Hare Hill – Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM, Luftwaffe KG6, 25 Mar 1943

Hare Hill - Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM - (A)

Site visited	20 July 2010	Location	Hare Hill, Pentland Hills, Scotland
		(A) NT 16958 62156; 55.84542°N, 3.32777°W (B) NT 16974 62163; 55.84548°N, 3.32753°W (C) NT 16972 62184; 55.84567°N, 3.32757°W
Aircraft
Manufacturer	Junkers	Registration	3E+HM
Model	Ju 88A-14	Unit	Luftwaffe 4 Staffel / Kampfgeschwader 6
Crash date	25 March 1943
Further Information
Peak District Air Crashes; Aircrew Remembrance Society; Air Crash Investigation & Archaeology; Air Crash Sites Scotland; Eddie’s Photo Archive; Junkers Ju 88 (Wikipedia)

Hare Hill - Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM - Looking towards Threipmuir Reservoir (A)

Hare Hill - Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM - (A)

Hare Hill - Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM - (B)

Hare Hill - Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM - (C)

13 thoughts on “Hare Hill – Junkers Ju 88, 3E+HM, Luftwaffe KG6, 25 Mar 1943”

I was stationed at RAF Kirknewton when the German airmen where still buried in the church cemetery. You could see the German crosses when you drove past. We were told back then the aircraft was shot down on a mission to bomb the Forth Bridge. Thanks for providing such detailed information. It’s hard to believe the wreckage is still there

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Kenny Walker says:

August 9, 2011 at 9:09 pm

Hello Hank,
My name is Kenny Walker and it was me who discovered the remains of JU88, 3E+HM.
I have a picture of one of the crews graves you mentioned and if you would like me to pass on a picture of this grave to you, could you please get in touch with me.
Kindest regards,
Kenny Walker,
Edinburgh.

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- Bill Davies says:
  
  September 16, 2011 at 1:45 pm
  
  Hi Kenny,
  We were on Hare Hill yesterday and came across the memorial you erected for the German airmen. I think this was a kind gesture and I congratulate you for doing it.
  I was wondering if you know what happened to the engines and the larger components, were they recovered?
  Any additional information you could provide would be most welcome.
  Regards,
  Bill
  
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- Mark Entwistle says:
  
  August 27, 2015 at 8:16 am
  
  Hi Kenny
  
  Mark Entwistle from Southern reporter newspaper in the Scottish Borders here. Any chance you can give me a ring on 07788192080?
  
  cheers
  
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Hello Bill,
Sorry about the long delay and hope you get this reply.
Apart from what is at the crash site of 3E+HM now, all the wreckage ( Fuselage, wings, Engines and Armament ), was taken away at the time and disposed of at Carnwath where there was a scrap site.
This site a couple of years ago is sadly ( Before even I could get there to take a couple of photos ), now houses.
Sorry about the delay again, feel free to get in touch with me at kw011c8750@blueyonder.co.uk

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That was a very touching tribute to that long forgotten, obscure Ju-88 crew. Well done Mr. Walker. It’s funny how times change, the past gets erased. One can really get a sense of what England looked like back then, relatively unchanged ’til now, if as you say, it is a new neighborhood. Same as in the States, old battlefields are replaced with modern structures, the past gone forever.
Poignant picture of the crew member & his wife & children. Dust to dust.

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R. Masters says:

February 26, 2012 at 4:25 pm

Sorry, meant to say Scotland.

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- Kenny Walker says:
  
  May 4, 2012 at 6:45 pm
  
  The 2 pictures at the crash site are of the Pilot Fritz Foerster and the other one is of his wife and 2 children.
  
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Visited yesterday, I walk regularily in the Pentland Hills. The memorial is touching, with the crosses adorned with red poppies. Such young people killed in the futility of war.

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I will be visiting the site next week, and agree that all wars are a sad loss of young life. Do you have any information about a Spitfire 1A crashing in the Pentlands, as I am unsure if this happened or not and if it did would there be any wreckage left?

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There are 2 Spitfire crashes in The Pentlands.
One at Kitchen Moss and the other is on West Cairn Hill.
I have never managed to find these sites but I would think there would be something still at both sites, no matter how small.

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My dad’s family stayed in Dolphinton not far away from the crash site and my dad remembers this night vividly as they heard the explosions of the bombs that were jettisoned. My Aunt went out next day to look for the bomb craters and came back to the house with a fragment which my gran threw into the fire with disgust. My dad remembers that the flames in the fire turned every colour you could imagine, later found out that the bombs were incendiary so that would explain the effect on the fire.

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Graham Stephen says:

January 1, 2022 at 8:37 am

Thanks for sharing that bit of personal history, Steven. Wishing you all the best for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣✨

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HANK KACZYNSKI says:

March 2, 2011 at 1:40 pm

I was stationed at RAF Kirknewton when the German airmen where still buried in the church cemetery. You could see the German crosses when you drove past. We were told back then the aircraft was shot down on a mission to bomb the Forth Bridge. Thanks for providing such detailed information. It’s hard to believe the wreckage is still there

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- Kenny Walker says:
  
  August 9, 2011 at 9:09 pm
  
  Hello Hank,
  My name is Kenny Walker and it was me who discovered the remains of JU88, 3E+HM.
  I have a picture of one of the crews graves you mentioned and if you would like me to pass on a picture of this grave to you, could you please get in touch with me.
  Kindest regards,
  Kenny Walker,
  Edinburgh.
  
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  - Bill Davies says:
    
    September 16, 2011 at 1:45 pm
    
    Hi Kenny,
    We were on Hare Hill yesterday and came across the memorial you erected for the German airmen. I think this was a kind gesture and I congratulate you for doing it.
    I was wondering if you know what happened to the engines and the larger components, were they recovered?
    Any additional information you could provide would be most welcome.
    Regards,
    Bill
    
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  - Mark Entwistle says:
    
    August 27, 2015 at 8:16 am
    
    Hi Kenny
    
    Mark Entwistle from Southern reporter newspaper in the Scottish Borders here. Any chance you can give me a ring on 07788192080?
    
    cheers
    
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Kenny Walker says:

November 11, 2011 at 9:56 pm

Hello Bill,
Sorry about the long delay and hope you get this reply.
Apart from what is at the crash site of 3E+HM now, all the wreckage ( Fuselage, wings, Engines and Armament ), was taken away at the time and disposed of at Carnwath where there was a scrap site.
This site a couple of years ago is sadly ( Before even I could get there to take a couple of photos ), now houses.
Sorry about the delay again, feel free to get in touch with me at kw011c8750@blueyonder.co.uk

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R. Masters says:

February 26, 2012 at 4:21 pm

That was a very touching tribute to that long forgotten, obscure Ju-88 crew. Well done Mr. Walker. It’s funny how times change, the past gets erased. One can really get a sense of what England looked like back then, relatively unchanged ’til now, if as you say, it is a new neighborhood. Same as in the States, old battlefields are replaced with modern structures, the past gone forever.
Poignant picture of the crew member & his wife & children. Dust to dust.

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- R. Masters says:
  
  February 26, 2012 at 4:25 pm
  
  Sorry, meant to say Scotland.
  
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  - Kenny Walker says:
    
    May 4, 2012 at 6:45 pm
    
    The 2 pictures at the crash site are of the Pilot Fritz Foerster and the other one is of his wife and 2 children.
    
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Charles Passmore says:

November 16, 2012 at 10:57 am

Visited yesterday, I walk regularily in the Pentland Hills. The memorial is touching, with the crosses adorned with red poppies. Such young people killed in the futility of war.

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Andrew Bates says:

December 7, 2012 at 8:19 pm

I will be visiting the site next week, and agree that all wars are a sad loss of young life. Do you have any information about a Spitfire 1A crashing in the Pentlands, as I am unsure if this happened or not and if it did would there be any wreckage left?

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Kenny Walker says:

May 10, 2013 at 7:54 pm

There are 2 Spitfire crashes in The Pentlands.
One at Kitchen Moss and the other is on West Cairn Hill.
I have never managed to find these sites but I would think there would be something still at both sites, no matter how small.

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Steven Howieson says:

January 1, 2022 at 1:18 am

My dad’s family stayed in Dolphinton not far away from the crash site and my dad remembers this night vividly as they heard the explosions of the bombs that were jettisoned. My Aunt went out next day to look for the bomb craters and came back to the house with a fragment which my gran threw into the fire with disgust. My dad remembers that the flames in the fire turned every colour you could imagine, later found out that the bombs were incendiary so that would explain the effect on the fire.

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- Graham Stephen says:
  
  January 1, 2022 at 8:37 am
  
  Thanks for sharing that bit of personal history, Steven. Wishing you all the best for 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣✨
  
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