Date & Time:
Jan 27, 1943 at 1138 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1378
YOM:
1941
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
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.
