On 23.10.1942 she received a letter from Ernst to her 13th birthday. I attached you the letter and a translation of his words. Unfortunately Elisabeth can tell no further details about Ernst. He came right after finishing his school career to the air force. When the war began he was only 19 years old and he already died with 22 years. Elisabeth left the family in Geislingen/Steige right after the war at the age of only 15 years and moved to Stuttgart. Later, she married and moved to Waiblingen. Unfortunately the contact to her sister Eva broke off completely. Therefore, she can not say why Eva is later moved to Aberdeen in Scotland and if that had anything to do with her brother's death. But she was informed that Eva died, but could unfortunately not remember the year of death. Elisabeth also showed me a photo album with family photos. On three pictures Ernst was shown as a child, but unfortunately Elisabeth has no further photos, not even from the estate of the parents. Her father Friedrich died already in 1969, her mother Luise in 1979. Although many documents were not available, so it was a very special afternoon with her. It's something special, considering that formerly my grandfather sat daily beside her brother on the plane and now after more than 70 years the grandson of the pilot and the sister of the observer sit together and talk about the events of that time. That was something unique! Attached I send you a photo of Mrs. Lewien and me. This photograph was taken by Mr. Range, a friend of Mrs. Lewien, who was also present at our meeting. Mrs. Lewien was very pleased about my visit and she thanked us very much for the great research on her brothers case. I then visited my aunt and then my brother. There I still get a valuable treasure in respect to my grandfather. But more about that in my next mail...

below - Letter from Ernst Cluck to his sister Else 23-10-1942.

Kind regards, Henning