Main image - The ill-fated Ju 88 pilot, Knights Cross holder Johann Dreher (Parry).

REASON FOR LOSS:

The crew had attacked a Halifax bomber coming into land at Pocklington aerodrome and any other lights they could see on the airfield, when the crew spotted lights on a nearby road which they proceeded to attack but the starboard wing of the aircraft hit a tree and clipped the corner of the roof at Dunnington Lodge, a farmhouse located in Elvington Lane, continued down the lane and disintegrated. The crew were killed instantly. A man and two women who were in the farmhouse a Mr. Richard Moll, Mrs. Ellen Moll and Mrs. Violet Moll passed away later that same day due to injuries sustained.

Markings: D5 (small) + AX (both black). Undersurface light blue, mottled with white, continuing up the sides of fuselage and fin. Upper surfaces dark blue mottled with grey and white.
Engines: Jumo 213 A-1 with VS 111 wooden propellers. Works number Port 1021523338, Starboard 1021521785 manufactured by jfr. Armament: four MG 151/20 fixed, forward firing in belly fairing and two MG 151/20 oblique, upward firing fitted. Equipment: FuG 25 A, FuG 350 Zb (Naxos) and SN2 tail warning radar carried. A type of Lux flame float was found in the wreckage.

Burial detail:

This crew now rest at the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Cannock Chase, Staffs, England.
Graves; Block 8 Graves. 68,67, 72 & 73.

Researched and compiled by former member M.Brownless with thanks to Simon Parry (May 2013). Reconstructed by Alexander D King October 2025.