harri Honkanen, remains of one cigarette can be seen inside the case.
Another photo of the cigarette case closed (Harri Honkanen)

Tags: Günter BarrenscheenAlfred ReckschMax GriesAlbert Hoelpert

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