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He 219A-0 serial number 190107 shot down south of Herning
21/5 1944.
The aircraft belonged to 1./ NJG 1 and was coded G9+FL.
T/o Grove. Op: Training.
Two Mosquitos of 418 Squadron RCAF and 8 Mustangs of 19 Squadron were on a Day
Ranger mission over Denmark when they spotted what they believed to be a Leo 45
in the Herning area. A Mosquito piloted by Lt Kerr with Navigator F/O Clark
attacked the enemy aircraft along with F/Lt Shirreff flying Mustang White 1, W/O
Bell in White 2 and W/O Woodward in Green 2. The rear gunner of the “Leo 45”
fired back and hit White 1 in the starboard main plane which caught fire.
Shirreff managed to put the fire out by using up all his ammo.
The “Leo 45 “ was hit several times and burst into flames and disintegrated and
fell to the ground at approximately 17:00 hours killing the crew.
The “Leo 45” which was actually a He 219A-0 with the crew of Pilot Unteroffizier
Ewald Tampke and Wop Eduard Tants crashed in a field belonging to Farmer
Frederik Madsen near Arnborg. The aircraft was spread well over the field and
also in a field belonging to Inn keeper Hjorth.
Tampke and Tants were laid to rest in Esbjerg cemetery on 23/5 1944.
(Herning Lokalarkiv)
(Christian Berring)
Wop Eduard Tants
(Christian Berring)
Wop Eduard Tants
(Christian Berring)
Sources: LBUK, WASt, BE, AIR 27/1821, AIR 28/169+366, AIR 50/146+10, Report from
Kibæk police.
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