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JU 88A-1 serial number 4033 ditched in the Arresø lake 26/8
1940.
The aircraft belonged to 6./ KG 30 and was coded ?
T/o Grove. Op: Attack on Driffield.
When returning from England the pilot lost orientation and finally attempted a
ditching at Arresø lake near Frederiksværk on the island of Sjælland.
Pilot Unteroffizier Günther Brandt did not survive and were laid to rest in
Kirke Værløse cemetery.
In the late sixties his remains were moved to København
Vestre cemetery.
Bombardier Unteroffizier Felix Stäge, Wop Unteroffizier Alois Meisenhaimer and
aircraft engineer Gefreiter Martin Schönenback all survived with minor injuries.
(Jes Touvdal)
Sources: RL 2 III/1174, WASt, AD.
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