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WW2 German Death Card of Luftwaffe Pilot Karl Labmayer. He flew a Heinkel He 177 A-3 Greif.

Article about: Karl was a pilot in the Luftwaffe. His rank was Unteroffizier. He served with a weather reconnaissance unit (Wekusta 2). Their mission consisted of 10 hour flights above the Atlantic Ocean t

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    Default WW2 German Death Card of Luftwaffe Pilot Karl Labmayer. He flew a Heinkel He 177 A-3 Greif.

    WW2 German Death Card of Luftwaffe Pilot Karl Labmayer. He flew a Heinkel He 177 A-3 Greif.
    Karl was a pilot in the Luftwaffe. His rank was Unteroffizier. He served with a weather reconnaissance unit (Wekusta 2). Their mission consisted of 10 hour flights above the Atlantic Ocean to ascertain the weather conditions and report them to Luftwaffe Command for preparation of future air operations. Karl’s first operational mission onboard the Heinkel 177 was on July 18th 1944.

    Four days later on the morning of July 22nd they were ordered to return to the seas off Ireland. Karl and 5 other crewmen took off down the runway at Mont-de-Marsan. Immediately after liftoff one of the engines burst into flames. Karl attempted to turn the plane around and head back to the runway but was slowly losing control of the aircraft. The plane, which was carrying around thirteen tons of aviation fuel, went down in a forest about 5km northwest of the runway. The crash immediately killed all 6 crewmen onboard as well as causing an intense fire that lasted until the next day. The 6 crewmen were

    Pilot- Karl Labmayer
    Chief Meteorologist- Walter Küspert
    Radio Operator- Siegfried Mattausch
    Mechanic- Heinz Lehmann
    Gunner- Manfred Rehm
    Gunner- Siegfried Tritschler

    The He 177 was often referred to as “The flying Coffin” and “Luftwaffenfeuerzeug (Luftwaffe’s Lighter)” as the aircraft’s engines would frequently catch fire. Luftwaffe pilots famously hated the aircraft. Included in the post is a photo of an He 177. If you’d like to read a sort of synopsis of the events that happened you can view this link.

    https://aerocherche.fr/pdf/He177%20GB.DOC.pdf

    WW2 German Death Card of Luftwaffe Pilot Karl Labmayer. He flew a Heinkel He 177 A-3 Greif.

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    An interesting death card and really well researched.

    Here is the casualty card for Karl.

    Name: Karl Labmayer
    Rank: Unteroffizier Aktiv
    Birth Date: 8 November 1923
    Birth Place: St Marienhirchen/Scherding/Inn
    Military Unit: Wettererkundungs Staffel 2 O.K.L
    Death Date: 29 July 1944
    Death Place: 5 Km NW Flugplatz Mont de Marsan
    Father: Ignatz Labmeyer
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    Name: Karl Labmayer
    Birth Date: 8 Nov 1923
    Birth Place: Sankt Marienkirchen bei Scharding, Schärding Bezirk, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Austria
    Death Date: 22 July 1944
    Death Place: Mont-de-Marsan, Departement des Landes, Aquitaine, France
    Cemetery: Berneuil German War Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Berneuil, Departement de la Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

    Karl Labmayer (1923-1944) - Find a Grave Memorial..

    Kind regards,

    Will.

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    Thank you!

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