Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 in Glatton: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 31, 1942 at 0100 LT
Operator:
Registration:
U5+ET
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Deelen - Deelen
MSN:
5470
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Deelen AFB on an operation to the Vickers & Dunlop factories in Birmingham. It was shot by the British antiaircraft fire and crashed in Glatton, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Fw Karl Laub, pilot,
Fw Hermann Werner, observer,
Fw Karl-August Güssefeld, radio operator,
Uffz Hermann Hammelmann, air gunner.
Crew:
Fw Karl Laub, pilot,
Fw Hermann Werner, observer,
Fw Karl-August Güssefeld, radio operator,
Uffz Hermann Hammelmann, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
