Mission: Attack on Waalhaven dockyard.
Date: 10th May 1940
Time: 07.00hrs
Unit: 3/Kampfgeschwader 30
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-1
Werke Nr. Not Known
Code: 4D + CB
Base: Oldenburg.
Location: Rozendaalse Veld, Netherlands.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Georg Hartmann POW.
Observer: Gefreiter. Egon Gieseler 62741/37 POW Born 28.08.1919 in Hannover.
Radio/Op: Feldwebel. Karl Soldau 62741/6 POW Born 19.11.1912 in lewen.
Gunner: Unteroffizier. Friedrich Lassen 62741/27 Killed. Born 30.01.1915 Hamburg.
Date: 10th May 1940
Time: 07.00hrs
Unit: 3/Kampfgeschwader 30
Type: Junkers Ju 88A-1
Werke Nr. Not Known
Code: 4D + CB
Base: Oldenburg.
Location: Rozendaalse Veld, Netherlands.
Pilot: Feldwebel. Georg Hartmann POW.
Observer: Gefreiter. Egon Gieseler 62741/37 POW Born 28.08.1919 in Hannover.
Radio/Op: Feldwebel. Karl Soldau 62741/6 POW Born 19.11.1912 in lewen.
Gunner: Unteroffizier. Friedrich Lassen 62741/27 Killed. Born 30.01.1915 Hamburg.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Starboard engine damaged over Ede by Flak from Dutch Utrecht Soesterberg-aircraft artillery and abandoned by crew near Arnhem, pilot crash-landing in Rozendaalse Veld. Possibly attacked by Fokker DXXI of 1-II-1.
The burnt out wreck of Fw. Hartmann's Ju 88 (Jan Jolie)
The grave today of young Friedrich at Ysselsteyn (Jan Jolie)
Burial Details: Friedrich Lassen buried Ysselsteyn, Netherlands. Block M Row 1 Grave 22.
Researched by Melvin Brownless A. R. Society with thanks to W.J.Reintjes (Arnhem), Jan Jolie, Netherlands & Mike Croft.