Date:1940 Aug 07/07 | A/C Type: Ar-196 A-2 | SN: 0061 | Code: TH+BH | A/C Nickname: | ||||||
File: 391 | Airfrce: Luftwaffe | Sqn/Unit: 1./Kü.Fl.Gr. 196 | Mission/Raid: Convoy protection | |||||||
1 | P | Uffz. Johannes Schmiade KIA | 9 | |||||||
2 | Obs/AG | Lt. zur See J. Nowrat wounded | 10 | |||||||
3 | 11 | |||||||||
4 | 12 | |||||||||
5 | 13 | |||||||||
6 | 14 | |||||||||
7 | 15 | |||||||||
8 | 16 | |||||||||
'Convoy protection North Sea, Dutch coast. Night landing 23:05h, damaged 85%.' Recovered and was repaired already on 28 August 1940. |
Source: site Historisches Marinearchiv.de (Werknummer 1960061).
Burial in this period, plot 70, the photo of one coffin, with seaplane base commander Hauptman (later Major) Dr. C. Pössel, is probaby burial of J. Schmiade.
Today Uffz. Schmiade is buried in Ysselsteyn grave CX-9-219.
Sources/read more on:
http://ww2seaplanes.e-monsite.com/pages/arado-ar196.html
© ZZairwar (Zuyder Zee Air War)