Mühlbauer, Hugo (Kampfgeschwader 6)

Date of birth:: August 9th, 1923 (Munich, Germany)
Date of death:: April 18th, 1944
Buried on:: German War Cemetery Cannock Chase
Plot: 1. Row: 1. Grave: 32.
Service number:: 73172 / 269
Nationality:: German

Biography

Unteroffizier and Bordfunker Hugo Mühlbauer was KIA when his Ju88-A4 Werknummer 2537 coded '3E + BP' flown by Unteroffizier. Helmut Harbauer (POW) was intercepted and shot down by P/O Allen and F/Sgt Patterson in a Mosquito of No.96 Squadron at Coursehorne, near Cranbrook, Kent, England while serving in the 6 Staffel./ Kampfgeschwader 6.

The following information is extracted from A.I.(k) Report No. 177/1944.

Started from Le Culot at about 2300 hours to attack London. The crew of this aircraft were on their first operational flight, having arrived from Tirlemont (Le Culot) only the previous day. The route as shown on a 1:2,000,000 Mercator map was Tirlemont - M/F beacon No. 2 Noordwijk (2354 hrs) - landfall near Leiston, Suffolk (0035 - 0038 hrs) - turning point just East of Newmarket (0049 - 0051 hrs) - London - Boulogne - Tirlemont.

The crew flew by D/R, distrusting other navigational aids; the flight seems to have gone according to plan and the target, which was marked by 15/20 red flares was duly attacked. When the aircraft was over Kent on the homeward flight, it was continually picked up by searchlights and suddenly an explosion occured which the observer thinks was due to a night-fighter attack from astern. The aircraft caught fire and the pilot gave the order to bale out. The pilot and observer landed unhurt, but the radio operator and gunner were found dead in the wreckage of the aircraft.

The Harbauer crew from L to R; Uffz Harbauer, Uffz Götze, Uffz Mühlbauer and Uffz Schork (via Steve Hall).

Cannock Chase German war Cemetery where those who perished now rest.

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