ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227000
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| Date: | Monday 8 March 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Dornier Do 217 E-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 5547 |
| MSN: | U5+BT, gelbe B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | English Channel 30 miles off the Sussex coast, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Deelen airfield, the Netherlands |
Mission: Attack on Southampton, Hampshire, England.
Pilot: Oberfeldwebel. Heinz Ahrens. 57359/245 – Missing. Born 01.09.1917 in Penzlin Krs.Waren.
Observer: Unteroffizier. Rudolf Siegmund. 57359/236 – Missing. Born 15.05.1921 in Grotau. Krs.Reichenberg.
Radio/Op: Unteroffizier. Heinrich Knapp. 58209/143 – Killed. Born 09.06.1921 in Reichenberg.
Gunner: Feldwebel. Alfons Kurze. 62880/18 – Missing. Born 31.03.1915 in Schirgiswalde Krs.Bautzen.
REASON FOR LOSS:
This aircraft is believed shot down by a Beaufighter of No. 604 Squadron 30 miles off the Sussex coast.
Alfons Kurze as a civilian. (Hölzel via Hall).
Alfons Kurze during training pictured in the gunner’s position. (Hölzel via Hall).
Feldwebel. Alfons Kurze. (Hölzel via Hall).
“At the going down of the sun, we will remember them” (Net).
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless and the late Steve Hall. (2019).
Sources:
Luftwaffe losses aircrewremembrancesociety3.com
Google Maps
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jul-2019 12:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 10-Jul-2019 12:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 10-Jul-2019 12:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 11-Dec-2019 17:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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