Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 off Lowestoft: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 16, 1942 at 1705 LT
Registration:
U5+BL
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
5373
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 30 km east of Lowestoft. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw K. Fischer, pilot,
Cpt H. Schmidt-Hederich, observer,
Uffz H. Hartmann, radio operator,
Ofw G. Höhenrieder, mechanic.
Crew:
Ofw K. Fischer, pilot,
Cpt H. Schmidt-Hederich, observer,
Uffz H. Hartmann, radio operator,
Ofw G. Höhenrieder, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.