File 096. 1940-05-10/10 Ju-88 A1 3041 Oblt. Friedrich-K. Rinck Hoofddorp

Details
Date:1940 May 10/10 A/C Type: Ju-88 A-1 SN: 3041 Code: 5J + GT A/C Nickname:
 File: 096 Airfrce: Luftwaffe Sqn/Unit: 9./KG 4 Mission/Raid: Bombing Amsterdam Schiphol airfield
1 P Oblt. Friedrich-Karl Rinck 9    
2 Observer Franz Strada                              KIA 10    
3 F/Engineer Ofeldw. Wilhelm Rüther 11    
4 Bordfunker Gefr. Ferdinand Wissing 12    
5     13    
6     14    
7     15    
8     16                    

Crashed north of Hoofddorp beside road Hoofdweg 457. Crew POW for 5 days, then released by German consul.
Franz Strada (bullet through neck) initially buried Hoofddorp between killed Dutch soldiers. October 1940 reburied Amsterdam.
 

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See for photos our file Cemetery Hoofddorp (1940-2014):  http://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/941.html



Sources:

Report 'Duitse gevallenen Meidagen 1940' by Lt. Col (ret.) E.H. Brongers, version 06 Feb. 2014.



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