Crash of a Dornier DO.217E in Mheer: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 21, 1941
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Soesterberg – Soesterberg
MSN:
0114
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was returning to its base at Soesterberg following an operation to England when it ran out of fuel and crashed in Mheer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt F. Trottmann, pilot,
Uffz K. Fischer, observer,
Uffz W. Kleinat, radio operator,
Ogfr A. Hofmann, mechanic.
Crew:
Lt F. Trottmann, pilot,
Uffz K. Fischer, observer,
Uffz W. Kleinat, radio operator,
Ogfr A. Hofmann, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
