Mission: Attack on London, England.
Date: 13th February 1944
Time: (Not known).
Unit: 4 Staffel./Kampfgeschwader 6
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-4
Werke/Nr.300362
Coded: 3E + CM
Location: Believed lost in English Channel.
Pilot: Unteroffizier. Hermann Weisserth. 73176/225 - Missing. Born 28.06.1921 in Klingenglattbach
Observer: Feldwebel. Siegfried Henze. 73176/226 - Missing. Born. 22.08.1917 in Hattorf b. Osterode.
Radio/Op: Obergefreiter. Franz Wagner.73176/220 - Missing. Born.08.07.1922 in Aschau/Oberwart.
Gunner: Obergefreiter. Martin Thiele. 73176/228 - Missing. Born. 16.06.1919 in Obergrauschwitz.
Main image - Obergefreiter. Martin Thiele – Lost without trace.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Kampfgeschwader 6 lost five Ju 88‘s which failed to return from this mission. It is not known at this present time the reason for the loss of Uffz. Weisserth‘s machine.
Burial detail: None – All crew missing in action.
Researched and compiled by Steven Hall & former member M.Brownless, compiled December 2013. Page recompiled by Alexander D King October 2025.
Sunset over the sea, in memory of all those missing in action
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