Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Registration:
U5+KP
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Soesterberg - Soesterberg
MSN:
1164
YOM:
1941
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Soesterberg AFB on an operation to York. Over the target area, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in Coneysthorpe. A crew was killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Karl-Heinz Mühlen, pilot,
Uffz Otto Hacker, observer,
Uffz Fritz Kälber, radio operator, †
Fw Oskar Fußnecker, mechanic.
Crew:
Lt Karl-Heinz Mühlen, pilot,
Uffz Otto Hacker, observer,
Uffz Fritz Kälber, radio operator, †
Fw Oskar Fußnecker, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
