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Airmen's Funeral, Firth of Forth, 1939


Fritz

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Two soldiers of the Luftwaffe shot down in 1939 near Firth of Forth, funeral at Portobello. This was probably around 16th October 1939, raid and reconaissance by 2./Kampfgeschwader 26 -

 

 

Unteroffizier Seidel (or Seydel?)

Flieger Schleicher

 

as stated by commentator

 

(see also articles about Walter Neusüß, who took part in these actions) worth researching:

 

 

Another clip, this time in England, May 1940, Pathé Newsreel, apparently there are four airmen:

 

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Nothing found under the I./ K.G. 26 losses lists with above names. Must be from a different unit. Does anyone know any more?

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