Memorial Junker Ju 88 Bomber Kings Somborne

This simple memorial commemorates four "unknown" crew members of a German Junker Ju 88 bomber that crashed here in 1940, during a raid against Manchester. The inscription on the memorial reads:

"TO
4
UNKNOWN GERMAN
AIRMEN
AUG 23.1940"

The date is wrong stated on the memorial and the identity of the four airmen has in fact been established. Their names were:

Ogefr. Gerhard Freude - pilot
Oblt. Max Birkenstock - observer
Uffz. Rudolf Schulze - radio observer
Gefr. Franz Becker - gunner

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Dave Jacobs