Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 near Fernhurst: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 8, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
U5+EH
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
5526
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
While on an operation to England, the airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed north of Fernhurst. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Fw Gunter Vestewig, pilot,
Uffz Gerhard Polzin, observer,
Ogefr Hans Witkopp, radio operator, †
Ogefr Franz Huske, air gunner. †
Crew:
Fw Gunter Vestewig, pilot,
Uffz Gerhard Polzin, observer,
Ogefr Hans Witkopp, radio operator, †
Ogefr Franz Huske, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
