Crash of a Dornier DO.17Z-2 in Weldon: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1941 at 2145 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Cambrai - Cambrai
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Cambrai Airfield to attack the Rolls Royce Factory in Derby. Approaching Corby, it was shot down by the pilot of a British fighter and crashed in Weldon. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Horst Bahr, pilot,
Oblt Hubert Krisch, observer,
Fw Heinz Uehlemann, flight engineer.
Uffz Helmut Klein, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.