The crash of this Bernberg built Junkers Ju88 aircraft occured on Hutton Mulgrave Moor on 4th June 1941 at 00.30 hrs. The Ju88 flew into the Moor whilst intending to intercept British bombers returning from operations. It is believed that bad visabilty was the cause of the crash and that the aircraft simply wasn't flying high enough. All three of the crew died when their aircraft disintergrated on impact, it did not catch fire. Bill Normans "Broken Eagles" book gives the full story. Police records state that two airmen died in the impact and the other was was badly injured, the latter died soon after at 07.00hrs. I have been told that a bomb from this aircraft was released seconds before impact with the moor, the caused damage to nearby Kitter Green farm. The crater is still said to be partly visable. The crew were :

Pilot - Lt Johannes Feuerbaum, aged ?, of ? Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery.

Wireless Operator - Gefr Gerhard Denzin, aged ?, of ? Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery. Listed as Denzen in some sources.

Air Gunner - Gefr Rudolf Peters, aged ?, of ? Buried Thornaby on Tees Cemetery.

The three airmen's headstones at Thornaby on Tees Cemetery.

Various documents were recovered from the wreck detailing the crews activites over the previous months. Various maps were also found as were code tables. A crew log-book was also found and it seems that they destroyed at least four aircraft on the ground at Middleton Sands, shot at a Wellington and shot down another four un-named Bomber aircraft (there is no listing for any enemy action losses in Chorley's book on these nights for this aircraft however). The W/T training log book was also recovered.