Daily ebay scan - prayer card related to Norway

One of the research sources at least I as a Norwegian was oblivious to is the prayer cards. A prayer card is more or less an obituary, printed as a remembrance of a deceased family member.

The prayer card reproduced below is currently on sale on ebay.de and states that the person in question lost his life serving in Norway in a Kampfgeschwader - translated into english this is a bomber squadron.

Research reveal that he was not assigned to a bomber squadron at the time of his death - he was a pilot in a unit called Fliegerführer Nord, a staff unit which had the area command of parts of northern Norway.

Wilhelm Mayer was the pilot of a Junkers Ju 52 which flew into the mountain ridge Tønnølfjellet near Oksvoll, en route from Banak to Værnes with soldiers on leave, killing all crew members except Eugen Ruoff, 7 members of II./KG 30 and one from Fliegerhorstkommandantur Banak.

Kjell Sørensen provides information on the loss on his excellent site:

http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/oksvoll.html