Crash of a Dornier DO.217J in Beldorf: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 27, 1943 at 1138 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
1378
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane was passing over the Grünentaler Hochbrücke near Beldorf when it was mistakenly shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Kurt Arndt, pilot,
Uffz Horst Temmel,
Uffz Hans Petzgall.
Crew:
Lt Kurt Arndt, pilot,
Uffz Horst Temmel,
Uffz Hans Petzgall.
Probable cause:
Mistakenly shot down by the German Flak.
