Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-4 off Port Eynon: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 16, 1943 at 2225 LT
Operator:
Registration:
U5+FM
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Eindhoven - Eindhoven
MSN:
5428
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Eindhoven Airfield on an operation to England. After passing over Swansea, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea off Port Eynon. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Günther Hübenthal, pilot,
Gefr Hans Krause, flight engineer,
Ogefr Kurt Brandt, observer,
Uffz Karl Hochmuth, wireless operator.
Crew:
Uffz Günther Hübenthal, pilot,
Gefr Hans Krause, flight engineer,
Ogefr Kurt Brandt, observer,
Uffz Karl Hochmuth, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
